Author Archives: Nicky Lee-Delisle

Interview: Hannah Peel

Ahead of her live set at The Old Blue Last, I had the opportunity to have a chat with Hannah Peel about her work past, present and future. Hannah is the type of musician who cannot simply be placed under…

LIVE: Latitude Festival – Suffolk 17-19.07.15

Latitude Festival celebrated it’s tenth anniversary last weekend by pulling out all the stops across the variety of music, literature, poetry, dance and comedy acts on offer across Henham Park, bringing back classic acts as well as the best of…

ALBUM: Of Monsters And Men ‘Beneath The Skin’

Rating: Icelandic quintet Of Monsters And Men have been flying between studios in Los Angeles and Iceland ever since 2013 to perfectsecond studio album, Beneath The Skin. The group are mainly known for their free-spirited, festival anthem hit ‘Little Talks’….

ALBUM: Django Django ‘Born Under Saturn’

Rating: The last we heard of Django Django was back in 2012 when they were nominated for a Mercury Prize for their self-titled debut album. They have now returned with a celestial new collection, Born Under Saturn. Given that the planet…

New Track: Sofia – ‘Untamable (Kandylion Remix)’

Having previously recorded a bold and moving rendition of Jesse J’s ‘Do It Like A Dude’ (premiered on Gigslutz), international artist Sofia is back with a new single. ‘Untamable’ originally featured on Sofia’s debut EP Once Upon A Time but has now…

LIVE: The Skints – New Slang, Kingston 05.03.15

The Skints returned to New Slang for the seventh time for the launch of their new album, FM. With no support acts, the night was dedicated to celebrating the release of their third studio album, with DJs spinning dub-reggae anthems before…

ALBUM: The Skints ‘FM’

Rating: The Skints bring scorching summertime vibes to us in Mid-March in the form of their latest album, FM. A tribute to pirate radio culture,  FM is set on the hottest day on record and is broadcast from the fictional pirate radio…

DOWN ON THE STREET: South London

Welcome to Down on the Street, a Gigslutz guide to the most alluring places to see live music, get rat-arsed, dance, and shop (though probably not in that order) in some of the UK’s most exciting cities. This week’s issue…

THE WORD: Nicky Wire

Manic Street Preachers first arrived on the scene as a bunch of flamboyantly dressed, troubled Welsh misfits in 1991. Nicholas Allen Jones, better known as Nicky Wire, adopted the position of spokesman with his competitively solemn bandmate Richey Edwards. The…

New Track: Grace – ‘Pluto’

Australian singer Grace brings us a sharp and sensual sound in the form of her debut single, ‘Pluto’. According to Grace, the single explores “the idea of being willing to sacrifice everything – your love, your control, the essence of…