GIVEAWAY: MMA’s Professional Fighters League smacks down in Wales – here’s your chance to go for free
MMA fans are in for a treat this August: the PFL is bringing a double-bill of welterweight and heavyweight playoffs to the UK – starting in Cardiff, and we’ve got a bunch of tickets up for grabs!
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A Brand NEW Learning Experience from Buzz
If you’re 18-30, live in Wales, and want to get ahead in the Creative and Cultural Industries, this could be what you’re looking for.
BUZZ PICKS
DANGER MOUSE & BLACK THOUGHT: hip-hop heavyweights make effortlessly cool collab
After years of speculation, two prolific musical heavyweights have teamed up to release this collaborative effort.
KASABIAN’s first album post-Meighan plunders new and familiar territory
Kasabian’s seventh studio album – The Alchemist’s Euphoria – is also their first since the sacking of frontman Tom Meighan for domestic assault.
Dazzling short story collection from Omer Friedlander focuses on Middle East
A magnificent debut short story collection from Omer Friedlander, The Man Who Sold Air In The Holy Land is just one of the many intriguing titles featured herein.
BRITTLE WITH RELICS: Searching for the Welsh identity, author Richard King traces 35 key years
Brittle With Relics’ author Richard King’s chronicling of Welsh oral history has been 10 years in the making. Luckily, he tells Adam England, it’s all been worth it.
GREEN MAN at 20: “The industry is brutal, but I still love it” – director Fiona Stewart on running Wales’ staple festival
Following up his own look-back at the rise of Green Man since its 2003 debut, Adam England quizzes GM director Fiona Stewart about what makes it tick.
Reviews
Roundup
EXCLUSIVE: Watch HEDDLU’s explosive new video for single Auto-Da-Fé
Check out our exclusive first look at Heddlu’s explosive video for new single, Auto-Da-Fé.
From BULLET TRAIN to THE INVITATION – August 2022 film highlights
August is not the prime month for sitting in a windowless room inside an entertainment complex for two to four hours of film. Which makes it all the more impressive that Keiron Self has found some timely content!
July 2022 film highlights: from THOR 4 to WHERE THE CRAWDADS SING
July’s film releases include an Irish drama about an impromptu baby adaption and a cartoon about Superman’s dog.
June 2022 film highlights: from ALL MY FRIENDS HATE ME to ELVIS
Our June film selections range from homegrown lo-fidelity horror in All My Friends Hate Me to lurid Elvis hagiography in the eponymous biopic.
ROOTS roundup: Irish folk pioneer ANDY IRVINE graces Cardiff
Irish folk legend Andy Irvine rolls into Cardiff’s St David’s Hall on Tue 17 May as part of the Roots Unearthed series.
This Week
Features
WATCH: Cardiff quartet HIMALAYAS release dark & blistering music video for ALONE
Mighty Cardiff quartet Himalayas have released their new bludgeoning single Alone – and we’ve got the accompanying video for your viewing pleasure.
5 of the best: places to get your spice fix in south Wales
Jonathan Swain nominates a quintet of his personal favourite spicy food restaurants from south Wales for those of you seeking a Scoville-based rush.
7 cheap and cheerful travel gems to uncover in Wales
Emma Way recommends some fun and unusual experiences to travel around Wales and do – all at a cheap cost for those that are penny-pinching. (All of us, right?)
Cardiff’s MACE THE GREAT to represent Wales at Scottish hip-hop showcase
Fresh off a spate of home and international gigs this year, Mace The Great will be in attendance at Pitch Scotland as part of an innovative Welsh-Scottish musical team-up.
Spooky summer: 10 scary and magical haunts to visit in Wales
Hannah Collins recommends some dark and creepy spots to explore in Wales that summer goths and lovers of the weird and wonderful will love.
