WESTIVAL | CLUB PREVIEW
WESTIVAL Shipping Hill Farm, The Ridgeway, Manorbier, Tenby Fri 19-Sun 21 July True to name, you’ll be bundling your sleeping mats between your knees on a train-ride past Carmarthen for …
WESTIVAL Shipping Hill Farm, The Ridgeway, Manorbier, Tenby Fri 19-Sun 21 July True to name, you’ll be bundling your sleeping mats between your knees on a train-ride past Carmarthen for …
GARBAGE | LIVE REVIEW Great Hall, Cardiff University Students Union, Sun 14 July Garbage were the first band I ever went to see, and I count myself enough of …
GROOVE ARMADA | LIVE REVIEW Caerphilly Castle, Sun 14 July Castles are great live venues. In particular, the backdrop of ancient brickwork for hi-tech visuals are great fun, and …
DEPOT IN THE CASTLE | LIVE REVIEW Cardiff Castle, Sat 13 July Depot In The Castle seems to be going from strength to strength, this year boasting more food …
NILE RODGERS & CHIC | LIVE REVIEW Cardiff Castle, Fri 12 July “I have the best day job in the world!” chirps Nile Rodgers, during a typically brief pause …
CLOUD NOTHINGS / HUMAN HEAT / ENOUEMENT | LIVE REVIEW Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff, Wed 10 July Whether you were to file Enouement under hard-edged emo or mild-mannered melodic …
Cardiff’s Depot venue, organisers of the annual Depot In The Castle, are about to hold their biggest ever event. Last year, a mix of entertainment, food and live performances brought …
SADO OPERA | LIVE REVIEW Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff, Fri 28 June The Russians came and conquered! On the 50th anniversary of NYC’s Stonewall riots, party group Sado Opera …
Speaking with Dave McCabe, frontman of Liverpudlian indie stalwarts The Zutons, he comes off as a down-to-earth, sweary kind of guy, which really serves to make him irresistibly likable upon …
COLOUR CLASH 2019 Tredegar Park, Newport Sat 13 July Now in its fourth year, the Colour Clash line up infamously delivers in bringing the best of underground and frontrunning producers …
Nile Rodgers is about as close to legendary as you can get, sprinkling magical funk dust over dozens of hits through the last four decades. Ahead of a headline show …
PUBLIC SERVICE BROADCASTING / BOY AZOOGA | LIVE REVIEW Caerphilly Castle, Sat 6 July Public Service Broadcasting are not like any other band you’ve ever seen. Intriguing, inventive and …
CLOUD NOTHINGS Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff Wed 10 July Cloud Nothings began life as an underground rock band – quite literally, they were born in Dylan Baldi’s parents’ basement – …
75 DOLLAR BILL **** I Was Real (Tak:til/Thin Wrist) Something about music that sounds wide-open and endless attracts me, horizons unfurling in front forever into the turning sky. 75 Dollar …
ALGIERS / SILENT FORUM / NEW HAUNTS | LIVE REVIEW Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff, Wed 3 July Outside it might be a baking hot summer’s evening, but downstairs in …
WOMAN TO WOMAN | LIVE REVIEW St David’s Hall, Cardiff, Wed 26 June Female British rock/pop/folk/folk-rock singer-songwriters began blossoming in the mid-60s to mid-70s and Judie Tzuke followed in …
WESTLIFE / THE RUA / KEELIE WALKER | LIVE REVIEW Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff, Mon 1 July In case you needed a time check, wide-eyed Irish boyband Westlife have dealt …
MONDAY 1 JULY Gwent Music Summer Showcase Concert 2019 St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7pm, £8.50-£12.50. Info 029 2087 8444. London Concord Ensemble St Peter’s Church, Newton, Gower, Swansea. 7.30pm, £15. …
THE ANDREW BUCHAN 29 Albany Road, Cardiff. 029 2021 2509 / facebook.com/andrewbuchanbar Tue 2 + Sun 14 Vinyl Cruise 7pm, free. Casual DJ session, regular in here but on twice …
MANIC STREET PREACHERS | LIVE REVIEW Cardiff Castle, Sat 29 June It’s almost too perfect. The sun is out and there is a beautiful breeze crossing the evening sky, …
I SEE RIVERS / ADWAITH / PEIRIANT | LIVE REVIEW Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff, Fri 28 June The current mercury-soaring weather engulfing the nation failed to deter a cross-section …
GOAT GIRL / PET GROTESQUE / TEDDY HUNTER | LIVE REVIEW Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff, Wed 26 June Returning to Cardiff after a well-received set at Sŵn Festival back …
THE KILLERS | LIVE REVIEW Cardiff Castle, Fri 28 June The Killers visited Cardiff for the first time since 2012 on Friday, to kick off a jam-packed Sounds Of The …
The esteemed British electronic duo of Tom Findlay and Andy Cato are set to bliss out Caerphilly Castle this July, for their first south Wales date in forever. Ryan Heeger plays …