QUIET MARAUDER | SINGLE REVIEW
Quiet Marauder Eggs! Bubblewrap Collective If John Peel and his Festive 50 still existed, Quiet Marauder would probably dominate the upper echelons of it until kingdom come, just like Joy …
Quiet Marauder Eggs! Bubblewrap Collective If John Peel and his Festive 50 still existed, Quiet Marauder would probably dominate the upper echelons of it until kingdom come, just like Joy …
Muzz Muzz Matador Released 5th June 2020 The pandemic has caused havoc for release schedules, with many album releases now being postponed indefinitely, but all is not lost as there …
WHO SAVES THE HERO? **** Self-Destruction (Lost Music Collective) South Wales pop-punk powerhouse quartet Who Saves The Hero? have been grafting hard since their beginning in 2014, and secured an …
Buzz talks to gig promoter Rich Collins about coronavirus, its impacts on grassroots music venues and the raffle he’s organised in aid of the Moon in Cardiff and the Windmill …
Junior doctor by day, record label founder and DJ/producer by night, Eben Rees talks to Francesca Gardner about how Cardiff-based collective Haŵs are helping raise money for artists and producers …
THE DEAD REDS *** Dictated Democracy (self-released) This is the fourth album from a Brighton five-piece who describe themselves as hard, loud and a bit like Led Zep meets …
ERLAND COOPER Hether Blether (Phases) **** While 2018’s Solan Goose looked at birdlife, and last year’s Sule Skerry pondered the sea, the third and final album in Erland’s Orkney islands …
A Hero’s Death – Fontaines D.C (Partisan Records) Fontaines D.C, the Dubliner post-punk five piece, are back, announcing their sophomore album with the release of it’s titular track “A …
MELT YOURSELF DOWN | INTERVIEW With fierce jazz-meets-postpunk chops and fiercer politics, London ensemble Melt Yourself Down have gifted us some truly exciting music, including brand new album 100% …
REN HARVIEU | INTERVIEW AND ALBUM REVIEW When Lauren Maria ‘Ren’ Harvieu was discovered on MySpace and signed to Island Records at 18, her star seemed to be on …
HOW TO SUPPORT THE MUSIC INDUSTRY DURING THE CRISIS | FEATURE Isabel Thomas looks at the varied ways musicians, venues and teachers are adapting to a world where their …
THINGS TO DO (INDOORS) THIS WEEK PT. 2 At the beginning of another working week, we’ve got your cultural fix covered with this little selection of arts events and resources to …
ALBUMS AND DEMOS | APRIL ALUN GAFFEY *** Llyfrau Hanes (Côsh) The second solo album from Alun Gaffey, ex-guitarist of Aberystwyth’s Race Horses, is a funky affair. With a mixture …
ONE LOUDER | COLUMN Studious insouciance runs deep in my family, you know. On the day of 9/11, while all about him were losing their heads, my father attended …
808 STATE | INTERVIEW Manchester’s acid house pioneers 808 State were due to play a bells-and-whistles live set in Cardiff on Sat 28 Mar… but they’re not, obviously. Nevertheless! …
BAXTER DURY | INTERVIEW The man who some (well, someone) call “the beatnik Danny Dyer” talked to Steven Matthew in anticipation of his gig at Cardiff’s Tramshed in April. …
BITCH, PLEASE! Kongs, Cardiff Sat 28 Mar Imagine an LGBT+ clubbing scene with enough variety, and enough promotional pulling power, to entice good and noteworthy DJs – ones who honour …
JAKE BUGG | LIVE REVIEW Great Hall, Cardiff University Students Union, Sat 14 Mar Doors had barely opened and the atmosphere was already buzzing in the Great Hall, as …
THE TRIALS OF CATO The Gate, Cardiff, Sat 21 Mar; Abersytwyth Arts Centre, Wed 1 Apr The Trials Of Cato’s name has overtones of ancient Rome, although the band took …
JAMIE CULLUM Jazz-pop maestro Jamie Cullum has long suffered tedious barbs about his stature, but his latest record Taller reaches new heights. Sophie Williams hears him out. Jamie Cullum knows that he …
ISLET / DESPICABLE ZEE / MELIN MELYN | LIVE REVIEW Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff, Sat 7 Mar Some big hitting openers on Saturday for Islet’s new album launch. Melin …
AL LEWIS ***** Te Yn Y Grug (self-released) This concept album was inspired by the stories of Welsh author Kate Roberts – stories of growing up, poverty, religion and belonging …
FISH It may come as a disappointment to some of you that ex-Marillion frontman and Scottish prog maestro Fish, real name Derek William Dick, is bowing out of his music …
PENGSHUI | LIVE REVIEW Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff, Wed 4 Mar Genres don’t matter in 2020. London trio Pengshui look like metalheads, spit bars like grime MCs, and pack …