She & Him have debuted a new track from their forthcoming third album. Zooey Deschanel and M Ward, the band who defy the ‘Hollywood actors make terrible pop stars’ rule, teased the May 7 release of Volume 3 with a…
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#37 Elvis Costello – Shipbuilding
Costello’s angry, sad and thoughtful reaction to the Falklands War is simply one of the best songs ever composed. Originally written in 1982 for Robert Wyatt, whose politics and guileless vocals offered rawness and authenticity, it is in Costello’s own…
#31 Nancy Elizabeth – Heart
One of Nancy Elizabeth’s many talents is to create startlingly different tracks from familiar sounds. Her latest track ‘Heart’, from her upcoming third album Dancing, does exactly that: it is instantly recognisable as Nancy and yet sounds like nothing she’s…
Live | Nancy Elizabeth @ Vortex Jazz Club, London
Four years is a long time in music, and an especially long time to go without one of your favourite artists. To say Nancy Elizabeth’s return, nearly four years after the release of her second album Wrought Iron, has been…
#28 Olly Knights – Bitten By The Frost
We loved Olly’s contribution to our For Folk’s Sake Christmas album last year, but a great song is for life, not just for the festive period. So now that ‘Bitten By The Frost’ – which also features on Olly’s album…
#11 Saturday Looks Good To Me – Invisible Friends
As we rush towards spring, naturally it’s time to start thinking about summer – and if it’s time to start thinking about summer, it’s time to start listening to upbeat, melodic indie-pop. Enter Saturday Looks Good To Me and their…
#9 Sukh – Kings
There’s a close link between science and music, something that can be proved scientifically using that following random sample: 1 Professor Brian Cox; 2 Sukh. If that isn’t statistically significant, FFS will hand back its PhD in advanced sciency things…
News | Pete Roe solo material set to land
Multi-instrumentalist Pete Roe is to release the first single from his debut solo album next month. Roe, probably best known for his work with Laura Marling, will offer ‘Further Into Midnight’ as a free download from April 8, with album…
News | New track heralds third Alessi’s Ark album
It’s time to get aboard the Ark again. Alessi Laurent-Marke, AKA Alessi’s Ark, has unveiled a new track, ‘Tin Smithing’, in anticipation of the release of her third album The Still Life next month. Despite clocking in at under two…
#5 Laura Marling – Where Can I Go?
If FFS could have picked any way to celebrate International Women’s Day, a new track from Laura Marling may well have been top of the list. And because sometimes the world is nice like that, that’s exactly what we got.…