In a dreamy turn of events, the Leisure Society have announced they will be supporting Laura Marling on her sold out Cathedral tour this autumn. The band have postponed their own headline tour, which was scheduled for October, until February. London-based fans…
Album | Rachael Dadd – Bite The Mountain
I first became aware of Rachael Dadd last year, when she visited York alongside close friend, regular touring partner and FFS favourite Alessi’s Ark and the pair captivated a fairly large crowd in a very small venue. This is, of…
News | Vostok 5: Darren Hayman contributes to space exhibition
FFS favourite Darren Hayman has contributed songs and drawings to a London exhibition Vostok 5, on People and Animals in Space. Hefner frontman Hayman has teamed up with Duncan Barrett of Tigercats, Robert Rotifer, Sarah Lippett and Paul Raines from…
News | Laura Marling seranades music lovers in awkwardness experiment
First at Glastonbury, then Camp Bestival and now at Wilderness Festival, Laura Marling has been serenading festival-goers in a series of ‘Experiments in Awkwardness’. At each festival, pairs of strangers were invited to a secret show. Steve Murphy, who was…
Live | Rufus and Loudon Wainwright at the Royal Opera House
Central to the Royal Opera House’s opulent setting, three words oversee the gilded balconies and small red aisles. HOUSE OF RUFUS. They refer only in part to the similarly-titled nineteen-disc boxset Rufus Wainwright released earlier this month, but more than…
News | Tasseomancy release album in form of candle
Otherworldly Canadians Tasseomancy have announced that their debut album, Ulalume will be released as a unique candle with a vintage matchbox. The album/candle will be released on Turf Records on 29th August and each limited edition set will contain: a…