THE ADMIRAL MUMBLES MOSTLY BLUES & JAZZ FESTIVAL
Various venues, Mumbles, Swansea Fri 30 April – Mon 3 May 2010 The sun has been shining, and more reasons to be cheerful, May is almost here. Which means two …
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"Rolo Tomassi have evolved into an excellent band who are doing something which sounds like little but themselves"
IDLEWILD | LIVE REVIEW
Idlewild + Sparrow & The Workshop Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff Tue 20 Apr words & photos: Tom Hartrey Clwb Ifor Bach played host for the Cardiff leg of rock stalwarts …
ELLIE GOULDING | LIVE REVIEW
Ellie Goulding Cardiff Barfly Sat 17 Apr words: Alex Gill Having been named one to watch by pretty much every radio DJ in the UK, Ellie Goulding definitely had something …
NEWPORT TJ’S TO CLOSE
Legendary Newport venue TJ’s is to close, it was confirmed in the South Wales Argus on Monday. The club had run into cash flow difficulties as a result of the …
LAUREN PRITCHARD | LIVE REVIEW
You could be forgiven for thinking you could predict in advance what Lauren Pritchard sounds like. Folksy, low-key, earnest-yet-charming, right? Wrong.
RACE HORSES | LIVE REVIEW
Singer Meilyr Jones: like the actress from Psycho in a biopic about Os Mutantes
RICHMOND FONTAINE | LIVE REVIEW
Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff | Mon 1 Mar The Redlands Palomino Company – a somewhat cumbersome name, but one you’d do well to commit to memory, because once you’ve heard …
BEACH HOUSE | LIVE REVIEW
Beach House Cardiff Arts Institute, Cardiff. Tues 16 Feb Cardiff Arts Institute was flooded with plaid shirts and Christmas jumpers. The hipsters were out in force to see Beach House, …
THE GLOBE: A CALL TO ARMS
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PORTICO QUARTET | LIVE PREVIEW
PORTICO QUARTET Pontardawe Arts Centre Fri 5 Mar words: Tom Hartrey The Portico Quartet have come a long way since their street busking days. After years of playing to minimal …
KERRANG! TOUR 2010 | LIVE REVIEW
KERRANG! TOUR 2010 Great Hall, Cardiff University Students Union Fri 29 Jan words HOLLY MORRIS photos SAM SMITH On arriving at the Students’ Union I was hit by a blast …
WILLY VLAUTIN | REVIEW & INTERVIEW
Willy Vlautin Cardiff Arts Institute, Cardiff Wed 10 Feb It’s well-established that a large portion of people in possession of a checked shirt and a few American records have a …
XBOX REVERB PRESENTS ELLIE GOULDING | LIVE REVIEW
Ellie Goulding, Chew Lips and Wolfgang perform at Cardiff Arts Institute to a starry eyed crowd. Photo: Tom Hartrey
JOHN HOLT | MUSIC PREVIEW
Great Hall, Cardiff University Students’ Union Fri 12 Feb words: WILL STEEN Reggae gets a bad rap, you know. If all you’ve been exposed to is some crusty white loser …
LOSTPROPHETS CANCEL PORT TALBOT SHOW
Fire damage at Afan Lido has forced The Lostprophets to cancel their scheduled show on Mon 1 Mar. Due to availability and scheduling the show has been moved to Cardiff …
LIVE REVIEW: IN CHAPTERS
Chapter | Thurs 21 January I like chapters. And Chapter. And stories. And poems. And music. And good nights out. As such new monthly event, In Chapters, featuring unique thematically-linked …
PETE LAWRIE: EXCLUSIVE DOWNLOAD
Pete Lawrie has released two tracks exclusively to Buzz ahead of his latest gig at Buffalo: Pete Lawrie – Anna And These Days Jimi Alexander & The Satellites – Burn …
ISLET IN THE MAINSTREAM
Right, the gist of this post is that today a band uploaded some mp3s. I’m aware this happens about once every 0.00005 seconds and isn’t exactly newsworthy in itself. But …
LIVE REVIEW: COMANECHI
Comanechi are a noisy two-piece from London. One of them slouches over a guitar and plays sludgy riffs while the other one squawks and fizzes on the drums. Together, they’re …
SWN: APPEARING SOON AT THE CARDIFF STORY
The fact that Cardiff is, later this year, getting a dedicated ‘city museum’ is not quite new news; of this I am aware. What is new, though, is the fact …
HAPPY BIRTHDAY ART!
Many of you may still be recovering from one recent ‘celebrity’ birthday but for those of you not suffering with the tiresome Tourette’s of spitting out words like detox, diet …
ELLIE GOULDING INSTITUTIONALISED
Cardiff Arts Institute have clinched victory in the battle for ownership of Ellie Goulding on Feb 4. Xbox Reverb posted this about an hour ago: OK, it’s the moment you’ve …
ELLIE GOULDING: AT A HUNGRY VENUE NEAR YOU
And there you were thinking that the only connection Xbox had with music was kidding musical dunces everywhere that, thanks to Rock Band, they really are a great guitarist/bassist/drummer. But …