With their signature thrashing guitars, snappy snare drums and punchy bass the Kings of Leon have returned with their new single ‘Supersoaker’. Rarely ones to start their tracks with a slow-build, this latest offering begins with a furiously strummed guitar…
Last week, the Manic Street Preachers made their return to our ear canals with ‘Rewind the Film’, the title track from their forthcoming eleventh album. A touching, acoustic ballad, ‘Rewind The Film’ features vocals from Richard Hawley – who actually…
We are in the height of summer and I feel like I’m in a sticky southern scene from a Tennessee Williams play. Clutching my razor clam (the gig stamp for the night), I purchase a can of beer from the…
During a scorching summer’s eve amidst a London heat wave, the Need2Soul July event at Oval Space felt a bit limp and wilted, if only for the sole reason that it was much too hot to be inside a club….
Farao is a name you maybe hearing a lot of over the coming months. Although she has only released one single, that of the beautiful ‘Skin’ she has a lot more coming our way. Samatha Foley caught up with the Norwegian folk queen…
Brooklyn noiseniks Radkey have released their debut EP to hype nearly as loud as their hardcore punk racket. The brothers Radke follow the current trend (The Strypes, The Orwells) of being ridiculously young and absurdly good. Lead singer Dee’s vocal…
With this years Kendal Calling rapidly approaching, Gigslutz’ Amelia Ward gives you the low down of 5 acts who you should catch, who you may not be aware of… Throwing Up With their debut album being released last week on…
I’m not a UB40 connoisseur by any means, but I think they’re underrated in terms of being a national institution. Or maybe they’re not, you tell me. However if you’ve never heard ‘The Earth Dies Screaming’ and the beautiful b…
EARTH, WIND & FIRE Philip Doron Bailey (vocals): “It was good today; l like it. It was fun; big audience, good response. Everything sounded right on stage – so I hope it sounded right in the audience. And everyone’s talking…
“When you’ve got nothing left, you’ve still got rock n’ roll!” declares Craig Dermody on ‘Jackie Boy’. It’s these seemingly off-the-cuff, throwaway lines that raise the goosebumps and cements the music fans love of this, the most peerless of music…