HOW THE LIGHT GETS IN | FESTIVAL REVIEW
Cate Le Bon, Sweet Baboo, Jonathan Powell & more at the philosophy and music wing of Hay festival.
Cate Le Bon, Sweet Baboo, Jonathan Powell & more at the philosophy and music wing of Hay festival.
Islet have achieved remarkable success despite an almost complete lack of self-promotion. That's because they're a really good band.
Clinigol play bubblegum pop music that isn't afraid of embracing its inner Alphabeat.
The first show at the new Elysium Gallery starts on an optimistic note by sounding the death knell for art itself.
"Sweet Baboo's voice – on record a charmingly eccentric thing, emanating from somewhere near the back of his throat – bouncing off the marble pillars sounded a little like a frog being kicked down a well"
Cardiff-based record label Barely Regal Records is celebrating the launch of its first release, Zero Years of Barely Regal. The compilation features 14 tracks from unsigned locally-based bands, and is …
Various venues, Mumbles, Swansea Fri 30 April – Mon 3 May 2010 The sun has been shining, and more reasons to be cheerful, May is almost here. Which means two …
"Rolo Tomassi have evolved into an excellent band who are doing something which sounds like little but themselves"
Idlewild + Sparrow & The Workshop Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff Tue 20 Apr words & photos: Tom Hartrey Clwb Ifor Bach played host for the Cardiff leg of rock stalwarts …
Ellie Goulding Cardiff Barfly Sat 17 Apr words: Alex Gill Having been named one to watch by pretty much every radio DJ in the UK, Ellie Goulding definitely had something …
Legendary Newport venue TJ’s is to close, it was confirmed in the South Wales Argus on Monday. The club had run into cash flow difficulties as a result of the …
You could be forgiven for thinking you could predict in advance what Lauren Pritchard sounds like. Folksy, low-key, earnest-yet-charming, right? Wrong.
Singer Meilyr Jones: like the actress from Psycho in a biopic about Os Mutantes
Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff | Mon 1 Mar The Redlands Palomino Company – a somewhat cumbersome name, but one you’d do well to commit to memory, because once you’ve heard …
Beach House Cardiff Arts Institute, Cardiff. Tues 16 Feb Cardiff Arts Institute was flooded with plaid shirts and Christmas jumpers. The hipsters were out in force to see Beach House, …
PORTICO QUARTET Pontardawe Arts Centre Fri 5 Mar words: Tom Hartrey The Portico Quartet have come a long way since their street busking days. After years of playing to minimal …
KERRANG! TOUR 2010 Great Hall, Cardiff University Students Union Fri 29 Jan words HOLLY MORRIS photos SAM SMITH On arriving at the Students’ Union I was hit by a blast …
Willy Vlautin Cardiff Arts Institute, Cardiff Wed 10 Feb It’s well-established that a large portion of people in possession of a checked shirt and a few American records have a …
Ellie Goulding, Chew Lips and Wolfgang perform at Cardiff Arts Institute to a starry eyed crowd. Photo: Tom Hartrey
Great Hall, Cardiff University Students’ Union Fri 12 Feb words: WILL STEEN Reggae gets a bad rap, you know. If all you’ve been exposed to is some crusty white loser …
Fire damage at Afan Lido has forced The Lostprophets to cancel their scheduled show on Mon 1 Mar. Due to availability and scheduling the show has been moved to Cardiff …
Chapter | Thurs 21 January I like chapters. And Chapter. And stories. And poems. And music. And good nights out. As such new monthly event, In Chapters, featuring unique thematically-linked …