V Festival celebrated its 21st birthday this weekend, and we spent Sunday in Hylands Park singing along to the likes of Travis, Jake Bugg, Tom Odell, Little Mix and Rihanna. V has been criticised before for its overtly commercial nature…
Wondering what August 2016 sounds like? Well according to us it’s something like this… Toy – ‘Endlessly’ Alternative five-piece Toy excel at moody vocals and atmospheric guitar. They’re playing a free show at The Shacklewell Arms on 10th August. Get down early,…
Rating: Inevitably I will use the word ‘human’ in this review, not only because it rhymes with ‘Numan’, but for the accuracy in which it perfectly describes the man born Gary Webb. Since he established himself as The Dark Lord Of…
Gigslutz were lucky enough to spend the second week of August taking in the sun, sights and sounds of Fairport’s Cropredy Convention. Before we knew it we were part of the crew, one of the many in a wave of…
Name: Together The People. Where: Preston Park, Brighton. Headliners: Brian Wilson (performing the Beach Boys’ Pet Sounds in full) and Suede. Also Featuring: The Horrors, Peter Hook and The Light (Best Of Joy Division and New Order set), Gaz Coombes, Fickle Friends,…
Following the release of his magnificent album Grapefruit earlier this year, Manchester’s Kiran Leonard has now shared a brand new track – the first since the release of the LP. ‘Coyoacan’ tells the tale of “Trotsky and his wife, at…
Shed Seven stamped their name into the book of indie folklore during the famous 1990s Britpop era. The band are still touring today, currently with Ocean Colour Scene and preparing to play the Shiiine On Weekender in November. We spoke…
Bestival is hurtling headlong into The Future, with an incredible cast of musical pioneers, forward thinking funksters and precognitive pop stars, including The Cure, Major Lazer, Wiz Khalifa, Sean Paul, Hot Chip, Fatboy Slim, Bastille, Years & Years, Skepta, Katy…
Nine years ago today (10/08/2007) we lost the man who had fronted the Manchester music revolution through the ‘70s and ‘80s. Tony Wilson’s life work reads as a precisely calculated pathway, leading Manchester towards the epicentre of pop culture. In…
With memories of last year’s Visions Festival still fresh in my mind – of hugging Shamir before dancing wildly to his vibrant tunes, and singing along to the uptempo sunny garage-rock of Hinds – I was very much looking forward…