Ben Keeler and the 500 Club have been steadily making a name for themselves in their hometown of Chicago over the past few months and with their debut album Water, Water now finished, they’re looking to expand their horizons. The…
FFS New Bands Panel: Mathew Gray
So far, all we have to go on for Manchester singer-songwriter Mathew Gray are a handful of bedroom demos. EPs are on the way, so the panel took a listen to see whether they’re likely to be worth the wait.…
Album: Kris Kristofferson – Please don’t tell me how the story ends
Please don’t tell me how the story ends is a collection of Kris Kristofferson’s early recordings and demo’s. Kristofferson is clearly a charismatic man who seems to have lived many lives. In his time he has been a pilot and…
Blog: The Seven Inch Cull by Darren Hayman
The Seven Inch record is a sacred Rubicon on the rock’n’roll trail; a talisman that represents all that is tiny, tight and teenage; pop music distilled into a perfect, plastic artifact that can never be denied as the only format…
FFS New Bands Panel: Erica Buettner
The American Erica Buettner has been living in Paris for the past five years, and has clearly soaked up plenty of its influences during that time. But what she says she’s aiming for is something along the lines of Joni…
Cocos Lovers win Schmercury Poll 2010
We’re delighted to announce that the wonderful Cocos Lovers are your choice for our Schmercury Best Album Poll. The Lovers’ debut LP Johannes was shortlisted alongside 11 other albums from the past year, and thanks to a groundswell of internet…