After being spotted by The Coral’s James Skelly, Blossoms are fast becoming one of the most exciting names in new music, and just a week before their next album release, we got the chance to check out their live set…
Sound Control is known for its 3 floor club nights and it’s usual upstairs 500 capacity gig venue. Tonight we are downstairs in the bar for the Manchester date of Ekkah’s UK headline tour. A small stage first holds host…
Gigslutz contributor and Features Editor, Katie Muxworthy, takes a look at one of the records that changed the way she looked at music. Exploring the depths of each track, the ill fated life and death of lead singer Ian Curtis…
Manchester’s Deaf Institute holds host to HONNE tonight, on one of the Northern legs of their first UK headline tour. It’s a big step up for them. The band head onto the stage bang on 9pm. “We’re HONNE as you…
I’m slowly but surely doing my rounds of the small venues in Manchester, and Wednesday saw a visit to Night and Day for Baby Strange. There’s something bizarre about moving from one city to another, and seeing the same bands…
Mancunian MC R.I.O has shared an in-depth documentary called ‘No Stone Unturned‘, which sees him discuss his career thus far; from humble beginnings in Manchester’s notorious Moss Side to his musical achievements, which include opening as tour support for Nas,…
Being a top-class act from Dundee comes with some enormous pressure. Sometimes, with expectations so high for, The View, to deliver a mind-blowing, life-changing set – the energy cracks and the four-piece begin to wade through the motions of a…
“She wants to get so, she wants to get so far” is the repetitive but smooth and sultry chorus that will be stuck in your head after hearing Trowler’s brand new single ‘Get So Far’. Originally from Essex, Alfie Firmin,…
For Manchester’s attitude-filled post-punk girls PINS, 2015 has been a crazy year. The charismatic group saw the release of their second album Wild Nights, with a stretch of exciting tour dates in America, and UK shows forthcoming this September. Gigslutz caught…
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…