Converse have been putting on a load of free competition gigs over the last few months and we were lucky enough to invited down to the legendary 100 club to see Sunderland’s finest Frankie & The Heartstrings. This was the…
The Smoke Fairies have been making some pretty good mates lately. They recently became the first UK band to release a record on Jack Whites new label. Jack was into them that much he ended up producing their single and also jumping…
I suppose I’ll have to admit to being a bit of a bandwagon jumper when it comes to Richard Hawley. He had previously slipped under my radar until is latest, and most successful, Mercury nominated record was released, the brilliant…
Fred Perry celebrated 60 years as an icon of fashion with a special gig at The Garage in London to mark the anniversary. A line up Terry Hall, Don Letts, Norman Jay and the mighty Charlatans got Gigslutz juices nice…
Oxjam has been up and running and gaining momentum since 2004. Now in its 8th year it has gone from a one off event, to having over 3000 gigs taking place and over 750,000 people attending. All the events are…
1-2-3-4 Festival continues to grow every year. Now in it’s fifth year it continues to get bigger each time around and is fastly becoming one the best small festivals in London. So while some of the Gigslutz team were sunning…
The last time I had the pleasure of experiencing Ibiza Rocks was back in 2007 when The Zutons took me and a couple of pals along for their gig. On that occasion the night ended up with various hilarious scenarios,…
Another surprising warm up for their debut Reading and Leeds headline shows; Kasabian played a semi intimate one off show at Brixton Academy. Talk of Kasabian recently had centred around failures to conquer America and disappointing sales of their latest…
As my football team is so shit I’ve unfortunately never been able to take on the delights of European away days. However, since the resurrection of The Stone Roses I have had an excuse to pack some spare Bill Grundies…
Saturday 30th June 2012 was like Christmas morning for me. Although I’d recently been able to catch the Roses in Amsterdam as part of their warm up gigs, this was the big one. Heaton Park. Having caught the earliest train…