She & Him have always felt a little bit too good to be true. Take an indie boy’s dream starlet, pair her up with one of the folk world’s most talented musicians, and let the two of them make sweet,…
Single: Draw Me Stories — Becomes the Hunted/Oars
Draw Me Stories have a dark, foreboding, mood that infects their music. It’s a quality they share with cult 90’s emo pioneers Sunny Day Real Estate. It also makes for addictive listening. Their new single contains the songs ‘Becomes the…
Live: FFS at Leeds Live
Ali Mason tastes the wonders of Leeds Live for the first time, and describes the experience for FFS’s readers. Bask in the glow of this wonderful May Bank Holiday weekend. On a bright, sunny, May Day morning, I set out…
Stornoway launch album with three Oxford gigs
With their debut album Beachcomber’s Windowsill to be released on May 24th, Stornoway are set to play three special gigs at the A1 Pool Hall in Oxford. They say the night will be “no electricity, no history – just a…
The Leisure Society to play free charity show
The Leisure Society have come over all charitable, not only contributing to an album set up by a childcare charity, but also promoting it with a free daytime show at the Union Chapel. The “child-friendly” Daylight Pyjama Party will be…
Basia Bulat – Interview
After cancelling the first four dates of her tour in Spain and France, due to the ashes of Eyjafjallajokull, the Luminaire (Kilburn, London) was the 1st stop of Basia Bulat’s European Tour, a tour that, after the UK, will take…