Brian’s an enlightened sort of owl, and this week he’s taken it upon himself to learn about Feminism. He’s realised it’s a rather complicated subject – probably because it tries to cater for the needs of over half of the population – and its advocates range from the properly batshit mental, to the totally...
Marcus Mumford and I are in agreement. Hop Farm had the best line-up of any festival this summer. Mumford & Sons were joined by Johnny Flynn, Laura Marling, Seasick Steve, Peter Doherty, Ray Davies and Bob Dylan. But a festival is a sum of its parts. And this one was plagued with organisational oversights...
I am not ashamed of my crush on Johnny Flynn, for he is not only beautiful like an angel but he is hugely talented. I was also not the only one who clapped and wooped as he walked onto the main stage at Hop Farm Festival last weekend, with his band, The Sussex Wit....
The undeniably brilliant second album I Speak Because I Can by Laura Marling has been nominated for the Mercury Prize. Mumford and Sons‘s debut Sigh No More has also been nominated, which by our reckoning makes Laura Marling and Marcus Mumford the official golden couple of good music. Another FFS favourite I Am Kloot...
Hello, here’s the second installment of things-that-I-have-found-interesting-recently (pending snappier title). This week I’ve made a decision to go for a Virginia Woolf-style stream of consciousness (either that or I’ve lost my notebook with the things I planned to write about in it – you decide which explanation is more plausible). 1. There’s a rather...
Brian’s been a bit quiet of late, largely because when he gets really excited his wings start quivering and he can’t type. What happened was, he realised it was June and that it was about to be Glastonbury, and his feathers were no longer under his control. The lucky fellow doesn’t even have to...
It’s no secret that Laura Marling and Mumford & Sons are, well, rather good chums, so in some ways it seems a miracle that this is the first time we have the pleasure of telling you about a full-blown collaboration between the two acts. Such a pleasure is indeed ours though, as they’ve joined...
White Stripes and Raconteurs frontman Jack White has revealed that he will release a Laura Marling track on his label Third Man Records. The song, which was recorded in White’s Nashville studio while Laura was on tour in the US, will be released as part of the label’s Blue Series – 7-inches imprinted on...
Fresh out of journalism school, I started FFS so I’d be able to write about the music I loved. Two years on I’m managing the site more and more and barely getting time to put pen to paper. But so much brilliant stuff comes my way it’d be criminal not to pass it on...
Laura Marling and Mumford & Sons have announced two special shows with the Rajasthani folk collective that they worked with in Delhi when they toured in India last December. The first show will take place at London’s Roundhouse on 9th July as part of the iTunes festival. Tickets are free, but only available through...
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