It’s Friday the 21st November and The Whisky Sessions launch their first ever event in where else but the great city of Manchester. Today is the opening night of a two day event in Victoria Warehouse complete with bands, beards…
Promoting unsigned artists is something we at Gigslutz feel extremely passionate about, with our regular ‘Unsigned Act Of The Week’ and ‘Ones To Watch’ features, as well as a wealth of reviews and premieres. Celebrating new artists, or even people…
Scary People are the latest in a classic rock comeback from the UK. Straight out of Dundee, the band formed last year within the space of a week to form a support band to play a sold out show. Quite…
Rating: The Drums are back – after a 3 year wait since their slightly disappointing second record ‘Portamento’, they return with ‘Encyclopedia’ – an album that ditches the surf rock and happy go lucky melodies for damp and dark textures,…
Rating: James Bay is blowing up faster than any artist right now in the UK. Following in the footsteps of similar male singer songwriters like George Ezra and Hozier, Bay – after covering for an absent Lana Del Rey in…
It’s Halloween night in a dark and damp Manchester and the skeletons, bloody doctors and slutty cats are out in floods. I’m happy to leave this spooky atmosphere ready to see The Antlers as I enter the Ritz but apparently…
Young South Londoners The Savage Nomads are back with a bang with their new single ‘Pinkie’s Little Light’. After a surprise facebook friend request acceptance and a message from Brendan Canty of Fugazi saying he loves their music and wants to…
Rating: After an interesting journey that involved running through Manchester to catch the train and a 30 minute night time walk through Stoke, we finally reach the Sugarmill ready to see Little Comets. Unfortunately, this meant that I missed Camp…
Rating: Kid Ink is playing Manchester Academy 1 tonight after being upgraded from Academy 3. There’s over 2000 people’s worth of capacity difference in these venues, which is mental. Although he is incredibly well-known in the US and less so…
I’ve never been to Manchester’s Castle Hotel before tonight; all I know is that it’s a 70 capacity room so it should be pretty special. Man Made are one of the best new bands coming out of Manchester right now…