Having achieved their greatest commercial success to date – not to mention a Mercury Prize nomination – with fifth album Sky At Night, I Am Kloot understandably do not stray too far from that formula on their sixth. Recorded once…
Album | Veronica Falls – Waiting For Something To Happen
It’s only been just over a year since Veronica Falls released their infectious and delightful self-titled debut but nonetheless they’ve been quick to record a follow-up. Waiting For Something To Happen, on the surface, keeps hold of the same aesthetic…
Album | Ólöf Arnalds – Sudden Elevation
Who is Ólöf Arnalds? Why isn’t she regarded in awe by all with ears? Is the world so deaf to greatness that an artist of this calibre, this breathtaking brilliance, is confined to ‘specialist’ radio stations and name-checks in the…
News | HMV employee live-tweets mass firing
An HMV employee took to the company’s official twitter account today to live-tweet the HR process that s/he claimed resulted in 60 people being ‘fired’.
See the story unfold here.
Interview | Serafina Steer speaks her language
Until now, Serafina Steer has not had the acclaim she deserves. 2007’s Cheap Demo Bad Science and the more electronic Change Is Good, Change Is Good in 2010 were albums of left-field folksy joy and intrigue, their wilfully scattered themes…
News | Och that’s nice! Glasgow hosts R2 Folk Awards
Lots of FFS’s favourites were honoured in Radio Two’s annual Folk Awards in Glasgow last night. Among the winners were Kathryn Roberts and Sean Lakeman who won Best Duo, Lau were named best group and Roy Harper was given a…