Kent’s Xylaroo late last year released a nine-track LP, Do You Remember the Dinosaurs?, through their bandcamp page, and as our panel found out, it’s more than worth a listen. Helen True: Any band that lists St Vincent and Dolly…
Brian’s Mixtape #45: Brian’s Album Round-up 2010
It’s hardly news to FFS’s regular readers that Brian’s a pretty inconsistent character. He flits about, willy-nilly, with little concern for the wellbeing of his mixtape devotees. You might be relieved to hear that he’s turning over a new Horse…
Blog: Helen’s Album Round-up 2010
When I was an undergraduate we would sometimes play the ‘would you rather…’ game. Andy and Maggie play it in Extras (‘Would you rather be a penguin who’s a bird but can’t fly or a flying fish that’s a fish…
Darren Hayman to release a song every day in January
The uber-talented Darren Hayman has set himself the goal of writing, recording and releasing a song a day this month. Each song is released as a free download, available for only a couple of days. You can get them from…
Interview: Ruarri Joseph
After the release of two indie-folk albums, Tales of Grim and Grit through Atlantic Records and Both Sides of the Coin through his own independent record label Pip Productions, Cornish singer-songwriter Ruarri Joseph disappeared from the music circuit. Before heading…
Album: Dan Michaelson and the Coastguards – Shakes
It creaks open like an old wooden door in a Elizabethan house, does Dan Michaelson’s voice. The centrepiece of any album Michaelson features on, be it with the Coastguards or the slightly more established Absentee, it’s a voice that is…