This FFS scribe is still trying to get back on a vaguely regular sleep patten following an all-nighter outside Piccadilly Records but already some of the figures are in for Record Store Day 2012 and it proved to be comfortably…
Live | Soap&Skin @ Scala, London
Anæmic-white and hidden in the black waves of her dress, Anja Plaschg condenses down to a voice. A voice uncomfortable and unsettling for all its deep and rounded beauty. A voice, and behind that voice a vortex for all the…
Album | Cornshed Sisters – Tell Tales
How do you like your harmonies? Rich and plentiful? Well this one could be for you. Despite a name which alludes to the deep south of America, the Cornshed Sisters are actually from the north east of England. Indeed, north-east…
Interview | James Yorkston Looks Back
TEN YEARS AFTER James Yorkston’s beautiful album Moving Up Country hit our ears it’s been reissued with a bonus disc of demos and Peel sessions. FFS caught up with James to talk about listening back to an album, what it…
Interview | Celebrating 10 years of How Does It Feel To Be Loved
How Does It Feel To Be Loved, a club night described by Laura Barton of the Guardian as “Absolutely the best night in the whole of the world!”, is ten years old this weekend. With a tag-line of ‘From the…
Live | Ellen and the Escapades @ the Lexington, London
It’s time to elevate Ellen and the Escapades to the status of ‘FFS favourites’. The Leeds band, who soared into FFS’s consciousness by winning the Glastonbury Emerging Talent competition in 2010, are on tour with a debut album, All The…