Every so often an album comes out of nowhere and absolutely blows your mind in such a way that you wonder how you even survived without it. Instantly you get a connection with it and it rings so true that you wonder if this band was made entirely for you. And according to Wikipedia- as if to make them even more impressive- Andy Stack plays drums and the bass lines at the same time at gigs. Again, this is Wikipedia… but if true, wow.
Live: Monsters of Folk @ Troxy, London
An evening spent with Monsters of Folk, a merry band of musical brothers I have admired for what feels like most of my musical existence: there was no way this wasn’t going to be good.
Cocos Lovers in a pub
What could be better than a lovely bit of acoustic folk in a country pub on a winters evening? Nothing? We agree… feast your eyes: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XTo5XFdECBk] The band say: ?”We will be at the Enterprise, Camden headlining a Folking Good…
FFS recommends: Caitlin Rose
FFS had Caitlin Rose recommended to us by Matt over at Stay Loose, had a chat with Anika about her who’d just discovered her too — through the rather amazing Names Records — and before we knew it we were booking her for our next Allotment show.
Stornaway and Beth Jeans Houghton tour
A couple of FFS favourites are heading out on a UK tour together, curated by the intriguing types at twisted folk. See the poster for deeeets. www.bethjeanshoughton.co.uk www.myspace.com/stornoway
Brian’s Mixtape #14: Hatchings and Hotchpotches
Brian’s had a bit of a difficult week, poor chap. He had a bit of an intoxicated roll-together with Maud, the barn owl from the lower field, and had a wee pregnancy scare to deal with, poor chap.