About Elliott Homer
Elliott Homer is an undisputed master of understatement, a black belt holder in mixed metaphors and long-time deserving of some such award for length of time spent chatting rubbish about music down the pub. Studies show prolonged exposure to his scribblings can cause migraines, hysterical pregnancy, night terrors and/or acne, yet seldom encourages readers to agree with the author, in fact quite the reverse, much to his eternal frustration.
Midland rockers and Gigslutz faves New Killer Shoes rolled into Birmingham last night on the latest stop of their tour with Happy Chichester promoting their latest release, ‘I Ain’t Even Plugged In’, an all-acoustic take on their full-length debut ‘I…
Peter Hook is unquestionably an icon of modern music. When you hear any group described as sounding like Joy Division, New Order or even Monaco, you can bet they mean they sound like Hooky. His innovative melodic approach to playing…
September has certainly been a busy month at Gigslutz Towers and with an array of new releases, top gigs and talking points occupying our time. With this in mind we decided to get the Gigslutz editorial team to take their…
On the final stop of what has been a packed summer of dates, The Duckworth Lewis Method brought their unique brand of cricket-themed, ‘70s-tinged rock to a cheerful audience at the Glee Club in Birmingham. The group is made up…
Have you had enough of the endless re-appraisals of ‘Sgt. Pepper’s…’ or ‘The Velvet Underground & Nico’? Well, we have, so you can forget all that! In this brand spanking new feature Gigslutz will be looking back on some of…
With the combination of frontwoman Isabella Manfredi’s sexy hypnotic vocals and twanging guitars, there’s little wonder Sydney five-piece The Preatures have been building up quite a buzz for themselves in 2013. They’ve already had success Down Under winning the Vanda…
In case you missed it earlier this week Prince announced the release of a brand new single titled ‘Breakfast Can Wait’ and the artwork is a corker! You can listen to it and check out the cover for yourselves here….
Drawn together from around the world and today based in Hackney, Splashh certainly look set to live up to their name, their first few singles creating a few ripples and waves in 2012, the band are now ready to take…
The nominations for the Barclaycard Mercury Prize will be announced this year on 11th September with the winner to be revealed on 30th October. The shortlist this year will consist of 12 of the best British albums released in 2013….
Indie pop outfit Belle and Sebastian have returned 3 years on from their last outing, 2010’s Write About Love, with a new compilation of outtakes and rarities titled after a defunct centre for art in the group’s native Glasgow that…