3. Fredrik : Trilogi (Reviews/Album Reviews)
Author : Autumn Andel If you're looking for an antithesis
to today's conformed and predictable independent music, you'll be in for a
treat.
4. Fucked Up : Couple Tracks (Reviews/Album Reviews)
Author : Mike Gutierrez Polaris Prize-winning hardcore punks Fucked Up smushes all their seven-inches together into one ungainly
compilation, tosses it at the ‘normals’, and sees what sticks.
5. Fanfarlo : Reservoir (Reviews/Album Reviews)
Author : Johanna Marie Ferreira It's almost impossible for one not to
instantly fall in love with Fanfarlo's Reservoir.
In its fourth year, Fun Fun Fun Fest has become a mecca for
indie music lovers.Barely a month
after the high-profile Austin City Limits (QRO Day One & Day Two recaps), FFF Fest attracts a different breed of music fan
entirely.Passive crowds dominated
by thick-rimmed glasses and recycled 80s clothes lacked the energy that is seen
at ACL and the club intimacy of Austin's sprawling South by Southwest music
festival (QRO recap).Despite a crowd that offered little more
encouragement than a foot tap and an appreciate puff on a cigarette, FFF's
solid two day line-up delivered.
8. Fuck Buttons (Reviews/Concert Reviews)
Author : Jayne Yong At their last date on home turf before they jet off for a U.S.
tour, Heaven was buzzing with a real excitement for Fuck Buttons.
America’s alternative music festival season (QRO Festival Guide) pretty much begins & ends in Austin, Texas. But while South-by-Southwest (QRO recap) in March can be a bloated monstrosity of an industry fest to open things up, Fun Fun Fun Fest in November is a much leaner machine to close the year – yet maybe more diverse.
10. Freshkills : Live (Reviews/Concert Reviews)
Author : Audrey Dimola Freshkills played "right down the street" at Brooklyn's Music Hall in Williamsburg.
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The brothers Brewis return as Field Music, and make all the wrong moves.
Mälmo's Fredrik came to New York to deliver chills that had nothing to do with the weather.
If you're looking for an antithesis
to today's conformed and predictable independent music, you'll be in for a
treat.
Polaris Prize-winning hardcore punks Fucked Up smushes all their seven-inches together into one ungainly
compilation, tosses it at the ‘normals’, and sees what sticks.
It's almost impossible for one not to
instantly fall in love with Fanfarlo's Reservoir.
The Conchords cover familiar territory in their second Flight.
At their
Freshkills played "right down the street" at Brooklyn's Music Hall in Williamsburg.
In a squinting, shoegaze drama, relentless rhythms and waterfalls of guitar effects dominate Film School's second album. 
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