I expect you’re wondering what Brian’s excuse is this time? The silly old owl asked for your suggestions for drinking songs on his twitter @LordBrianWilson on Monday, then duly spent the day glugging acorn wine while listening to them. It was a ’scientific test to...
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Vinyl is awesome. I’m a sucker for the ceremony and (beyond that epic sound) vinyl records provide a pretty amazing canvas for artwork. We thought we’d make the most of that for Rachael Dadd’s new mini-album Moth In The Motor. Rachael Dadd is a musician...
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Each musician in Sparrow & the Workshop brings their own musical ingredient. Frontwoman and acoustic guitarist Jill O'Sullivan's country vocals are cuttingly pure — but more haunting banshee than soothing angel. Gregor Donaldson is a phenomenal drummer, his dexterity is sometimes astonishing. As well...
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There’s nothing strikingly different about …And Then We Saw Land, Tunng’s fourth record.  All of the main ingredients for a modern British folk album are present – the harmonies, cheerful melodies and casual banjo are all present and correct.  Though there are, of course,...
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Here at FFS we get sent tons and tons of music every week. We try to listen to it all and we pick up on the things that grab us. Sometimes something we’ve listened to on MySpace and decided we’re not that keen on...
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Every decade is peppered by a select number of albums in which all their composite elements are in perfect harmony. In these the texture of the music is perfectly married to the tone of the lyrics and the timbre of the vocals....
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Listening to Have One on Me for the umpteenth time, I still find myself irrationally and spontaneously bursting into tears at the gentle phrasing and subtle moments. There is no biological reason why my hormones should be so out of whack, and therefore the...
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Imagine FFS’s delight when we received this beautiful hand-stitched CD cover in the post.  Causing FFS’s other half to comment rather cynically “She’s got you figured out”. Well perhaps she has, but that doesn’t alter the fact that the EP inside, All You Need, is...
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Wouldn't it be great to be able to wear our support proudly emblazoned across our collective chest, or pinned proudly to our lapels? Thusly we're asking you to submit designs for "Save 6 Music" t-shirts and badges.
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Kendal quartet Wild Beasts’ third single from their much-lauded second album, Two Dancers, ‘We Still Got The Taste…’ is a giddy tale of youthful debauchery and lustful adventures, characteristically told by frontman Hayden Thorpe’s unique countertenor vocals and accompanied by a pleasantly toe-tapping upbeat...
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Becky Stark: "We wanted to make music everyone can listen to. These are the songs you’re brought up with, you know? The songs that everyone knows, The Beatles, Ella… and they become everybody’s music. It’s kind of like everyone owns them....
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We asked you to CC us in on your letters to the BBC trustees about the proposed closure of BBC 6music. We'll be collecting them here. Remember to email the BBC Trustees to tell them what you think of their decision and keep your...
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This morning, Mark Thompson, Director General of the BBC, announced to staff that the rumoured cuts to BBC programming are indeed to take place.  6 Music will close some time around the end of 2011, along with the BBC Asian network and other services. In...
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The super-duper folks who run End of the Road have added some more stunners to their already rather exciting 2010 line-up.  Joining Wilco, Diane Cluck, The Mountain Goats, AA Bondy, The Low Anthem and The Wilderness of Manitoba are Iron & Wine, The New...
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