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EP REVIEW: Alex Bay ‘Daylight’

Alex Bay opens his latest EP with a cracker. ‘Nobody like you’ is brimming with energy and Tennessee guitar riffs echo his husky voice. Alex, or as I believe, Jack Sparrow’s doppelganger is a 24 year old from Hitchin, Hertfordshire….

Gigslutz Interview: GIANT STAR

Giant Star, they have balls and seemingly pretty large ones.  Their first album ‘Year Of The Snake’ takes on terrorists, the government and Rupert Murdoch.  Not only that but it sounds pretty awesome too.  Style and substance, you betcha!  We…

Unsigned Act Of The Week: LONGY

If you could fast forward three hundred and sixty-five days into the future, wouldn’t you love to be able to look at yourself in the mirror and think ‘look how far I’ve came in a year’?  For an independent artist,…

Track Review: Vandettes – ‘Let It All Go’

Hailing from Northern Ireland and currently calling Liverpool home, five-piece Vandettes will soon be performing a showcase at one of the UK’s most iconic venues, The Cavern Club. Following airplay on BBC Introducing Manchester, ‘Let It All Go’ is a charming slice…

Ones To Watch: The Bedroom Hour

‘There’s not one inch of you I don’t want to know” With romantically inspired lyrics such as these, fresh out of the London Borough of Hillingdon come The Bedroom Hour, ready to tug at the heart strings and capture your attention….

Broken Witt Rebels LIVE at Birmingham Institute

On Saturday night the Temple bar in Birmingham’s Institute played host to Broken Witt Rebels’ EP launch party. The intimate room was jam-packed with both loyal members of the “rebel army” and newly acquired fans. The Brummie blues-rock band treated…

EP Review: Jay Mya – ‘Chance To Fail’

“You’re not from New York City, you’re from Rotherham,” might be how the majority of musicians would react to a rap artist hailing from the South Yorkshire town, but Jay Mya is one who’s clearly putting the work in. In…

Unsigned Act Of The Week: Secateurs

Infatuation: an intense but short-lived passion or admiration for someone or something.  However, once in a blue moon, the heavy zeal you feel towards a band really pulls on your heart strings and, soon enough, you’ll find yourself wondering how…

EP REVIEW: The Bloody Nerve – ‘Blue’

2013 has seen the resurrection of American rock, with the un-avoidable pop-rockers Haim at every turn and The Orwells slamming their way into the UK’s mainstream with the purest form of punk rock. It was impossible not to be influenced…