Three Blind Wolves showed us a wide range of influences and styles on their 2011 mini-album The Sound of the Storm. From surf rook to Celtic folk to blasting rock to hippy-dippy hand-clapping (a good thing, I’ll always say), these…
Mifune by Scowlin Owl from Scowlin Owl on Vimeo. London-based four-piece Scowlin Owl tell us they sing songs “about the 2011 tsunami, creepy preachers, frozen cavemen, the Japanese John Wayne, the childlike love of waterslides and what Dolly Parton’s Jolene…
We first featured Common Tongues on FFS when the New Bands Panel gave them the once over back in 2010. At the time, they had just the two songs on their myspace page, but an early take on Solitary Thinker…
An original member of folk-rock super-group, Fairport Convention, Richard Thompson has since garnered more awards than you can shake a stick at, including an OBE, Ivor Novello Award, BBC Life Achievement Award and a Grammy. That’s one heaving mantelpiece. We…
As we rush towards spring, naturally it’s time to start thinking about summer – and if it’s time to start thinking about summer, it’s time to start listening to upbeat, melodic indie-pop. Enter Saturday Looks Good To Me and their…
If ever a genre was in need of a spark of new blood, it’s country music. Sometimes it can feel a little like a museum piece: all nods and winks to the past and rigid adherence to a pre-defined structure.…