MIA revealed ‘Unbreak My Mixtape’ today, a track set to feature on her fourth studio album ‘Matangi’. Sampling Blur’s ‘Tender’ alongside ‘Why’ by Carly Simon, the four and a half minute track also features a trip hop beat and the…
Things are going along nicely for London trio Is Tropical. There second album ‘I’m Leaving’ was released earlier this year and they are in the middle of a packed festival season. Make sure you catch them if you can! Sam…
Jake Bugg had his first proper gig in Japan last week. Following Summer Sonic, one of the biggest music festival Jake played as a band in Tokyo, Osaka with his “summer sonic extra show”. A Japanese audience could see proper…
As a fitting tribute for the 20th anniversary of Nirvana’s third and final album ‘In Utero’, Dutch director Anton Corbijn has released the director’s cut video for ‘Heart-Shaped Box’, scenes only previously made available on his 2005 DVD. Although it’s…
On 11th September, the nominations for the Barclaycard Mercury Prize will be announced with the winner decided on 30th October. This year’s list of contenders will feature 12 of the best British albums released in the past year. Any nominee…
Michelle Scott brings you updates from the East Coast of America! You hear the word festival and immediately Europe comes to mind (and rightly so). Now since there aren’t many festivals on our side of the Atlantic, we tend to…
With this year’s Notting Hill Carnival almost upon us, Gigslutz’ resident posh bird, Philli B give us all ten essential tips to maximize your carnival experience! 1. Don’t have a massive one on Saturday… Carnival only comes once a year…
Directly behind the bartenders, where many bars might have shelves or mirrors, the front bar at the Knitting Factory has remarkably sound proof panels of glass that overlook a packed venue. The bar is playing recorded music during the opening…
Back in July Gigslutz’s own Elliott Homer sat down for an epic chat with punk-folk troubadour Frank Turner to talk touring behind his latest album Tape Deck Heart, his fantasy festival line-up as well as his own upcoming shows at…
Is there a mathematical equation that can work out the percentage of how much fun a gig was based on how many times you fell on the beer soaked floor or were elbowed in the rib by a reveler? In…