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A rainbow palette of colour – NEWTON FAULKNER | LIVE REVIEW

October 25, 2021

Amidst a buzz of excitement at Cardiff’s Tramshed, UK folk-rocker Newton Faulkner takes to the stage smiling, comfortable and relaxed.

Category: Live, Reviews Region: South Wales

Songs and personality that can entrance a room – PALOMA FAITH | LIVE REVIEW

October 20, 2021

A Monday night at Cardiff's Motorpoint Arena turned Mab Jones from a Paloma Faith liker into a Paloma Faith fan.

Category: Live, Reviews Region: South Wales

Bright Magic tour kicks off in Cardiff – PUBLIC SERVICE BROADCASTING | LIVE PREVIEW

October 20, 2021

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.

Category: Culture, Live, Previews Region: North Wales, South Wales

Talent undercut by brilliant wit and dry humour – JON GOMM | LIVE REVIEW

October 19, 2021

Jon Gomm has taken percussive guitar playing, melodic retuning, two-handed tapping and a host of other techniques to a different level.

Category: Live, Reviews Region: West Wales

Equally immense and intense – FONTAINES D.C. | LIVE REVIEW

October 19, 2021

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.

Category: Live, Reviews Region: South Wales

‘People standing motionless with their eyes closed, to me that’s flattering’ – BLACK MARBLE | INTERVIEW

October 19, 2021

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.

Category: Interviews, Live Region: South Wales

A live performance that transcends anticipation – KASABIAN | LIVE REVIEW

October 18, 2021

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.

Category: Live, Reviews Region: South Wales

SALEM | LIVE REVIEW

October 15, 2021

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.

Category: Live, Reviews Region: South Wales

LAURA MARLING | LIVE REVIEW

October 15, 2021

Performing tracks from her Grammy and Mercury nominated album, Song For Our Daughter, Laura Marling stirs up an adoring Cardiff crowd.

Category: Live, Reviews Region: South Wales

ERASURE | LIVE REVIEW

October 14, 2021

Erasure hit Cardiff's Motorpoint, and Mab Jones was there to soak up a lively and glittery celebration of queerness from the tuneful duo.

Category: Culture, Live, Music, Reviews

NOTHING BUT THIEVES | LIVE REVIEW

October 11, 2021

Southend five-piece Nothing But Thieves brought their long-awaited Moral Panic tour to the Motorpoint on a crisp autumn night, with a communal feeling of “it’s good to be back” in the air.

Category: Live, Reviews Region: South Wales

ROGER TAYLOR | LIVE REVIEW

October 7, 2021

St David’s Hall may be a small venue for stadium songs, but every note was as big as Queen and Roger Taylor deserved.

Category: Live, Reviews Region: South Wales

THE RHEINGANS SISTERS | LIVE PREVIEW

October 5, 2021

You might hunt high and low for British folk acts with any sort of profile who make similar music to The Rheingans Sisters, who play four Welsh dates on their October UK tour.

Category: Live, Previews Region: Wales-Wide

SQUID / PVA | LIVE REVIEW

October 5, 2021

If you can embrace the incomprehensibility and just surrender yourself to them, you soon find that Squid are trustworthy tour guides guaranteed to take you to interesting, out-of-the-way places.

Category: Live, Reviews Region: South Wales

ROGER TAYLOR | LIVE PREVIEW

October 1, 2021

For Queen devotees, this is a must-make night of stories, songs and very special insights from self-styled outsider Roger Taylor.

Category: Live, Previews Region: South Wales

NEWTON FAULKNER | INTERVIEW

September 30, 2021

Close friends get to call this folk-rocking troubadour Sam Newton Battenberg Faulkner, and while Buzz’s Carl Marsh can’t quite claim that status, he had a perfectly pleasant chat with the man you and I call Newton Faulkner ahead of his three Welsh dates in October.

