FFS are horribly excited to hear that the Staves have announced the dates of a new UK and Ireland Headline Tour. These three wonderful sisters will release their debut album “Dead and Born and Grown” through Atlantic Records on 22nd October 2012. And, following their recent tour supporting the infamous Bon Iver, the trio...
Contrary to what their name might suggest, BOY are Valeska Steiner and Sonja Glass, whose hand-clapping pop hit ‘Little Numbers’ attracted almost 5 million views on YouTube. Falling somewhere between Feist and the sweeter side of Regina Spector, BOY write sparkly folk-pop with some unexpected edges. In person, Steiner and Glass are as easily...
When marriages have lasted 50 years, it is traditional to receive presents of gold. For Irish trad-folkies the Chieftains, that particularly anniversary has brought a variety of even more glittering gifts. Keep your Rolex watches and charming carriage clocks. Bin the broaches. Give me guest slots from Bon Iver, Lisa Hannigan, The Civil Wars,...
There’s nothing like a live performance to make it feel like you’ve missed something. Last time this reviewer saw Other Lives, they were on a small stage, in a sweatbox tent at a woodland festival. A few months down the line they’ve been on the road with Bon Iver, they’re currently taking a break...
Yellow Bird Project is a blimmin’ brilliant concept. They team up with great bands to make beautifully designed t-shirts, then sell them to raise money for the charity of the artist’s choice. YBP have collaborated with so many bands we love: The Shins, Beach House, Bon Iver, Laura Veirs, Rilo Kiley and tons more....
Our pompous old playlist-making owl Brian is back. With some bombastic pose, dubious claims about his whereabouts in the past year and a playlist of 2011's gems. How we've missed the silly thing.
Okay so let’s just get this straight: there is more than just one man in Bon Iver. Everyone seems fixated on Justin Vernon, frontman and “face” of the band, but seeing them live was a real eye-opener. There were nine of them. NINE. From percussionists to a bloke with a huge saxophone, Bon Iver...
Seriously deft on the loop pedal, with the voice of a choirboy-turned-rockstar and a guitar that hasn’t left his side in years, it’s not hard to see why Ed Sheeran’s show at the Boileroom sold out in less than twenty-five minutes. It’s quite clear from the hours FFS spent in Sheeran’s presence that night...
Justin Vernon returns with a more integral cast of collaborators for his second album as Bon Iver. The name is drawn from the French for “good winter” (bon hiver) and the often sparse instrumentation coupled with Vernon’s alternately hushed and soaring vocals seem fitting of that moniker. The 10 songs on show, which were...
Bon Iver’s new album is another slice of magic, if you ask me, which you didn’t. But starting from now you don’t have to ask anyone. You can hear it for yourself, because it’s streaming over on the Guardian website. And it’s lucky it’s good because in an interview with the Guardian’s Laura Barton,...
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