ALBUM REVIEW: Owl John ‘Owl John’
Rating: “These will not be Frightened Rabbit songs. These will be John’s songs.” When a band starts off as a solo project like Frightened Rabbit did back in 2003 there has to be part of them that wants to try…
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EP REVIEW: Dumb ‘Chew Me Up, Spit Me Out’
Rating: Dumb may be a recent addition to the big Brum hype but they don’t appear like the latecomers. The last year has seen them build a bigger fan base with support slots for the likes of Baby Strange, Superfood…
LIVE: Benicassim FIB 2014
For many people the thought of a British Festival is mainly about a few things: Music, rain, wellington boots and mud. Now that’s fine if it floats your boat however, for those that prefer the finer things in life (like…
ALBUM REVIEW: White Fence ‘For The Recently Found Innocent’
Rating: It’s only been a year since the sounds of Cyclops Reap first started emanating from your cool, flannel-clad neighbours’ open windows, the one who wears thick black Ray Ban Wayfarers and could pull of a moustache if he wanted….
SINGLES REVIEWS: Released 22.07.14
Good Day, dearest reader! Here at Gigslutz we are always keen to diversify our choices, to the furthest stretch of the imagination. With this in mind, I have put down my old blues records and picked up a steaming hot…
TRACK REVIEW: Amp Live ‘Run Back’
Rating: Amp Live: An immensely talented producer, one half of the pioneering hip-hop duo Zion I and a leading representative for musical innovation. On August 4th Amp Live releases his much anticipated solo UK debut album, incidentally his first via…
Tracks Of The Week, 21.07.14
Whilst Lucky Elephant are a pretty international collective, new single ‘Old Kent Road’ focuses on the dying working class culture of South East London. Perhaps inspired by keyboardist Sam Johnson’s roots in Deptford, the single forms part of Lucky Elephant’s…
Clean Bandit LIVE @ Somerset House 19.07.14
“So you think electronic music is boring? You think it’s stupid? You think it’s repetitive? Well, it is repetitive” No, not the words of this reviewer, but the smug opening line from Clean Bandit’s breakthrough single ‘Mozart’s House’; a house…
Little Dragon LIVE @ Somerset House 20.07.14
Last night Little Dragon provided the final musical escapade of Somerset House’s Summer Series, and it certainly felt like summer was a somewhat edging away from us. You know what they expected when they planned the event, a beautiful summer…
LISTEN: Tracks Of The Week Playlist June/July ’14
The second installment of the TOTW playlist, here’s a mix of some of our favourite tracks from the last couple of months – all in one place for your listening pleasure. Whilst it’s not possible to include all of the…