“The theme of RIOT! felt very current in Wales” – Tomos Williams reflects on CWMWL TYSTION return
Ahead of its return with Cwmwl Tystion II/Riot!, Tomos Williams reflects on the project's educational and timely inspirations with Noel Gardner.
Ahead of its return with Cwmwl Tystion II/Riot!, Tomos Williams reflects on the project's educational and timely inspirations with Noel Gardner.
The Lathums may have started out as a wedding band but as this Cardiff show proves, they're ready to fill arenas in their own right.
American composer Meredith Monk's latest livestreamed work, Indra's Net, mixes art and dance with Eastern legend.
Having accrued word-of-mouth popularity on the UK’s ska-punk scene, Millie Manders and the Shutup are bringing the party to Cardiff.
Working Men’s Club looked to be poised on the brink of a major breakthrough last year. At The Globe in Cardiff this week, they finally recoup that glory.
Headliners Shame hit the stage at Cardiff's Tramshed looking every inch a band with a live reputation to uphold - and don't quite do it for Ben Woolhead.
Another week, another successful Welsh band filling one of Cardiff’s arenas - this time it’s the turn of Bridgend’s Bullet For My Valentine.
A muddled third day of this year's Festival of Voice is brightened up by performances from Gruff Rhys, Charlotte Church and Cardiff's Ladies of Rage.
Hailed as "titans" of the heavy underground, Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Swansea date this weekend should bring both weight and wit.
James Ellis was well-rewarded by the return of Festival of Voice to Cardiff, with Brian Eno and Max Richter among the first day's highlights.
With OMD's most popular album, Architecture & Morality, celebrating its 40th anniversary, Carl Marsh caught up with one of the Liverpudlian synth stars.
After making a big splash in the UK album charts, Scottish rockers The Snuts are about to kick up a storm in Wales on tour.
The return of South Wales rockers Holding Absence to home turf made for an emotional night at Cardiff Uni's Y Plas.
Public Service Broadcasting return to the stage with plenty of German influence and a welcoming Cardiff crowd.
Black Marble, a project that started in New York and moved to Los Angeles a few years ago, play Cardiff on the same weekend as splendid new album Fast Idol is released.
Amidst a buzz of excitement at Cardiff’s Tramshed, UK folk-rocker Newton Faulkner takes to the stage smiling, comfortable and relaxed.
A Monday night at Cardiff's Motorpoint Arena turned Mab Jones from a Paloma Faith liker into a Paloma Faith fan.
Public Service Broadcasting's autumn tour kicks off at Cardiff’s Great Hall, visiting Llandudno just over a week later as part of 16 UK dates.
Jon Gomm has taken percussive guitar playing, melodic retuning, two-handed tapping and a host of other techniques to a different level.
Postpunk Dublin five-piece Fontaines D.C. arrived promoting second album A Hero’s Death, having had to reschedule, and both crowd and band seemed to revel in each other’s company during this sold-out gig.
For a contemporary take on the early 80s British synthpop sound – slightly wobbly mechanical arrangements, melancholy vocals – you won’t find much better than Chris Stewart’s Black Marble, whose new album Fast Idol is released on the same weekend as his Cardiff debut.
Every doubt about how well Kasabian will perform in their new incarnation is quickly swept away, As we bustle out of the Great Hall, remarks of “that was amazing” and “what a show” can be heard.
One of those gigs that will live long in the memory for those in attendance – and where people who didn’t attend will question, in years to come, what could possibly have been more important that night.
Performing tracks from her Grammy and Mercury nominated album, Song For Our Daughter, Laura Marling stirs up an adoring Cardiff crowd.