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XHOSA COLE Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff Fri 13 Mar It’s hardly a secret that the RWCMD is one of Cardiff’s greatest venues for cultivating and fostering …
XHOSA COLE Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff Fri 13 Mar It’s hardly a secret that the RWCMD is one of Cardiff’s greatest venues for cultivating and fostering …
ELVIS COSTELLO One of Britain’s songwriting greats, a graduate of 1970s punk and latterday auteur, Elvis Costello talks to Carl Marsh ahead of a Cardiff show with his band The …
KEYS / SOCK | LIVE REVIEW CULTVR Lab, Cardiff, Sat 29 Feb A combination of shape-shifting visuals alongside ambient psychedelic rock and cosmic compositions made this gig at CULTVR …
KISSTORY BLAST OFF TOUR | LIVE REVIEW Motorpoint Arena Cardiff, Mon 2 Mar A Monday night in Cardiff is not the usual backdrop to a party. But then, it’s …
THE SCRIPT Irish pop band The Script have a fanbase transcending all ages. Speaking to lead singer Daniel O’Donoghue, I ask him why he thinks that is. “I come from …
SUSAN BOYLE Still living in the house where she grew up in Blackburn, Scotland, Susan Boyle is pretty much the definition of the underdog. Her memorable Britain’s Got Talent audition from …
KANINE & INDIKA Bassline @ Sin City, Swansea, Fri 6 Mar Of the three nights Swansea drum’n’bass pushers Bassline have at this venue in the space of just under a …
MARIKA HACKMAN / DO NOTHING | LIVE REVIEW The Gate, Cardiff, Sat 29 Feb When I expressed an interest to my colleagues about interviewing Marika Hackman, we were all …
BUFFALO SUMMER | LIVE REVIEW Sin City, Swansea, Fri 28 Feb Storm Jorge well and truly made itself known in Swansea last Friday, and it wouldn’t have been at …
THE MYSTERINES | LIVE REVIEW Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff, Sat 29 Feb The Mysterines are an act with a huge sound and a small yet devoted fanbase. I speak …
LIVE MUSIC LISTINGS | MARCH 2020 SUNDAY 1 MARCH Adam And The Hellcats + Altered Myths + Cancel The Transmission Fuel Rock Club, Cardiff. 6-10.30pm, £5. Info 07970 063107. Benefit …
CALL SUPER Haŵs @ Jacob’s Market, Cardiff Fri 6 Mar “Expect nothing short of ecstasy,” promise Cardiff rave promoters Haŵs, who this month have booked transiently experimental UK DJ Call …
PHIL WANG The smartly silly comedian is making two stops off in Wales with his imaginatively self-titled tour Philly Philly Wang Wang. Covering his British-Malaysian heritage, his tragic dating life, …
CLUB LISTINGS | MARCH 2020 THE ANGEL INN 57- 59 Great Darkgate Street, Aberystwyth. 01970 617878 / facebook.com/theangelinnaber Sat 7 Ymuno 11pm-4am, £3. House and techno from Conan, Dan …
SORCHA RICHARDSON | LIVE REVIEW Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff, Wed 26 Feb With a healthy amount of monthly listeners and a lead single with 13 million streams on Spotify, …
THE 1975 | LIVE REVIEW Motorpoint Arena Cardiff, Sun 23 Feb What’s not to like about tonight’s headliners at The Motorpoint Arena in Cardiff? In singer Matt Healy, The …
GEORGIA Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff Tue 3 Mar Aptly titled Seeking Thrills, the new album from electro-pop musician Georgia is an exploration of the exhilaration and effervescence of those hair-raising …
REMI HARRIS Sunflower & I, Cardiff Bay Sun 1 Mar Gypsy jazz guitarist Remi Harris is swapping sold out festivals for intimate venues as he takes on Cardiff Bay’s Sunflower …
WORKING MEN’S CLUB / LAZARUS KANE | LIVE REVIEW Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff, Thurs 20 Feb Fat White Family’s influence may be overstated by besotted music journalists, but they’ve …
BABYMETAL | LIVE REVIEW Great Hall, Cardiff University Students Union, Thurs 20 Feb There was a time, not so long ago, when a non-English speaking band would have been …
PLEASUREKRAFT/SPEKTRE High-Fi @ The Vaults, Cardiff Bay Sat 29 Feb …And we’re back! Not in time for Vaults’ first output of the year, but definitely for the biggest so far: …
DELETE PRESENTS SWEELY LIVE + FREAKENSTEIN | CLUB PREVIEW Jacob’s Market, Cardiff, Sat 29 Feb Delete are back in Jacob’s Antiques basement for their first event of 2020. They’re celebrating …
CAMPAIGN FOR MUSICAL DESTRUCTION TOUR | LIVE REVIEW Tramshed, Cardiff, Wed 19 Feb Having already had Storm Dennis rip through south Wales in the past few days, there’s the …
MARIKA HACKMAN As she gears up to tour her latest record Any Human Friend, Marika Hackman chats to Sam Pryce about resisting genre, reading Kathy Acker, and why we should …