Our favourite chap Johnny Flynn has announces a string of rare solo dates across the UK. Taking a break from being a big-shot stage actor, Johnny will be hitting London, Manchester, Glasgow and Bristol on a mini-tour. Tickets go on sale this Friday 17th May. Johnny Flynn Tour Summer 2013 Thursday 18th July –...
Did you know that when he’s not writing what are likely to be remembered as some of the best lyrics of our times, Johnny Flynn’s a dab hand at putting on a dress and a feminine voice and treading the boards of some rather fancy theatres? He’s a classically trained actor no less,...
BIG NEWS: Johnny Flynn is to star in US film ‘Song One’ with Anne Hathaway. Johnny will play a rock star who Anne’s character falls in love with. The film was written and will be directed by Kate Barker-Froyland. He will perform music written for his character. Jenny Lewis and Jonathan Rice have been...
If you’re still kicking yourself for missing out on that Johnny Flynn vinyl on this year’s Record Store Day, there is good news. A Bag Of Hammers, Flynn’s soundtrack to the Brian Crano’s 2011 film of the same name, is finally getting a digital release. The multi-talented Mr Flynn, who is currently busy being...
Dear readers, You may have suspected that I would jump on the sporting bandwagon and create a playlist around the greatest of all competition anthems, Vangelis’ Chariots of Fire because of the ‘Games’ that people are getting all worked up about. But I would never be so mundane, as every other publication’s playlist engineer...
I have to admit, this is a VERY exciting bit of news to be writing. I should start with a little introduction, in case one is not familiar with the ‘See Hear Club’. Founded in the Spring of 2011 by Anika Mottershaw, with the help of Rosa form Peggy Sue and Luisa from Lulu...
Well, dear friends. Once again I am far from punctual. As you will be aware, April has been a month of relentless rain. While I was good humoured enough at the start, burying myself away and providing you with a wonderful soundtrack with which to help it pass, I have to admit that even...
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 –...
Johnny Flynn free EP & Amazon session, Broadcast 2000's Regina Spektor cover, How Caitlin Rose wrote Own Side Now, Free Anni Rossi download, Nick Hemming's hit-making guitar, We <3 Mara Carlyle, Snoop round Alela Diane's pad.
The 14th Truck Festival (22nd-24th July) will, unfortunately for FFS, be our first. We had a rough idea that something good was going on in a field in Oxford all these years, but we’ve only just been informed of the gravity of the situation. Why did no one tell us? WHY? Truck is a...
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