Tag: london

Interview: Beans on Toast

Drawing towards the end of one of his most exciting years yet, we spoke to Beans on Toast (aka Jay McAllister) before he closed his UK tour at Camden’s Electric Ballroom. Slightly bedraggled from the rain, I’m quizzed mercilessly by…

Bombay Bicycle Club LIVE @ Earls Court, London 13.12.14

Rating: “To say religious experience would understate it” Elbow’s Guy Garvey (Fan Club President) says, “A life peak” Rick Edwards tells us. Always the jovial band, Bombay Bicycle Club have made a spoof of some famous fans (and future Prime…

Beans On Toast LIVE @ Electric Ballroom 11/12/14

Rounding off a UK tour (and a very exciting year) there’s no better place for Beans On Toast to be than Camden’s Electric Ballroom. Despite the weather – both freezing cold and raining – fans began gathering outside over an…

INTERVIEW: Eugene Hutz of Gogol Bordello

As one of the most recognisable front-men in music, the vibrant Eugene Hutz has led his band Gogol Bordello since their creation way back in 1999. With several UK tour dates coming up shortly for the gypsy punks, Matt Tarr…

Chet Faker LIVE @ The Coronet, London 20.11.14

Rating: Someone challenged me to write this review without mentioning his beard and to that I say: sod it let’s put it in the opening line. All beards aside, Chet Faker cannot be reduced to a bunch of well groomed…

Interview: Gary Powell

Ahead of his gig at Jack Rocks @ The Macbeth, we managed to grab a chat with The Libertines drummer and legend Gary Powell, to talk his new project with singer Iris Gold and to get to the bottom of…

City Splash Festival REVIEW 18.10.14

City Splash Festival 2014 was a huge festival, hosted at Camden’s superb Roundhouse venue, which celebrated the influence of sound system culture and Gigslutz were in attendance to see exactly what went down! Even though this was the first year…