ALBUM: DMA’S ‘Hills End’
Rating: If you were planning a trip to your local B&Q this weekend – don’t bother – home improvements can wait. Instead, buy a copy of DMA‘s debut album Hills End, go to your bedroom, listen – and just like…
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ALBUM: BLØSH ‘Keep Bleeding Keep Breathing’
“A lot of the tracks are reflections about the last couple of years after we moved back to Oslo. Some of them are dark, some of them are happy; and all of them are trying to say ‘hey – we’re…
ALBUM: Rihanna ‘Anti’
Rating: “I got to do things my own way darling, will you ever let me? Will you ever respect me? No…” Rihanna has returned with her eighth studio album Anti after leaving music label Def Jam in 2014. She’s now signed…
NEW TRACK: My Cruel Goro – ‘Lost E’
Italian/Icelandic trio My Cruel Goro released their eponymous debut EP in August last year, and they’ve been enjoying the glowing reviews and multiple radio plays ever since – all of which helped to spread their old-school, grunge rock sound to…
NEW TRACK: Dark Science – ‘White Drugs’
Do you feel chewed up? Restless? In need of a pick-me-up? Well, Dark Science have the answer: ‘White Drugs’ – but don’t worry, their variation of the substance is completely legal and 100% free. They’ve recorded the aural equivalent of…
Gigslutz Video Vote, February 2016
It’s the second week of the Gigslutz February Video Vote, and we’ve got more superb footage for you to set your peepers on. Last week, we featured ‘Slug’ by the phenomenal Petrol Girls, but now it’s the turn of indie-pop…
ONE TO WATCH: Susanna
When creating an album, most artists aim to record ten to fifteen tracks to show fans and critics what they’re made of. For Norwegian artist Susanna, however, this number is barely adequate; on her eleventh album Triangle, she has produced…
ALBUM: The Jezabels ‘Synthia’
Rating: After almost a decade of recording and touring together, The Jezabels have returned with their third album, Synthia – crammed full of vintage synths and observational lyricism. “What if I’m a dark, dark girl?” asks vocalist Haley Mary on ninth track…
ALBUM: Lion Babe ‘Begin’
Rating: Jillian Hervey and Lucas Goodman have an instinct for pure, powerful, neo soul beats. Hervey’s a singer/songwriter and performance artist, Goodman’s an instrumentalist and producer. Their talents culminate under the banner of Lion Babe, and over the last 12…
Gigslutz Video Vote, February 2016
Welcome to the Gigslutz February Video Vote! Over the next few weeks we’ll be sharing music videos from a variety of new and up-and-coming artists, and asking you to vote for your favourite by using the star rating below. At the…