Synthpop big wheel VINCE CLARKE drops the pop for a solo album of synth ambience
The single-note soundscapes on this debut solo album from the Erasure songwriter and Depeche Mode founder member have a wealth of wordless wonder to offer human ears.
The single-note soundscapes on this debut solo album from the Erasure songwriter and Depeche Mode founder member have a wealth of wordless wonder to offer human ears.
As 2023 thinks about winding down, music continues to come from its margins thick and fast, with November delivering 10 more examples from indie to industrial, stoner to soul.
Chichester duo Smoke Fairies deal openly with grief and loss on their first album for three yearsthe 11-song, home-recorded Carried In Sound.
It’s an evening for all kinds of music fans at the Utilita Arena in Cardiff, as rockers, ravers, punks and crusties turn out for the return of The Prodigy.
Marking 10 years as a British-pop sensation, Emeli Sandé brings us her second independent album, How Were We To Know.
Everything you’ve ever wanted or needed to know about The Cure, lovingly compiled by Simon Price - a man well placed to do so.
If you’re looking for a comfortable, comprehensive read that sums up the early days of hip-hop, then Harlem World is a great place to start.
BDRMM aren’t your average static shoegaze mumblers, and this evening they meet the challenge of entertaining a rowdy Saturday crowd.
It’s not all craic and spilled beer with Dundalk folk-rockers The Mary Wallopers… but, in fairness, it mostly is at the Tramshed tonight.
Essex ravers The Prodigy’s Army Of The Ants tour includes a stopoff at Cardiff Utilita Arena. Emma Way whittles their catalogue down to a tight five.
What We Do To Feel, the fourth album to date by Cambridge band Lonely The Brave, is a record of ethereal synths and reverb-laden guitars.
Daniel Weintraub’s new documentary, largely narrated by the late American composer herself through archive footage
David Holmes' first solo album since 2008 roots for outsiders and the displaced:a thought-provoking soundtrack for cruel, angry and turbulent times.
From the first song by Newbury-based singer-songwriter Joe Hicks, it was evident that this was a man comfortable in his musical skin.
Few could pull off a recreation of one of Bob Dylan’s most (in)famous gigs - Manchester Free Trade Hall in 1966 - but Chan Marshall, aka Cat Power, pulls a masterstroke.
The latest postcard from Zach Condon’s musical alias Beirut arrives from the northern Norwegian town of Hadsel.
After 2021’s exceptional I Would Not Live Always, expectations are very high for Look Over The Wall, See The Sky, John Francis Flynn’s second album of traditional Irish folk.
The guys at Steelhouse have hit upon the idea of hosting an away day four months after everyone has come down from the musical and literal high of the 2023 festival.
Empire State Bastard's live performance in Cardiff was filled with raw intensity, flawless synergy, as well as a glimpse of new material.
Ahead of a weekend that sees Waiting Room, an ambitious two-day theatrical showcase of some of his favourite new acts (plus himself…), in Cardiff’s Cultvr Lab venue, James Minas tells Buzz’s Teresa Delfino about it all.
Step into the technicolor realm of Pulp's iconic album This Is Hardcore, with Paul Burgess' striking visuals, in The Cinematic World Of Pulp.
From a tour with US rock gods Kiss to the upper echelons of the UK album charts, 2023 has been one to remember for Newport ragga metallers Skindred.
Touring their fourth and latest album Dead Club City, Essex’s Nothing But Thieves took Swansea Arena by storm.
Empire State Bastard, passion project of Biffy Clyro’s Simon Neil and Mike Vennart offer a visceral attack on the aural senses, and play their first ever Wales show this month.