‘Round the Bend When you’re traveling about with a load of sometimes-strangers, people often find it necessary to go as far as marking up bunks with their names. If you don’t leave belongings in there to indicate that it’s taken,…
Have you had enough of the endless re-appraisals of ‘Sgt. Pepper’s…’ or ‘The Velvet Underground & Nico’? Well, we have so you can forget all that! In this feature Gigslutz looks back on some of the best albums you love…
Ah yes dear reader, that’s what I thought I heard you whistle down the wind. Having survived the ‘apocalyptic’ weather, we’ve been given the all clear to down multi-purpose weather wear and head back into the night in a slightly…
The Merry Go Round How merrily we go round How merrily we go round The merry-go-round Babyshambles In the morning, I wake up to my alarm at nine o’ clock feeling slightly worse for wear. I stayed up for quite…
October was another blinding month for us here at Gigslutz and it’s a right chin stroker trying to choose just one highlight. From a brilliant Sancho Panza boat party up the Thames with lots of happy people including our own…
It’s that time of year again folks! When barrel loads of sweets are purchased en masse for swathes of ungrateful children and people strive seemingly to create the costume they’re most likely to catch a cold wearing… it’s Halloween! To…
Have you the ensemble but struggling on the entertainer? Stress less my friends! I thought I’d do you lovely readers a wee service by picking a few bands worth braving Stormageddon for. Should you dare venture into the night to…
A Line of Charlie Backline techs are, like I said, my cup of tea. These fellas are quite often younger (or young enough, anyway. Don’t judge.) and a lot of fun. They don’t have to get up the earliest, they…
“A formidable band lurks in the shadows…” – Rolling Stone, 1995. What an apt prediction from Rolling Stone upon first hearing Foo Fighters’ self titled debut back in 1995. Eighteen years and nine albums on and they are one of…
A couple of years ago, when electronic music had completed it’s resurrection into the mainstream, many of our beloved genres seemed to be getting bastardised, without much consumer research. Major labels have a knack of praying on consumer laziness and…