We’ve been following Basildon band Courts for a while now and each time they release a new single, we’re consistently impressed by the feel-good, original nature of their tunes. ‘True Say’ is their latest offering, and it’s another humble, high energy track that…
The faces of BAIT members Michael (right) & Luke (left) might look familiar to you – especially if you’re a fan of Asylums – but the sounds they channel via their latest musical project are unrecognisable. BAIT are an urgent, visceral, dominant collective of Southend-based musicians…
Ordinary backgrounds, ordinary occupations, and an extraordinary passion to make the music they love; Southend rockers Asylums are a band who should definitely be on your musical radar. Together, Luke, Jazz, Michael and Henry have managed to form a regionalised…
The beginning of a new year, a time to celebrate new music. As we leave 2016 behind, the editorial team here at Gigslutz have chosen some of the bands and artists we’re most excited about for the upcoming year. As…
Abellio Greater Anglia have a lot to answer for. Thanks to their slow-running shambles of a service on Friday night, I was late to Cool Thing Records Alternative Occupations EP launch in Southend on Sea. As a result, I missed…
Festival season is over for another year and true to form; Bestival 2016 closed the festivities with another wild line-up of music stars from past and present, including headliners Hot Chip, Major Lazer, The Cure and Whiz Kalifa. The heavens opened…
Ever wondered what being backstage at Reading and Leeds Festival looks like? Well, wonder no more! Gigslutz has been given exclusive access to images of Southend rockers Asylums that showcase all the antics the band got up to over the August bank holiday weekend….
There’s something about The Lexington that makes my phone implode. It played up when I interviewed Youth Club here earlier in the year, and now it’s telling me I’ve dialed “an incorrect number” as I’m trying to call Asylums’ frontman Luke….
We’re well into festival season now, so have a little listen what we’re playing at the camp site. The Last Shadow Puppets – ‘Sweet Dreams, TN’ By no means one of the obvious highlights of Everything You’ve Come To Expect, ‘Sweet…
There’s no such thing as ‘too much’ Asylums here at Gigslutz, and we’re super excited to share some exclusive new material with you this week, courtesy of the Southend four-piece. The band’s debut album Killer Brain Waves is released via Cool Thing Records…