The Southbank Centre has announced it’s series of summer gigs, which features folk artists Laura Marling, Emmy the Great, Mary Gaulthier and Emiliana Torrini.
The gigs begin on July 19th. Here are FFS’s picks:
Laura Marling releases more tickets for Royal Festival Hall show
Laura Marling has released extra tickets for the ‘Laura Marling and Friends’ Royal Festival Hall show on 11th August.
Hotly-tipped Local Natives in London jaunt
SXSW winners (i.e. the ones people went on about the most) Local Natives are heading to London this month for three dates.
Wave Machines offer free tickets to Graham Coxon support gig
The Wave Machines have announced that they have 100, yes ONE HUNDRED, pairs of tickets to their iTunes festival gig with Graham Coxon to give away.
Peggy Sue tour, EP and album news
As the more die-hard Peggy Sue fans among you might have noticed, they’ve been in the states for ever and ever. Aside from visiting multiple major cities to grace them with Peggy Sue delights, the band have been busy as bumbles recording their debut album.
FFS Interview: Wise Children
Robin started the band as a solo side project to a much louder band that I was in at the time. It was kind of Biffy-esque. I guess I just wanted to do something that represented the kind of music that I was listening to at the time. I met Jami [Wise Children’s cellist] through recording as the producer and I were desperate to get some cello on the record and Jami was suggested. The results were excellent and so he was recruited full time! The rest of the band has been a little less stable and several members have come and gone. We now have another full-time guitarist called Tim and are basically still recruiting, but it’s always been that way. I started it as a solo project with the idea of people helping out and performing as and when they can and it’s only through time that a more permanent form has developed.