Spinning Coin were main support for the evening and captured the crowd with cool, casual and easy energy. The two main vocals switched between songs and created great dynamic shifts from harsh low vocals to high falsetto melodies. The short,…
Following on from their renowned self-titled debut album, Toronto-based Alvvays inspected the scene in 2017 and launched a new flagship against a storm of uneasy genres. The album Antisocialities masterfully spreads across a number of genres from indie-pop to garage-rock,…
Mari and Mel bring you some of their favourite new releases this week… Following 2014’s self-titled debut, Canadian band Alvvays are now set to release their second album in September, and we can’t wait. Taken from the album is latest…
Toronto-based band Alvvays have announced their second record Antisocialities will be released on September 8 via Polyvinyl Records. The first official taste of Antisocialities is the album’s first track ‘In Undertow’, which can be streamed via Youtube, now. Other songs…
Knife Pleats is the upbeat and illuminating new project fronted by Canada DIY musical veteran Rose Melberg of Tiger Trap, Gaze and Go Sailor fame. Based in Vancouver, the band formed through Melberg along with her fellow Love Cuts members…
It’s a calm and pleasant evening down Manchester’s Oxford Road, and Alvvays are performing in Academy 2 of Manchester University’s Student Union building as part of their full UK tour. Most students haven’t moved in yet, so it’s significantly less…
Rating: Rejoice! Somebody has finally played a stack of quality indie records to the youth of Canada, the country that previously “gifted” us with Bryan Adams and Justin Bieber, and man they’ve got creative with it! Proof that in the…
Because the world is crying out for another 2014 best of list, we present the top five albums of 2014 according to the Gigslutz editorial team… Listen to our Best of 2014 Playlist here Dan Bull, Reviews Editor 1. The Jezabels – The Brink…
As we come to the end of the year, I thought it only right to put together a ‘best of’ for my Tracks Of The Week – a ‘Tracks Of The Year’, if you will. 2014 has been a pretty exciting year…
Hailing from Montreal, and pretty pally with the city’s most famous rock stars – Arcade Fire, The Barr Brothers are about to release their second album, ahead of which comes ‘Even The Darkness Has Arms’. This beautiful slice of folk…