Interviews

WATCH: SUPERHAND – ‘CRYSTAL PIANOS’

If you like woozy, piano-led dream pop with some enigmatic vocals thrown in for good measure, check out Anglo-Swede duo Superhand’s video for ‘Crystal Pianos’. Comprised of Inga Carlstrom and Leck Fischer, the band are gearing up to release their debut album…

INTERVIEW: NIGHTS

Nights are a Newport four-piece with a penchant for minimalist indie with a touch of funk. Made up of  Mikee Gregory, Anthony J. Smith, Gareth Pearson and John Miles, the band are about to unleash their new single ‘Hey Love Hello’…

LEEDS FESTIVAL FOCUS: Young Guns

Young Guns are a 5 piece band consisting of Gustav Wood, Fraser Taylor and John Taylor, Simon Mitchell and Ben Jolliffe.  It’s been over two years since the release of their album, BONES, which saw them conquer the US and…

LEEDS FESTIVAL FOCUS: Circa Waves

Festival season is in full swing and here at Gigslutz Towers we’ve witnessed some brilliant moments already. Next up for us is the mammoth Reading & Leeds Festivals – an annual event which pulls probably the most consistently strong line…

Interview: Reverend And The Makers

Reverend And The Makers are making something of a resurgence. Having initially come to the forefront in 2007 with the classic single ‘Heavyweight Champion Of The World’, the band currently find themselves headlining the mid-sized festival circuit with an ever…

GIGSLUTZ INTERVIEW: The Slow Readers Club

The Slow Readers Club are an electro-indie band from Manchester made up of Aaron Starkie (vocals/keyboard), Kurtis Starkie (vocals/guitar), James Ryan (bass) and David Whitworth (drums). Following the release of their most recent single ‘Start Again’ on July 21, we…

INTERVIEW: The LaFontaines

Ahead of their monster set in the T-Break Tent Gigslutz caught up with bearded frontman Kerr Okan and fellow band member Darren McCaughey of Scottish band The LaFontaines. The lads took time out of their schedule to talk about why…

INTERVIEW: Superfood

Just before their second (and so far only complete) free show in a run of four, Gigslutz caught up with Birmingham’s brightest new band, Superfood. After a trip to the shop and a wallet mishap, we scrambled into the back of…

INTERVIEW: Hudson Taylor

Although sadly T in The Park has wrapped itself up for another year, it’s impossible to escape the fondly growing nostalgia as roughly 85,0000 people look back and re-live one of the best weekends for live music in Scotland.  One…

INTERVIEW: The Bedroom Hour

The Bedroom Hour are men of the people.  They look like your mates, they chat to you like old friends, and based on lead singer Stu’s mosey into the audience at the end of a recent Manchester set, they’re happy…