The Staves appeared quietly confident as they took to the stage on the second night of their headline tour, and who can blame them after touring with Bon Iver and that much-talked-about show at Wembley Arena last week. The band,…
New Bands Panel | BRNS – Wounded
This week our writers get their heads around the intriguing prospect of Belgian four-piece BRNS (pronounced ‘brains’), who veer between all kinds of different styles. Could they be Belgium’s answer to Alt-J? Here’s what FFS has to say…. Rosy Ross: I…
News | Johnny Flynn soundtrack gets digital release
If you’re still kicking yourself for missing out on that Johnny Flynn vinyl on this year’s Record Store Day, there is good news. A Bag Of Hammers, Flynn’s soundtrack to the Brian Crano’s 2011 film of the same name, is…
Album | The Cairo Gang – The Corner Man
Emmett Kelly is, to all intents and purposes, the only permanent gang member and since a debut album under that name in 2006 has put out only an impossible to find follow-up, a solitary EP and a collaboration with Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy. The latter, the occasionally fantastic Wondershow of the World, was certainly not time wasted, but The Corner Man is too deeply felt and too thoroughly delivered to be the work of a regular sidekick.
Live | Andrew Bird @ The Roundhouse, London
Not enough people have heard of Andrew Bird. But if you’re one of the people who haven’t, don’t worry yourself about it; you now have an enormous, folky heap of wonderful music to sink into. Bird has a degree in…
HDIF/FFS gig this Thursday in Highbury & Islington
We’re extremely excited to have teamed up with our favourite clubnight How Does It Feel To Be Loved? to co-promote a show this Thursday (22 Nov) at the Buffalo Bar (next to Highbury & Islington tube). Over to Ian from…