When they said Indietracks was held in a remote part of Derbyshire, they weren’t joking. High on road-trip junk-food and cursing the iPhone’s rubbish navigation, we circled Swanwick’s one-way system 7 times. But all rumours of troll-like staff were quashed…
Wears the Trousers announce Venus/No-Penis Awards
The uber-wonderful people at Wears the Trousers have announced their very own Mercury spoof the Venus/No-Penis Awards. Wears the Trousers is very close to FFS’s hearts for many reasons, not least that it seeks to redress the balance in the…
Interview: Wild Honey
The hottest thing to come out of Spain since Sangria, Wild Honey’s Guil talked to FFS about being a Spaniard in London, giving away Epic Handshakes and a Bear Hug for free, Beach House, Summer Camp and Spotify Playlists (he’s…
Album: Common Prayer – There is a Mountain
Ok, so it’s true, listeners. There is a mountain. It has its roots planted in old-time folk, back-country blues, gutsy 50s doo-wop and military brass, but it is reaching.. well, somewhere into the sky. Or the future. Somewhere strange and…
Album: The Unthanks — Here’s The Tender Coming
Though their previous album, The Bairns, was Mercury-nominated in 2008, I hadn’t heard The Unthanks until I stumbled across Here’s The Tender Coming in a second-hand record shop, spied the pensive-looking girls on the cover, recognised My People and took…
FFS New Bands Panel: Thiago Pethit
Thiago Pethit has racked up some pretty impressive gigs in his homeland of Brazil, opening for the likes of Will Oldham, Beirut and Nouvelle Vague, but can the singer-songwriter’s quirky folk, with his eclectic range of influences, catch on in…