Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: Communion are releasing a new EP by a singer-songwriter whose distinctive voice is, all by itself, enough to lift him above the crowd. And so Joe Banfi follows in the footsteps of…
Interview | Sofia Talvik – Sweden’s best kept secret
It’s always impressive when artists are able to survive in the music industry without the aid of major label backing or pandering to the mainstream. On the flip side, this might also explain why Sofia Talvik, Swedish alt-folkstress and founder…
New Bands Panel | Lilliput
Lilliput may already be well known to those of you that hail from the musically-fertile ground of the North East, but, like Newkie Brown, a parmo or Newcastle FC’s transfer policy, the band is now starting to pick up admirers…
News | Mumford & Sons announce tour
On behalf of Mumford & Sons, FFS are pleased to announce the dates of their upcoming UK and Ireland tour: “The Tour of Two Halves”. With the release of their second album ‘Babel‘ today (!), they band plan to play…
Album | Band of Horses – Mirage Rock
For their fourth album, Band of Horses have the experience and confidence to create something bold and reach new listeners. Solid, assured and tightly crafted, many of these songs have shaken off much of their old sparseness. This works, and…
Interview | Stealing time with Stealing Sheep
Stealing Sheep’s inventive psych-folk has been running happily amok through the music world this year (they managed to play festivals on the Isle of Wight, in Norway and Wales in the week before speaking to us). Their keyboardist, Becky, gathered…