FEBRUARY | LIVE MUSIC LISTINGS
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MONDAY 1
Atrium Live Music Night Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm. Info 029 2038 7026. Every Monday.
Live Jazz Noah’s Yard, Swansea. 8pm. Info 01792 447360. Every Monday.
Live Original Music Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm. Info [email protected]. Presented by U&I Radio. Every Monday.
Monday Club 10 Feet Tall, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2022 8883. Local singer-songwriters perform in the main bar every week.
Ukulele Session The Andrew Buchan, Cardiff. 8.30pm, free. Info 029 2021 2509. Every Monday, with The Plucking Fourstrings.
TUESDAY 2
Capital City Jazz Orchestra Dempseys, Cardiff. 8pm, £7/£5. Info 029 2023 9253.
Acoustic Tuesday South Riverside Community Development Centre, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £5. Info 029 2030 4400. Regular event led by pioneering local musicians and singers.
Community Samba Band – Practice Dates Westenders Hall, Llanfaes, Brecon. 6-8pm, £4/£2 under-16s. Info [email protected]. Every Tuesday.
Elin Manhan Thomas Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 7.45pm, £15/£12. Info 029 2039 1391.Top rated soprano.
Preservation Rhythm Kings Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £4.50/£4/£2 NUS. Info 029 2038 7026.
Quatuor Psophos Cardiff University Concert Hall. 7-8.45pm, £8/£6/free NUS. Info 029 2087 4816. Former BBC New Generation Artists feature in this International Quartet Series concert.
Robert Plane, Lucy Gould & Benjamin Frith St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 1pm, £6.75/£5.75. Info 029 2087 8444. Chamber folk trio.
The 8 O’Clock Spot Gwdihw, Cardiff. 8pm, £4/£3 adv. Info 029 2039 7933. Live bands presented by Dragon Radio.
The Sherlocks + Blaenavon + Bandicoot The Lemon Factory, Swansea. 7pm, £7 adv. Info 07969 671379. Still can’t believe there’s an English indie buzzband called Blaenavon.
WEDNESDAY 3
Alex G + Caramel + Honey Pot Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £8 adv. Info 029 2023 2199. Headliner is an American indie type who has a “dreamy lo-fi sound”.
Aubrey Parsons The Fig Tree, Penarth. 7pm, free. Info 029 2070 2512. Jazz. Also on Wed 10. You have to buy a meal as this is a restaurant.
Bandaoke Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm. Info [email protected]. “Sing with a fully rehearsed band and become the Popstar you always dreamed of being.”
Christian Garrick Quartet Jazzland, Swansea. 8.30-11pm, £12. Info 07802 912789.
Eleven Harps, A Flute & A Violin Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 1.15pm, £8/£6. Info 029 2039 1391. This sounds like a classical version of those UK house production teams whose names were just a list of their equipment, but is in fact a celebration of the 75th birthday of harpist/composer Bernard Andrés.
Eliza & The Bear Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £10 adv. Info 029 2023 2199. Indie-folk stuff.
Fickle Friends The Moon Club, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £7 adv. Info [email protected]. Brighton indie combo, presented by Sound Nation.
Gideon Conn + People Poems + Francesca’s Word Salad Gwdihw, Cardiff. 8pm, £4/£3 adv. Info 029 2039 7933. A Folk In The Owl’s Nest night.
Jazz Night Clwb Y Bont, Pontypridd. 7pm. Info 01443 491424.
Mavron Quartet Spring Recital The Gate, Cardiff. 7pm, £2-£6. Info 029 2048 3344.
#Notjustjazz Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm. Info 029 2038 7026. New weekly night (here every Wednesday), titled on account of its music policy.
Open Jam Session The Andrew Buchan, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2021 2509. Every Wednesday. Expect to hear jazz, blues, rock or ska here.
Open Mic Market Street Club, Barry. 8pm. Info 01446 733863. Every Wednesday.
Saint [The] Sinner + Griever + Calling Apollo + Ghosts As Alibis + Remember The Fallen The Lemon Factory, Swansea. 7pm, £5 adv. Info 07969 671379.
Sinfonia Cymru The Riverfront, Newport. 1pm, £5.50/£4.50. Info 01633 656757. First Wednesday classical recital.
The Bug Club + Sophie Lynch And The Special Friends NosDa, Cardiff. 8.30pm, free. Info 029 2037 8866. Presented by U&I Radio.
Tom Syson Group Dempseys, Cardiff. 8pm, £7/£5. Info 029 2023 9253.
Torfaen Big Band + CACMS Big Band Whiteheads Sports & Social Club, Bassaleg, Newport. 8pm, £8. Info [email protected]. South Wales Big Band Society gig.
THURSDAY 4
Bob Fox Newport Fugitives Athletic Club, Rogerstone, Newport. 8.45pm. Info 01633 897923. A Newport Folk Club night.
Dethias + Led By Lions + The Loved & Lost Fuel Bar, Cardiff. 8pm. Info [email protected].
Fairview The Bunker, Cardiff. 7pm, £4. Info [email protected].
Grown Up Music The Full Moon, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info [email protected]. Jam session presented by Pi & Hash.
Hackensack Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £6/£5. Info 029 2038 7026.
Invisible Orchestra The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £10 adv. Info 07590 471888. A 20-piece big band whose music covers lots of funky genres.
Jimjam Open Mic Session The Claude Hotel, Albany Road, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 07557 505123. Every Thursday. This week’s guest band is The Dirt.
Locus Foyer, Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 6pm, free. Info 029 2063 6464. Live work-in-progress musical collaboration between Angharad Van Rijswijk and Richard James, broadcast on Resonance FM. Also here on Sun 14, Mon 22 and Sun 28 this month.
Networks + The Mausoleum Trap + Without Shores + Calling Apollo The Parrot, Carmarthen. 7.30pm, £5 adv. Info 01267 231012.
Open Mic Night Cellar Bar, Cardigan. Free. Info 07818 056599. Every Thursday.
Open Mic Night Lyceum Tavern, Newport. 8.30pm. Info 01633 858636. Every Thursday except when there’s a guest on.
The Defiled + Forever Never + Vampires Everywhere The Scene Club, Swansea. 7pm, £13/£10 adv. Info 07730 432166.
Yawning Dog + Recluse + Think Pretty + Greenmailer The Lemon Factory, Swansea. 8pm, £4. Info 07969 671379. Presented by Spread Eagle Xross.
FRIDAY 5
2 Tickets 2 the Gun Show Kiwis, Cardiff. 10pm, free. Info 029 2039 8965.
Afternoon In Paris Pontardawe Arts Centre. 7.30pm, £8.60 adv. Info 01792 863722.
A Taste Of Quo Workmen’s Hall, Caerphilly. 7.30pm, £8/£6 adv. Info 07512 237983. Status Quo tribute band. They have an amazing logo with twin Strats and palm trees in silhouette, suggesting that they consider Margarita Time to be the definitive Quo jam.
Attercopus + Fluff Tongue + Ironclad The Lemon Factory, Swansea. 7pm, free. Info 07969 671379. Metal. Ironclad are from Swansea and no relation to the south Wales hardcore band from a few years back.
Aubrey Parsons Porter’s, Cardiff. 9pm. Info [email protected].
Beautiful Strangers The Scene Club, Swansea. 7pm. Info 07730 432166.
Big Mac’s Wholly Soul Band Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 8pm, £15 adv. Info 029 2089 0862.
Cadacus + Swns + Brokers Crowleys Rock Bar, Swansea. 8pm, free. Info 07981 684142.
Chinese New Year – Big Band Swing Hamptons, Penarth. 7.30pm, £36. Info 029 2070 5391. A five-course Chinese meal plus music from crooner Leighton Rafferty.
