New Music

Ones To Watch: Desperate Journalist

There is a lot to be said for making truly good pop music without developing clichés along the way. The London based four-piece, Desperate Journalist have a sense of that about them; highlighting that direct and straight to the point vision for melody…

LISTEN: The Prodigy share new single ‘Nasty’

After over half a decade away, The Prodigy have given us an insight into their first release since 2009 album Invaders Must Die with brand new track ‘Nasty’. Just as you would expect from the UK trio, ‘Nasty’ is a…

LISTEN: Peace share new track ‘I’m A Girl’

Peace have announced the release of new single ‘I’m a Girl’ – available for download today – accompanied by a lyric music video. Written in a ‘tiny converted office unit above a weird clothing factory in Hackney that I was crashing in…

LISTEN: Django Django share new single ‘First Light’.

Django Django have returned with a new single entitled ‘First Light’. The Scottish four-piece Django Django burst onto the scene in 2012 with their triumphant self-titled debut record, which was universally lavished with praise and received a Mercury nomination that…

Tracks Of The Week, 12.01.14

‘Stole’ is the debut smorgasbord of sounds from London’s Francesca Belmonte, signalling the beginning of this innovative woman’s reign in the UK. Known for her long-time collaboration with Tricky, Belmonte has now decided to go it alone. Powered by an…

Pusher @ The Shacklewell Arms, 10.01.15

The Yorkshire band, Pusher’s distinctly grungey, psychedelic sound made the Dalston venue, The Shacklewell Arms, the perfect venue for their gig. The murky and intimate venue provided a great setting for Pusher’s distorted sound, which has an almost ’60s feel….

EP REVIEW: Pusher – ‘10,000 Hours’

Inflicting a complex barrier of noise, consisting of dominating basslines and moody vocals, the 10,000 Hours EP places Pusher in a position where they are almost ready to battle against the biggest bands in music. Depicting a mature outlook on…

Discovery Of The Week: Martin Callingham

Sometimes, music comes right when you need it most. Like a movie, where the princess has been captured, with a knife to her throat: suddenly,  the protagonist comes to save her right in the nick of time. These scenarios don’t happen…

SLUG LIVE @ St Moritz, 09.01.15

Having never been to the St Mortiz club, I’m slightly taken aback by just how small it is: a cosy, beamed, ski-shack kind of a vibe with possibly the tiniest stage I’ve ever seen. It probably also seems even smaller…

Introducing Interview and Gigslutz Premiere: Sofia

Born in London, and having lived in Venezuela, Boston and Lebanon, and now back in London, Sofia has had quite a unique musical upbringing. She has now recorded an inspired cover of Jessie J’s ‘Do It Like A Dude’, but it’s no…