Fans of FFS’s long-running New Bands Panel (which is getting an overhaul very soon – stay tuned) should remember Andrew Butler, who got a going over from our panel way back in September 2010. What we found then was a…
Author: Ian Parker
Ian is For Folk's Sake's reviews editor. Find him on Twitter @iparky.
News | Veronica Falls unveil new track ‘My Heart Beats’
Veronica Falls are back. Although it’s less than six months since their debut album was released, the band have already got a new song for us as they returned this week with ‘My Heart Beats’. They’ve wasted no time at…
News | Admiral Fallow announce huge tour to support new album
Admiral Fallow have announced plans for a mammoth UK tour as they prepare to release the follow-up to their outstanding debut album Boots Met My Face. The Scottish collective will hit the road in late April and keep on going…
News | Sons of Noel and Adrian announce UK tour
Sons of Noel and Adrian have announced a UK tour this Spring as they prepare to release their second album Knots. The band will hit the road in April with five dates, touring an album that promises to see them…
News | J. Tillman returns with first song as Father John Misty
Hot on the heels of announcing his departure from Fleet Foxes, J. Tillman has unveiled the first sounds from his new project Father John Misty, offering up a free download and a video for ‘Hollywood Forever Cemetery Sings’, and talking…
News | Bella Union to release debut album from Hannah Cohen
We at FFS are starting to get very excited about Bella Union’s latest signing, New York-based singer Hannah Cohen. She’s given us a teaser of debut album Child Bride, due in April, in the form of the beautiful ‘The Crying…
Download | Admiral Fallow’s new single Beetle In The Box
Admiral Fallow have given us the first taste of the follow up to their cracking debut album Boots Met My Face by offering a free download of new single ‘Beetle In The Box’. Click here to get the track. The…
Album | Craig Finn – Clear Heart Full Eyes
FFS is not, generally speaking, the place to come for news on the Hold Steady. Much as some of us here may love the Minneapolis-via-Brooklyn band on the side, rock ‘n’ roll is not really what we’re here for. But…
News | M. Ward returns with solo album
After three years spent on his side-projects She & Him and Monsters of Folk, M Ward will return to solo duty this April with the release of his sixth album A Wasteland Companion on Bella Union. The album is being…
News | J. Tillman leaves the Fleet Foxes
Fleet Foxes fans got some good news last night with word of new music via Poor Moon, the new side-project of Christian Wargo and Casey Wescott, but now there is word that drummer J. Tillman has left the band. Tillman,…