Dave Morris & The Knock Dempseys, Cardiff. 8pm. Info 029 2023 9253. Charity gig (not sure which charity).
Fingertrap + Lucas Lucas Warehouse54, Newport. 8pm. Info 01633 259144. Fingertrap are in the main room, LL on the roof terrace.
Hazel O’Connor Theatr Mwldan, Cardigan. 7.30pm, £15/£14. Info 01239 621200. Including a meet’n’greet right after the show. In Builth Wells tomorrow.
Hozier + Wyvern Lingo St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £29.50/£22.50. Info 029 2087 8444. Sold out. I keep forgetting this guy is Irish and not American.
Live Acoustic Night The Pilot, Penarth. Free. Info 029 2071 0615. On the first Friday of each month.
Manalishi Café Jazz, Cardiff. 9pm, £4. Info 029 2038 7026. Blues.
Marius Neset & Daniel Herskedal Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 7.45pm, £12. Info 029 2039 1391. Jazz.
Neck Deep + State Champs + Creeper + Light Years Y Plas, Cardiff University Students Union. 7pm, £13.50 adv. Info 029 2078 1458. Pop-punk ensembles.
Open Mic Night The Met, Abertillery. 7.30pm, £2. Info 01495 355800.
Open Night The Ivy Bush, Pontardawe. 8pm. Info [email protected]. A Valley Folk Club night.
Pentreffest Noz St Fagans Village Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £8/£6. Info 029 2023 2970. Monthly folk night.
SOW Classical Album Launch The Gate, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £8/£6. Info 029 2048 3344. A group who perform classical music with the primary aim of sharing their faith through their songs. Hey, it’s worked before. During the Middle Ages, for example.
*Spaceheads + Mwstard + Howie Reeve The Parrot, Carmarthen. 7.30pm, £5 adv. Info 01267 231012. Headliners are an experimental trumpet’n’percussion duo who’ve been around since the 90s. Alec from Mwstard has booked them here and in Newport, where they play tomorrow.
The Broadcasts + 100,000 Bodybags + Luke Beasley + Andrew Skelto The Dragonffli, Pontypool. 7pm, £3. Info [email protected].
The Don Fox Scandal Band The Full Moon, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info [email protected].
The Modulators Black Lion, Llandaff, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2056 7312.
The Sporadics + Lacertillia + Poetic Justice + Kickin’ Bambi The Moon Club, Cardiff. 6.30pm, £8/£6 adv. Info [email protected]. Crowbar and Corvus present a night of punky, psychy, crusty delights.
Three Legg’d Mare Blossoms Gallery, Aberystwyth. 7pm, £3-£7. Info [email protected]. Traditional songs with a difference, they say.
Unplugged And Acoustic Monthly Group Cellar Bar, Cardigan. £3. Info 07818 056599.
SATURDAY 6
An Evening With Hazel O’Connor Wyeside Arts Centre, Builth Wells. 7.30pm, £15/£14. Info 01982 552555.
Aubrey Parsons St David’s Hotel, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2045 4045. Also on Fri 19 and Fri 26.
Black Water Chemistry + Commander Boom Crowleys Rock Bar, Swansea. 8pm, free. Info 07981 684142.
Broken Fires + Son Of One Eye + Jaffro The Parrot, Carmarthen. 8pm, £5/£4 adv. Info 01267 231012.
Claire Jones Blake Theatre, Monmouth. 7.30pm, £14/£12. Info 01600 719401. Harpist.
Eat Your Greens The Full Moon, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info [email protected].
Ferocious Dog & The Leylines The Moon Club, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £11 adv. Info [email protected]. Folky punk band headline this sold-out gig.
Gogo Penguin + Daudi Matsiko The Gate, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £15 adv. Info 029 2048 3344. See Music.
Guto Dafis & Daniel Kilbride Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 8pm, £7/£5. Info 029 2030 4400. Folk.
Jean Toussaint’s Roots & Herbs – The Blakey Project Taliesin Arts Centre, Swansea. 7.30pm, £16/£15. Info 01792 602060. Top jazz sax man toasts the life of Art Blakey, who died 25 years ago.
John Nicholas The Admiral Napier, Canton, Cardiff. 8.30pm, free. Info 029 2030 3945.
Junior Conservatoire Foyer Recital Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 2pm, free. Info 029 2039 1391. Jazz.
Keith James Little Shop Of Calm, Cowbridge. 8.30-10.30pm, free. Info 01446 771166. Performing the music of Cat Stevens.
Kitty Daisy & Lewis + Barnes Courtney Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 8pm, £12 adv. Info 029 2023 2199. Retro rockabilly youngsters – at least, they were young when they started and are definitely still younger than me – for a date booked several months ago.
Madassa The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £10 adv. Info 07590 471888.
Mayor’s Charity Concert Borough Theatre, Abergavenny. 7.30pm, £8/£5. Info 01873 850805. With the Abergavenny Borough Band.
Mike Chappell Trio The Wellington Hotel, Brecon. 8pm, free. Info 01874 625225. A Brecon Jazz Club evening
Penarth Rocks! Paget Rooms, Penarth. 4-11.30pm, £20/£15 adv. Info 029 2070 0721. A day of tribute acts, specifically these: Blurd (a tribute to Blur), London Calling (The Clash), 2Rude (2 Tone etc), The Hindenbergs (Led Zeppelin) and The Flares (60s and 70s hits).
Peter Bruntnell, Jeff Finlin & Clive Barnes The Chattery, Swansea. 7.30pm, £10. Info 01792 473276.
Sounds Of Simon St Donats Arts Centre, Vale Of Glamorgan. 7.30pm, £12. Info 01446 799100. Simon & Garfunkel tribute act.
Spaceheads + Mwstard + Howie Reeve Le Pub, Newport. 8pm, £5. Info 01633 221477.
Talon Congress Theatre, Cwmbran. 8pm, £15.50. Info 01633 868239. Acoustic Eagles renditions.
The 4th Kind Kiwis, Cardiff. 10pm, free. Info 029 2039 8965.
The Cadillac 3 Tramshed, Cardiff. 7pm, £13.50 adv. Info 0117 9259273. Some kind of newjack southern rock band. Sold out mind you.
The Lash + Crowsaw + Beth Blade & The Beautiful Disasters + Reggie Santanos And The Dim Panico The Dolls House, Abertillery. 7pm. Info 01495 213300. Ozzy Osbourne tribute.
The Sick Livers + Failed State + Tenplusone The Lemon Factory, Swansea. 7pm, £5 adv. Info 07969 671379.
Ultimate Floyd The Dragonffli, Pontypool. 8.30pm, £6/£5 adv. Info [email protected]. Pink Floyd tribute.
Whiskey Lies The Patriot, Crumlin. 7pm, free. Info 01495 247178.
Whitney Queen Of The Night The Riverfront, Newport. 7.30pm, £21/£19. Info 01633 656757. Rebecca Freckleton pays tribute to W Houston.
Zoë Schwarz Blue Commotion Cwmbran RFC, Pontnewydd, Cwmbran. 7.30pm, £10/£8 members. Info 01633 483238. A Borough Blues Club gig. Note the change of venue, effective as of this month.
SUNDAY 7
Andy Lewis Duo Pontyclun RFC. 6.30pm, free. Info 01443 222240.
Crystal Balloon + Cherryshoes Gwdihw, Cardiff. 8pm, £4/£3 adv. Info 029 2039 7933. A Folk In The Owl’s Nest night.
Ensemble Cymru Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 2.30pm, £3-£9. Info 01970 623232.
Philharmonia Orchestra St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 3pm, £7.50-£39.50. Info 029 2087 8444. John Wilson conducts a programme of Vaughn Williams and Finzi.
