Yes, yes, yes, its issue 3! Welcome to our footwear edition. Little Boots cover…see what we did there?! Its all fashion, fashion, fashion for the feet and music, music, music that you can dance to…so I guess it’s all related. And this is just a minute sample:

Victoria Hesketh, Blackpool’s pint-sized bleach blonde pop idol, hit the Brits and topped the BBC’s Sound of 2009 chart before people had heard a word, setting the hype machine into overdrive. Now with debut LP ‘Hands’ complete, how does the Sylvia Plath and Caligula-referencing Little Boots compare to the likes of Kylie and Lily? She discusses ambition and her vitamin addiction, telling Andrew Future what it’s like being the pop Obama.

COVER SHOT BY MICHAEL ROBERT WILLIAMS

<<< ALL DAY FASHION BREAKFAST

Prepare to tickle your taste buds as FMS puts a unique footwear spin on the classic British ’greasy spoon’ menu. So whadaya fancy? ‘Cup of Knee’, ‘Bubble and Cheek’, Bangers and Tash’, Steak and Hips, ‘Shepherds Eye’ or ‘Fish and Lips’…?

PHOTOGRAPHER: NICK IDM
STYLIST: KATE KEARNEY
MAKE-UP: EVIE STODDART

FIVE UNSIGNED >>>

FMS scout out the best unsigned acts in the UK and publish their tracks on our FREE CD. Feast your eyes and ears on Ellie Goulding, European Lust, The Jesse Rose Trip, The Third Man (fronted by ex-Kooks, Max Rafferty) and Bobby Long, who co-wrote a track for the movie ‘Twilight’.

PICTURED RIGHT: EUROPEAN LUST BY MICHAEL ROBERT WILLIAMS

1. ELLIE GOULDING >> Guns And Horses
2. ELLIE GOULDING >> Every Time You Go
3. EUROPEAN LUST >> Kiss
4. EUROPEAN LUST >> A Hundred Lovers
5. THE JESSE ROSE TRIP >> Before I Ask
6. THE JESSE ROSE TRIP >> Down And Out
7. THE THIRD MAN >> Dangerous (Unmixed Version)
8. BOBBY LONG >> Dead And Done
9. BOBBY LONG >> Left To Lie

BONUS TRACKS
10. 12 DIRTY BULLETS >> Fire
11. 12 DIRTY BULLETS >> Dream For A Friend
12. ROSES KINGS CASTLES >> Sparkling Bootz
13. SHA LA LAS >> Ode To Nothing
14. WILL AND THE PEOPLE >> Misunderstood
15. DARKER MY LOVE >> Two Ways Out
16. NIGHTWAVES >> Even Money

<<< BLOC PARTY

Gritty social commentary, genre crushing musicianship and a direct, confused and fiercely defensive front man are the hallmarks of what make Bloc Party great. While Kele Okereke spent three albums worrying too much to enjoy fronting one of Britain’s biggest bands, he’s now given up refusing to have fun, he tells Andrew Future in New York.

PICTURED LEFT

ARCHITECTURAL FOOTWEAR >>>

Fashion photographer, Nick IDM teams up with stylist, Kate Kearney once again to present footwear on another level. Gravity defying heels and structured soles complement a stunning cityscape, turning fashion on its head, literally.

PHOTOGRAPHER: NICK IDM / STYLIST: KATE KEARNEY / MAKE-UP: EVIE STODDART

<<< SEX, SHOES AND ROCK ’N’ ROLL

In the largest global study of sexual kinks ever undertaken, researchers from the University of Bologna showed that feet and more specifically shoes were the biggest turn-on for men and women…by a landslide. Jodie Ball interviews a shoe fetishist while side-stepping the finer details.

IMAGE BY THE MOFO © 2009

<<< POSTCARD FROM LA

Straight from the sunny shores of LA comes news of a new movement going down in the clubs of Los Angeles. Dreamwave, pioneered by the Binary record label, is bringing sun and romance back to dance music with soft synths, heavy beats and smiley faces.

PICTURED LEFT: PHOTO BY PIXNATION.COM

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