JEFFREY LEWIS & THE VOLTAGE / QUIET MARAUDER | LIVE REVIEW
JEFFREY LEWIS & THE VOLTAGE / QUIET MARAUDER | LIVE REVIEW Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff, Thurs 26 Sept Quiet Marauder’s latest album, narrated by Mathias Korn of The Burning …
JEFFREY LEWIS & THE VOLTAGE / QUIET MARAUDER | LIVE REVIEW Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff, Thurs 26 Sept Quiet Marauder’s latest album, narrated by Mathias Korn of The Burning …
SECRETSUNDAZE Altitude @ Hangar 18, Swansea Altitude are new club promoters debuting this month, and while their name could be interpreted as a nudge and a wink to the concept …
Father Funk’s Church of Love Chapel 1877, Cardiff, Sat 28 Sept Stepping out of Bristol and into the bright lights of Cardiff, the Father Funk is about to, rather appropriately, …
Plaid Cathays Community Centre, Cardiff Sat 5 Oct Promoted by Roath artspace M.A.D.E., this evening of live electronica is also part of an Arts Council Of Wales scheme aimed at …
Prosumer / Earl Jeffers Kong’s, Cardiff, Sat 28 Sept The underground lair of Kong’s – sultry lighting, wrap-around bar and two club rooms – is the perfect venue for a …
Richard Hawley Sheffield’s finest crooner has transcended his indie origins to become a minor treasure of British music, and his celeb anecdotes aren’t bad either. Claire Mahoney listens in. What …
Carwyn Ellis & Rio 18 The Gate, Cardiff Thurs 10 Oct Carwyn Ellis has jumped around from project to project: from being frontman of psych-pop band Colorama since 2008, to …
The Swansea Fringe Festival Various venues, Swansea Thurs 3-Sun 6 Oct The annual Swansea Fringe Festival is a recent, three-year-old addition to Swansea International Festival, created with the intention to …
THE EX / RHODRI DAVIES / SLAGHEAP | LIVE REVIEW Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff, Sun 22 Sept In that no other bands really sound like Netherlands punk nomads The …
PLASTIC MERMAIDS / GOO LAGOON / FRENCH ALPS TIGER | LIVE REVIEW Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff, Fri 20 Sept Swansea’s French Alps Tiger are a band you can take …
Gwald, Future Wales Festival It’s been 21 years since the Government Of Wales Act was passed in 1998. Shortly after, in May 1999, the first elections were held for the …
THE VELVETEERS | LIVE REVIEW The Moon, Cardiff, Tue 17 Sept It’s my first time in The Moon, with its down-and-dirty vibe reminding me of the Square Club from …
Sam Divine Con7rol @ Bambu Beach Bar / The Attic, Swansea Sat 21 Sept The pre-party, as in the warmup for a night on the town, can take many forms, and with …
MALLORY KNOX | LIVE REVIEW Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff, Sun 15 Sept There’s an extra buzz in the crowd this evening, if it were ever needed. British alt-rock darlings …
CHRISTINA BIANCO | STAGE REVIEW Sherman Theatre, Cardiff, Tue 10 Sept With her Everyman Band – three young men on piano, drums, and guitar, all prodigiously talented not just …
PIXIES / THE BIG MOON | LIVE REVIEW Motorpoint Arena Cardiff, Fri 13 Sept The Big Moon [below], openers for the Pixies’ latest European tour, have nothing like the …
PEACH FUR / PSYSO | LIVE REVIEW The Big Top, Cardiff, Wed 11 Sept Touring across Europe, Austrian headliners Peach Fur’s Gold Coast regional styles – rock surf-drenched with …
PEACH FUR | INTERVIEW Megan Frost spoke to these surfy Australian alt-rockers before their headline gig at Cardiff’s Big Top. How did your environment when growing up as …
CARDIFF MIND FUNDRAISER | LIVE REVIEW The Big Top, Cardiff, Wed 4 Sept On a serene Wednesday night in Cardiff, The Big Top played host to a night of …
ALESSANDRO CORTINI ***** Volume Massimo (Mute) Synthesizers can tell stories about the world in a language regular instruments can’t speak. Alessandro Cortini, a member of Nine Inch Nails, is pretty …
BRÖTZMANN & LEIGH / HALFTONE | LIVE REVIEW Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff, Mon 9 Sept Halftone, four women based in Bristol, are debuting in Cardiff this evening, and find …
Tukan Techno @ Undertone Sat 7 Sept That’s Tukan, pronounced like ‘toucan’ – I didn’t ask, but there’s an image of one on all their branding so didn’t really feel the …
SKUNK ANANSIE | LIVE REVIEW Great Hall, Cardiff University Students Union, Wed 4 Sept On the back of some very favourable reviews of late, a rampant crowd has gathered …
Queens Head, Monmouth Sun 8 Sept After collaborating at the African music festival Mwalimu Express in October 2018, EIRA/Snow and Yazid Fentazi are back, this time in Wales. EIRA/Snow draw …