A simple but profound truth of gambling is that when you play for big stakes, the potential to lose heavily is sometimes obscured by the possibility of winning big. On Richmond Fontaine’s 10th album, frontman Willy Vlautin has set the…
New Bands Panel | Hey Amy
Small-town Canada’s Hey Amy is a mix of Amy McIsaac and her very talented friends – a debut album is due for release in the near future – meanwhile our panel had a listen for themselves… James Robinson: Fans of breezy,…
Album | Other Lives – Tamer Animals
If you like at least some music, it seems unlikely that you could possibly dislike Other Lives. It’s just a fact. Tamer Animals, their second album under this band moniker, is a record satiated by generic influences, gracefully pirouetting from…
News | Laura Veirs announces follow up to July Flame
Laura Veirs’ July Flame was one of FFS’s favourite albums of last year. And as if her feminist-punk past didn’t leave us fully smitten. Laura’s superwoman-style touring – first uberpregnant and then with baby Tennessee in tow – gave us…
Album | Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks – Mirror Traffic
There’s something about the men behind boring band names. Just as the blunt mundaneity of Elbow’s name belies their swooning instrumentation and the wry lyrics of Morrissey served to emphasise the irony in The Smiths everyday moniker, Pavement were always…
Album | Beirut – The Rip Tide
Now, I’m not a parent, but I imagine there is an overwhelming sense of relief when your offspring makes the switch from gurgling, screeching waif in need of constant attention to something that is more developed and offers a little…