Posts by Jimi Arundell


On The Radar

By Jimi Arundell

Posted on Tuesday 2nd August 2016

Glass Animals Glass Animals are poised to release their brand new album How To Be A Human Being through the label Wolf Tone. It features the song Life Itself which was inspired by singer Dave Bayley’s experiences of being on tour. “Do...

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Warpaint Announce New Album - Heads Up

By Jimi Arundell

Posted on Monday 1st August 2016

LA based dream rock band Warpaint have just announced that they are taking pre-orders for their third LP Heads Up to be released on September 23rd through Rough Trade Records. Recording sessions for Heads Up started back in January of this year an...

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On Sale This Week

By Jimi Arundell

Posted on Thursday 28th July 2016

Best Sellers Avenged Sevenfold Metalcore band Avenged Sevenfold draw on pop punk influences to write fast paced songs with stylised horror show narratives about murder, substance abuse and vengeance. Their melodramatic melodic metal has s...

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Schools Out!

By Jimi Arundell

Posted on Wednesday 27th July 2016

Summer is here and you will want to take the kids somwhere outdoors to enjoy the fine weather. Gigantic has some great events that the whole family will enjoy and make the hot summer days truly special. Gloworm Festival Taking place at Cl...

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The Best Of Splendour

By Jimi Arundell

Posted on Tuesday 26th July 2016

Having just passed, people are still talking about the fantastic Splendour Festival. The sold out event saw the audience of 23,000 treated to such stunning acts as Jess Glynne, The Darkness and Ady Sulieman who performed on the beautiful grounds of W...

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On The Radar

By Jimi Arundell

Posted on Tuesday 26th July 2016

Palace Winter Intelligent pop pairing Palace Wintercomprise of Dane keyboardist Casper Hesselgaer who blends the pulsing punch of electronic beats and sounds with the more organic sound of Australian Carl Coleman’s guitar and vocals. T...

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Festival Focus: 110 Above

By Jimi Arundell

Posted on Monday 25th July 2016

For a weekend in June a small corner of Warwickshire is taken over by 110 Above, a festival small in scale but massive in ideas, up and coming bands and entertainment. We caught up with Michael Lain the festival boss to find out what it is like to ru...

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Converse Give Dinosaur Jr The Ultimate Gift

By Jimi Arundell

Posted on Thursday 21st July 2016

Converse have gone and done the unthinkable and built a wah wah pedal inside their iconic high top trainers. Somehow they’ve managed to squeeze in a flux sensor into the sole of the sneakers which measure just how much of the foot is flexed sen...

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Jimi Arundell

Hull-born Web Content Manager Jimi Arundell has been with Gigantic Tickets for over ten years. In his spare time, Jimi is a freelance music journalist and indie/electro DJ with a passion for post-punk, alt-rock, and anything abrasive with intelligent lyrics or a sexy beat. His all-time favourite band is Manic Street Preachers and he loves Star Wars.