We’re not going to pretend we don’t feel a little bit precious about Peggy Sue. We remember them back in the day when they were lamenting the fate of Superman, covering Kimya Dawson songs and a person could get right…
FFS picks I Said Yes for free download from Track in the Box
I Said Yes‘s track ‘When The Night Comes In’ is now available for free download from Track in the Box. I Said Yes are a 5-piece band from Oxford, London, Bristol, Edinburgh, Wiltshire and Windsor. Hugh from the band sent…
Live: Laura Marling, Journal Tyne Theatre, Newcastle, 19/04/10
There aren’t many gigs where you could say that the venue itself made for a beautiful experience but Laura Marling’s run of impeccable choices when it comes to where to play (this writer fondly remembers her church tour as she…
Laura Marling, Johnny Flynn and Mumford & Sons to play Green Man Festival
Laura Marling, Mumford & Sons and Johnny Flynn have all announced they will be playing Green Man festival, held in Brecon Beacons from 20-22 August. They join an already brilliant line-up featuring the Flaming Lips, Field Music, Fionn Regan, First…
The Leisure Society nominated for an Ivor Novello (again)
Some lovely news from the folk-a-sphere. The Leisure Society have been nominated for an Ivor Novello award for songwriting for the second time in two years. ‘Save it for Someone Who Cares’ from the band’s debut album The Sleeper has…
Album sampler: Lissie — Catching a Tiger
With Lissie’s blonde hair, freckled face and guitar in hand, it would be easy to write her off as another “pretty folk-singer wanna-be”…. Of course once you listen to her music, that thought gets promptly blown to pieces. She has…