Music

VINTAGE TROUBLE | LIVE PREVIEW

By admin ⋅ December 9, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

Dressed in a yellow blazer, and storing more energy than a light bulb, the lead singer is simply electric…

MAYA JANE COLES | CLUBS PREVIEW

By admin ⋅ December 5, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

Topping the current league of pin-up laydee DJs is Maya Jane Coles, although at first glance you’d be forgiven for thinking she was the vocalist for a New York hardcore outfit or one of the Tiger Bay Brawlers

JOSH T PEARSON | LIVE REVIEW

By admin ⋅ December 1, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

Ten years ago, Josh T Pearson was fronting a band called Lift To Experience. They sounded like scorched earth, released one album called The Texas Jerusalem Crossroads and our imposing Texan hero was often seen sporting a Stetson and a t-shirt with the legend ‘My State Is Bigger Than Your Country’ emblazoned on it. In 2011, things have changed.

GUILLEMOTS | LIVE REVIEW

By admin ⋅ November 30, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

With the return of Soundtrack – Cardiff’s very own film and music festival – a unique opportunity arose to see the Guillemots perform a one-off improvised re-score of the 1926 silent film, Faust, at the wonderfully historic and richly atmospheric Coal Exchange in Cardiff Bay.

EAST PARK REGGAE COLLECTIVE | LIVE PREVIEW

By admin ⋅ November 23, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

Gwdihŵ pride themselves on the original, fresh and live music events they present, and they’ve certainly found originality in the East Park Reggae Collective who perform at Gwdihŵ this Friday

WE//ARE//ANIMAL | LIVE REVIEW

By admin ⋅ November 17, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

We//Are//Animal rock Ten Feet Tall

AL LEWIS, ZERVAS & PEPPER, IVAN MOULT | LIVE PREVIEW

By StephenNottingham ⋅ November 15, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

The annual newsoundwales showcase concert of up-and-coming Welsh artists will be held at St John’s Church in Canton, Cardiff, on Saturday 26 November.

THROWING MUSES | LIVE REVIEW

By admin ⋅ November 10, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

…It’s a testament to the band that songs that would have had you mocked as a fruity weirdo, had you been caught listening to them in school, retain an addictive, serotonin-churning quality.

MANOWAR | LIVE REVIEW

By admin ⋅ November 9, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

Megan Campbell reviews the riff-shredding Manowar.

ARCTIC MONKEYS | LIVE REVIEW

By admin ⋅ November 2, 2011 ⋅ One comment

The hoards of geezers clutching cans of Strongbow as they give it the Liam Gallagher swagger towards the Motorpoint Arena is a fair indicator of the Arctic Monkeys’ fanbase…