In the past few years, London-based singer/songwriter Alexander Shields, aka A Grave With No Name, has released music spanning genres including lo-fi rock, broad ambient soundscapes and rich, full band arrangements. His forthcoming album, Wooden Mask, marks another change in…
For Lou Rhodes the distance between trip-hop and folk music is shorter than you think. As one half of Lamb she’s recorded six trip-hop albums, yet it’s not hard to see how with different instrumentation those songs would still work…
Now in its 52nd year, the festival has completely sold out for the 23rd year in a row. While probably not the most famous festival in the UK’s summer line-up, it does have a long, rich history of stellar line-ups…
With the release of her stunning debut record, Bess Atwell has kindly provided FFS with a Track by Track run down of Hold Your Mind. Here are Bess’ thoughts on how her record was written and recorded… 1. A THOUSAND LOVERS…
Fountains of Wayne were never held in the same regard as other power pop players like Teenage Fanclub or Weezer. Maybe it’s because their biggest moment, ‘Stacy’s Mom’, was a bubblegum MTV hit about a schoolboy crush which McFly would’ve…
Ah, Latitude. Don’t ever go changing. Returning to the Suffolk grounds of Henham Park for the 5th consecutive year, all things needed to make a festival ‘special’ seemed to be in place. A strong line up, beautiful weather, and reasonably…