Category: Interviews, Live Region: South Wales, West Wales

808 STATE | INTERVIEW

September 30, 2021

A full year and a half after Manc rave legends 808 State were due to hit Cardiff’s Tramshed – we ran an interview and everything – they’re finally here! Carl Marsh spoke to one half of the duo, Graham Massey.

Category: Clubs, Live, Previews Region: South Wales

WOLF ALICE | LIVE REVIEW

September 30, 2021

To encourage people to return to live gigs, Music Venue Trust and The National Lottery's Revive Live Tour saw Wolf Alice playing select small UK venues including Sin City in Swansea.

Category: Live, Reviews Region: West Wales

MARTHA WAINWRIGHT | LIVE REVIEW

September 29, 2021

Canadian-Americana comes to theTramshed tonight as Martha Wainwright is in town, and her quintessentially American folk-pop sounds great in this venue.

Category: Live, Reviews Region: South Wales

NICK CAVE AND WARREN ELLIS | LIVE REVIEW

September 28, 2021

There’s the sense of these performances being essential to both Nick Cave and Warren Ellis, a much-needed release after so long pent up in isolation, lockdown, and uncertainty.

Category: Live, Reviews Region: South Wales

I’M YOUR MAN: A TRIBUTE TO LEONARD COHEN | LIVE REVIEW

September 28, 2021

James Ellis returns to Cardiff's Chapter Arts Centre to see Steven Elliott pay tribute to soul poet legend Leonard Cohen.

Category: Live, Reviews Region: South Wales

BLACK STONE CHERRY | LIVE REVIEW

September 27, 2021

Black Stone Cherry’s energy is infectious and there wasn’t a dull moment on stage. When you leave a venue with sore hands you know it’s been a good night.

Category: Live, Reviews Region: South Wales

BRING ME THE HORIZON / YOU ME AT SIX | LIVE REVIEW

September 24, 2021

There aren’t many bigger bands in the UK than Bring Me The Horizon, a band that have grown from metalcore upstarts into full on arena pop rock icons.

Category: Live, Reviews Region: South Wales

STEVE HACKETT: GENESIS REVISITED | LIVE REVIEW

September 20, 2021

Ex-Genesis member Steve Hackett and his collection of talented musicians take to the road on another lengthy UK tour, this time playing 1977 Genesis live album Seconds Out in its entirety.

Category: Live, Reviews Region: South Wales

A rainbow palette of colour – NEWTON FAULKNER | LIVE REVIEW

Songs and personality that can entrance a room – PALOMA FAITH | LIVE REVIEW

Bright Magic tour kicks off in Cardiff – PUBLIC SERVICE BROADCASTING | LIVE PREVIEW

Talent undercut by brilliant wit and dry humour – JON GOMM | LIVE REVIEW

Equally immense and intense – FONTAINES D.C. | LIVE REVIEW

‘People standing motionless with their eyes closed, to me that’s flattering’ – BLACK MARBLE | INTERVIEW

A live performance that transcends anticipation – KASABIAN | LIVE REVIEW

SALEM | LIVE REVIEW

LAURA MARLING | LIVE REVIEW

ERASURE | LIVE REVIEW

NOTHING BUT THIEVES | LIVE REVIEW

ROGER TAYLOR | LIVE REVIEW

THE RHEINGANS SISTERS | LIVE PREVIEW

SQUID / PVA | LIVE REVIEW

ROGER TAYLOR | LIVE PREVIEW

NEWTON FAULKNER | INTERVIEW

808 STATE | INTERVIEW

WOLF ALICE | LIVE REVIEW

MARTHA WAINWRIGHT | LIVE REVIEW

NICK CAVE AND WARREN ELLIS | LIVE REVIEW

I’M YOUR MAN: A TRIBUTE TO LEONARD COHEN | LIVE REVIEW

BLACK STONE CHERRY | LIVE REVIEW

BRING ME THE HORIZON / YOU ME AT SIX | LIVE REVIEW

STEVE HACKETT: GENESIS REVISITED | LIVE REVIEW

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