Richie Ramone Fuel Bar, Cardiff. 8pm, £12 adv. Info [email protected]. “The fastest, most powerful drummer who ever played with the legendary punk rock band the Ramones,” says the blurb, carefully avoiding using the word “best”.
The Wyrd Wonder: The Suchlike Zen Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £7/£6. Info 029 2030 4400. Music, poetry and storytelling from The Shelley Duvalls, Mr LOVE, Derec Jones, Howard Ingham, Amanda Rackstraw, Philippa Irving, Bryan Marshall, Zeuk and Debra Humphries.
They Say Fall + Revelation + Giving Into Ghosts + Wake Up Call + Led By Lions The Lemon Factory, Swansea. 7pm, £5 adv. Info 07969 671379.
MONDAY 8
Atrium Live Music Night Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm. Info 029 2038 7026.
Classic Rock Show Grand Theatre, Swansea. 7.30pm, £33/£23. Info 01792 475715. Imagine a covers band in a pub. Then imagine you were in a theatre instead, and the PA was better, but it took longer to walk to the bar and you weren’t allowed to bring your dog in.
Duo Concertante Wyeside Arts Centre, Builth Wells. 7.30pm, £10. Info 01982 552555. Violin/piano duo.
Lau + Jess Morgan St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 8pm, £16.50/£15.50 adv. Info 029 2087 8444. A Roots Unearthed gig.
Live Jazz Noah’s Yard, Swansea. 8pm. Info 01792 447360.
Live Original Music Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm. Info [email protected].
Monday Club 10 Feet Tall, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2022 8883.
Slipknot + Suicidal Tendencies Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff. 7pm, £39.50. Info 029 2022 4488. I bet Suicidal Tendencies will be a laff riot in this context. Do let me know if you go along. See Music.
Ukulele Session The Andrew Buchan, Cardiff. 8.30pm, free. Info 029 2021 2509.
TUESDAY 9
Community Samba Band – Practise Dates Westenders Hall, Llanfaes, Brecon. 6-8pm, £4/£2 under-16s. Info [email protected].
Gavin James The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £9 adv. Info 07590 471888.
Joe Parillo Cardiff University Concert Hall. 7-8.45pm, £8/£6/free NUS. Info 029 2087 4816. International Piano Series concert.
John Davies Quintet Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £4.50/£4/£2 NUS. Info 029 2038 7026.
London Winds Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 1.15pm, £8/£6. Info 029 2039 1391.
Paul Baxter Dempseys, Cardiff. 8pm, £7/£5. Info 029 2023 9253.
Paul Carrack Grand Theatre, Swansea. 7.30pm, £40/£30. Info 01792 475715. I didn’t even realise he was in Squeeze (twice!) but he was. In Cardiff tomorrow.
The Classic Rock Show Part 2 St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £22.50. Info 029 2087 8444.
The Stone Angels + Dead Ground + The Himalayas 10 Feet Tall, Cardiff. 7pm, £2. Info 029 2022 8883.
Three Cane Whale + Maarja Nuut Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £8/£6. Info 029 2030 4400. UK folk trio plus Estonian violinist in support. In Cardigan tomorrow.
Wonderbrass + Barracwda Gwdihw, Cardiff. 8pm, £4/£3 adv. Info 029 2039 7933. A Mardi Gras celebration gig.
WEDNESDAY 10
All Time Low + Good Charlotte Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff. 6.30pm, £27.50. Info 029 2022 4488.
Attic Folk 10 Feet Tall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £4/£3 adv. Info 029 2022 8883. With acts TBC.
Aubrey Parsons The Fig Tree, Penarth. 7pm, free. Info 029 2070 2512.
Beethoven: Music In Revolution Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 1.15pm, £8/£6 adv. Info 029 2039 1391. Featuring the Royal Welsh College Chamber Orchestra and Royal Welsh College Chamber Choir.
*Bob Mould The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £22.50 adv. Info 07590 471888. First Cardiff visit for one-time Hüsker Dü düde since Sugar, his subsequent band, played here in the early 90s. This set will probably have lots of HD, a teaspoon of Sugar and selections from his generally gloomy solo albums. This might well be sold out by the time you read this.
Cairns-Howarth Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 7.45pm, £5-£7. Info 01970 623232. Guitar and fiddle folk duo.
Damien Barber & Mike Wilson Pontyclun Institute Athletic Club. 7.30pm. Info 01443 226892. A Llantrisant Folk Club night.
Folk Night Clwb Y Bont, Pontypridd. 7pm. Info 01443 491424.
Fossette + Inscape + The Hip Fire The Lemon Factory, Swansea. 7pm. Info 07969 671379.
Guardalavaca De Cuba! Jazzland, Swansea. 8.30-11pm, £10. Info 07802 912789.
#Notjustjazz Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm. Info 029 2038 7026.
Open Jam Session The Andrew Buchan, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2021 2509.
Open Mic Market Street Club, Barry. 8pm. Info 01446 733863.
Open Mic Acoustic Night Redhouse, Merthyr Tydfil. 7pm, free. Info 01685 384111.
Paul Carrack St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £28.50. Info 029 2087 8444.
PINS + Peace And Love Barbershop Muhammad Ali The Moon Club, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £10/£8 adv. Info [email protected]. Mancunian postpunkers headline. The support, who are also from MCR, have an extraordinarily bad name but might be alright.
Three Cane Whale + Maarja Nuut Theatr Mwldan, Cardigan. 7.30pm, £3-£12. Info 01239 621200.
Vitor Pereira Quintet Dempseys, Cardiff. 8pm, £7/£5. Info 029 2023 9253.
Wonderbrass Whiteheads Sports & Social Club, Bassaleg, Newport. 8pm, £8. Info [email protected]. South Wales Big Band Society gig.
THURSDAY 11
7 Steps – The Music Of Miles Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £6/£5. Info 029 2038 7026.
Beethoven: Evening Concert 2 Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 7.15pm, £12/£10 adv. Info 029 2039 1391. Featuring the Elias String Quartet.
Beethoven: Late Night Concert 1 Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 9.45pm, £8/£6 adv. Info 029 2039 1391. Featuring the Elias String Quartet and pianist Benjamin Frith. Ha, I’ve stayed up much later than 9.45pm, to me that isn’t late night at all.
Beethoven: Lunchtime Concert 2 Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 1.15pm, £8/£6 adv. Info 029 2039 1391. Featuring the Gould Piano Trio and Elias String Quartet.
Blood For Betrayal + Back Down The Bunker, Cardiff. 7.30pm. Info [email protected]. Beatdown hardcore bands, presented by Cabin Fever.
Cardiff Folk Club Dempseys, Cardiff. 7.30pm. Info 029 2023 9253.
Ghosts As Alibis + Your Protected + Cancel The Transmission The Moon Club, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £5. Info [email protected].
Gwair The Open Hearth, Sebastopol, Pontypool. 7.30pm. Info 01495 763752. This month’s edition of the Open Hearth Acoustic night, on the second Thursday of every month.
Jimjam Open Mic Session The Claude Hotel, Albany Road, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 07557 505123. Every Thursday. This week’s guest band is the Kenny Driscoll Band.
Leon Hunt & Jason Titley Angel Hotel, Llandeilo. Info [email protected].
Mass Collective Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm. Info [email protected].
Open Mic Night Cellar Bar, Cardigan. Free. Info 07818 056599.
Open Mic Night Lyceum Tavern, Newport. 8.30pm. Info 01633 858636.
Sum 41 + Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes + Roam Great Hall, Cardiff University Students Union. 7pm, £18.50 adv. Info 029 2078 1458. These bands are on the Kerrang! Tour 2016, and this date is sold out.
