Author Archives: Ella Scott

About Ella Scott

Gigslutz Editor, token Geordie and Blur fangirl. Naturally, achieving Vicky Pattinson's VIP edge is what drives me to get up in the morning.

ALBUM REVIEW: KAV ‘The Man With No Shadow’

Rating: Finding himself playing guitar for the iconic Happy Mondays, co-launching the ‘Getloaded’ club night at London’s Turnmills nightclub, supporting the likes of Glastonbury 2014 headliners Kasabian and developing Rick Genest AKA Zombie Boy’s music project in LA last year, it seems…

Ones To Watch: Kobadelta

Hailing from the hometown that produced The Animals, Dire Straits and seen Neil Tennant of the Pet Shop Boys gaining education in the city, are five-piece Kobadelta.  The Newcastle-Upon-Tyne quintet are rapidly squaring up for their brand-new EP to be…

Dizzee Rascal LIVE @ Split Festival, Sunderland 09.08.14

Whether your music preference is heavy metal, kooky indie or bland commercial pop, Hackney’s own Dizzee Rascal is the guilty pleasure that every individual has, yet nobody actually feels guilty about.  Although the London rapper has been in the game…

Lisbon LIVE @ Split Festival, Sunderland 09.08.14

After playing a string of festivals this season, including Kendal Calling and T in The Park – where they preformed a fantastic set on the prestigious BBC Introducing Stage – up-and-coming giants Lisbon brought the party to the North East, by taking…

Tom Vek LIVE @ Split Festival, Sunderland 09.08.14 

Regardless of whether you’re living it large in Ibiza, up to your neck in mud at Glatonbury or surrounded by a carnival of multi-coloured sheep at Latitude, there’s always one artist or band at any festival who prints an everlasting…

Unsigned Act Of The Week: The Moth Lantern

Winning the support of BBC Radio 2 and BBC Radio 6 Music is arduous for any artist and an exceedingly more difficult task to accomplish for an unsigned band. However, managing to instantly win both the hearts of the legendary…

INTERVIEW: Old Barber

Old Barber is an unsigned, teen Scottish side-project collaboration between solo-singer Luna Webster and Taylor Stewart, who is a member of band Herbert Powell. Gigslutz recently reviewed their debut EP UFO Phil, which can be read here. An  interview with…

INTERVIEW: The LaFontaines

Ahead of their monster set in the T-Break Tent Gigslutz caught up with bearded frontman Kerr Okan and fellow band member Darren McCaughey of Scottish band The LaFontaines. The lads took time out of their schedule to talk about why…

INTERVIEW: Hudson Taylor

Although sadly T in The Park has wrapped itself up for another year, it’s impossible to escape the fondly growing nostalgia as roughly 85,0000 people look back and re-live one of the best weekends for live music in Scotland.  One…

LIVE: The LaFontaines @ T In The Park 12.07.14

Who: The LaFontaines Where: T-Break Tent When: 17:55 – 18:25 Three years after their T in the Park debut, Scotland’s “secret weapon” The LaFontaines deliver a high-intensity action-packed celebratory performance in the T-Break tent. Revelling in the electrified atmosphere, the…