HUB FESTIVAL CARDIFF 2017 | LIVE PREVIEW
Various venues, Womanby St, Cardiff Fri 25-Sun 27 Aug What a year it’s been for Womanby Street. Since the last HUB Festival, there have been threatened venue closures, actual venue …
Various venues, Womanby St, Cardiff Fri 25-Sun 27 Aug What a year it’s been for Womanby Street. Since the last HUB Festival, there have been threatened venue closures, actual venue …
WOLF ALICE | LIVE REVIEW Muni Arts Centre, Pontypridd, Mon 21 Aug The Muni Arts Centre is a venue where intimacy is key; a hub for entertainment in Pontypridd, …
Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff Sat 26 Aug If you’ve never ended up Clwb on a Saturday night, perhaps one or two white wine spritzers far gone, pulling shapes to an …
Joe Prescott looks into the mammoth events planned this year in Cardiff for the Pride Cymru demonstrations. Pride Cymru is coming back in a big way this year. We’re …
Bluestone Brewing Company, Newport, Pembrokeshire Sun 27 Aug 62 year old soukous god Kanda Bongo Man has been around a bit, from the Congo to Manchester, and on August Bank …
Unity @ Undertone, Cardiff Sat 26 Aug Techno, house and the hinterland ‘twixt the two is rather well served – some might say on the verge of oversaturation – in …
Unified Beatz presents Anti-Social Birthday Bash @ Inkspot, Cardiff Fri 25 Aug From graffiti warehouses to antiques basements, some of Cardiff’s most interesting venues of the past few years aren’t …
The Globe, Cardiff Wed 23 Aug Had there never been a Skatalites, there most likely never would have been ska music, and if your thoughts instantly turn to the bad …
Cardiff producer Don Leisure has evolved considerably in the decade or so he’s been releasing wax. Indeed, he wasn’t Don Leisure when he was making drum’n’bass in the late-00s – …
LA FORME **** Birds In An Aviary (Libertino) Newport’s La Forme have returned with their most accessible slice of sophisticated pop thus far. Complete with Dave Gahan-style baritone, they have …
By the time this issue is printed, Newport’s Le Public Space venue will have had its soft launch, with an official opening party on Fri 25 Aug. A successor to …
DEATH ANGEL / WARBRINGER | LIVE REVIEW Hobos, Bridgend, Thurs 10 Aug After the success of the gig by fellow 80s thrashers Acid Reign last year, Hobos in Bridgend …
The biggest festival in Wales and a highlight in the country’s cultural calendar, Green Man is back. Luke Owain Boult takes a look at just some of the acts and …
The Essex-born cheeky chappy is returning to our side of the bridge once more, this time playing Singleton Park, Swansea. Deniece Cusack got together with Olly to find out what …
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 …
Complete with international touring artists, a vintage fun fair and local craft beer the Burning Lantern Fayre is shaping up to be the perfect one-dayer. John-Paul Davies talks to headliner …
Regal Nights @ Bar Cocoa, Barry Sat 12 Aug Namechecked by FACT as one of its 10 grime and UK rap stars to watch this year, Abra Cadabra, a London …
From the classics to the experimental spirit of jazz, Edward Lee looks into the goings-on at this year’s Brecon Jazz Festival. From its George Melly headlined beginnings in 1984, the …
AKERCOCKE **** Renaissance In Extremis (Peaceville) Reinvigorated, refocused and back home on Peaceville Records, London’s Akercocke return after a five-year hiatus, with the best slab of prog-influenced death/black metal since …
PERHAPS the most striking thing about the explosion of ‘fake news’ in recent months – or rather, the cementing of that phrase in the English lexicon – is that very …
Ben Woolhead pays a visit to Cardiff’s first craft beer and vinyl shop. “I grew up in Neath and after 17 years in London, it felt like time to quit …
STEELHOUSE FESTIVAL 2017 | LIVE REVIEW Hafod-Y-Dafal Farm, nr Ebbw Vale, Sat 29 + Sun 20 July “Just drop me here, I can walk the rest of the way …
tuesday 1 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 – Practise …
The Attic 5-6 Castle Bailey St, Swansea. facebook.com/theatticswansea Sat 12 Con7rol x Zoo Project Ibiza 4pm-3am, £12/£10 adv. Big night of house that starts on the rooftop terrace in the …