Live At Leeds Festival took over Leeds city centre once again this April bank holiday. From White Lies to jellyskin, and Slaves to Weirds, the festival offered music fans a mix of huge headliners and local treasures. We sent Jon Mo and Lucy…
Gigslutz favourites The Vryll Society are set to cross the seas to wow American crowds at SXSW this month. The Liverpool based band have never played in the States before, but we’re sure their “liquid jams” will translate perfectly to new listeners. 2017…
The androgyny of Bolan is there, the otherworldly, wan countenances too, gazes seeking distant horizons and the answers to questions long ago asked by hipless, hapless pop stars, but this record is no retread of the musical past.
With influences heralding from the likes of Temples, Kurt Vile and Pink Floyd, it’s no surprise that Venice Trip‘s debut EP ‘Look Forward’ generated great commercial and critical success. The band’s progressive stoner sound takes 60’s psychedelia hurtling into the…
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…
Rating: What a difference a few months away and a trip to American makes. Last time Temples toured the UK the four members were enough to recreate their trippy, ‘60s-drenched debut Sun Structures (Rough Trade’s Album Of The Year) in…
Rating: It is said in some circles, Beyond the Wizard’s Sleeve ‘do not merely remix, they Re-animate’… or so their Facebook page tells me. Now, if you require more evidence than an artist’s social media bio to pass judgment, may…
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…
Festivals belong in fields, or so I once thought. “Just 20,000 people standing in a field” sang Jarvis sardonically – written, mind, before Pulp’s seminal Glastonbury performance in 1995. All you need to accurately recreate the typical festival experience is…
With the shortlist for acts nominated for this years Barclaycard Mercury Prize due to be announced on Wednesday 10th September 2014, we thought we’d throw our two cents in and name who we believe is likely to be included on…