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10 OF THE BEST MUSIC DOCUMENTARIES

To celebrate the release of new documentaries about two of our fave artists – Nick Cave’s 20,000 Days on Earth and Big Star’s Nothing Can Hurt Me – Gigslutz presents ten of the most captivating films to explore the stories behind…

LEEDS FESTIVAL FOCUS: Circa Waves

Festival season is in full swing and here at Gigslutz Towers we’ve witnessed some brilliant moments already. Next up for us is the mammoth Reading & Leeds Festivals – an annual event which pulls probably the most consistently strong line…

PREVIEW: Beacons

For three whole days from 7th-10th August, Yorkshire’s rural Funkirk Estate in Skipton plays host to one of the UK’s most exciting emerging festivals. For anyone who hasn’t had the pleasure of being introduced to Beacons you are certainly in…

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…

The Jezabels LIVE @ The Plug, Sheffield 11.07.14

Rating: The Jezabels make rock music with a strong sense of pop rules, or pop music with rock sensibilities. Fronted by Hayley Mary (described as “a really dark Kylie” by someone leaving the venue), the four piece Australian band are…

ALBUM REVIEW: Gulp ‘Season Sun’

Rating: If I have learned one thing in my time on this planet, it is not to try and second-guess a Super Furry Animal. The experimental Welsh rock band’s overall style has always managed to be at once immediately distinctive…

DOWN ON THE STREET: Sheffield

Welcome to Down on the Street, a Gigslutz guide to the most alluring places to see live music, get rat-arsed, dance, and shop (though probably not in that order) in some of the UK’s most exciting cities. And Basingstoke. Over the coming months…

LIVE: Wireless @ Finsbury Park, London 4-6.07.14

Now in its tenth year, Wireless is essentially a festival for those who don’t fancy the full festival experience: Three stages of music from 1.30 until 11.00pm (at the very latest) over two sites at London and Birmingham. While initially…

Interview With The Glass Child

At just 21 years of age, Charlotte Eriksson, aka The Glass Child, has started her own record label, released four EPs and a full length album, reached number two in the Swedish singles chart and even written an autobiographical book:…

Gigslutz Presents The Best of YouTube… Ian Brown

Greetings dear readers from a rather tropical Manchester! We at Gigslutz spend a lot of time on the interweb, and we think you may do too hence our beautiful readership. We also have a teeny obsession with all things Brown….