SUM 41’s final album is a dynamic farewell of nostalgia and evolution
The scene this band grew up as part of is one that many are nostalgic about, yet through their musical evolution, Sum 41 proved they could transcend it.
The scene this band grew up as part of is one that many are nostalgic about, yet through their musical evolution, Sum 41 proved they could transcend it.
Yorkshire's finest postpunk prodigies Yard Act ramp up the energy on an otherwise quiet Sunday night at Cardiff's Y Plas.
As Saturday night was the first date of a nationwide tour for Declan McKenna, Cardiff’s Students Union gets to christen a handful of new songs.
From even more dungeon synth to improv drumming to sludgy fuzz, here's what's been rattling around Wales' music scene lately.
With large and infectious hooks, VR Sex's third album, Hard Copy, is one for rockers of many persuasions.
Gossip's Real Power brings together pop, indie and disco, with their punk convictions intact, stamped with Beth Ditto’s unmistakably punchy vocals.
Julia Holter claimed that her sixth LP, Something In The Room She Moves, has “a corporeal focus”, yet like its predecessors it feels like another out-of-body experience.
With three new reissues out, it goes without saying that if the Butthole Surfers were active today, they’d be cancelled sooner than you could say, “I’m outraged by this stuff.”
Adrienne Lenker doesn’t shy away from vulnerability on Bright Future, a delicately made record that envelopes listeners in tales of childhood, heartbreak, and love.
Sweet Baboo and Bill Ryder Jones are perennial exceptions to the rule that all acoustic singer-songwriters must be arse-numbingly boring.
Ahead of a summer saturated with Welsh festival appearances, N’Famady Kouyaté brings his story to the heart of Cardiff in a flash of infectious Friday evening joy.
On a dark Thursday evening, Boyo floods Clwb Ifor Bach with outstanding talent for the launch of his In A Minute, Now EP.
Alison Cotton's first concept album Englechen focusses on the story of two German sisters who helped Jewish citizens escape persecution in the 30s.
The Black Crowe's nucleus, the Robinson brothers, have certainly got something worth saying after all this time with Happiness Bastards.
A largely unexceptional instalment to The Dandy Warhol's catalogue, Rockmaker is peppered with only the occasional memorable hook.
Future pop royalty Caity Baser returns with Still Learning, an unapologetically transparent, addictive and zero-skip mixtape of relatable bops.
Eight albums in, Norah Jones shows no signs of having driven down a creative cul-de-sac with her latest, Visions.
From the first step onto Clwb Ifor Bach’s stage, Fort Hope bring palpable charm and style, commanding the room by feeding the doting crowd relentless rock energy.
Canadian band Mother Mother brought their heavy yet mellow vibes to the Welsh capital, selling out Cardiff Students Union’s Great Hall room.
That Gong and Ozric Tentacles can do what they do on a miserable night live in Cardiff is testament to their formidable lysergic powers.
Listen to Sheer Mag's Playing Favorites if you want to spend time wrapped up in a cozy musical blanket.
Taylor Swift-producing whizz Jack Antonoff's band Bleachers release their third self-titled album, and nobody sounds quite like them.
Joined by two master percussionists, Leicester-born Roopa Panesar brings her sublime gift to the Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama’s Dora Stoutzker Hall.
While the British weather may always fail us, Bacao Rhythm & Steel Band's BRSB is nothing short of a ray of sonic sunshine.