I was first made aware of Katie Stelmanis through her work with Canadian wonders Bruce Peninsula. Stelmanis now goes under the name of Austra, a project that sees her powerful vocal talent given an electronic twist. ‘Beat and the Pulse’…
From the archives: FFS interviews Mumford and Sons
In September 2008, FFS interviewed Mumford and Sons ahead of their Blue Flowers gig at the George IV in Chiswick – where Laura Marling, Jay Jay Pistolet, Noah and the Whale played surprise sets
10 Questions with…Nicole Atkins
1. Hello, please introduce yourself and your music to the uninitiated. Hi, I’m Nicole Atkins. Im from Asbury Park, NJ but I live in Brooklyn. I write, sing and play guitar for my band Nicole Atkins and the Black Sea.…
Album: Ron Sexsmith – Long Player Late Bloomer
From the opening bars of ‘Get In Line’, it’s clear that Ron Sexsmith is in an unusually good mood. A man who has made a long career out of singing songs of loss and dejection has a smile on his…
Editor’s picks… Tallest Man on Earth, The Mountain Goats, This is the Kit, Leisure Society + free MP3s
1.The Tallest Man on Earth‘s 2010 album The Wild Hunt has hardly been off the FFS stereo in the past couple of months. Kristian Matsson is Swedish and of average height with a gift for proper songwriting. There’s no flourishes…
Album: Lucinda Williams – Blessed
Lucinda Williams is at her best angry, scorned and burning with a fiery passion. But while we were happy for her and everything, her marriage to Tom Overby made 2008 album Little Honey, which he produced, sound like it was…