For those of us who aren’t at Green Man this weekend, we’ve put together a Spotify playlist for you to enjoy from the comfort of your own home. Maybe listen to it in the bath to really bite your thumb at our unwashed nemeses, those lucky few (okay 15,000) ticketholders. Featuring Slow Club The...
After a couple of low-key releases, TTMOE (less ludicrously known as Kristian Matsson) broke cover with 2010’s glorious The Wild Hunt. We’re not talking Laura Marling style mass adoration here, but genuine word of mouth movement and a growing ‘hot ticket’ vibe to his intimate shows. There is, then, significant interest in There’s No...
Kristian Matsson, aka The Tallest Man on Earth, has had enough of the endless Bob Dylan comparisons. Told that his third full album, There’s No Leaving Now, has been branded his Bringing It All Back Home because of its expanded sound, all he can do is answer with a sneer. “Of course, that’s exactly...
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 –...
1.The Tallest Man on Earth‘s 2010 album The Wild Hunt has hardly been off the FFS stereo in the past couple of months. Kristian Matsson is Swedish and of average height with a gift for proper songwriting. There’s no flourishes here, just great tunes, smart lyrics and some lovely intricate fretwork. The Wild Hunt...
#108 Nick Drake - Northern Sky Jun 19th, 2013
#107 Lowland Hum - War is Over Jun 18th, 2013
#106 Nick Mulvey - Fever To The Form Jun 17th, 2013
