Beth Jeans Houghton is gearing up for a busy time as she prepares to release new single ‘Liliputt’ on November 14 before her debut album Yours Truly, Cellophane Nose follows in January. Before then, there’s a huge homecoming show at the Cluny in Newcastle on October 26th, but she still took time out to...
Listen to music from all 12 Schmercury nominees, using our handy Spotify playlist and a few lovely links.
Brilliant 11-piece Bellowhead have put together an 11-song playlist of their influences and loves. It’s a great mix, from tracks we listen to all the time at FFS HQ, to gems we’d never heard before. We hope you enjoy it as much as we did. Rahsaan Roland Kirk – Pedal Up Hank Jones &...
It was Bob’s 70th birthday yesterday, so most people would have probably thought yesterday would have been a good time to ask around and make a playlist of their twitter pals’ favourite Dylan songs. Not us though, we’ve decided to do it ONE DAY LATER like the mavericks we truly are. Which is probably...
The ol’ playlisting ground to a resounding halt when Brian got himself into what can only be described as “a MASSIVE HUFF” over Spotify’s user-unfriendly changes. Huffing is terribly unattractive behaviour, (especially for one who considers himself to be wise), so we decided to just let him be for a while. In the meantime,...
It’s hardly news to FFS’s regular readers that Brian’s a pretty inconsistent character. He flits about, willy-nilly, with little concern for the wellbeing of his mixtape devotees. You might be relieved to hear that he’s turning over a new Horse Chestnut leaf in 2011, but that relief might be short-lived when you realise he’s...
FFS turned two last month, and while we don’t like to make a fuss, it’s made us a tad reflective. Especially Brian, who’s a sentimental sort of owl. He has been remembering all the beautiful music he’s listened to over the past couple of years and has concluded that it has made his life...
After a break for Coffee and Cake, Brian’s back on his musical tour of the U.S.A., this time touring around the great state of California. Home to surfer bums, angels and oranges, California has more than its fair share of lovely spots, and this playlist demonstrates this in vintage style, with tracks by the legendary...
After his Schmercury playlist triumph, Brian is taking another mixtape-making breather, but that’s not to say you’re missing out on a playlist of treats, oh no. Even though his usual meal of choice would be acorn wine and some barbecued mouse, Brian’s partial to a bit of what we humans enjoy now and again,...
This weekend we launched our Schmercury Poll – FFS’s best album award, in which we’re asking you to vote for your favourite of 12 albums released in the past year. While the FFS editors were tearing our hair out, trying to whittle down the huge pile of wonderful albums released this year to our...
#108 Nick Drake - Northern Sky Jun 19th, 2013
#107 Lowland Hum - War is Over Jun 18th, 2013
#106 Nick Mulvey - Fever To The Form Jun 17th, 2013
