St Vincent to tour with Grizzly Bear this Autumn
Ed Droste has announced, via Twitter of all news conduits, that the forthcoming Grizzly Bears tour will be graced by the incredible, ethereal presence of St Vincent, whose latest album, Actor is...
View ArticleFor Folk’s Sake’s festival calendar
We’ve gone through the folkier end of the festival calender, and hereby bring you our picks.You won’t find any news on Glastonbury or Reading and Leeds, mind. We’re here to tell you about the things...
View ArticleAlbum | Luke Temple – Don’t Act Like You Don’t Care
Don’t Act Like You Don’t Care is Luke Temple’s third solo album, which only goes to show I’ve still got a lot of catching up to do. I first heard about him through his band Here We Go Magic, and only...
View ArticleEP | Daniel Rossen – Silent Hour/Golden Mile
It’s easy to see Daniel Rossen’s career output as a series of fractions – a quarter of him lies in Grizzly Bear’s work, a half in Department of Eagles – so it seems fitting that his ever-increasing...
View ArticleCompeition | Robin Pecknold, Daniel Rossen and Van Dyke Parks at the Barbican
Those kind folks at the Barbican are offering FFS readers the chance to win two tickets to a very special concert this month.Legendary producer and songwriter Van Dyke Parks* is releasing three of his...
View ArticleAlbum | Grizzly Bear – Shields
It’s far from an unfamiliar story: art-house indie band makes a huge breakthrough album, and then wrestles with the right way to follow it up for years. Veckatimest catapulted Grizzly Bear out of the...
View ArticleRecord Store Day | The FFS Shopping Guide 2013 (part 2)
Part two of our shopping guide continues with some lovely coloured vinyl from the Leisure Society and a sweet-sounding collaboration from Willy Mason and Brendan Benson. These are the things that...
View Article#259 Grizzly Bear – Two Weeks
It can be a mixed blessing when one of your favourite songs pops up on an advert, but frankly Two Weeks sounds so good in any circumstance we won’t be complaining too much that it’s popped up flogging...
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