Dream-soaked Californians Avi Buffalo are in the UK this week, touring in support of their new single, ‘How Come’. If they’re playing near you, you’d be a prat not to see them.
Album | She Keeps Bees – Dig On
The highlights of the album were the moments that allow singer Jessica Larrabee to her vocals and her lyrics stand-alone and be appreciated. A brilliant example of this is present in the short, closing number, Burn. At first singing accapella before being accompanied by the sparsest of beats from musical partner Andy LaPlant, Larrabee almost challenges you to try and forget her warm, secure vocals and her well-spun tales…
News | Peggy Sue announce new album and free download
The wonderful Peggy Sue have announced the release of their second album Acrobats on 12 September. You know what that means? It’s the SAME DAY as Laura Marling’s new record AND FFS’s 3rd birthday. All we need is Joni Mitchell…
New Communion sessions with Andrew Davie’s Bear’s Den and Kyla La Grange
The first Communion compilation Communion Records – the label run by ex-Cherbourg man Kev Jones and Mumford and Sons’ Ben Lovett – have knocked brains with new session operation Bands in Transit, which films artists playing in the back of…
The Leisure Society, Jesca Hoop & Cut Copy to give free London performance
London session hosts Bandstand Busking have announced free their monthly show will be at Arnold Circus in Shoreditch this Sunday. It’s a corker of a line-up with performances from FFS favourites The Leisure Society, Tom Waits’ ex-babysitter Jesca Hoop and…
EP: The Dufflefolks – Keep Safe Your Keepsakes
Last year The Dufflefolks opened The Greenman Festival after winning 2010’s Greenpoll; reaching the final as one of the fans’ choices before a judge’s panel comprising, among others, Bella Union head Simon Raymonde, Mojo editor Phil Alexander, and Stephen Bass,…