Finally, this writer’s thirst for a new Laura Gibson record has been quenched. The wait at times since January 2012’s La Grande did feel at times interminable. Empire Builder comes with a story of its own, as the result of…
Mogwai never seem to stop working. If it isn’t releasing something fascinating from its ever expanding indie rock catalogue, then it’s doing a soundtrack, moulding its sound around a film or such. Do you remember how this band made the…
Somewhere in the netherworld between folk, rock and jazz, Ben Watt’s Fever Dream paints pictures using more oils than watercolors. Watt’s resulting images have a sharp focus, while catering less to current trends than some of his work with Everything…
T R O U B L E, the latest bedroom-folk-rock release from long-standing Canadian folk icon, Woodpigeon, sounds as worldly and experienced as its creator Mark Andrew Hamilton. With aural references to Scotland and South America and the Middle East,…
Everything You’ve Come To Expect is far more experimental than anything we’ve seen from Turner or Kane separately or together, bordering on some Baroque pop concept album in the style of a punk rock David Bowie. At times, it feels…
Since 1999, Explosions in the Sky have refined a formula without sounding formulaic. Now, after five years working on three soundtracks, they return with an LP that sounds remarkably like….Explosions in the Sky! The band trades on the ecstatic moment…
With the upcoming release of their eponymous debut record case/lang/veirs, these three titans of modern alternative folk have shared ‘Best Kept Secret’, a slice of orchestral beauty. Breezy and bright, the track is a homage to L.A, and is destined…
In last week’s on FFS Artist Blog, Danny Green aka Laish, gave us some insight on his upcoming release, Pendulum Swing. I can confidently say that the EP Song For Everything and the titular single will satiate you while you…
Ben Cooper doesn’t appear to be an artist bereft of ideas. As well as musical genealogy projects (more of which in a moment) he’s a visual artist, runs a digital design company and is a member of bands Electric President,…
In May 2014, former Arab Strap frontman and songwriter Aidan Moffat decided to make a film set out on a tour of his homeland of Scotland to explore the country’s past by rewriting, updating and touring its oldest songs. Along…