While many look down on country as an antiquated genre, meant for tapping cowboy boots and grizzly ranchers (though of course not here at FFS), Mount Moriah, with Miracle Temple, might well have created an album with just enough country…
#15 Just Handshakes – London Bound
Just Handshakes, it seems, are on the move. And we’re not just taking the name of their latest single as a sign. The Leeds band look to have dropped the ‘(We’re British)’ part of their name for something less regionalistic…
#14 Three Blind Wolves – In Here Somewhere
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…
#13 Scowlin Owl – Mifune
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…
#12 Common Tongues – Solitary Thinker
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…
Interview | folk rock legend Richard Thompson talks to FFS
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…