Reviews

BINGLEY MUSIC LIVE, 30/08/14, DAY 2 (SATURDAY)

With no sign of Jason not so Derulo, lost wellies or £3 plastic ponchos from ASDA, stuck in trees; Friday was fantastic. Not to mention it had staged equally fantastic music, a busy Saturday had a lot to contend with….

BINGLEY MUSIC LIVE 29/08/14, DAY 1 (FRIDAY)

“I say Jason, you say Derulo… Jason?” “Derulo!” and that sums up my shuttle bus from V Festival, home to rural Leicestershire. But how does this have anything to do with Bingley Music Live, you may be wondering? After Jason…

ALBUM REVIEW: The Vines ‘Wicked Nature’

Rating: To announce your return from a three year lapse into obscurity with a double album seems quite a galling and somewhat overblown affair, yet that is precisely what Aussie band The Vines have done with their sixth album, Wicked…

The Orwells LIVE @ The Black Heart, Camden 28.08.14

Rating: This group of Chicago young punks must carry one mighty insurance premium. Whether it’s covering any damages to guitarist Matt O’Keefe’s axe as he bravely releases it into the delirious masses, or to maverick singer Mario Cuomo as he hurls…

Moseley Folk Festival 2014 – Friday Highlights

Set in the suburbs of Birmingham, Moseley Folk Festival reels in the top names of folk and increasingly more genres. The first day of the festival offered big names including The Smiths’ Johnny Marr, Sonic Youth’s Thurston Moore and Jimi…

Royal Blood LIVE @ New Slang, Kingston 28.08.14

Rating: I last saw Royal Blood on the John Peel stage at Glastonbury. They were a stand-out highlight of the festival, putting on one of the most exciting sets of the weekend… In the past two months, their success has…

Singles Reviews: Released 01.09.14

The Singles Reviews give the Gigslutz writers an opportunity to listen to songs that wouldn’t usually pop up on their iPod, no matter how many times they shuffled. Sometimes they’re pleasantly surprised by a track by an artist they’d usually…

Milky Chance LIVE @ KOKO 26.8.14

German folktronica duo Milky Chance, who consist of Clemens Rehbein on vocals & guitar and Philipp Dausch as DJ, only finished their secondary education in 2012 but since then have gone on to achieve major success across Europe, most notably…