Taking some time out of intense, up-coming tour preparation; Klaxons‘ Simon Taylor-Davis talked to Gigslutz about what it was like working with James Murphy, how new album Love Frequency was written and who his money is on for this years Barclaycard Mercury Prize…
Ahead of their show at O2 Academy in Newcastle Upon-Tyne, Gigslutz caught up with guitarist Ross Smithwick and bass player Andrew Bushen of Lonely The Brave. Discussing their relationship with Marmozets, how difficult getting Radio 1 on-board is and their…
Receiving corpus amounts of praise from the likes of the prestigious Q Magazine, NME and resident Radio 1 music guru Zane Lowe, releasing their debut album The Days War to the world, and topping an October UK tour, dubbed ‘The…
Tucked away in the North West of England is Bolton; the birthplace of British Boxing Champion Amir Khan, and seminal comedian Peter Kay. Although these famous faces may currently be Bolton’s most prominent icons, it isn’t going to be long…
Earlier this year, Secateurs – an innovative indie-rock three-piece from North Wales – were featured as the prestigious Unsigned Act Of The Week on Gigslutz, with their debut single, ‘She Lost Her Mind’ being credited as “creepy, murky, but most…
Drinking from the same, sweet cup as both Beach House and Work Drugs, is Clash Magazine’s newly-celebrated chill wave/dream pop producer, David Alexander, better known as Summer Heart. Blending elements of nostalgia with a lethargic atmosphere of pure bliss, Summer…
“Don’t want you/don’t need you” might be the words escaping Connor Schofield’s – frontman of dream-pop quartet Jaws– lips; however, it’s the bundle of soon-to-be fresher’s pogoing around Think Tank who Jaws owe their solid success too. Armed with an…
Band names including coded, vital numbers – such as The 1975 and Blink 182 – are becoming ever increasingly popular and it’s startlingly simple to get lost within the crowd of numerical terms. However, the London based The 286 have created a…
After contributing a charismatic, extremely insightful interview for Gigslutz Unsigned back in 2013 – where the band told the readers of Gigslutz to “Eat plenty of steak bakes and watch those roads” – the lads from Newcastle Upon-Tyne, The Greeting…
We’re off to Newcastle this month, where Ella Scott reveals there’s more to the city than Magpies, Gazza and Ant ‘n’ Dec… When somebody from Manchester or Liverpool claims they’re from ‘The North’, we laugh into our bottles of Newcastle Brown…