Dear FFS readers, The band I play in, Left With Pictures, are playing a very special headline show this Sunday night, at The Harrison, Kings Cross, for the latest instalment of We Come Alive, the monthly intimate music night curated…
Having had one of the ‘songs of the summer’ in 2012 with the ubiquitous ‘Hold On’, which seemed to be playing all over the radio, in every shop, and at every festival across the world, Alabama Shakes took some time…
Chicago’s Erik Hall took four years to make his second album, racking up thousands of miles travelling between his home studio and the Michigan farmhouse where he also recorded – giving the album its name, Driver. And as opener ‘Bawl,…
Mumford & Sons have revealed another track from their latest album, along with an accompanying music video. ‘The Wolf’ is the not first taste we have had from the band’s upcoming third album, Wilder Mind, as they released an official single, Believe,…
Given how Patrick Riley and Alaina Moore introduced themselves as Tennis with 2011’s Cape Dory, it was easy to wonder if it was a glorious fluke. The college sweethearts had married, bought a yacht and set sail down the Eastern…
Somewhere the queues will already be starting to form. This Saturday will be, for the eighth year running, a celebration of all things independent record store. Record collectors will be out in force to get their hands on the wealth…