I first saw Peggy Sue perform in the days when they were Peggy Sue and the Pirates, wearing fancy dress and singing funny, irreverent songs about Superman and wasted teenage girls. Their powerful voices and stage presence were already blindingly…
News | The Low Anthem announce hiatus
The Low Anthem sent this message to their mailing list subscribers today… Dear conspirators, lovers, friends, It was nearly 3 years ago when we first self-released “Oh My God, Charlie Darwin.” Since then we’ve been pretty lucky. We’ve been signed…
Playlist | Schmercuries 2011
Listen to music from all 12 Schmercury nominees, using our handy Spotify playlist and a few lovely links.
Singles Round-up | Treetop Flyers, Dark Captain, Marcus Foster, Channel Cairo
Treetop Flyers – It’s About Time (Communion) 2011 has been good to the Treetop Flyers to the extent that the buzz surronding them has accelerated so fast their recorded body of work can’t keep up. Winning Glastonbury’s Emerging Talent competition…
Interview | Schmercury best album nominee Mechanical Bride
Our 3rd Schmercury-nominated interviewee Mechanical Bride’s album was one of those long-awaited debuts. We’d been following brains-behind-the-name Lauren Doss’s career since FFS was founded three years ago. Living With Ants was finally released in June this year, after a long…
Interview | Schmercury best album nominee Devon Sproule
In the second in our series of interviews with Schmercury award nominees we speak to Devon Sproule – a Canadian-born musician now living in Virginia, US. As well as her beautiful albums, she’s an absolute joy to watch live, with…