With her eighth album Americana Hotel, the first since 2009’s Great Migration, Ali Marcus is putting the emphasis on storytelling. From the opener, ‘The Ballad of Helen and Bernie’, which tells the tale of Marcus’ grandparents eloping amidst the struggles…
Singles Round-up | CocoRosie, Real Estate, Lucy Rose, Lizzyspit, Little Comet & more
CocoRosie – We Are On Fire Paris-based American sisters Sierra and Bianca Casady, aka CocoRosie, are back with their first new music in two years, and ‘We Are On Fire’ is a wonderfully twisted outing, like Portishead tackling an old…
News | Peggy Sue announce live dates for new album.
Team FFS are delighted to hear about the recent release of Peggy Sue’s third and wonderful album of covers: ‘The Songs of Scorpio Rising’. Those of you who have heard the album will already be familiar with the band’s marvellous…
Album | The Tallest Man on Earth – There’s No Leaving Now
After a couple of low-key releases, TTMOE (less ludicrously known as Kristian Matsson) broke cover with 2010’s glorious The Wild Hunt. We’re not talking Laura Marling style mass adoration here, but genuine word of mouth movement and a growing ‘hot…
News | Daniel Radcliffe stars in Slow Club’s new video
Harry Potter himself is the star of a new video for Sheffield duo Slow Club’s track Beginners. Daniel Radcliffe, who interviewed Slow Club for Time Out earlier this year, mouths along with Rebecca and Charles’s vocals in the four-minute film…
Interview | Introducing…Leland Sundries
From the relentless production line of bands out of Brooklyn come Leland Sundries, purveyors of a twisted Americana that has already earned them comparisons with everyone from Woody Guthrie to Lou Reed to Leonard Cohen. The Foundry EP somehow strings…