It was a windy night and the sun had begun to sink into the horizon, when a crowd of folk-loving youths sat their bottoms onto the deck of the Tamesis Dock, a boat moored along the south side of the…
Allotment returns with David Dondero
After a brief hiatus, FFS and Anika in London‘s Allotment night is back. On 28th August at The Gallery Cafe in Bethnal Green (my favourite place in the world, ever) we’re bringing you US songwriter David Dondero, who has toured…
Double EP: Twin Sister – Colour Your Life and Vampires With Dreaming Kids
What a sweet prospect this double EP from Twin Sister is. The sleeve of Color Your Life features a dollhouse furnished by lead singer Andrea Estella, fuzzily nostalgic, like an old Polaroid, and the sounds within are appropriately dreamy and…
Festival: Moor Music Fest
I so wanted to get through this review without using the words ‘mini Glastonbury of the north’, but there it is. I’ve gone and bloody done it in the first sentence. The truth is, though, that’s exactly what Moor Music…
Preview: River Rat Pack All Dayer
At a bit of a loss for things to get up to over the bank holiday weekend? (It’s the last weekend of August, in case you don’t have a calendar or something). There’s a day’s worth of musical delights on…
How to Write a Good Song: Part Four — Breaking the Fourth Wall
Performing and recording as Pagan Wanderer Lu, Andy Regan combines his electro-indie-pop music with clever, wry and sometimes political lyrics. Andy also writes at paganwandererlu.wordpress.com and has done a turn as a guest blogger for the Independent. After last week’s…