ALBUMS AND DEMOS | APRIL
ALBUMS AND DEMOS | APRIL ALUN GAFFEY *** Llyfrau Hanes (Côsh) The second solo album from Alun Gaffey, ex-guitarist of Aberystwyth’s Race Horses, is a funky affair. With a mixture …
ALBUMS AND DEMOS | APRIL ALUN GAFFEY *** Llyfrau Hanes (Côsh) The second solo album from Alun Gaffey, ex-guitarist of Aberystwyth’s Race Horses, is a funky affair. With a mixture …
AL LEWIS ***** Te Yn Y Grug (self-released) This concept album was inspired by the stories of Welsh author Kate Roberts – stories of growing up, poverty, religion and belonging …
CABANE **** Grande Est La Maison (Cabane Music) This elegant debut from Belgian writer/composer Thomas Jean Henri enlists Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy and This Is The Kit’s Kate Stables to croon …
ALFFA *** Rhyddid O’r Cysgodion Gwenwynig (Côsh) If singing in your native language is still a barrier to discoverability or popularity in the Spotify era (which is doubtful), then Alffa …
ALCEST **** Spiritual Instinct (Nuclear Blast) As the progenitors of blackgaze (a clunky portmanteau that does a disservice to the surprisingly seamless fusion of black metal and shoegaze to which …
ALBUMS ÅRABROT SPECIALE *** Die Nibelungen (Pelagic) A soundtrack album for Fritz Lang’s legendary 1924 silent film of the same name, originally performed live at Tromsö. As a soundtrack, it …
THE PITCHFORKS facebook.com/thepitchforksuk Weirdly, just before writing this review I was googling for something else that took me to a regional blogpost about The Pitchforks from four years ago, when …
NITEROOMS facebook.com/niterooms This Caerphilly balladtronica trio used to be called Atterbury & Gibbz, which presumably means they’re weren’t always a trio, and have removed all their songs recorded under that …
HOTEL DEL SALTO facebook.com/hoteldelsalto Likeable solo fodder from a Carmarthen resident, J Francis, who I very dimly recall performing under that name some years back. Hotel Del Salto’s Stand For …
HONEST ROB twitter.com/honestrob4jd Rob is a rapper from Cardiff, which shows when he says “we used to kick it like Bellamy,” Craig Bellamy being his go-to reference for some football …
MAX UNITY soundcloud.com/max-unity The main guy behind this Cardiff-based act, if not the sole entity responsible, is painter Sean Donovan. Can a mere cloddish demo reviewer discern a creative link …
CASHUW facebook.com/cashuwmusic Everything about this EP’s looks – jewel case with black tray, cheaply photocopied sleeve, even the Impact typeface – reminds me of how all demos were presented in …