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Festival: Joe does Green Man

The images conjured up at the mention of the Green Man festival have, sadly, not quite matched the reality in the last couple of years. Where young children should have been gaily running amok in the...

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Album: The Burns Unit – Side Show

‘Supergroup’ is one of those terms that gets thrown out there all the time. Two or three folks get together from different bands for a side project, and suddenly its a supergroup.Except usually it’s...

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Editor’s picks… Tallest Man on Earth, The Mountain Goats, This is the Kit,...

1.The Tallest Man on Earth‘s 2010 album The Wild Hunt has hardly been off the FFS stereo in the past couple of months. Kristian Matsson is Swedish and of average height with a gift for proper...

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Album: King Creosote & Jon Hopkins – Diamond Mine

King Creosote says he might never put another record out in a physical form. His last few albums have been released in many an unconventional format, from those available to buy at gigs only, to one...

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FFS Recommends | 10 releases from fire-hit labels

You’ve probably heard about the fire at distributors PIAS‘s London warehouse that destroyed the stock of many independent labels.Below is a list of releases from some of the labels affected. Each one...

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Festival | Bestival 2011

Sparky electro-pop and dance were more dominant than folk at this year’s Bestival, but it’s a cheerful mish-mash where sensitive strumming acts are welcomed (as long as they’re not upset by a soft...

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Interview | Canal tours, Easter bunny heads and dancing girls – the weird and...

Skinny Lister are a quaint folk band with a bit of everything. Siblings, concertinas, a complementary dance troupe called the Skinny Sisters… they tick all of the folk boxes. Their music is charming...

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EP | King Creosote – I Learned From The Gaels

From what I had heard from King Creosote before and given the title of this EP, I was expecting a gentle acoustic affair. It turned out this assumption was entirely wrong. Opener ‘Double Underneath’...

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EP | King Creosote – To Deal With Things

For a three-track EP, there is a fair bit going on here as the prolific Fifer pops his head above the fence once more.It is instantly recognisable as the work of the good King, distinctive voice and...

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#240 Heidi Talbot and King Creosote – Button Up

This beautiful collaboration came about after Kenny Anderson AKA King Creosote was asked to pick his dream band in an interview with the Independent. He picked Heidi Talbot and Morten Harket from A-ha...

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