Cardiff’s H.Hawkline has announced the release of Black Domino Box EP on 20th August, through the excellent Trash Aesthetics. Once a member of Means Heinz with Sweet Baboo and Cate Le Bon – Huw has roped in his former bandmates to provide backup on this EP. Black Domino Box EP was co-produced by the...
While the national emblem of Wales might be the fierce red dragon, Cate Le Bon’s whimsical undercurrent of 70s laidback folk and Nico-embossed vocals paints a picture that counteracts this association. It was only April this year that Welsh lovely Cate Le Bon released her second album CYRK to critical acclaim. This album marked...
John Cale, improvisational viola player in The Velvet Underground and one of the finest musicians to ever hold a Welsh passport, has one daughter. Cate Le Bon, a singer-songwriter from Wales, is not that daughter. However, imagine for a moment Cale consummated his relationship with his stunning, icy-voiced Velvet Underground collaborator Nico. And that...
With over 400 special releases planned, this year’s will easily be the biggest Record Store Day to date. We can’t imagine such a huge array of vinyl will leave anyone short of ideas, but you might just be overwhelmed by it all, so – without wishing to give away our entire shopping lists –...
News continues to come thick and fast as Record Store Day approaches on April 21st. There’s word that the Flaming Lips have used, er, actual blood from Ke$ha and others in the packaging for their release The Flaming Lips and Heady Fwends, as well as the first listen to Richard Hawley’s single, ‘Leave Your...
The uber-wonderful people at Wears the Trousers have announced their very own Mercury spoof the Venus/No-Penis Awards. Wears the Trousers is very close to FFS’s hearts for many reasons, not least that it seeks to redress the balance in the industry by celebrating music-making women. And there are plenty to be celebrated. Something a...
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