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Belly Glee Club, Cardiff Bay Mon 11 June Back in the latter half of the 1980s, two bands – the Pixies and Throwing Muses – emerged from America’s east coast. …
Belly Glee Club, Cardiff Bay Mon 11 June Back in the latter half of the 1980s, two bands – the Pixies and Throwing Muses – emerged from America’s east coast. …
DEPOT IN THE CASTLE | LIVE REVIEW Cardiff Castle, Sat 2 June If there’s one thing Depot know how to do, it’s run a festival. After the success of …
AmserJazzTime Festival Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff Thurs 7-Sun 10 June Derived from the weekly live session of the same name, RWCMD’s AmserJazzTime Festival is a four-day …
Balter Festival Chepstow Racecourse Fri 8 Sun-10 June Balter, by all appearances, has the promise to be something weird and over-stimulating for everyone, Boomtown if for your mate’s evasive, faintly …
Billy Bragg: Voices of Protest Coming to Festival Of Voice with a night entitled Voices Of Protest, veteran activist and singer-songwriter Billy Bragg sat down with Carl Marsh to discuss the …
FRIday 1 JUNE Aubrey Parsons Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm. Info [email protected]. Belly Of The Beast Rap Battles NosDa, Cardiff. 6-11.30pm, £5. Info 029 2037 8866. Hosted by Pryme Cut. Bon …
ABERYSTWYTH ARTS CENTRE Penglais Campus, Aberystwyth University. 01970 623232 / www. aberystwythartscentre.co.uk Sun 17 Big Fish Little Fish 2pm, £8/£6. Baby/toddler/parent raver brand visits this town for the first time …
Rhondda Rips It Up! Welsh National Opera’s latest commission is a song-and-dance suffragette celebration. Composer Elena Langer tells John-Paul Davies about the opera that’s not really an opera and what it’s …
CARDIFF PSYCH & NOISE FEST | LIVE REVIEW Womanby Street, Cardiff, Fri 25-Sun 27 May The May bank holiday weekend saw the first Cardiff Psych & Noise Fest, which …
The Gilden Merkin: Burlesque and Cabaret **** Glee Club, Cardiff, Sun 20 May The Glee Club in Cardiff Bay was turned into a twinkly, velvet draped caberet club as The …
NILS LOFGREN | PREVIEW Nils Lofgren returns to St David’s Hall, Cardiff as he celebrates 50 Years… Up The Road. This will be a night of celebration as the legendary …
BLACK PEAKS / CASEY / CHROMA | LIVE REVIEW Grand Theatre, Swansea, Tue 22 May In the wake of one of the biggest weekends of music ever to grace …
Loefah + Pangaea Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff Fri 1 June The mid-to-late 00s saw UK dance music mutate into new forms, with a swathe of producers and DJs marrying creaking …
STELLA DONNELLY | LIVE REVIEW Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff, Wed 16 May Anyone pondering the origins of Annabel Allum’s angst during her opening slot this evening is presumably unaware …
The Valleys town has been undergoing something of a resurgence, thanks in part to the Merthyr Rising Festival. Fedor Tot speaks to organiser Lyn Williams about its ethos and significance. …
HowTheLightGetsIn 2018 With more than 400 events, 150 debates and talks, and hundreds of musicians, HowTheLightGetsIn2018 is set to be a cracker. Renowned figures such as philosopher and political activist …
ANONYMOUS ICONOCLASTS **** A.I. (Bywyd) You can almost smell the pubs these songs were honed in. At first a seeming tribute to the era of dad-rock, there’s a definite late …
JUNGLE **** Cardiff University Great Hall, Sat 5 May Is there a better way to spend the Saturday evening of the hottest Early May Bank Holiday weekend on record than …
THE SHIRES | LIVE REVIEW St David’s Hall, Cardiff, Mon 14 May The Shires, the UK country duo of Ben Earle and Crissie Rhodes, really started shining in 2015 …
ADORE DELANO | LIVE REVIEW **** Tramshed, Cardiff, Tue 15 May Adore Delano became an instant fan-favourite on season six of RuPaul’s Drag Race, and she’s now transcended that reality-tv …
MACHINE HEAD | LIVE REVIEW Great Hall, Cardiff University Students Union, Mon 14 May You have to give them credit. San Francisco metal titans Machine Head rarely forget Wales …
INK. | LIVE REVIEW Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff, Fri 11 May Fans queue outside Clwb Ifor Bach eager for INK.’s arrival, and the rain does not reflect their mood. …
NAWR: MODERN RITUAL BBC Hall, Swansea Studios, Swansea Fri 25 May Since moving to Swansea a couple of years back, experimental harpist Rhodri Davies has more or less single-handedly made …
[Best_Wordpress_Gallery id=”162″] THE HERBALISER | PHOTO GALLERY Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff, Fri 4 May Formed in 1990 by Jake Wherry and Ollie Teeba, The Herbaliser’s journey from turntables to a …