Marking the end of a rather tumultuous summer, Festival Nº6 provided a welcome weekend of escape from the real world. Indeed, the disassociation from reality that comes with being in a field with a bunch of strangers for a weekend…
Although it’s bound to be difficult to top past Visions Festival highlights of 2015’s hug from Shamir, or last year’s discovery of my love of Bleached, this year’s line up is looking pretty sweet… Kicking off the typically sunny day’s…
If you grew up in the nineties, you’ll sure feel nostalgic when there’s any mention of Blink 182. Hits such as ‘All The Small Things’ and ‘I Miss You’ have featured in pretty much every Hollywood teen film that we…
Detroit’s place as one of the centres of US pop music in the ’60s is well-known. Along with the Motown hit factory, Detroit’s garage rock scene produced some of the most important groups of the era: The MC5, The Stooges…
The ‘Sounds of the City’ gigs at Castlefield Bowl are arguably the finest few days in Manchester’s live music calendar and 2017 hasn’t failed to impress so far. Tonight, Canada’s Arcade Fire bring their carnival of insanely talented, genre-spanning musicians…
A wet Tuesday night in Manchester – usually a bit of a non-event, but not so tonight… A bittersweet evening awaits. As any stalwart The Maccabees fan knows, they’re guaranteed a cracking gig, but they also know it’s time to say…
Opening for LA band Bleached at The Victoria on this particularly sweaty Tuesday evening are Gigslutz favourites, ‘Feminist Punk Witches From Hell’ Dream Nails. At times like this, it’s more important than ever to have politically-charged bands, set on combining…
What better way to spend a sweaty Tuesday night than by going to a legendary venue to see a pretty legendary musician. This is what I chose to do yesterday. An incredible privilege and rare opportunity to catch Chris Shiflett…
What better way to spend a Friday night than a joy-filled trip down memory lane, singing along to each and every word of some all time classics? This is what I did a couple of nights back, in the company…
I’ve ended up seeing The Coral four times this year. Unintentionally, perhaps, but I’m by no means complaining; every time has been fantastic. What I’ve also noticed is that while various people who I’ve seen them with claim to only…