New York City based outfit Tall Firs took 16 years to get to its first album, after forming in 1990. Thankfully subsequent releases haven’t taken such a long time, and we now find ourselves addressing the matter of the act’s…
As scuzzed-up electronic drums heartbeat their way through the opening bars of Low’s 11th album there’s a thrilling realisation that this is not more of the same from the Minnesota minimalists. Replacing the floor-rug warmth of 2013’s The Invisible Way,…
Ortega’s nostalgic world of ‘Faded Gloryville’ looks back over her shoulder and contemplates what went before. Her fourth long player for Last Gang records reeks of class and is the sound of an artist at total peace with herself. It…
Norwegian singer Ane Brun is in typically wide-ranging and intriguing form on her sixth studio album. From the strong independent woman of ‘You Lit My Fire’ to the fragility of ‘Black Notebook’, the sparse ‘Still Waters’ to the incongruous Indian…
Beach House over its last two records cemented its reputation as an innovative and quirky, elegant and dreamlike indie pop duo. The act’s records seemed to get increasingly better up to the point of those two great albums. However, that,…
FFS favourites Patch & the Giant, have announced a string of Autumn tour dates. Londoners Patch & The Giant have spent most of 2015 writing and recording their debut album with producer Nick Trepka (Emmy the Great). After a mammoth run of 11…