A rousing return for Chapter Arts Centre’s live art festival EXPERIMENTICA
Daring and bold, infuriating and life-affirming, it’s always worth going back for more Experimentica at Chapter Arts Centre.
Daring and bold, infuriating and life-affirming, it’s always worth going back for more Experimentica at Chapter Arts Centre.
Annie Ernaux is a master of the form in A Woman's Story, the French 1988 book that's finally recieved an English translation.
Charming in some ways and bafflingly off-putting in others, the musical version of An Officer And A Gentleman in Cardiff feels like someone sat down with a bottle of vodka one night and slammed out the plan for it.
Now over a decade into his solo career, Johnny Marr returns to Cardiff to play more bangers than you can shake a proverbial stick at.
For All Quiet On The Eastern Esplanade, The Libertines have preened their guitars to tasteful string arrangements, hinting at middle-aged introspection.
Tacos Del Barrio’s Neighbourhood residency comes to an end on Sun 21 Apr, so you need to act fast – but it’s a fairly safe bet that whatever comes next will be worth a try too.
Feeder are back with a double album that continues from where their 2022 album Torpedo left off; 18 tracks connected by a 'unity of sound'.
After 2021’s I Be Trying set a new standard for Mississippi hill country blues, Cedric Burnside is back with a lighter follow-up that reflects the warmth of his live performances.
London duo Bob Vylan follow up a breakhrough year with Humble As The Sun, an LP fusing rock, rap and politics to moshpit-friendly effect.
Storm Kathleen may have remained under control on this early April evening in Cardiff, but Storm Caity Baser sure didn’t.
A story of the Christian faith in Wales, Where The Saints Came From sets out to discover how the religion has developed from its arrival here in late-Roman times.
If you’re looking for fine rock’n’roll bangers on a Friday night, you won’t do much better than The Hives at Cardiff's Great Hall.
The Wales Millennium Centre welcomes their own group of ‘come from awayers’ as this popular musical stops off in Cardiff Bay on its first UK tour, straight from the West End.
An infuriating, uncomfortable yet vitally important read, The Chain speaks to the ultimate triumph of sisterhood over sexism.
Roxy Dunn’s debut As Young As This takes us through the life of Margot, a young woman who, like many of us, wanted nothing more than to fall in love as a teen.
What's the buzz, Swansea? It's the touring production of Jesus Christ Superstar, fresh from its Cardiff run for another sensational show.
A beautifully presented, colourful and accessibly written tome, 1000 Tudor People aims to deliver a broad insight into life during the Tudor period.
Daniel De Visé’ pieces together the definitive telling of the making of The Blues Brothers, a hit movie on release 44 years ago and a cult favourite since.
Texas and Spooner Oldham is a combination which fits like a glove on compilation album, The Muscle Shoals Sessions.
If you’re looking for evidence that aliens are here, start with Shabazz Palaces, beaming hip-hop from a distant galaxy on new album, Exotic Birds Of Prey.
Painstakingly restored, you can now dine from a locally-sourced menu in a literal piece of history at the Blackpool Mill.
High Llamas' Sean O’Hagan's melodies rotate and distort embedded in Hey Panda, a weird, clean, modern wonder of an album.
Sunken Lands is a tale of time and water, an exploration of how the past, present, and future are not linear but an uproarious ocean of shared experience.
With El Magnifico, producer and songwriter Ed Harcourt has moved away from the instrumental, cinematic soundscapes of his last, highly recommended album Monochrome To Colour.