DJ STINGRAY | CLUBS PREVIEW
Doppler @ Level 2, Kongs, Cardiff Fri 2 June Think St Mary Street and what comes to mind? Pink Stetsons and ‘SCRUM AND GET ME’ t-shirts on international days? Hoards …
Doppler @ Level 2, Kongs, Cardiff Fri 2 June Think St Mary Street and what comes to mind? Pink Stetsons and ‘SCRUM AND GET ME’ t-shirts on international days? Hoards …
C-Y-N-T @ Great Hall, Cardiff University Students Union Fri 2 June It’s funny to think of C-Y-N-T as being 10 years old and something of an elder statesman of Cardiff …
NOTHING BUT THIEVES | LIVE REVIEW The Globe, Cardiff, Tues 23 May Southend five-piece Nothing But Thieves returned to Cardiff for the first time since 2015 to kick off …
IRON MAIDEN / SHINEDOWN | LIVE REVIEW Motorpoint Arena Cardiff, Wed 24 May Defiance is very much the word for tonight. After the terrible events that took place in …
ELROW TOWN CARDIFF – SINGER MORNING | CLUB PREVIEW Cardiff Cricket Ground, Sun 28 May Get your Rowdollars ready because the celebrated Singer Morning festival is invading the Welsh …
Logic @ Rainbow Rooms, Gorseinon Sun 28 May Hard dance has always been massive in the valleys of south Wales. While tracking it down in Cardiff has become a tall …
Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff Fri 26 May Dubstep, for whatever reason, never really quite took hold in Cardiff as it did across the water in Bristol, which became one of …
AL STEWART | LIVE REVIEW Grand Theatre, Swansea, Sun 14 May The Back To The Bedsit tour was ready to conclude but this artist had no intention of taking …
Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff Fri 19 + Sat 20 May Returning in more of a concentrated dose this year, From Now On’s 2017 edition once again offers a snapshot of …
C DUNCAN | LIVE REVIEW Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff, Tue 9 May I admit it, I’m a pushover for a pretty song, and C (short for Christopher) Duncan is …
IMELDA MAY | LIVE REVIEW St David’s Hall, Cardiff, Fri 5 May Holy hot-rod! Yes, the commotion is true concerning Imelda May’s new look and album. Shock and awe. …
ANI GLASS *** Ffrwydrad Tawel EP (Recordiau Neb) Translating as Quiet Explosion, this W H Dyfodol (Y Pencadlys)-produced EP is the next stage in Ani Saunders’ metamorphosis into an accomplished …
Tramshed, Cardiff Wed 17 May Twin sisters Catherine and Lizzy Ward Thomas, from rural Hampshire, are stopping off in Cardiff this month with an array of cool country numbers. These …
Le Pub, Newport Sat 13 May South Wales three-piece Exit_International split up in 2015, in advance of lead vocalist Scott Lee Andrews moving to Australia with his wife. As such, …
Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff Fri 12 May When you Google the country Estonia, their main contribution to singing at first seems to be as 2001’s Eurovision …
ALICE COLTRANE *** Turiyasangitananda (Luaka Bop) Worthwhile archival work from Luaka Bop, who serve up a selection of tracks from Alice Coltrane’s devotional music tapes of the 80s and 90s …
Rhigol Outdoor Backyard Party @ The Last Resort, Swansea Sat 13 May Ah, May in Swansea. The air’s getting warmer, the days are longer, the smoke of disposable barbeques begins …
THE UNTHANKS | LIVE REVIEW Tramshed, Cardiff, Sat 29 Apr On a visit one weekend, I was introduced to the most distinctive and haunting sound coming from the stereo. …
HOT 8 BRASS BAND / AFRO CLUSTER | LIVE REVIEW Tramshed, Cardiff, Thurs 4 May I have to say I had very high hopes of seeing both these bands …
BOB DYLAN | LIVE REVIEW Motorpoint Arena Cardiff, Wed 3 May The generation of music that gave birth to Bob Dylan is regrettably disappearing. The test of time has …
TALL SHIPS / SILENT FORUM / SHADOWS INTO LIGHT | LIVE REVIEW Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff, Thurs 4 May When Funeral For A Friend bowed out last May after …
BETSY | MUSIC INTERVIEW Betsy is a soul/pop artist from west Wales who’s threatening to become pretty big in 2017. Buzz spoke to her ahead of a brace of gigs in these …
THE CRAIG CHARLES FUNK & SOUL CLUB | CLUB REVIEW Sin City, Swansea, Sun 30 Apr Swansea loves Craig Charles and his Funk & Soul Club. He has played …
DARKEST HOUR / VENOM PRISON | LIVE REVIEW Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff, Mon 1 May Local exports, Venom Prison, are Darkest Hour’s tour-support and their crushing, hardcore-inflected take on …