The Front Bottoms + Kevin Devine & The Goddamn Band The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £12.50 adv. Info 07590 471888. Not only is it an affront to decency that this venue is hosting bands named in such vulgar and blasphemous fashion, the pop-punk loving godless slurry children of the region have bought every single ticket in advance.
Toyface Gwdihw, Cardiff. 8pm, £4/£3 adv. Info 029 2039 7933.
FRIDAY 12
Agrona + Bangover + Scryre + Dread Bolt The Duke, Neath. 8pm, free. Info 01639 643892. Metal.
Antwerp 10 Feet Tall, Cardiff. 10pm, £3. Info 029 2022 8883. Solo electronic music from a man who doesn’t come from Antwerp.
Back To Bacharach Grand Theatre, Swansea. 7.30pm, £20/£18.50. Info 01792 475715. An orchestra perform Burt’s classics in aid of Breast Cancer Now.
Beethoven: Evening Concert 2 Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £12/£10. Info 029 2039 1391.
Beethoven: Lunchtime Concert 3 Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 1.15pm, £8/£6 adv. Info 029 2039 1391. Featuring the Gould Piano Trio.
Deadbeat Deluxe The Full Moon, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info [email protected].
Fisherman’s Friends St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £21.50. Info 029 2087 8444. An old bloke on the bus talked to me about Fisherman’s Friends the other day. The cough lozenges that is, not the Cornish vocal group of the same name.
*From Now On Festival Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 6pm, £20 per day/£45 for three days. Info 029 2030 4400. Third year for this commendable festival of leftfield music and art, expanding to three days to boot. Today features Julia Holter, Meilyr Jones, Laura J Martin, Accu and Arc Vertiac. (Until Sun 14)
Gabrielle Aplin + Lewis Watson Great Hall, Cardiff University Students Union. 7.30pm, £16.50 adv. Info 029 2078 1458. See Music.
Heather Small Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl. 7.30pm, £25-£27.50. Info 01656 815995. One-time M Person performs hits from the 90s (I assume) plus solo stuff.
Jakey Boy Hughes + Tim Welsh + Alex Valentine The Globe At Hay, Hay-On-Wye. 8pm, £5 adv. Info 01497 821762.
Junior Hacksaw Café Jazz, Cardiff. 9pm, £4. Info 029 2038 7026. Blues.
Lunchtime Concert National Museum & Gallery, Cardiff. 1pm, free. Info 029 2039 7951. With students from the Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama.
Palenco + Omaloma + Cadno Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £8 adv. Info 029 2023 2199.
*Snuff The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £15 adv. Info 07590 471888. Comedy punk rock chaps. They are 30 years old (as a band) this year and their second album is 20 years old.
Spring King The Moon Club, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £7 adv. Info [email protected]. Sound Nation present a mildly hyped new indie band, as is their wont.
Tempers Fray + Full Strength + Gaia Bleeds Fuel Bar, Cardiff. 7pm. Info [email protected]. Tuff stuff hardcore. Headliners are on the Rucktion label.
The Domino Collective + The Appletree Theory Warehouse54, Newport. 8pm. Info 01633 259144. TDC are in the main room, TAT on the roof terrace.
The Jazz Boys Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm. Info [email protected].
The Ukulele Orchestra Of Great Britain Theatr Hafren, Newtown. 7.30pm, £22.50. Info 01686 614555.
The Valentine’s Thank You Gig 4 The Garage, Swansea. 8pm, £12.50 adv. Info 01792 475147. Featuring sets from The Squirts, Brian Breeze Bands, Plastic Sam’s Stargazer, Rookery Lane and The Ukoholix.
The Vim Dicta + Toad Stool The Dragonffli, Pontypool. 7pm, £2. Info [email protected].
Tom Roynon-Blake Le Pub, Newport. 7pm, £2. Info 01633 221477.
Valentine’s Evening Hamptons, Penarth. 7.30pm, £39. Info 029 2070 5391. Five courses, one singer, he being Aubrey Parsons.
SATURDAY 13
69 Love Songs, Or An Absolutely Cuckoo Valentine’s Day, Or Let’s Pretend We’re Stephen Merritt Gwdihw, Cardiff. 6pm, £3. Info 029 2039 7933. Local musicians cover songs from this infamous romance-themed indie opus. Nat The Hammer, Francesca’s Word Salad, Shiny Tiger and Ed Stockham are confirmed so far.
A Foreigner’s Journey Ebbw Vale Institute. 7pm, £10 adv. Info 01495 708022. Don’t you just hate it when you’re trying to listen to some cutting edge electroacoustic minimal composition in your earphones but it’s drowned out by Don’t Stop Believin’ playing on the radio? I do.
Beethoven: Coffee Concert 1 Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 11am, £10/£8. Info 029 2039 1391.
Beethoven: Evening Concert 3 Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 8pm, £12/£10. Info 029 2039 1391. Featuring the Gould Piano Trio with David Adams on viola.
Beethoven: Song Recital Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 1.15pm, free. Info 029 2039 1391.
Beethoven: Student Showcase Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 3pm, £8/£6. Info 029 2039 1391.
Ben Huws Pontyclun RFC. 7pm, free. Info 01443 222240.
Ben Huws Duo Peppermint, Cardiff. 1-4.30pm, free. Info 029 2039 9199. In addition to Ben’s gig above, his duo will be playing three 45-minute sets on the bounce, just like The Beatles did. Probably won’t have to knock back as many horny sailors afterwards though.
Bowie: A Celebration The Moon Club, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £5 adv. Info [email protected]. Arranged in doublequick time after Dave’s passing in January, this also sold out in a few days but a month is a long time in the field of public mourning, so maybe there’ll be some returns. The Maddie Jones Band, Instructions + Diamond Dags, Hipicat, Ohhimark, Dead In The Water, Francesca’s Word Salad, Dave Morris and Ossia will all be playing, and raising £££ for Marie Curie Cancer Care.
Buzzcocks Tramshed, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £18 adv. Info 0117 9259273. Manc punk icons celebrate 40 years not out. See Upfront.
Chris Summerill Kiwis, Cardiff. 10pm, free. Info 029 2039 8965.
Dr Feelgood Grand Theatre, Swansea. 7.30pm, £13-£17. Info 01792 475715.
Feelgood Experiment Gwdihw, Cardiff. 9pm, £4. Info 029 2039 7933. Playing as part of the (last ever!) Fat City night. No relation to Dr Feelgood (see above).
*From Now On Festival Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 6pm, £20 per day/£45 for three days. Info 029 2030 4400. Today features Stealing Sheep, Bas Jan, Laura Cannell, Mark Lyken, Happy Meals, Apostille, Anna Homler & Steven Warwick: Breadwoman, Arc Vertiac, Giant Swan and CAM Sinema. (Until Sun 14)
Joe Zeitlin & Ljubicka Stojanovic Theatr Mwldan, Cardigan. 7.30pm, £1-£14. Info 01239 621200. Cello/piano duo.
Mike Dennis The Full Moon, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info [email protected].
Sons Of Liberty The Patriot, Crumlin. 9.30pm, free. Info 01495 247178. Southern rock band.
Stiff Bizkit Hobo’s, Bridgend. 7pm, £6 adv. Info www.hobosmusicvenue.com. Limp Bizkit tribute band. Let’s see all you irony boys put your money where your mouth is and show up at this!
Sunjay West End Club, Barry. 7.30pm, £8. Info 07561 143114. Blues/folk guitarist.
Tenplusone + Wilson The Dragonffli, Pontypool. 7pm, £2. Info [email protected].
The Blues Others The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £15 adv. Info 07590 471888. Blues Brothers tribute band.
The MLC + Terrorbite + Trigger Mcpoopshute + Grim Citizens Crowleys Rock Bar, Swansea. 8pm, free. Info 07981 684142. An “anti-Valentine’s” night of punk bands with “no soppy shit”.
