New Music

Tracks Of The Week, 12.08.15

With the first single from their forthcoming debut album, Brighton’s Demob Happy take a trip into the world of psych-tinged garage-rock. Complete with a lysergic video by Katia Ganfield, the band’s riff-heavy ‘Wash It Down’ is no doubt set to send…

EP: My Cruel Goro ‘My Cruel Goro’

Rating: My Cruel Goro‘s eponymous debut EP is bursting with noisy, riff-laden, alternative-rock tracks that will make even the most reluctant fan start throwing themselves around like an angst-ridden teenager. The band hail from both Iceland and Italy, and formed…

EP: Benjamin Mason ‘Skies Are Falling’

Rating: Pembrokeshire-based singer songwriter Benjamin Mason‘s new EP, Skies Are Falling, is the result of acute internal exploration, and external deliberations. The four tracks contemplate how “you can look back to move ahead”; whether you’re in the process of leaving a…

ALBUM: Sarah MacDougall ‘Grand Canyon’

Rating: Canadian Swedish singer-songwriter Sarah MacDougall has a lot of prestige to her name as winner of the Western Canadian Music Award, and one of Sweden’s best artists according to Nöjesguiden. Nearly four years after her last album, MacDougall settled…

Introducing Interview: Glass Caves

We chat to alternative Leeds-based four-piece Glass Caves, after a fast-moving year from the group and the release of their raucous energy-filled debut album, Alive. Gigslutz speaks to the band in the run-up to the release of their new feisty rock-pop single…

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…

Track Premiere: Fork And Knife – ‘Feeler’

Having played in various metal bands whilst growing up, Fork And Knife (aka Andrew Perring) has now settled on electronica as his genre of choice when making music. Hailing from the quiet countryside of Devon, Perring now resides in London…

ALBUM: Sea Lion – ‘Desolate Stars’

Sea Lion‘s music – as her name suggests – is streamlined, muscular, and elegant in its execution. Whilst her sound transpires much clearer when heard live, her debut album Desolate Stars provides the listener with a shining example of her…