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 I’ve loved since my very first encounter with her. She’s...
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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 takes off and we’re left wondering whether we’ve missed something.
Such...
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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 a lovely slice of upbeat acoustic folk-pop, produced by Karl...
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Like a digital Glastonbury, with none of the hassles of setting up a tent or defecating into a drop-pit, 6 Music collects the best music on offer in the world today, and brings together music fans of all ages at the same time. It’s lovely to know that I can be enjoying a...
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FFS was lucky enough to go to the showcase of Peggy Sue’s forthcoming Debut album Fossils and Other Phantoms on Monday night, where we were treated to a play through of the entire LP by Rosa, Katy, Olly and friends.
The album is a beautifully coherent piece of work, designed to be played all the...
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Sunday sees the return of The Allotment — the band night run by Anika in London and FFS — this time we’ll be bringing you Scary Mansion, The Tailors and Line & a Dot (as well as the usual delicious cakes and tiffin) in the cosy setting of The Slaughtered Lamb in Clerkenwell.
Our...
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In 2009 Moseley Folk Festival played host to Beth Jeans Houghton, Frida Hyvonen, Kelli Ali, Drever McCusker Woomble, Rose Elinor Dougall, Smoke Fairies and many more. They kindly got in touch to recommend we listen to Goodnight Lenin recently, and it was so good we couldn’t let them stop at that. Here are some...
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A smorgasbord of motion picture magic including Charlotte Gainsbourg feat. Beck - Heaven Can Wait, She & Him - Why Do You Let Me Stay Here?, Left With Pictures - Constantly, Broken Bells - The High Road and Kate Bush - Babooshka
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Mumford and Sons have released the video for their forthcoming single The Cave. The third single from their mega-selling debut album Sigh No More, ‘The Cave’ will be released on March 1st. It was filmed in India, where the lads toured with Laura Marling at the end of last year.
From our archives: Read FFS’s...
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We’ve recorded the second Allotment podcast, which features live performances from Alessi’s Ark, Caitlin Rose, Tristram and Joe Innes. As well as a bit of chat about The Allotment and FFS.
We don’t claim to be podcast-making experts by any means, but we do claim that the music featured is very good indeed.
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