The band Jane’s Addiction if personified would be that guy or girl you know, you know who I mean, who has all the things you covet: lots of friends, vast wealth, success with the opposite sex etc. without having any…
Being a new and upcoming band is difficult to say the least. They’re judged on the back of short critical notices, one or two showcase gigs and the unfair yardstick of their influences and that’s it. It’s truly an unenviable…
For this Indie Rock band from Portland, USA, their rise to mainstream fame can almost be solely attributed to the release one particular album thirteen years ago. “I remember actually being on tour, maybe it was the first tour I…
The Jodrell Bank ‘Transmissions’ for summer 2013 are ones which have been eagerly anticipated by us here at Gigslutz. Curated by headliners New Order, the line up for this year’s Transmission Number 5 had us eagerly counting down the days…
I was informed that these guys were a “a bit edgy, a bit raw” I replied… “so good then?”. As a guitar player myself, I have a strong built in, navigational force that draws me to the axe man. Correctly…
Art-Pop outfit, Turnpike Glow, started out life as just Sandro Schiena and Giuseppe La Mela in Rome back in 2007, before gracing the streets of London with their Psych-Indie sounds, and joining with English musicians – Anthony, Jeremy and, most…
Following last nights release of one of the most anticipated albums of the year, Jay Z’s ‘Magna Carta Holy Grail’, our very own hip hop expert Allan Nersessian set about giving it a track by track once over. Here is…
The Sigur Rós crusade started in 1994 in Reykjavik with messers, Jónsi Birgisson, Georg Hólm and Águst Ævar Gunnarsson. From the outset, the band have consistently imposed a unique style of atmospheric sounds and ambient music that would make the…
The Village Underground was the venue of choice for the headline band Half Moon Run, an industrial looking building with overwhelmingly high ceilings and exposed walls, very Shoreditch cool but undoubtedly a total bitch to sound check in. I was…
Daughn Gibson’s second album ‘Me Moan’ is a refreshing catalogue of folk-like story telling set to subterranean layering of guitar twanging, electronic sounds and erm… bagpipes. Following on from ‘All Hell’ the former trucker expands with 11 eclectic tracks ranging…