Author: For Folk's Sake

Album: Woodpigeon – Die Stadt Muzikanten

Some artists spend their entire careers clinging to a single sound, stretching it taut until the bones begin to protrude and reveal the fragile artistic elasticity that held the music together.  Mark Andrew Hamiltons’ Woodpigeon barely manage a song without…

Live review: Slow Club @ Steinbruch, Duisburg, Germany

It was beautiful; no introductions, no fade out lights or music to let the audience know the band were about to begin, just two people who suddenly began to sing together whilst walking amongst a crowd of minimal capacity. Stripped…

FFS’s New Band Review Panel: Shambles Miller

Reviewing Shambles Miller’s debut EP Shambles vs the Dragonwizard Damien Girling “Let’s begin with the most immediately interesting aspect of the music of Shambles Miller, his voice. It’s lovely and expressive Scottish twang draws one in, much the like the…

Album: Pavement – Quarantine the Past (best of)

With Pavement enjoying something of a resurgence, a reunion and accompanying tour have been agreed, it comes as little surprise that they should chose to release a collection of their greatest hits. The purpose of doing so generally falls into…

Single: Four Tet – Sing

Although not as all-powerful as first single ‘Love Cry’, ‘Sing’ is another fine cut from Four Tet’s latest opus. Clocking in at over 6 minutes, and with a 10 minute Extended version (and a fine 14 minute Floating Points remix),…