Album: Horse Feathers – Thistled Spring

The new album from Portland-based Horse Feathers doesn’t deviate much from the beautiful, tightly constructed indie folk of their previous releases. Strings, guitars and banjo are layered below Justin Ringle’s soft vocals, with lyrics that create the blooming atmosphere of…

Album: Stars – The Five Ghosts

The Five Ghosts is a bit more electro-sci-fi-broadway-extravaganza than typical FFS fare, but these Canadian darlings have storytelling capabilities to rival the beardiest of banjo strummers.  The subject matter of their musical tales ranges from the utterly everyday (lying in…

FFS New Bands Panel: Bitter Ruin

Brighton’s Bitter Ruin are made up of vocalist Georgia Train and guitarist Ben Richards, a pair whose apparently turbulent friendship drives the band’s music. They’ve already recorded their second album and are started to garner some more serious attention, so…