MELODY COOL FUNDRAISER | EVENT PREVIEW
MELODY COOL FUNDRAISER | EVENT PREVIEW Thought the weekend was over? Escape from the mundane rigidity that Monday surely promises and slip into an evening of sweet psychedelic sounds. The …
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ANATHEMA IN-STORE SIGNING | EVENT PREVIEWv
ANATHEMA IN-STORE SIGNING | EVENT PREVIEW Anathema, the prominent doom/gothic bands that took the british metal scene by storm in the last two decades will be doing an in-store …
MCBUSTED | LIVE REVIEW
MCBUSTED | LIVE REVIEW Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff, Fri 23 May It’s easy to forget, with all these 90s and 00s bands reuniting, that not only have they aged …
NINE INCH NAILS + COLD CAVE | LIVE REVIEW
NINE INCH NAILS + COLD CAVE | LIVE REVIEW Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff, Wed 21 May There was a palpable buzz of excitement as I approached the venue. People of …
SAM LEE | LIVE REVIEW
SAM LEE | LIVE REVIEW St David’s Hall, Cardiff, Thurs 8 May Sam Lee is introduced to the stage by a man announcing that folk music is trendy. “I …
YELLOW OSTRICH | LIVE REVIEW
YELLOW OSTRICH | LIVE REVIEW Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff, Wed 7 May Almost every article I’ve read about Yellow Ostrich describes them as an ‘experimental’ band. I think this …
THE RUTLES | LIVE REVIEW
THE RUTLES | LIVE REVIEW The Globe, Cardiff, Fri 9 May “We’re not a real band,” says Neil Innes, referring to The Rutles – or The Prefab Four, as …
FUNERAL FOR A FRIEND | LIVE REVIEW
FUNERAL FOR A FRIEND | LIVE REVIEW Great Hall 2, Cardiff University Students Union, Sun 27 Apr In hindsight, I should have realised what I was in for long …
SHHH…APES! / JESS HALL / ROGUE JONES | LIVE REVIEW
SHHH…APES! / JESS HALL / ROGUE JONES | LIVE REVIEW Dempseys, Cardiff, Thurs 1 May I often prefer to go to gigs without prior knowledge of the featured artists, …
YOUNG KATO | LIVE REVIEW
YOUNG KATO | LIVE REVIEW Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff, Wed 23 Apr You would be forgiven for never having heard of Young Kato. This indie-pop band from Cheltenham have …
GWDIHW ALLSTARS MICROFEST | LIVE REVIEW
GWDIHW ALLSTARS MICROFEST | LIVE REVIEW Gwdihw, Cardiff, Sun 20 Apr Running from 3pm–3am with as many bands, DJs, hotdogs and face paint as you can conceivably cram into …
WALES GOES POP! – DAY TWO | LIVE REVIEW
WALES GOES POP! – DAY TWO | LIVE REVIEW The Gate Arts Centre, Cardiff, Sat 19 Apr Saturday afternoon, and with the effects of last night’s beer banging around …
WALES GOES POP! – DAY THREE | LIVE REVIEW
WALES GOES POP! – DAY THREE | LIVE REVIEW The Gate Arts Centre, Cardiff, Sun 20 Apr The general sense of communal decency given off by Wales Goes Pop! is …
WALES GOES POP! – DAY ONE | LIVE REVIEW
WALES GOES POP! – DAY ONE The Gate Arts Centre, Cardiff, Fri 18 Apr The inaugural Wales Goes Pop! weekender last year was a bold move – the appeal …
DEAF HAVANA | LIVE REVIEW
DEAF HAVANA | LIVE REVIEW Great Hall, Cardiff University Students Union, Tue 15 Apr Deaf Havana are one of those bands whose songs have the power to reach right …
LEE MEAD | INTERVIEW
LEE MEAD | INTERVIEW With his new show hitting Cardiff in May Heather Arnold talks to Lee Mead about what he’s up to and his plans to move to …
TINIE TEMPAH | LIVE REVIEW
TINIE TEMPAH | LIVE REVIEW Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff, Fri 4 Apr After enduring the opening acts, including a DJ that ruined every good song he played, Tinie came out …
COMPETITIONS | APRIL
COMPETITIONS | APRIL FREE SKILLS FOR SUSTAINABLE LIVING SESSION The environment-loving folk at Green City events are organising a whole host of sustainable living workshops taking place throughout the summer, …
MILES KANE | LIVE REVIEW
MILES KANE | LIVE REVIEW Solus, Cardiff University Students Union, Tue 25 Mar The atmosphere pre gig was almost tense. One got the feeling that even the keenest Kane …
LEE MEAD TICKETS | COMPETITION
LEE MEAD TICKETS | COMPETITION Catapulted into the throes of fame after winning Andrew Lloyd Webber’s talent show Any Dream Will Do, Lee Mead has been a household staple of musical …
BOMBAY BICYCLE CLUB / RAE MORRIS / FLYTE | LIVE REVIEW
BOMBAY BICYCLE CLUB / RAE MORRIS / FLYTE | LIVE REVIEW Solus, Cardiff University Students Union, Sun 16 Mar Bombay Bicycle Club have finally returned with their long awaited …
CHVRCHES | LIVE REVIEW
CHVRCHES | LIVE REVIEW Solus, Cardiff, Thurs 13 Mar Halfway through Chvrches’ Welsh debut – after I’ve already spent a sizeable chunk of the set distractedly trying to pinpoint …
SLOWLY ROLLING CAMERA | LIVE REVIEW
SLOWLY ROLLING CAMERA | LIVE REVIEW Dempseys, Cardiff, Fri 7 Mar On their third documented appearance in Cardiff, this sizable, diverse ensemble filled the unexpectedly formal air …
TEMPLES | LIVE REVIEW
TEMPLES | LIVE REVIEW The Globe, Cardiff, ThurS 6 Mar Touring on the back of their critically acclaimed debut album Sun Structures, Temples float into Cardiff on a psychedelic …