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Interviews

FFS interview: The Living Sisters

FFS interview: The Living Sisters

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. Like The Beatles songs, or Amazing Grace… My mom...
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FFS Interview: Local Natives

FFS Interview: Local Natives

Local Natives are playing a sold out show at Hoxton Bar and Grill tonight. Then they'll be jetting off around Europe before returning to the UK for a tour in February. FFS chatted to the LA 5-piece about their incredible debut Gorilla Manor last time they were in the UK, and what utter gents...
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FFS Interview: Wye Oak

FFS Interview: Wye Oak

Baltimore duo Wye Oak have just released one of the best albums of this year, The Knot could win over the sternest of souls. After self-releasing their debut, they're now signed to the legendary Merge Records, home to the such luminaries as Arcade Fire, Conor Oberst and Neutral Milk Hotel. The long-time friends answered...
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FFS interview: Sparrow and the Workshop

‘Sparrow and the Workshop’ describe themselves as a Scottish/welsh/American three-piece based in Glasgow who started 'banging out tunes' in January 2008. Listening to them you would think they've played this music for centuries, combining ethereal melodies with a gothic /country twang that sounds refreshingly original. Considering the length of time the band have been...
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FFS Interview: Gideon Conn

FFS conducted an embarrassingly protracted email interview with the stupendously heart-warming Gideon Conn this Autumn, but we shall keep it to ourselves no longer. He tells us all about his wide-ranging influences and, most excitingly, his upcoming album.
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Interview: The Miserable Rich

The Miserable Rich - yet another marvellous band from Brighton's Willkommen Collective - have just released their brilliant Covers EP with new takes on songs by Iggy Pop and the Eurithmics. Frontman James de Malplaquet answered our questions.
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FFS interview: Mechanical Bride

FFS caught an under-the-weather Mechanical Bride before her appearance at Peggy Sue's sold out headline show at the ICA on Friday in the scarce minutes between her soundcheck and stage call.
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Q&A: Love Like Fire

Why do FFS interviews always get around to food? Probably cos music and food are our favourite things ever. LoveLikeFire's Ann Yu is a girl after our own heart, she answers Mary Machin's questions.
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Anika interviews Alela Diane

FFS's favourite Londoner Anika has a cross-continent chat with Alela Diane, who has never been to Nandos.
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FFS Interview: Rachael McShane

FFS talks to Bellowhead's Rachael McShane about her recently-released album 'No Man's Fool' and we have a link to a free track from the album.
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