The Special Brew + Butterfly Collective Ex Servicemens Club, Taffs Well, nr Cardiff. 7.30pm, £6. Info 029 2025 0731. Local Bad Manners/2-Tone tribute band headline. Also featuring DJ Paul Ska Bridges (Barry Scooter Club).
The Trio Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm. Info [email protected].
The Upbeat Beatles Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 8pm, £20/£18. Info 01970 623232. Tribute band.
SUNDAY 14
Anda Union Taliesin Arts Centre, Swansea. 7.30pm, £15/£13. Info 01792 602060. Mongolian folk ensemble. In Cardigan tomorrow.
Aubrey Parsons The Pontygwindy, Caerphilly. 3pm, free. Info 029 2088 4321. Valentine’s special.
BBC NOW: Romeo & Juliet St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 3pm, £5-£35. Info 029 2087 8444. Thomas Søndergård conducts a programme of Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninov and Prokofiev. See Upfront.
Beethoven: Coffee Concert 2 Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 11am, £10/£8. Info 029 2039 1391. With the Gould Piano Trio.
Beethoven: Festival Finale Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 6pm, £12/£10. Info 029 2039 1391. That’s all the Beethoven in this series guys. But I’ve got a sneaky feeling he’s going to appear in these listings again!
Beethoven: Folksong Arrangements Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 1.15pm, £8/£6. Info 029 2039 1391.
Beethoven In The Foyer Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 2.30pm, free. Info 029 2039 1391.
Bowling For Soup + The Dollyrots + Lacey + MC Lars Y Plas, Cardiff University Students Union. 7pm, £20 adv. Info 029 2078 1458. I thought BFS did their last tour ever a year or two ago?
Folk Music & Song Session Arvon Ale House, Llandrindod Wells. 4pm. Info 07477 627267. Also on Sun 28.
From Now On Festival Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 6pm, £20 per day/£45 for three days. Info 029 2030 4400. Today features H. Hawkline Gwaed Ar Y Sêr, L’Ocelle Mare, Threatmantics, Sweet Baboo: Synthfonia Cymru, Sleeper Society, Tim Parkinson: Time With People and Club Foot Foot. (Finishes today)
Hot Club Swing Café Jazz, Cardiff. 7.45pm, £5/£3 NUS. Info 029 2038 7026. Gypsy jazz.
Locus Foyer, Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 6pm, free. Info 029 2063 6464.
The Rotunda Trio 10 Feet Tall, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2022 8883. Playing as part of the Valentine’s Day evening here, so while you probably could go along on your own and stand watching the band really intently, you might stand out a little.
MONDAY 15
Anda Union Theatr Mwldan, Cardigan. 7.30pm, £3-£15. Info 01239 621200.
Atrium Live Music Night Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm. Info 029 2038 7026.
Blues And Jazz Club February Y Ffwrnes, Llanelli. 8pm, £8. Info 0845 2263510. Monthly night.
Live Jazz Noah’s Yard, Swansea. 8pm. Info 01792 447360.
Live Original Music Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm. Info [email protected].
Monday Club 10 Feet Tall, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2022 8883.
Rumours Of Fleetwood Mac St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £32.50/£22.50. Info 029 2087 8444.
The Black Tambourines + Totem Terrors + Pipedream The Moon Club, Cardiff. 8pm, £5. Info [email protected]. Headliners are Cornish garage types whose name is nicked from an old American indie band, but pluralised.
Ukulele Session The Andrew Buchan, Cardiff. 8.30pm, free. Info 029 2021 2509.
Xivus + Bandicoot + Static Fires The Lemon Factory, Swansea. 7pm. Info 07969 671379.
TUESDAY16
Community Samba Band – Practise Dates Westenders Hall, Llanfaes, Brecon. 6-8pm, £4/£2 under-16s. Info [email protected].
Fatherson The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £7 adv. Info 07590 471888. Some sort of young new indie band whose appearance in their promo shot is not meshing very well with the hardboiled American Oi! music I’m listening to while typing this listing.
Gun Outfit + Eugene Capper & Rhodri Brooks Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £7 adv. Info 029 2023 2199. Headliners are from the States and come from the punk/hardcore side of the tracks, but are more kinda alt-country-sounding of late. It happens to all of us in the end.
Gwd Jams Gwdihw, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £3/free for performers. Info 029 2039 7933. Monthly open jam session.
John Lloyd Trio Dempseys, Cardiff. 8pm, £7/£5. Info 029 2023 9253.
New Orleans Hot Potatoe Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £4.50/£4/£2 NUS. Info 029 2038 7026.
Star Turbine Arcadecardiff, Cardiff. 6-8pm, free. Info www.arcadecardiff.co.uk. Part of the Ian Watson exhibition (see the Art listings for more on that), this is the first of three live experimental/electronic performances this month with invited musicians. Star Turbine are a Danish/Norwegian duo.
Xenia Pestova/Carla Rees/Heather Roche Cardiff University Concert Hall. 7-8.45pm, £8/£6/free NUS. Info 029 2087 4816. Contemporary Voices concert.
WEDNESDAY 17
Aubrey Parsons The Star Inn, Treoes. 8pm, free. Info 01656 658458.
C Duncan + Tom Low Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £7 adv. Info 029 2023 2199. Singer-songwriter signed to the FatCat label headlines.
Chorusgirl + Nervous Twitch + Tigercats Gwdihw, Cardiff. 8pm, £4/£3. Info 029 2039 7933. All My Friends with a night of fuzzy indiepop. Two of these bands are on the Fortuna Pop label.
Graham Bonnet + Evyltyde Sin City, Swansea. 7.30pm, £15 adv. Info 01792 468892. Him out of Rainbow and other hard rock heroes.
Hue & Cry The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £17.50 adv. Info 07590 471888. Acoustic set.
Jeff Hooper And The Capital City Jazz Orchestra Whiteheads Sports & Social Club, Bassaleg, Newport. 8pm, £8. Info [email protected]. South Wales Big Band Society gig.
Let Spin Dempseys, Cardiff. 8pm, £7/£5. Info 029 2023 9253.
#Notjustjazz Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm. Info 029 2038 7026.
Open Jam Session The Andrew Buchan, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2021 2509.
Open Mic Market Street Club, Barry. 8pm. Info 01446 733863.
Si Barron Pontyclun Institute Athletic Club. 7.30pm. Info 01443 226892. A Llantrisant Folk Club showcase night.
Vincent Herring / Eric Alexander Quintet Jazzland, Swansea. 8.30-11pm, £14. Info 07802 912789.
THURSDAY 18
Aghast + A Vulgar Picture + Extinction + Failed State The Lemon Factory, Swansea. 7pm, £5. Info 07969 671379.
An Elegy + Guardian The Bunker, Cardiff. 7pm, £4. Info [email protected].
Black Peaks + The Physics House Band Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £10 adv. Info 029 2023 2199.
Choral Thursdays Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 6.30pm, free. Info 029 2039 1391.
Coltrane Dedication Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £6/£5. Info 029 2038 7026.
Côr Pawb Follies Theatre, Folly Farm, Narberth. 7.15pm, £3-£8. Info 01834 869323. Opening event of the 2016 A Capella Voice Festival, which is mostly at Narberth Queens Hall. This features a west Walian 150-strong choir.
Fun Lovin’ Criminals Y Plas, Cardiff University Students Union. 7.30pm, £23.50 adv. Info 029 2078 1458. The intention is to play their 1996 debut album in its entirety. Looks like you’re going to have to buy it back from the PDSA shop you gave it to if you want to swot up.
Gavin Davenport & Tom Kitching Lyceum Tavern, Newport. 8pm. Info 01633 858636. A Lyceum Folk Club night.
