Bob Dylan’s been playing some of his songs for forty eight years. Forty eight. He’s a 70 year old man, and he’s been on tour since the ‘80s. Can you honestly blame him for wanting to mix things up a…
Blog | The Lesiure Society, Peggy Sue, Tasseomancy celebrate Halloween
Hello, the internet! And a very Happy Halloween to you. I hope you haven’t been coercered into watchingn – then subsequently jolly freaked out by – a very scary film, like us here at FFS HQ.* On this, the spookiest…
Singles round-up | Los Campesinos!, The Miserable Rich, Grass House, Lupen Crook, Ellen & The Escapades
Los Campesinos! – Hello Sadness Heading up the singles round-up this week is the title track from Los Campesinos!’ forthcoming album Hello Sadness. Nearly every song on that album is catchy enough for its own release but perhaps a little…
Album | Shelby Lynne – Revelation Road
Since 2008’s delightful ode to Dusty Springfield, Just a Little Lovin’, released on Lost Highway, Shelby Lynne has retreated from the limelight she fought so hard to find. She quit the major labels who had eventually picked her up after…
Live | Emmy the Great @ Wrexham Central Station, 06/10/11
I’ve recently had reason to move back to my childhood home, an event I regarded with no little trepidation. Aside from the obvious benefit of rent-free accommodation with meals thrown in, my teenage memories are of a musical wasteland punctuated…
News | Laura Marling to support Florence + The Machine in Chicago
Having just finished her sell-out Cathedral tour across the UK celebrating the third (and most recent) album: ‘A Creature I Don’t Know’, Laura Marling has announced she will be supporting Florence Welch (+ The Machine) on the 4th December, as…