When Neil Young released Living With War in 2006 he was moved to ask where all the angry young kids who should be making such records had gone. It was tempting to reprise that question when Bruce Springsteen’s Wrecking Ball…
EP | King Creosote – I Learned From The Gaels
From what I had heard from King Creosote before and given the title of this EP, I was expecting a gentle acoustic affair. It turned out this assumption was entirely wrong. Opener ‘Double Underneath’ immediately sets a different tone, upbeat…
EP | Fossil Collective – Let It Go
I joined the growing ranks of Fossil Collective’s many fans after I first heard their signature number ‘Let It Go’ a year ago. It’s been a long wait, but the rest of the tracks that make up the Let It…
‘Driven by fire’ – FFS talks to Karima Francis
There are some interviews that feel more like conversations, where the artist is so candid and engaging that you can’t help feeling drawn to them. Karima Francis is one such artist – unflinchingly honest, self-deprecating, direct, and sweet, but also…
New Bands Panel | Emma Gatrill – Chapter 1
Chapter 1 is the debut album from Emma Gatrill, a multi-talented member of Brighton’s legendary Willkommen Collective. Have a listen to a cut from the album above and the whole album here, then see if you agree with our panel below….. Thoughts on…
Festivals | A Nose-Piercing Later: My Day at Bushstock.
Bushstock. Bushstock Bushstock Bushstock is all we’ve been hearing for the last few weeks, and the run up to last weekend was just as exciting as the day itself. Run by Communion Records (home to Ben Howard, Daughter, Michael Kiwanuka…