There is nothing complicated about the Paper Shades, a duo in which both Sarah Dollar and Jon Rixon sing and play guitar, but from this simple formula, our panel found some great results. Shaun McCoy: The Paper Shades have created…
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FFS New Bands Panel: Francis Neve
Essex singer-songwriter Francis Neve uses a huge array of different sounds on his debut mini-album, The Second Time We First Met. Folk is but one of them, but it was enough of an excuse for the panel to take a…
FFS New Bands Panel: Camille Delean
The first thing that hits you about Ontario’s Camille Delean is the voice. But what about the music she is using it to sing? The panel went in to see what they could find. Ben Sunderland: Camille Delean very quickly…
FFS New Bands Panel: The Cellophane Flowers
The first thing to say about the Cellophane Flowers is that they’re a good bit rockier than many of things you’ll be used to finding on this website. But they draw on all manner of influences, of which folk is…
FFS New Bands Panel: Videotapes
Colchester’s Videotapes have, as they put it, just taken “a folky turn” and so they asked our panel to judge the results. Here they are. Alice Sage: These guys appear to have only two tracks and, like PJ harvey and…
FFS New Bands Panel: Matthew Moss
Liverpool’s Matthew Moss has recently put out his second self-produced EP I Am Gone, a five-track collection that comes with an attractive animated film. But how does the music sound? Shaun McCoy: Liverpool folk-rock artist Matthew Moss presents a quintet…
FFS New Bands Panel: Odran Trummel
From across the channel comes French musician Odran Trummel, who wrote to us to ask how we thought his music would fare in the UK. The panel cast their verdict. Louis Gilbert: Odran Trummel is a French musician who marries…
FFS New Bands Panel: Strider Hero
Toronto’s Strider Hero “want to bring smiles to your faces bigger than buddah’s belly”, so they tell me, and plan to do this through the free distribution of their debut EP. Will this plan for world domination work? The panel…
FFS New Bands Panel: Robert Sutton
Manchester singer-songwriter Robert Sutton released his album The Future Doesn’t Start earlier this year, while he has also shown his ear for a cover with the Regeneration collection. The panel went in to judge the results. Eala MacAlister: A Basement…
FFS New Bands Panel: Hickman & Quinn
Folk-roots duo Hickman & Quinn have just self-released their debut album Times, so the panel went in to check out the results. Louis Gilbert: The legacy left by acoustic pairings is not a good one – see Turin Brakes –…