With a wealth of music made and stacked high behind him, upon which he can hang the sign ‘Legacy’, Mike Scott has returned with a record made accessible for anyone not familiar with his previous work. With an ever revolving…
Looking back, it wasn’t such a bad decade. We were all very positive about life back then, positive about the state of things, like the nation and how we fitted into it, and how, with a modicum of elbow grease…
The sophomore effort from London’s Desperate Journalist is that rarest of things: an album whose theme flows consistently throughout. Whether it is Grow Up‘s cover and its stark depiction of lead singer Jo Bevan as a teenager, boldly facing down her…
I first found out about L.A Salami after seeing him at Power Lunches in Dalston, before its untimely closure. Even then, he was the epitome of the exciting talent that comes out of venues like Power Lunches; the completely fresh,…
Rating: After the dizzying success of their 2014 album, Rivers in the Wasteland, gained them their first-ever Grammy Award nomination and the top spot on Billboard’s Top Rock Albums and Top Alternative Albums charts, NEEDTOBREATHE’s latest offering truly had to…
Gigslutz contributor and Features Editor, Katie Muxworthy, takes a look at one of the records that changed the way she looked at music. Exploring the depths of each track, the ill fated life and death of lead singer Ian Curtis…
Rating: Fishes. The debut EP from Jessie Robinson’s alt-pop brainchild Scarlet. It’s quite simply majestically dark alt-pop at it’s pulsy and vibrant best. The EPs opener is also its lead single ‘Anyway’. The track was played by BBC Radio 6 Music in the wake of it’s release…
Rating: Dream-Pop duo Moon King have followed up their shimmering EPs with the long awaited full length album, Secret Life. The recording project of Tornoto Natives Daniel Woodhead (brother of Doldrums’ Airick) and Maddie Wilde have managed to accomplish a…
Rating: Nadine Shah: An artist who’s debut album quietly slipped under the radar in 2013. Despite receiving generally positive reviews from those aware of it’s existence, you could easily be forgiven for thinking her 2015 release, Fast Food, is in fact her debut album….
Rating: Anthems. British bands love them. From Oasis to Coldplay, it is the huge choruses we remember. The moments during gigs when we cast our eyes to the sky, hug a total stranger and belt out the melody like it…