ALBUM REVIEW: Soen ‘Tellurian’

Rating: Soen, are due to release their second album Tellurian, on November 4 through Spinefarm Records. The Swedish, progressive rock band consists of drummer Martin Lopez (ex-Opeth, Amon Amarth), vocalist Joel Ekelöf, guitarist Joakim Platbarzdis and bassist Stefan Stenberg. Their…

ALBUM REVIEW: The Coral ‘The Curse of Love’

You can’t exactly call it a ‘new album’, because that’s a bit of a lie. Recorded back in 2006, The Coral set about recording 12 tracked album The Curse of Love, and eight years later have decided now is the…

Foxygen LIVE @ The Ruby Lounge, Manchester 30.11.14

Rating: To say that psych-rockers Foxygen simply walk on stage would be underplaying their zing, the song-writing pair and their outfit burst out in a flurry of colour, long hair and bare skin. Three attractive female backup singers & dancers…

The Ting Tings LIVE @ XOYO, London 30.10.14

Rating: Thursday. Shoreditch. I remember dancing furiously, freaking out in a raincoat to a man playing a saxophone, basking in the promise of a fresh and energetic new band, reaching out, out into the rum-addled darkness of the night. I…

City Splash Festival REVIEW 18.10.14

City Splash Festival 2014 was a huge festival, hosted at Camden’s superb Roundhouse venue, which celebrated the influence of sound system culture and Gigslutz were in attendance to see exactly what went down! Even though this was the first year…