James Noble & Simon Callaghan Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 8pm, £3-£12. Info 01970 623232. Music Club recital.
Jimjam Open Mic Session The Claude Hotel, Albany Road, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 07557 505123. Every Thursday. This week’s guest band is the Tony Breen Band.
Ofelia 10 Feet Tall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £4. Info 029 2022 8883. Single launch gig.
Open Mic Night Cellar Bar, Cardigan. Free. Info 07818 056599.
The Blues Band Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon. 8pm, £20/£18. Info 01874 611622.
The Crookes + Misty Miller The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £8 adv. Info 07590 471888.
The Horsenecks Burnett’s Hill Chapel, Martletwy, Pembrokeshire. 7.30pm, £10 adv. Info 01646 651725. Old timey music duo from Portland.
The Sixth Element iQ The Dingle Hotel, Narberth. 8pm, £8/£7. Info 01834 869323. A Spanjazz night for a banmd featuring London jazz trumpeter Kevin Davy.
FRIDAY 19
Acoustic Strawbs Pontardawe Arts Centre. 7.30pm, £15 adv. Info 01792 863722.
Angelic Upstarts + The Oppressed Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £12 adv. Info 029 2023 2199. Punk veterans from the north-east. The Murder Of Liddle Towers by them is a banger.
Anita Wardell & Trio Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £12. Info 029 2039 1391. Jazz vocalist. And trio.
Aubrey Parsons St David’s Hotel, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2045 4045.
BBC NOW: Beethoven’s Triple Concerto Brangwyn Hall, Swansea. 7.30pm, £12.50-£18. Info 01792 475715. Eivind Gullberg Jensen conducts a programme of Beethoven plus Wagner, Weber and Schubert.
Bella Collins & The Blue Café Jazz, Cardiff. 9pm, £4. Info 029 2038 7026. Blues.
Big Joe Bone The Full Moon, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info [email protected].
City & Colour Great Hall, Cardiff University Students Union. 7pm, £25 adv. Info 029 2078 1458. Alexisonfire’s Dallas Green’s solo guise, the name of which I was very slow in realising was a pun. I’m not embarrassed because I don’t really care about him, but lots of other people do and so this gig is sold out.
Faderhead + Dreams Divide + Dimethoxy Fuel Bar, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £15/£11 adv. Info [email protected]. Off-World present a bill of gothic/industrial/EBM kinda fare, with the headliner coming from Hamburg and pretty popular in ‘the scene’.
Gigspanner Whitehall Parade, Rumney, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £15 adv. Info 07528 968016. A Rumney Folk Club gig.
Greg Rowlands + The Rumblestrutters The Ivy Bush, Pontardawe. 8pm. Info [email protected]. Valley Folk Club night.
Harri Davies 10 Feet Tall, Cardiff. 9pm, £3. Info 029 2022 8883.
In Requiem Clwb Y Bont, Pontypridd. 7pm, £4. Info 01443 491424.
Jamee Summers Warehouse54, Newport. 8pm. Info 01633 259144. Playing on the roof terrace.
Masts + Deadlines + Esuna Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £6 adv. Info 029 2023 2199. LP launch gig for Masts. Not been sent a copy at the time of writing.
Never Hill + Nineteen Fifty-Eight + Junior + Fire Fences + Seven Stories High Hobo’s, Bridgend. 7pm, £5/£4 adv. Info www.hobosmusicvenue.com.
Rumours Of Fleetwood Mac Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 8pm, £23.50. Info 01970 623232. Tribute band.
Seckou Keita Torch Theatre, Milford Haven. 7.30pm, £13-£15. Info 01646 695267.
Sicknote Steve The Met, Abertillery. 8pm, £5. Info 01495 355800. Blues.
South African Zulu Male Choi +, Camilo Menjura + Côr Y Gors Queens Hall, Narberth. 7.30pm, £8-£18. Info 01834 869323. A Capella Voice Festival event.
Speak Brother The Globe At Hay, Hay-On-Wye. 8pm, £5 adv. Info 01497 821762. A band with both harmonies and a rustic, folky sound. The guy who I assume is the singer, as he’s closer to the camera than the other two members in the press photo, is wearing a smoking jacket/beanie hat combo. Not keen.
The Happenings Kiwis, Cardiff. 10pm, free. Info 029 2039 8965.
The Imposters The Patriot, Crumlin. 9.30pm, free. Info 01495 247178.
Therapy? + The Membranes The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £17.50 adv. Info 07590 471888. Ulster alt-metal veterans shine a light on their divisive Infernal Love album, where they got the string section in, wore shiny suits and necked too many drugs. Blackpool rabblerousers The Membranes support.
Wille & The Bandits + Featherjaw The Moon Club, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £10 adv. Info [email protected].
SATURDAY 20
19th Annual Rorke’s Drift Concert Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon. 7.30pm, £9.50/£8.50. Info 01874 611622. You’ve heard of measuring out your life in coffee spoons, well I measure out my life in occasions I’ve typed out the listing for this yearly event.
Andy Lewis Band Kiwis, Cardiff. 10pm, free. Info 029 2039 8965.
Big Mac’s Wholly Soul Band Memorial Hall, Newbridge. 7.30pm, £12. Info 01495 243252.
Big Sing! Queens Hall, Narberth. 3.30-4.30pm, free. Info 01834 869323. A Capella Voice Festival event.
Brass Bands Championship Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl. £7/£6. Info 01656 815995.
Dr Syntax + Pete Cannon The Moon Club, Cardiff. 9pm, £6.50 adv. Info [email protected]. Playing the Hold Up hip-hop night.
Form Constants & Ian Watson Arcadecardiff, Cardiff. 2-3pm, free. Info www.arcadecardiff.co.uk. An analogue synth and live visuals teamup.
Gareth Evans & Bella Collins The Hollybush, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2025 5042.
Girl Band Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm. Info [email protected].
Green Haze Hobo’s, Bridgend. 7.30pm, free. Info www.hobosmusicvenue.com. Green Day tribute band,
Jack Green 10 Feet Tall, Cardiff. 6pm. Info 029 2022 8883.
Jess Vincent & MG Boulter + Blind River Scare Barnabas Arts House, Newport. 7.30pm, £6. Info 01633 673739. A Down By The River night of country, folk etc.
Keith Leech with Climax Ceilidh Band CMC Sports and Social Club, University Hospital Of Wales, Heath Park, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £8. Info 029 2039 4207. A RUFF Ceilidh night, also featuring an interval spot from Cobblers Awl.
Legend: A Tribute To The Music Of Bob Marley Y Ffwrnes, Llanelli. 8pm, £16/£15. Info 0845 2263510. Apparently this is some kind of tribute to the music of Bob Marley.
Limehouse Lizzy The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £15 adv. Info 07590 471888.
Seckou Keita Pontardawe Arts Centre. 7.30pm, £12 adv. Info 01792 863722. Renowned kora player.
Money Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £10 adv. Info 029 2023 2199. Big concept UK indie band whose new album is reviewed in this issue.
*Right Hand Left Hand Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 8pm, £10 adv. Info 029 2023 2199. Album launch gig for this tricksy, loop pedal-liking rock duo.
Rusty Shackle Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 8pm, £10 adv. Info 029 2089 0862.
The Boom Sons + Beyond The Break + Static Fires + House Of Hosts + Beautiful Strangers The Scene Club, Swansea. 7pm, £4/£3 adv. Info 07730 432166.
The Farm The Tabernacle, Talgarth. 7.30pm, £3 adv. Info [email protected]. A Creation Acoustic Sessions night in Alan McGee’s odd little venue. He seems adept at getting yesteryear’s indie bands down to play unplugged sets – although rarely ones that were on his record label, for some reason.
