QUEENS OF REGGAE | LIVE PREVIEW
QUEENS OF REGGAE Los Amigos, Newport. Sat 8 June Event organiser Reggae In Motion brings Queens Of Reggae to Newport for a night of feelgood, hip swaying Jamaican music. Los …
QUEENS OF REGGAE Los Amigos, Newport. Sat 8 June Event organiser Reggae In Motion brings Queens Of Reggae to Newport for a night of feelgood, hip swaying Jamaican music. Los …
THE FUTUREHEADS / NOVACUB | LIVE REVIEW The Globe, Cardiff, Tue 28 May It’s a measure of how far Bloc Party have fallen that while former drummer Matt Tong …
The nation’s favourite animated duo arrive in the capital in early June for Wallace And Gromit’s Musical Marvels, created by Carrot Productions in partnership with Aardman Animations, the famed studio …
BALTER FESTIVAL Chepstow Racecourse. Fri 31 May-Sun 2 June Balter is something else. If festivals are where the normals go to cut loose, Balter is where the loose go to …
ANNE MARIE | LIVE REVIEW Motorpoint Arena Cardiff, Fri 24 May If Taylor Swift had been born in Essex, she might have been called Anne Marie. The two pop …
THE AMAZONS | ALBUM REVIEW Future Dust (Fiction) After a smashing two years, a sold-out UK tour and making their way onto almost every reputable ‘hotly tipped’ and ‘ones …
OH SEES / PRETTIEST EYES | LIVE REVIEW Tramshed, Cardiff, Thurs 23 May Californian trio Prettiest Eyes, tonight’s main support and labelmates of the Oh Sees on John Dwyer’s …
NOEL GALLAGHER’S HIGH FLYING BIRDS | LIVE REVIEW Cardiff Castle, Fri 24 May The picturesque setting of Cardiff Castle is in for a treat of music this summer, and …
INSIDE OUT FESTIVAL Bute Park, Cardiff. Fri 31 May + Sat 1 June Visitors to Cardiff’s most central park are usually rewarded with visions of feeding birds and picnicking in …
MARGARET DYGAS Delete @ Jacobs Market, Cardiff. Sun 26 May It’s that time of year when Delete – Cardiffian party throwers, nine years old this month – start getting DJs …
RITA ORA | LIVE REVIEW Motorpoint Arena Cardiff, Tue 21 May Seven years since she stormed onto the scene, Rita Ora kicked off the first UK leg of her …
CARDIFF PSYCH & NOISE FEST Womanby Street, Cardiff, Fri 24-Sun 26 May Kind of sneaking up on us this May bank holiday is the Psych & Noise Fest: 60+ acts …
BODY TYPE / KRUSH PUPPIES / CLWB FUZZ | LIVE REVIEW Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff, Fri 17 May Cardiff music fans are no stranger to the recent venue drought, …
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat ***** Wales Millennium Centre, Sat 18 May At first glance, you might think, ‘really, Joseph’s on tour once again?’ but of course this isn’t …
ALBUMS ALDOUS HARDING **** Designer (4AD/Flying Nun) The much-praised New Zealand singer-songwriter has made a fine followup to 2017’s Party, raising the stakes when it comes to the quizzical …
CATFISH AND THE BOTTLEMEN | LIVE REVIEW Motorpoint Arena Cardiff, Sun 5 May It’s that time of the year again when Catfish And The Bottlemen fans get raucous and …
OMAR SOULEYMAN Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. Sat 11 May This is the first ever appearance in Wales by middle-aged, tab-puffing Syrian party rocker Omar Souleyman, and it feels long overdue, …
ROUGH & TUMBLE Various venues, Aberystwyth. Fri 10 May This looks like a more or less unique event for the coastal climes of Aberystwyth, and a fairly original partying concept …
THE WILDHEARTS | LIVE REVIEW Tramshed, Cardiff, Mon 6 May As the title of their new album suggests, The Wildhearts truly are The Renaissance Men. Drug issues, meddling record …
BUZZARD BUZZARD BUZZARD’S LATE NIGHT CITY SERMON | LIVE REVIEW Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff, Sun 5 May Buzzard Buzzard Buzzard’s inaugural Late Night City Sermon kicks off, as is …
BENEDICT BENJAMIN / TJ ROBERTS / ALICE ROBBINS | LIVE REVIEW Ocean Arts, Cardiff Bay, Sat 4 May An ample turnout greeted all three acts gracing the Ocean Arts …
NUBYA GARCIA / DARKHOUSE FAMILY | LIVE REVIEW Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff, Thurs 3 May The incendiary sax of Nubya Garcia has been a much-awaited arrival on many a …
THE WEDDING PRESENT / THE FLATMATES | LIVE REVIEW Tramshed, Cardiff, Thurs 2 May “Hi, we’re The Flatmates and the first song starts like this,” announces Martin Whitehead, immediately …
LIVE MUSIC LISTINGS | MAY WEDNESDAY 1 MAY R Bandaoke Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm. Info [email protected]. “Sing with a fully rehearsed band and become the Popstar you always dreamed of being.” …