At a bit of a loss for things to get up to over the bank holiday weekend? (It’s the last weekend of August, in case you don’t have a calendar or something). There’s a day’s worth of musical delights on…
How to Write a Good Song: Part Four — Breaking the Fourth Wall
Performing and recording as Pagan Wanderer Lu, Andy Regan combines his electro-indie-pop music with clever, wry and sometimes political lyrics. Andy also writes at paganwandererlu.wordpress.com and has done a turn as a guest blogger for the Independent. After last week’s…
FFS New Bands Panel: Evening Chorus
“Two lifelong friends, a chance meeting and a university course-mate, all brought together by a love of tea, biscuits and folk music…” So began Evening Chorus in Cardiff last year. In less than a year, they’ve produced three singles already,…
Preview: Beatnik @ The Macbeth, Hoxton
Beatnik is a monthly event at The Macbeth in Hoxton, featuring a free rooftop barbeque, puppet-making, hula-hooping, open mic, vintage DJ-ing and fine folk. It’s the brainchild of singer-songwriter Russell Swallow, writer of warm, Romantic songs like a draught of…
Live: A Hawk and a Hacksaw @ Cafe Oto, London
It’s a sweltering evening in Cafe Oto – a Dalston jazz cafe somewhere between the shadow of the Balkans and the plains of New Mexico. A Hawk and a hacksaw are from one of these far flung locations and, in…
FFS New Bands Panel: Amatorski
From Gent, Belgium come Amatorski with a subtle sound. Their debut mini-album was met with much acclaim back home, so how did the panel find it? Ben Sunderland: With a smoothed air of sleepy comfort, Amatorski deliver a settled incarnation…