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Birmingham’s newest festival reveals line up

Beyond The Tracks will be taking over Birmingham’s Eastside in September. The festival will take place in Eastside City Park, near Millennium Point, over September 15 to 17. The Friday will see electronic music pioneers Orbital headline with the Hartnoll…

ALBUM: Wild Beasts ‘Boy King’

Rating: A sex glorifying, woman yearning, ego-filled yet ego-squashed album is not a shock coming from the already notorious Wild Beasts. Stripped further back from their previous album, Present Tense, Bassist Tom Fleming recently said to NME that “The last record…

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EP: Emmy The Great ‘S’

Rating: Emmy The Great finally returns a couple of years after the critically acclaimed Virtue, with a beguiling four track EP that demonstrates a less introspective take on her art. ‘Swimming Pool’ is achingly cool and contemporary featuring Wild Beasts’ Tom…

NEW TRACK: Affairs – ‘Blood Science’

Hailing from the musically fruitful city of Manchester, Affairs are an alternative electronic band originally from Hull. Having migrated from the big smoke of The North, the group have recently attracted attention from Tom Robinson (BBC 6Music), John Kennedy (XFM) and…

Wild Beasts LIVE @ O2 Academy, Liverpool, 30.10.14

Rating: With its outstanding bill of localised and enduring international talent, the 10th edition of Liverpool Music Week has certainly generated a lot of buzz this time around. Last Thursday night we headed to the O2 Academy, to revel in…

Barclaycard Mercury Prize 2014: Gigslutz Predictions

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…