Tag: The Coral

LIVE: The Coral, Manchester Academy, 17.12.16

I’ve ended up seeing The Coral four times this year. Unintentionally, perhaps, but I’m by no means complaining; every time has been fantastic. What I’ve also noticed is that while various people who I’ve seen them with claim to only…

PLAYLIST: December 2016

*Clears throat for Noddy Holder impression* “It’s Christttttmaasssss!” and the Gigslutz Editorial team have been working harder than Santa’s little elves trying to find the best new and not-so-new music to add to their December playlist. Feast your ears on…

Tracks Of The Week, 09.09.16

With Halloween fast approaching, we’re in needed of a little gothic influence. Luckily, Edinburgh four-piece RITU▲LS are on hand to provide it. Having only formed earlier this year from the remains of defunct bands, RITU▲LS were quickly snapped up by…

ALBUM: The Coral ‘Distance Inbetween’

Rating: To listen to The Coral on a grey Sunday afternoon, layered with the gentle hammering of raindrops against the window, is really rather apt. There’s a glorious essence of manifestation in the music, a crescendo of crazy that reverberates…

New Track: Marvin Powell – ‘Buried’

Psychedelic and folky, the debut release from Liverpool’s Marvin Powell, seems to originate from some far-off, Tolkien created world. Signed by The Coral’s James Skelly’s label, Powell has that unique, retro sound that so resonates with Skelley’s own endeavors. Full…

Top 10 THE CORAL Songs

Following the release of their latest album The Curse Of Love, it’s only fitting to mark nearly two decades of The Coral with a countdown of their 10 best songs. Formed in Hoylake, Merseyside in 1996, the band have released…

ALBUM REVIEW: The Coral ‘The Curse of Love’

You can’t exactly call it a ‘new album’, because that’s a bit of a lie. Recorded back in 2006, The Coral set about recording 12 tracked album The Curse of Love, and eight years later have decided now is the…

INTERVIEW: James Skelly (the Coral)

The Coral are back, with a new/old album, The Curse of Love. We asked frontman James Skelly some questions about the band, his record label and what he thought of the new U2 album… Afternoon, James. Where are you and…