In a year with more full-length festive offerings than any in recent memory, there has still been something essentially ‘Christmassy’ missing. She & Him provided the Midnight Mass feeling – respectful, stately, something you can be sure your Gran will…
EP | Daughter – The Wild Youth
To say it’s been a busy year for Daughter would be a massive understatement. The release of The Wild Youth EP is her third release in a year (the first, a collection of demos may not be recognised as ‘official’,…
Win | Tickets to the Leisure Society + orchestra at the Barbican
FFS favourites the Leisure Society are ramping up their already extensive line-up in a special concert at the Barbican in London on 8th December. The band will play songs from their latest album Into The Murky Water and debut The…
Win | Tickets to see Peggy Sue at Bush Hall
The brilliant Peggy Sue are marking their trimphant return from their UK tour with Sons & Daughters with a one-off London headline show at Bush Hall on 29th November. Rosa, Katy and Ollie will be playing songs from their much…
Album | Tiny Ruins – Some Were Meant For Sea
In 2008, Adelir Antonio de Carli, a Brazilian priest, launched himself off a cliff with 1,000 helium balloons and was never seen again. His story led Hollie Fullbrook to write the song ‘Priest With Balloons’, a lyric from which gives…
Album | My Sad Captains – Fight Less Win More
Stolen Recordings One suspects that Ed Wallis could feel lonely in a crowded room. While some musicians decamp, Bon Iver-style, to isolated woodland cabins to key into the creativity that isolation brings, Wallis decided to hole up in a borrowed…