About Paul Sng
Editor-at-large, Brighton.
Likes: Lee Hazlewood, Lee Hazlewood songs and Lee Hazlewood's moustache
Dislikes: Celery, crap nostalgia and people who raise their voice when speaking as if they're asking a question?
First, a confession: I have a weakness for dirty garage rock, played at ear-splitting volume in down at heel venues. Dive bars, basement clubs, converted railway arches; the sort of places where they don’t accept plastic over the bar and the toilets resemble…
Alan McGee – Creation Stories: Riots, Raves and Running a Label In an alternative universe there’s a book called The Man Who Discovered Oasis – and that title alone would be enough to ensure you handed over your money. In this reality, however,…
Forget about Shaft. Ignore his turn as Chef in South Park. And let’s skip over all of that Scientology bollocks. What Isaac Hayes really ought to be remembered for is his second LP – Hot Buttered Soul. It’s a masterpiece that deserves to be as revered as…
Because the world is crying out for another 2014 best of list, we present the top five albums of 2014 according to the Gigslutz editorial team… Listen to our Best of 2014 Playlist here Dan Bull, Reviews Editor 1. The Jezabels – The Brink…
Kate Bush’s Hammersmith Apollo residency… Prince’s small, almost-secret shows… Metallica’s controversial headlining slot at Glastonbury… To say 2014 has been a memorable one for big gigs by huge names would be an understatement, but at Gigslutz our reviewers prefer shows that are…
1. Jimi Hendrix – ‘Are you Experienced?’ History is littered with people who are bestowed with the title of ‘genius’. It’s as much an abused, misunderstood term as ‘celebrity’ is these days. I’m drawn to artists who are auteurs, but at the same…
Bury St Edmunds trio Horse Party are set to release their new 7″ ‘Out of Sight’ in the new year – and they’ve made a rather graphic video to accompany it. Directed by Henry D C Williams, the video comes to you exclusively via Gigslutz and is the…
I meet Simon Mason one Thursday evening in Joe’s Bar on Chalk Farm Road, half a mile up the street from Camden Town, the spiritual home of Britpop. Twenty years ago Simon was selling drugs to its major players: bands,…
From a British mod classic to an American existential family drama, Gigslutz presents 12 of the best movie soundtracks… 1. Quadrophenia (1979) We owe our gratitude to Pete Townshend for a great many things, but popularising the term ‘rock opera’ isn’t one…
In an alternate universe it’s Simon Wolstencroft rather than Mike Joyce pounding the tom toms at the beginning of The Smiths’ ‘The Queen is Dead’. In some other reality, it’s not Reni banging the drums for the Stone Roses: Funky…