STEVE LAWLER + JIMMY SWITCH | CLUB PREVIEW
STEVE LAWLER + JIMMY SWITCH The Vaults, Cardiff Bay Sat 1 Dec Steve Lawler is one of those fairytale origin stories that budding young DJs tell each other in enchanted …
STEVE LAWLER + JIMMY SWITCH The Vaults, Cardiff Bay Sat 1 Dec Steve Lawler is one of those fairytale origin stories that budding young DJs tell each other in enchanted …
MOGWAI / THE TWILIGHT SAD | LIVE REVIEW St David’s Hall, Cardiff, Mon 26 Nov Mogwai fans poured into St David’s Hall, prepared – or not – to be …
SLAVES | LIVE REVIEW Tramshed, Cardiff, Thurs 22 Nov Are you satisfied? How could you not be when Slaves are in the house? Kent’s self-proclaimed “popular boy rockers” provide …
KINGS OF THE ROLLERS Sin City, Swansea Sat 1 Dec Promoters Dazed are dominating club nights across the UK after forming in Bristol’s UWE. Having successfully made their events the …
SIR BRYN TERFEL With his new record Dreams & Songs just released, Sir Bryn Terfel chats with Jake Andrews about what inspired him and how an album of collaborations came to be. There’s …
NOTHING BUT THIEVES | LIVE REVIEW Motorpoint Arena Cardiff, Mon 19 Nov Alternative rock band Nothing But Thieves return to the UK after a string of dates across Europe, …
THE DANIEL WAKEFORD EXPERIENCE | LIVE REVIEW The Globe, Cardiff, Thurs 15 Nov Best known for his appearance on the TV show The Undateables, Daniel Wakeford has much more …
SUNFLOWER BEAN / MIYA FOLICK / JESSE JO STARK | LIVE REVIEW The Globe, Cardiff, Mon 19 Nov There’s a big queue of bright young things outside The Globe, …
Zabrinski Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff Sat 24 Nov Alternative rock is such a broad description as to hardly be accurate to describe any band these days, but if all the …
COURTNEY BARNETT | LIVE REVIEW Great Hall, Cardiff University Students Union, Thurs 18 Nov Aussie singer-songwriter Courtney Barnett has definitely stamped herself as a leading figure on the indie …
SHIMMER SOUNDS 2018 | LIVE REVIEW Tramshed, Cardiff, Sat 17 Nov It’s 4.30pm and the doors of Cardiff’s Tramshed are open, introducing the inaugural day-long festival, Shimmer Sounds. It’s …
House & Garage Orchestra The Globe, Cardiff Sat 24 Nov Orchestral renditions are becoming increasingly more prevalent on the fringe of live music, reimagining everything from Daft Punk’s Greatest Hits to …
GOGO PENGUIN | LIVE REVIEW Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff, Fri 16 Nov In legging it through the Canton football crowd to make the rarified surroundings …
Mogwai Glasgow’s finest noisemakers Mogwai are pitching up in Cardiff in November. Kristian Dando talks to Stuart Braithwaite about the toilet circuit, Gruff Rhys and drinking cider for lunch. Twenty-two years have passed …
STEFFLON DON Great Hall, Cardiff University Students Union Thurs 22 Nov Hitting the stage at Cardiff University this month is Hackney’s favourite daughter Stephanie Allen, better known as Stefflon Don. …
The Last 5 Years **** Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff, Mon 12 Nov Off-Broadway hit The Last 5 Years has seen many incarnations since its debut in 2001, but this is …
JOHNNY MARR | LIVE REVIEW Great Hall, Cardiff University Students Union, Thurs 8 Nov Having written dozens of songs that have put teenagers around the world in an emotionally-induced …
ART BRUT ** Wham! Bang! Pow! Let’s Rock Out! (Alcopop!) “Close your eyes and hold on tight / Everything’s gonna be alright”, Eddie Argos reassures us on chipper horn-heavy opening …
Courtney Barnett How does rising star Courtney Barnett really feel? Buzz’s resident Aussie Jaydon Martin chats to his countrywoman about local underground scenes, indie record labels and her friendship with Kurt Vile. …
Stick in the Wheel Wyeside Arts Centre, Builth Wells, Fri 16 Nov; Theatr Mwldan, Cardigan, Sat 17 Nov Stick In The Wheel’s brand of folk music may not be straight …
Seasick Steve As the veteran bluesman – if not quite veteran vagrant – returns to Cardiff, Buzz chats to Seasick Steve about the wonder of the blues, Beyoncé, and his …
THE PRODIGY | LIVE REVIEW Motorpoint Arena Cardiff, Fri 9 Nov Only hours after the seventh Prodigy album No Tourists has made it to the top of the UK …
THERAPY? | LIVE REVIEW The Globe, Cardiff, Thurs 8 Nov Packed into the sweaty confines of The Globe, Therapy? deliver a barnstorming set to kick off their UK tour. …
FLASHER / PRIVATE WORLD / ZAC WHITE | LIVE REVIEW Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff, Tue 6 Nov An absolute dead ringer for Buzz’s esteemed editor Fedor, Zac White is a …