The Hell + Constructor + Defeatist Sin City, Swansea. 7.30pm, £7 adv. Info 01792 468892. Many-membered metalcore type band from the UK.
The Jam Movement The Dragonffli, Pontypool. 8.30pm, £6/£5 adv. Info [email protected].
Theo Bard Snails Deli, Rhiwbina, Cardiff. 7pm, £18 inc buffet. Info 029 2062 0415. A “reggae-infused pop philosopher,” according to the poster.
The Sons Of Pitches + Ffynnon + Côr Pawb Bach Queens Hall, Narberth. 7.30pm, £8-£18. Info 01834 869323. A Capella Voice Festival event.
The Upbeat Beatles Beaufort Theatre, Ebbw Vale. 8pm, £12. Info 01495 355800.
Tim Cronin The Admiral Napier, Canton, Cardiff. 8.30pm, free. Info 029 2030 3945.
Toyface The Full Moon, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info [email protected].
Wizards Of Oz The Dolls House, Abertillery. 8pm. Info 01495 213300. Ozzy Osbourne tribute.
Whitehall Parade + Big Joe Bone + Luke Bennett NosDa, Cardiff. 7pm. Info 029 2037 8866. Post-Six Nations gig.
SUNDAY 21
Builth YFC Annual Concert Wyeside Arts Centre, Builth Wells. 2 + 7pm, £8/£5. Info 01982 552555.
Chapter Four Jazz Quartet Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2030 4400. Jazz in the bar.
Chasing Cadence + Fake The Attack The Scene Club, Swansea. 7pm, £5 adv. Info 07730 432166.
Côrdydd St Andrews Church, Narberth. 1.30-2.30pm, £5-£12. Info 01834 869323. A Capella Voice Festival event.
Creeper + Grader Le Pub, Newport. 7pm, £6 adv. Info 01633 221477. Presented by the normally Cardiff-based Millionaires.
Lost In Despair + Illicit + Hiraeth The Lemon Factory, Swansea. 7pm, £5 adv. Info 07969 671379. Danish metalcore band headline.
Sophisticated Ladies Taliesin Arts Centre, Swansea. 7.30pm, £16/£15. Info 01792 602060. Jazz vocal duo comprising Lee Gibson and Tina May.
Sundae Sessions Gwdihw, Cardiff. 4pm, free. Info 029 2039 7933.
The Bowie Experience The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £10 adv. Info 07590 471888. I know what you’re thinking: David Bowie tribute acts must be patting their back pockets like Asda mums right now, yeah? Well I’ll stop you there, because this show is a fundraiser for Cancer Research UK. So shut it.
MONDAY 22
Atrium Live Music Night Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm. Info 029 2038 7026.
Gwd Mondays Open Mic Gwdihw, Cardiff. 7.30pm, free. Info 029 2039 7933.
Juan Galiardo Jazz Trio Foyer, Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 1pm, free. Info 029 2063 6464. First of four SW dates for Juan, a jazz pianist, in the next two days (plus another on Sat 27).
Juan Galiardo & Ashley-John Long Sugo Restaurant, Penarth. 6.30pm. Info 029 2070 9955.
Live Jazz Noah’s Yard, Swansea. 8pm. Info 01792 447360.
Live Original Music Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm. Info [email protected].
Locus Foyer, Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 6pm, free. Info 029 2063 6464.
Mary Rees Chopin Prize Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 7.15pm, £8/£6. Info 029 2039 1391.
Monday Club 10 Feet Tall, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2022 8883.
The Joy Formidable Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £15 adv. Info 029 2023 2199.
Ukulele Session The Andrew Buchan, Cardiff. 8.30pm, free. Info 029 2021 2509.
TUESDAY 23
Arno Bornkamp & Catherine Milledge Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 1.15pm, £8/£6. Info 029 2039 1391. Sax and piano jazz duo.
Community Samba Band – Practise Dates Westenders Hall, Llanfaes, Brecon. 6-8pm, £4/£2 under-16s. Info [email protected].
Django Dragons Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £4.50/£4/£2 NUS. Info 029 2038 7026.
Emily Francis Trio Dempseys, Cardiff. 8pm, £7/£5. Info 029 2023 9253.
Enter Shikari + The Wonder Years + The King Blues Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff. 7pm, £23.50. Info 029 2022 4488.
Jazz Jam Session Jazzland, Swansea. 8.30-11pm, free. Info 07802 912789.
Juan Galiardo Trio Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon. 8pm, £7. Info 01874 611622. Brecon Jazz Club night.
Pick N’ Mix Open Mic Gwdihw, Cardiff. 8pm, £3. Info 029 2039 7933.
Rob Dunsford & Neve Spencer Moller Theatr Hafren, Newtown. 7.30pm, £2.50. Info 01686 614555. Country/folk duo.
Subhumans + Reality Attack + Poetic Justice + Buff The Moon Club, Cardiff. 7pm, £10/£7.50 before 8.30. Info [email protected]. A-list anarcho punks headline. I really should see them one of these days, maybe this will be the one.
The Elwins + HMS Morris + The Cradles Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £6 adv. Info 029 2023 2199. Presented by Jealous Lovers Club.
The Mozart Effect St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 11am + 1.30pm, £5. Info 029 2087 8444. An entertaining introduction to the music of Mozart for pupils at keystage 2.
WEDNESDAY 24
A Viennese Strauss Gala Borough Theatre, Abergavenny. 7.30pm, £17/£16. Info 01873 850805. With the European Orchestral Ensemble.
Aubrey Parsons The Ivor, Pontyclun. 8pm, free. Info 01443 222287.
Blues Night Clwb Y Bont, Pontypridd. 7pm. Info 01443 491424.
Boy & Bear The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £13.50 adv. Info 07590 471888.
Brahams: Songs & Intermezzi Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 1.15pm, £8/£6. Info 029 2039 1391.
Composer Portrait: Huw Watkins Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 7.30pm, £10. Info 029 2063 6464.
Juan Galiardo Quartet Jazzland, Swansea. 8.30-11pm, £10. Info 07802 912789.
Maria Luisa Rayan Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £12/£10. Info 029 2039 1391. Internationally renowned harpist.
Marion’s Singalong Congress Theatre, Cwmbran. 1-3pm, £6. Info 01633 868239. Songs from the shows and musical hall.
#Notjustjazz Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm. Info 029 2038 7026.
Open Jam Session The Andrew Buchan, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2021 2509.
Open Mic Market Street Club, Barry. 8pm. Info 01446 733863.
Otava Yo Pontardawe Arts Centre. 7.30pm, £9/£7. Info 01792 863722. Russian folkies.
Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama Students Dempseys, Cardiff. 8pm, £7/£5. Info 029 2023 9253.
Songs For The Way Home Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 7.30pm, £12/£10. Info 01970 623232. Female trio with a suite of songs inspired by interviews with east London residents.
Telegram + Warm Brains Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £8 adv. Info 029 2023 2199.
THURSDAY 25
Composition: Wales Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 10am-1pm + 2-5pm, free. Info 029 2063 6464. Open workshop events where composers worthy of wider exposure have the opportunity to hear their works performed by BBC NOW. Also on Sat 27 and Sun 28; all these events are free but book in advance please.
Dreadzone + Solar Wolf The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £15 adv. Info 07590 471888. Or, to give this veteran UK dub-rock outfit their full name, Dreadful Zone.
Ensemble Cymru Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £14/£12. Info 029 2039 1391. Works by Frank Bridge, Brahms, Mozart and Jean Françaix.
Jimjam Open Mic Session The Claude Hotel, Albany Road, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 07557 505123. Every Thursday. This week’s guest band is Roosevelt.
Juan Galliardo Trio Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £6/£5. Info 029 2038 7026.
Martin Bennett’s Old Green River Band Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl. 8pm, £9 adv. Info 01656 815995. Jazz Club night.
