Arriving onstage unfashionably early by a good two minutes, beers in hand and raising a cheers to the audience, Elbow begin their third and final night at Hammersmith Apollo (despite selling out arenas last year) without a bang, but with…
After making his mark on Manchester’s music scene over the last few years with an authentic take on Anglo-American nu-folk, Jo Rose finished 2014 with a “soft release” of his debut album, Spurs, and a support slot for First Aid Kit’s European…
Between the second and third song of Manchester duo Demons Of Ruby Mae’s set, vocalist Jonny Gavin politely but firmly hushes those chatting in the crowd. It’s a gutsy move from an act so near the beginning of their career,…
Rating: The Districts released their debut album, Telephone, in 2012, although those who heard their name bantered around in 2014 can be forgiven for assuming that last years self titled EP was the band’s first recorded effort. Following sell-out shows…
Rating: Backed by his new band, The Hormones, and faced with a crowd of surprisingly screaming fans bursting with them (on a scale of one – Directioners they’re at the top end), Gerard Way took to the stage of Brixton’s…
The Band: London collective Archive celebrate two decades together with the release of Ritual, their tenth studio album. Sounds Like: Arcade Fire covering a Massive Attack / London Grammar mash-up. The Album: Restriction is an elective collection from the currently 12-piece collective,…
Kate Bush’s Hammersmith Apollo residency… Prince’s small, almost-secret shows… Metallica’s controversial headlining slot at Glastonbury… To say 2014 has been a memorable one for big gigs by huge names would be an understatement, but at Gigslutz our reviewers prefer shows that are…
Rating: Of all the comebacks, reunions and collaborations to have taken place during 2014, Paul Heaton & Jacqui Abbott’s doesn’t only appear to be the most deserved, but also the one Britain didn’t realise it needed. For further proof look…
Rating: Foxes finds herself in the same pop bracket as Little Boots and Marina & The Diamonds; a little more leftfield than the likes of Lily Allen but still respected by adults of a certain age that openly prefer “pop”…
Rating: Pop favouring number bods may be keen to know that III, Take That’s first album as a trio, is also the fourth since their nine year hiatus came to an end back in 2005 (before which they’d only recorded…