Listening to Fuzzystar will have you scratching your head trying to identify the many influences you hear. There’s all sorts mixed in, from scratchy Lou Barlow all the way to the smoother sounds of Belle & Sebastian. And while we’re…
Willy Mason supports Isobel Campbell and announces UK headline shows
Almost a year since his last appearance on our fair shores, Willy Mason will be returning to the UK in September for a brief spell to support Isobel Campbell on her European tour. A peppering of acoustic headline shows intersperse…
In Photos: Latitude Festival
Our photographer about town, Georgie M’Glug, reports on the folkier side of Latitude…. Demure and unassuming as ever, but with a new-found fire in her belly, Laura Marling commands the Obelisk Arena on Friday night
Interview: Matthew & the Atlas
In one of FFS’s more Matthewy encounters, our interviewer Matt Moss chatted to Matthew Hegarty of Matthew & the Atlas about his band, his banjo and his inspiration…
Emmy the Great asks for fan ‘pledges’ to help fund album
Singer-songwriter Emmy the Great today launched an unusual attempt to fund her second album. The album, which FFS last week reported to be ready for the studio, is to be funded by ‘pledges’ made by fans and supporters of Emmy.…
FFS New Bands Panel: Gibson Bull
London singer-songwriter Gibson Bull has produced a polished debut album that bears the trademark sounds of a string of top-class influences. Our panel came away suitably impressed. Alice Sage: Gibson Bull has a fairly world-weary sound from a quite young…