Wannabe paleontologists The Tailors’ second album, Come Dig Me Up, is brilliantly varied, blending folk and country sounds seamlessly and addressing themes that range from extinction to teenage angst.
Mumford and Sons New Year Extravaganza
So pretty much the only miserable thing about Christmas is that when it ends you have to wait a whole year for the next one. The clever people of Camden’s Flowerpot have thought long and hard about this and come up with a frankly miraculous way to welcome in 2010 and take the sting out of chucking out the advent calendar.
FFS Interview: Gideon Conn
FFS conducted an embarrassingly protracted email interview with the stupendously heart-warming Gideon Conn this Autumn, but we shall keep it to ourselves no longer. He tells us all about his wide-ranging influences and, most excitingly, his upcoming album.
Mumford and Sons @ St Martins in the Fields
FFS braved a chilly London night to see Mumford and Sons Winter Fair. An open air gig in the grounds of St Martins in the Fields at Trafalgar Square complete with hog roast, mulled wine and mince pies. The West-Londoners…
Jeremy Warmsley offers free EP, announces Heartbreak Ball
Here’s a lovely early Christmas present for you; a 5-track EP from Father Christmas’s friendliest helper, Jeremy Warmsley. Not only is he offering four acoustic versions of his own (frankly astounding) songs, he’s also thrown in a pretty special Abba cover, as the icing on the cake.
[Hundred Bands] 3 – The Very Most
The Very Most are a five-piece led by Jeremy Jensen, brother of Paranthetical Girls’s Rachael, from Idaho in the US. They have released two albums so far – Making the Case for Me in 2004 and Congratulations Forever in 2008…