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ALBUM: Say Lou Lou ‘Lucid Dreaming’

Rating: Over the last few years, Scandinavian duo Say Lou Lou have been steadily crafting a reputation for making classy, considered pop music. With a string of seductive singles and collaborations with the likes of Chet Faker, the band have teased their…

ALBUM: Nadine Shah ‘Fast Food’

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….

Gigslutz Festival Guide 2015 – Small Festivals

Whilst the bigger festivals often seem like the easy option – chances are you know exactly what you’re letting yourself in for and little research is required – there are probably festivals you’d prefer… You just haven’t heard of them….

ALBUM: The Sundowners ‘Sundowners’

Rating: The Sundowners debut, self-titled album has been highly anticipated as the standout release on the Mersey scene in 2015, and it doesn’t dissapoint, providing a beautifully crafted release you can listen to again and again. The album is strong in distorted…

ALBUM: Björk ‘Vulnicura’

Rating: The amount of music Björk has wowed us with over the years means that her “mind-blowing” ninth studio album Vulnicura – released a full two months ahead of schedule after internet leaks – should come as no surprise to our ears. Björk’s albums are that…

EP Review: Freddy Cass – ‘In Session at the Joint’

I’m often very skeptical about new singer-songwriters; surely there can only be so many capable of bringing something fresh? Clearly, there’s still stuff to be done, as St. Albans-based Freddy Cass proves. As well as a BBC Introducing session, Cass…

The Best Gigs of 2014 – Part 1

Kate Bush’s Hammersmith Apollo residency… Prince’s small, almost-secret shows… Metallica’s controversial headlining slot at Glastonbury… To say 2014 has been a memorable one for big gigs by huge names would be an understatement, but at Gigslutz our reviewers prefer shows that are…

Beans On Toast LIVE @ Electric Ballroom 11/12/14

Rounding off a UK tour (and a very exciting year) there’s no better place for Beans On Toast to be than Camden’s Electric Ballroom. Despite the weather – both freezing cold and raining – fans began gathering outside over an…

Best of YouTube: JULIAN CASABLANCAS

For this latest installment of Best of YouTube, we turn our attention to a subject so notoriously press-shy and famously uncooperative in interviews, the very idea of showcasing their best moments on the world’s largest video-sharing platform would appear somewhat…