“Women prefer a menagerie of clowns,” sings Adam Green, at Bristol’s Thekla, a floating boat of a venue in Bristol’s East Mud Dock. Judging by the reaction of the women and, indeed, men in the crowd, he’s spot on. Green…
The Handsome Family will be in London next week for a sold-out show at the 100 Club as they finish up work on a new record. It’s too soon to hear any of the new material, but let’s instead take…
Irish singer Maria Kelly has announced a new single and a string of live dates in London and Ireland in early June. ‘Black & Blue’ is a bright and breezy number musically but the lyrics tell a story of vulnerability…
From out of Los Angeles come the Silver Lake Chorus – a group of 20 singers who originally got together back in 2010 covering “everthing from Radiohead to Rihanna”. When Australian singer-songwriter Ben Lee heard them perform he had an…
We here at FFS were big fans of Steve Gunn’s last couple of releases, 2014’s Way Out Weather and last year’s Seasonal Hire, and the early signs – just hit play on ‘Ancient Jules’ above – suggest the upcoming Eyes…
There is DIY, and then there is Traverse City, Michigan-based folk band The Accidentals. The youthful trio, founded by Katie Larson and Savannah Buist while still in high school, practically does it all when it comes to its music. Beside…