Open Mic Night Cellar Bar, Cardigan. Free. Info 07818 056599.
Quicksilver Newport Fugitives Athletic Club, Rogerstone, Newport. 8.45pm. Info 01633 897923. A Newport Folk Club night.
Tibet + Palm Honey + Fivebyfive Gwdihw, Cardiff. 8pm, £4/£3. Info 029 2039 7933.
FRIDAY 26
1000 Voices – The Music Of The Movies Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff. 7pm, £12.50. Info 029 2022 4488. Choral performance with, ya got it toots, a thousand people.
Aubrey Parsons St David’s Hotel, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2045 4045.
A Viennese Strauss Gala Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon. 7.30pm, £18.50/£17.50. Info 01874 611622.
Belial + Zephyr The Scene Club, Swansea. 7pm. Info 07730 432166.
Budapest Cafe Orchestra Borough Theatre, Abergavenny. 7.30pm, £15/£13. Info 01873 850805.
Fell Out Boy The Bunker, Cardiff. 8pm, £6 adv. Info [email protected]. Fall Out Boy tribute band. In Bridgend tomorrow.
Icaris Duo Norwegian Church Arts Centre, Cardiff Bay. 7.30pm, £6/£4. Info 029 2087 7959. Flute and guitar duo.
In Requiem + The Boom Sons Hobo’s, Bridgend. 7pm. Info www.hobosmusicvenue.com.
James Kennedy Pontyclun RFC. 6.30pm, free. Info 01443 222240.
Leighton & Kate Peppermint, Cardiff. 1-4.30pm, free. Info 029 2039 9199.
Macka B + Sun I Tafari The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £12 adv. Info 07590 471888. Reggae geezer.
Organ Recital National Museum & Gallery, Cardiff. 1pm, free. Info 029 2039 7951.
The Boot Hill Allstars The Full Moon, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info [email protected].
The Mairee Express + Taffy Was A Thief Warehouse54, Newport. 8pm. Info 01633 259144. TME are in the main room, TWAT (ho ho) on the roof terrace.
Will Varley Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £8 adv. Info 029 2023 2199.
SATURDAY 27
2Rude The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £8 adv. Info 07590 471888.
A Night Of ELO St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £20. Info 029 2087 8444. Tribute band.
Composition: Wales Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 2-5 + 6-9pm, free. Info 029 2063 6464.
Côr Godre’r Aran Rhos Y Gilwen, Pembrokeshire. 8-10.15pm, £12. Info 01239 841387.
Desecration + Venom Prison + Sodomized Cadaver + Agrona + Vile Inscription Fuel Bar, Cardiff. 7pm, £6. Info [email protected].
Fauré Requiem – The University Singers Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 8pm, £2-£12. Info 01970 623232.
Fell Out Boy Hobo’s, Bridgend. 7.30-10.30pm. Info www.hobosmusicvenue.com.
Florence Black The Patriot, Crumlin. 7pm, free. Info 01495 247178.
GaGa Theatr Hafren, Newtown. 8pm, £16. Info 01686 614555.
Johnny2bad Congress Theatre, Cwmbran. 8pm, £14. Info 01633 868239. UB40 tribute band.
Juan Galiardo & Friends Jazz Trio Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 8pm, £10/£5 kids. Info 029 2089 0862.
Jump Norwegian Church Arts Centre, Cardiff Bay. 7.30pm, £10. Info 029 2087 7959. Full band show from popular folkies.
Kill 66 The Dolls House, Abertillery. 8pm. Info 01495 213300.
Leveret Theatr Mwldan, Cardigan. 7.30pm, £3-£14. Info 01239 621200. UK folk trio.
London Calling Ebbw Vale Institute. 7pm. Info 01495 708022. Clash tribute band.
Mama Cabasa 10 Feet Tall, Cardiff. 10pm, £3. Info 029 2022 8883.
Maniac Street Preachers + Stereophonish Ex Servicemens Club, Taffs Well, nr Cardiff. 7.30pm, £5 adv. Info 029 2025 0731. A brace of Welsh tribute bands on the day closest to St David’s Day, the one day where you won’t be thrown in jail just for saying you’re Welsh.
O Duo Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 1.15pm, £8/£6. Info 029 2039 1391. Percussion duo inspired by Reich and Glass. Sounds neat.
Propella Kiwis, Cardiff. 10pm, free. Info 029 2039 8965.
Rocket Joe Joe & The Old Time Bangers Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm. Info [email protected].
St David’s Celebration Concert Y Ffwrnes, Llanelli. 7pm, £16/£13.50. Info 0845 2263510. Featuring Llanelli Male Choir, Dunvant Male Choir, Côr Ysgol Iau Llangennech, Eirlys Myfanwy Davies, Jordan Williams and host Garry Owen.
*Stuart Chalmers + Seth Cooke Arcadecardiff, Cardiff. 2-4pm, free. Info www.arcadecardiff.co.uk. The last of three live performances in this gallery space, as part of Ian Watson’s exhibition here, features sets from two UK experimental artists.
Subset Undertone, Cardiff. 7.30-9pm. Info 029 2022 8883.
The Rockin Sinners The Full Moon, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info [email protected].
The Sensational 60s Experience Grand Theatre, Swansea. 7.30pm, £25/£23. Info 01792 475715.
Turin Brakes + Tom Speight Pontardawe Arts Centre. 7.30pm, £22 adv. Info 01792 863722. See Music.
We’re No Heroes The Moon Club, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £5 adv. Info [email protected].
*Yorkston Thorne Khan + Laura Moody + Jim Ghedi & Toby Hay St John’s Church, Canton, Cardiff. 7pm, £13 adv. Info 029 2056 2022. Sound Nation present a cool lineup of experimental folk featuring a Scottish folkie, someone from the band Lamb and an Indian saranghi player.
SUNDAY 28
An Evening With Rick Wakeman Coliseum Theatre, Aberdare. 7.30pm, £24.50. Info 0800 0147111.
Astroid Boys Hobo’s, Bridgend. 8pm, £8/£6 adv. Info www.hobosmusicvenue.com.
Composition: Wales Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 2-5 + 6-9pm, free. Info 029 2063 6464.
Composition: Wales Culmination Concert Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 7pm, free. Info 029 2063 6464.
Folk Music & Song Session Arvon Ale House, Llandrindod Wells. 4pm. Info 07477 627267.
J Liu Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 2pm, £14-£18. Info 029 2039 1391. Chinese classical pianist.
Keith James Cellar Bar, Cardigan. Free. Info 07818 056599. Performing his Cat Stevens covers set.
Lauren Brown Undertone, Cardiff. 7.39pm. Info 029 2022 8883.
Locus Foyer, Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 6pm, free. Info 029 2063 6464.
Richard Hawley Great Hall, Cardiff University Students Union. 7pm, £25 adv. Info 029 2078 1458. See Music.
Stiff Little Fingers Y Plas, Cardiff University Students Union. 7pm, £18.50 adv. Info 029 2078 1458. Veteran Ulster punks, play here every other year or so.
The Scrotes + Bandicoot + Apathy + Mig’s Buff The Lemon Factory, Swansea. 7pm, £3 adv. Info 07969 671379. An EP launch gig for the lamentably-named headiners.
The Wave Pictures + Featherjaw + My Name Is Ian The Moon Club, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £8 adv. Info [email protected].
MONDAY 29
Atrium Live Music Night Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm. Info 029 2038 7026.
Live Jazz Noah’s Yard, Swansea. 8pm. Info 01792 447360.
Live Original Music Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm. Info [email protected].
Monday Club 10 Feet Tall, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2022 8883.
Ukulele Session The Andrew Buchan, Cardiff. 8.30pm, free. Info 029 2021 2509.