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BEST OF YOUTUBE: Glastonbury

As crowds in their thousands gather round PCs and iPads for the Glastonbury ticket resale tonight (and on Sunday, more info here), sweating as if their lives depend on this one transaction, we decided to take a trip down memory lane,…

ALBUM: Mini Mansions ‘The Great Pretenders’

Rating: Get ready to be thrown into a pit of ’80s synth fuelled psychedellica, with the release of Mini Mansion’s second full-length studio album, The Great Pretenders. The LA 3 piece are a band that are elegant yet still manage to remain…

The Best Gigs of 2014 – Part 2

Kate Bush’s Hammersmith Apollo residency… Prince’s small, almost-secret shows… Metallica’s controversial headlining slot at Glastonbury… To say 2014 has been a memorable one for big gigs by huge names would be an understatement, but at Gigslutz our reviewers prefer shows that are…

The Best Gigs of 2014 – Part 1

Kate Bush’s Hammersmith Apollo residency… Prince’s small, almost-secret shows… Metallica’s controversial headlining slot at Glastonbury… To say 2014 has been a memorable one for big gigs by huge names would be an understatement, but at Gigslutz our reviewers prefer shows that are…

The Greatest Bootlegs Ever, Vol. 1

Ah, the bootleg. That hiterto unheard-of piece of arcane musicalia for millennials born into an age with torrents, Spotify and every other file-sharing platform that makes loving music so little hard work now. Back in the day, it was all…

THE WORD: John Cooper Clarke

I hate clichés in writing, but let’s be honest: John Cooper Clarke is a national treasure. In the sense that, at a late stage of his life, nearly forty years since he was almost a footnote to the punk era,…

Unsigned Act Of The Week: The Sherlocks

The new single from The Sherlocks cements them as one of the best new indie bands today – strong vocals and undeniably catchy riffs power through this unstoppable tune. These two sets of brothers from Sheffield have worked themselves up…

LISTEN: Tom Prior shares new track ‘The Altar’

Following a great performance at Reading and Leeds festivals over the weekend, North London singer/songwriter Tom Prior has released the first track to be taken from his upcoming EP, Bad Advice. ‘The Altar’ serves the purpose of introducing Prior to…