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ALBUM REVIEW: Laura Moody ‘Acrobats’

If you haven’t yet heard of Laura Moody, Avant-Garde singer songwriter and Elysian Quartet cellist, then prepare yourself for some ear melting delight with the imminent release of her debut album Acrobats. Teasing listeners with 5 live video releases of…

INTERVIEW: CHILDHOOD

Following the release of their stunning debut album Lacuna, Childhood played an intimate gig in famed East-London record shop Rough Trade. After a mind-blowing set and surrounded by a crowd still buzzing from riff-heavy ‘Solemn Skies’, which brought the set…

ALBUM REVIEW: Hyde & Beast ‘Keep Moving’

Rating: Nostalgia can be an interesting phenomenon. While to some extent all things are derivative, the value of wholly derivative art is often (and quite understandably) criticised. Originality and innovation are obviously wonderful traits to find in any art form,…

AK/DK LIVE @ The Lexington, London, 08.08.14

Rating: Hailing from Brighton, AK/DK is a two piece outfit that use pinpoint percussion and a myriad of 8-bit noises with a healthy dose of improvisation  to create high energy synthpunk. The title of their first full length LP, Synths +…

PREVIEW: Green Man Festival

This week, Green Man festival announced their day-by-day stage line-ups, and – damn it – it has thrown up a few conundrums. Slint or East India Youth? The War On Drugs or Panda Bear? Neutral Milk Hotel or Kurt Vile,…

TRACK REVIEW: Saint Raymond ‘I Want You’

Rating: It truly amazes me how the mighty Callum Borrows, aka Saint Raymond, can keep churning out summer hits. I was naïve to think ‘Young Blood’ would be the soundtrack to the multitude of festivals I was attending: ‘I Want…

Playlist: Love Songs which are Lush (not Slush)

Aye up ‘Slutz! It’s Valentine’s Day! (Our chosen moniker doesn’t exactly lend itself to subtlety well, so word to the wise: that’s an opening line you may wish to avoid tonight.) Huey Lewis once sang that it’s hip to be…

Gigslutz Interview With: Cage The Elephant

Cage The Elephant first bounced on to the scene in early 2008, with their southern blues tinged garage rock sound, in fitting with the Black Keys and early Kings of Leon. Cage The Elephant may have dropped off the UK’s…