ANDREW WK | MUSIC INTERVIEW
ANDREW W.K. With new album You’re Not Alone out now and a UK tour on the cards, Chris Andrews finds the motivational rocker in typically positive mood. Andrew Fetterly Wilkes-Krier, better known …
ANDREW W.K. With new album You’re Not Alone out now and a UK tour on the cards, Chris Andrews finds the motivational rocker in typically positive mood. Andrew Fetterly Wilkes-Krier, better known …
CHRIS DIFFORD “I wanted to just share my experiences and I hope, give strength to other people.” Legendary lyricist and music producer Chris Difford has used his way with words …
ASTROID BOYS | LIVE REVIEW Y Plas, Cardiff University Students Union, Fri 30 Mar Astroid Boys headlining Y Plas feels like it’s long overdue. The four Cardiff lads (and …
EMBRACE | LIVE REVIEW Tramshed, Cardiff, Sun 1 Apr Emerging from the bombast of the late 90s music scene, Embrace were the perfect antidote to the laddish swagger of …
FALL OUT BOY | LIVE REVIEW Motorpoint Arena Cardiff, Wed 28 Mar One of the more successful acts to have come through a lot of dreadful pop-punk dirge in …
TRISH CLOWES & GARETH WILLIAMS Cardiff University Concert Hall Sat 14 Apr This venue seems to fly under the radar a little in terms of its ability to book interesting …
LET’S EAT GRANDMA The Globe, Cardiff Thurs 12 Apr Childhood best friends Rosa Walton and Jenny Hollingworth started creating music in their early teenage years and now, aged 18 and …
CYNT @ Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff Fri 13 Apr CYNT’s come a long way since it was Cardiff’s nightlife bratty upstart. Now picking and choosing its moments rather than being …
LOWER THAN ATLANTIS Sin City, Swansea, Sat 6 Apr; The Muni, Pontypridd, Sat 7 Apr For the first time since 2014, Lower Than Atlantis will be touring around the UK …
Groove Theory @ Undertone, Cardiff Fri 6 Apr Since launching in 2013, Groove Theory has become Cardiff’s go-to name for the more discerning end of house and disco, welcoming …
As the days start getting longer, it’s time for Buzz’s annual festival guide to the best shindigs, celebrations and parties availabale across Wales. Compiled by Elisha Wescott and Fedor Tot LAUGHARNE FESTIVAL …
GAI BARONE / WILL REES Journey @ Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff Fri 6 Mar Despite what you might have read about Warp’s Lorenzo Senni ‘reappropriating trance breakdowns’ and the likes …
SUNDAY 1 APRIL Abba Lite Potters Pub, Newport. 7.30pm, £10 adv. Info 01633 223311. Tribute band Adam Gilbert & Jess Robinson Rhos Y Gilwen, Pembrokeshire. 7.30-9.15pm, £10. Info 01239 841387. …
The Arch 11 Commercial Street, Neath. 07791 923214 / [email protected] Fri 20 Solo 9pm-4am, £20 adv. Big shot house duo Solardo hold it down here. This might be sold out …
Joana Serrat Le Public Space, Newport Tue 3 Apr Joana Serrat is perfect for Newport’s most individual arts venue, Le Public Space. The Americana artist, signed to independent label Loose, …
WYLDERNESS / LOS BLANCOS | LIVE REVIEW Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff, Sat 24 Mar Los Blancos might fly the Welsh language flag and thus qualify to play Cardiff’s …
GWENNO / PATRICIA MORGAN | LIVE REVIEW Ceredigion Museum, Aberystwyth, Sun 25 Mar History is everywhere you turn today, and not just in the immediate surrounds of Aberystwyth’s magnificently …
Platform 11, Pontypridd Sun 1 Apr For a long time, residents of Pontypridd didn’t have much choice than to hop on the train down to Cardiff for their evening’s tech-house …
MADONNATRON | LIVE REVIEW The Moon, Cardiff, Fri 23 Mar In truth, it starts not with a bang but with a whimper. Tonight’s opening act, Big Whoop, have no …
BOB LOG III / THOMAS TRUAX | LIVE REVIEW The Globe, Cardiff, Tue 20 Mar Parachuted in fairly last minute to fill a weirdo-shaped support hole, Thomas Truax has …
Sin City, Swansea, Fri 9 Mar; Y Plas, Cardiff University Students Union, Sat 31 Mar Peep Show, the generation-defining sitcom, might have come to its conclusion in 2015, but the …
THIRTY SECONDS TO MARS | LIVE REVIEW Motorpoint Arena Cardiff, Fri 23 Mar Never ones to shy away from theatricalism, Thirty Seconds To Mars perform in the centre of …
TERA MELOS / TANGLED HAIR | LIVE REVIEW Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff, Thurs 22 Mar Technical prowess to the fore? Songs received with the sort of reverential silence with …
WALES GOES POP! The Gate Arts Centre, Cardiff Fri 30 Mar-Sun 1 Apr The world of pop music is hardly a hidden gem; the vast majority of music heard on …