Author Archives: Ella Scott

About Ella Scott

Gigslutz Editor, token Geordie and Blur fangirl. Naturally, achieving Vicky Pattinson's VIP edge is what drives me to get up in the morning.

Interview: The LaFontaines

They may claim “it’s complicated”, but, according to the colossal debut release from Scotland’s biggest independent band, The LaFontaines – producers of a slick, exciting alternative-hip-hop-classic-rock hybrid – it’s as clear as crystal: this band are the future of music….

Tracks Of The Week, 08.06.15

A gripping whirlpool of suffocating beauty and poignant heartbreak, Swedish songstress, Sea Lion, is commanding waves of an elated nature on her latest offering, ‘Ghostlands’. The minimalist radiance of the folk singer’s new track gracefully lulls the listener into a…

Introducing Interview: No Joy

Finally, the clocks are chiming, the red carpets are rolling and dawn has finally broken: the release of the follow-up record to the mesmerising, Wait To Pleasure, by Canada’s No Joy, is almost upon us. Harbouring intense darkness, frequent rip-roaring bursts…

ALBUM: The LaFontaines ‘Class’

They may claim “it’s complicated”, but, according to the colossal debut release from Scotland’s biggest independent band, The LaFontaines – producers of a slick, exciting alternative-hip-hop-classic-rock hybrid – it’s as clear as crystal: this band are the future of music….

ALBUM: No Joy ‘More Faithful’

Finally, the clocks are chiming, the red carpets are rolling and dawn has finally broken: the release of the follow-up record to the mesmerising, Wait To Pleasure, by No Joy, is almost upon us. Harbouring intense darkness, frequent rip-roaring bursts…

Tracks Of The Week, 22.05.15

Channelling a razor-sharp, extremely poignant Chvrches sound, is Aylee‘s startlingly atmospheric new track, ‘Learn To Swim’. The title-track from the forthcoming Learn To Swim EP is one of the freshest outlooks on pop music, squaring up to the idea that…

EP: Reporters – ‘Only Noise’

A duo who’ve received copious praise from Gigslutz – from previously being featured as an Unsigned Act Of The Week, alongside their track, ‘Only Noise’, being crowned This Feeling’s Track Of The Day – are Reporters. The indie-rock band from…

Tracks Of The Week, 23.04.15

Four piece Pretty Vicious are a group of five teenagers making music for clubs their age permits them to remain outside the walls of. Following the Welsh group’s first single, ‘Cave Song’ – which caused an almighty storm in the…

New Track: Monique – ‘The Gift’

Fighting back at critics who told her, her pregnancy could have a “detrimental effect” on her career, is Birmingham soul singer-songwriter Monique‘s title-track from her forthcoming EP, ‘The Gift’. Stating in the track, which was co-produced by 5AM’s Tony Bean…

New Track: LOOM – ‘Bleed On Me’

Eerily cocktailing the typical southern twang of Chicago’s Orwells with inspiration drawn from grunge veterans, Nirvana, is a temperamental coupling passionately pulled off by Farris Badwan’s younger sibling, Tarik Badwan, and his tantalisingly dark band, LOOM. The four-piece may have…