Day 1 – Friday July 14th 2017 As incense filled the Friday air, Madame Gandhi came on stage dressed in an orange jump suit, while the five female members of her crew had matching yellow ones. Having played with M.I.A.,…
‘Kismet Kill’ is taken from Haley Bonar’s upcoming album Impossible Dream, due in August. Raw, fuzzy guitars undercut Bonar’s vocals as she sings of love and disappointment, a stirring combination that inspired a striking video from director Nicole Brending. “What…
From Gent, Belgium come Amatorski with a subtle sound. Their debut mini-album was met with much acclaim back home, so how did the panel find it? Ben Sunderland: With a smoothed air of sleepy comfort, Amatorski deliver a settled incarnation…
FFS asked you for your #bestbits of songs on twitter today — your favourite couple of seconds of music, one that makes you swoon, cry or nigh-on burst with joy. You came up with so many good suggestions that we…
‘I wanted to create something social that would not revolve around alcohol.’ This is what one of the organisers of a new fixture, ‘One Drop’, explained to me as we waited in the queue for the only toilet in Plough Studios in Clapham on Sunday.
The event, which fused holistic therapies, spiritual demonstrations, delicious organic food and live music, took place in the light, airy gallery space and was filled to the brim with Londoners seeking some Sunday ‘down-time’.
One word that comes to mind when listening to Alessi’s Ark’s debut EP is ‘magical’. The Horse is four tracks of pure loveliness; perfect to brighten up these dreary winter days, her childlike vocal is reminiscent of early Joanna Newsom, but possesses an unusually haunting quality of its own.
Looking at the press shot of The Loose Salute laying peacefully in virginal white – on a rainbow of all things – you’d wonder that cross words had ever crossed their simple, happy minds – not so, apparently, if new single ‘Why’d we fight’ is to be believed.