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La Roux to DJ at Picturehouse Strike Fundraiser

On Friday 16th March La Roux will headline a fundraiser for the Picturehouse Strikers at DIY Space for London. La Roux will be joined by British Industrial music leaders Test Department, Mickey O’Brien, Vogue Fabrics’ Burning Down the House, electro…

ALBUM (TRACK-BY-TRACK): New Order ‘Music Complete’

Rating: Hooky-less, but with a few famous faces to take the attention away, New Order return with their first album in a decade – and that’s not the only first. Their first collection without Peter Hook’s low-swung bass-lines is also…

Glastonbury 2015: The Good, the Bad and Kanye

The Pilton Festival (as Glastonbury was originally known) took place on 19th September, 1970. Tickets were £1 each (including free milk) and 1500 people turned up to watch headliners Tyrannosaurus Rex. At Glastonbury 2015 dinosaurs still rule the land, as evidenced by the huge…

Ten Career Defining Tracks From Glastonbury 2015

As the Worthy Farm clean-up continues, we look back to ten tracks that defined this year’s festival, whether from acts visiting Pilton for the first time or legends of all ages who can’t help but come back for more. As…

Gigslutz Top 5 Albums of 2014

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…

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…

Singles Reviews: Released 06.10.14

And here’s more packaged pleasures for the perpetually adolescent consumer.  Enjoy! Angus & Julia Stone ‘Grizzly Bear’ These Antipodean siblings return with their third album, this delicacy produced by uber-turd polisher, Rick Rubin. To get him on-board the duo promised…

La Roux LIVE @ The Macbeth, Hoxton 15.09.14

Rating: It was almost like a scene from some ironic, Catatonia ‘Karaoke Queen’-esque music video when La Roux took to the stage at Hoxton’s Macbeth this week. The Macbeth is, after all, just a pub – but what a pub, and…

LIVE: Bestival, Robin Hill Park, Isle Of Wight 04-07.09.14

Rating: By name and by nature, Bestival has become one of the UK’s most loved festivals, and closed 2014’s season in its now renowned style, where castaways and natives joined forces to create the ultimate desert island disco. With huge…