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Anita Sethi’s award-winning I BELONG HERE is an inspirational testament to resilience

May 25, 2022

I Belong Here is moving and beautifully written, but so much more: it is an inspirational testament to strength and resilience that is unquestionably informative and compelling. 

Category: Books, Reviews
Read moreAnita Sethi’s award-winning I BELONG HERE is an inspirational testament to resilience
Illusory Contours

Cultvr Lab’s latest audiovisual experience ILLUSORY CONTOURS channels THE MATRIX

May 25, 2022

Designed by artists Tom Slater and Jeremy Keenan, Illusory Contours allowed attendees to experience what it might feel like to enter the world of The Matrix in Cardiff.

Category: Art, Reviews Region: South Wales
Read moreCultvr Lab’s latest audiovisual experience ILLUSORY CONTOURS channels THE MATRIX

Guitarists WILL VARLEY & JACK VALERO create richly poignant live atmosphere

May 24, 2022

Will Varley and Jack Valero invest the audience through gorgeous wordplay and melodic progressions with their sets in Cardiff.

Category: Live, Reviews Region: South Wales
Read moreGuitarists WILL VARLEY & JACK VALERO create richly poignant live atmosphere

Let dance piece SPIRIT OF NIMBA recharge & uplift you

May 24, 2022

Idrissa Camara’s latest piece Spirit of Nimba is an absolute joy: an hour of music and dance that left his Cardiff audience feeling that they had just been reset last Friday.

Category: Dance, Reviews Region: South Wales
Read moreLet dance piece SPIRIT OF NIMBA recharge & uplift you

Traumatic humour & necessary urgency: REVOLT. SHE SAID. REVOLT AGAIN. is a radical act of public mourning

May 24, 2022

Humorous. Chaotic. Intense. Just a few of the words that came to mind in the first five minutes of Alice Birch’s play Revolt. She Said. Revolt Again, in Porters’ pub theatre The Other Room.

Category: Reviews, Theatre Region: South Wales
Read moreTraumatic humour & necessary urgency: REVOLT. SHE SAID. REVOLT AGAIN. is a radical act of public mourning
Everything Everywhere All At Once

Finally out in the UK, EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE is worth the hype – and then some

May 24, 2022

Sumptuously designed, sensitively acted and bursting with pure imagination, Everything Everywhere All At Once is a sheer pleasure to behold and a tour de force to experience.

Category: Culture, Film, Reviews
Read moreFinally out in the UK, EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE is worth the hype – and then some

London rockers PUPPY make every riff count at no-frills Clwb gig

May 23, 2022

Puppy’s no-frills headline performance at Clwb Ifor Bach was a reminder that, at the end of the day, the music should always take centre stage.

Category: Live, Reviews Region: South Wales
Read moreLondon rockers PUPPY make every riff count at no-frills Clwb gig
Bob Vylan

Current & vital, BOB VYLAN are at the top of their game live in Cardiff

May 20, 2022

Formidable pugilists righteously fighting the corner of the maligned and marginalised, Bob Vylan are a product of our times – and a band at the top of their game.

Category: Live, Reviews Region: South Wales
Read moreCurrent & vital, BOB VYLAN are at the top of their game live in Cardiff
Subjective - credit: Ollie Grove

SUBJECTIVE: electronica duo GOLDIE & DAVIDSON travel through genres and time on second collab

May 20, 2022

Production duo Subjective, made up of Goldie and James Davidson, weaves in various soulful musicians on their second collaborative album.

Category: Albums, Reviews
Read moreSUBJECTIVE: electronica duo GOLDIE & DAVIDSON travel through genres and time on second collab
Malevolence, Malicious Intent

MALICIOUS INTENT continues Sheffield metallers MALEVOLENCE’s upward swing

May 20, 2022

Malicious Intent is a giant of an album and represents a massive step on the upward curve that Malevolence find themselves on.

Category: Albums, Reviews
Read moreMALICIOUS INTENT continues Sheffield metallers MALEVOLENCE’s upward swing
Florence and the Machine, Dance Fever

FLORENCE + THE MACHINE mix humour & heavenly inspiration on DANCE FEVER

May 20, 2022

Florence + The Machine have done well to lambast themselves without losing any of their apparently genuine uniqueness on Dance Fever.

Category: Albums, Reviews
Read moreFLORENCE + THE MACHINE mix humour & heavenly inspiration on DANCE FEVER
Everything Everything., Raw Data Feel

EVERYTHING EVERYTHING revolutionise modern pop with experimental sixth album

May 20, 2022

How does one revolutionise modern pop music? This was something Everything Everything wanted to combat on Raw Data Feel, their sixth studio album, after 2020’s songwriting-focused Re-Animator.

Category: Albums, Reviews
Read moreEVERYTHING EVERYTHING revolutionise modern pop with experimental sixth album

ALISON COTTON entrances & unsettles on THE PORTRAIT YOU PAINTED OF ME

May 20, 2022

Alison Cotton's fourth solo album The Portrait You Painted Of Me is a strange, foreboding record, entrancing and unsettling in equal measure.

Category: Albums, Reviews
Read moreALISON COTTON entrances & unsettles on THE PORTRAIT YOU PAINTED OF ME
Sandi Toksvig

There are worse ways to spend an evening than with “silly and childish” SANDI TOKSVIG

May 19, 2022

Sandi Toksvig’s post-lockdown tour Next Slide, Please is named after Chris Whitty’s catchphrase from the daily COVID briefings. However, Sandi’s slides were full of joy, silliness and fun.

Category: Comedy, Culture, Reviews Region: South Wales
Read moreThere are worse ways to spend an evening than with “silly and childish” SANDI TOKSVIG
Goodsheds

Barry’s GOODSHEDS: a smorgasbord of mouthwatering indie food faves

May 19, 2022

With Goodsheds delivering both quality and variety, Barry is fast gaining a reputation for more than just fish and chips.

Category: Food & Drink, Reviews Region: South Wales
Read moreBarry’s GOODSHEDS: a smorgasbord of mouthwatering indie food faves
Jungle Cry

JUNGLE CRY: heartstring-tugging true story recounts feel-good rugby history

May 19, 2022

Well-intentioned sporting drama based on a true story that can’t help but stir the emotions, Jungle Cry sees 12 orphan boys travel from India to take part in 2007’s under-14s Rugby World Cup Championship in Wales.

Category: Film, Reviews, Sport Region: Wales-Wide
Read moreJUNGLE CRY: heartstring-tugging true story recounts feel-good rugby history
A Banquet

Dreamlike & disconcerting, horror film A BANQUET is a hard but gripping watch

May 19, 2022

Heavy on atmosphere and deeply unsettling, occasionally stomach-churning horror A Banquet tensely explores family relationships and grief.

Category: Film, Reviews
Read moreDreamlike & disconcerting, horror film A BANQUET is a hard but gripping watch
Rock of Ages

ROCK OF AGES ain’t nothin’ but a good time… and very little else

May 18, 2022

Rock of Ages is as un-subtle and devoid of depth as the music it celebrates. But perhaps that’s entirely the point.

Category: Culture, Reviews, Theatre Region: South Wales
Read moreROCK OF AGES ain’t nothin’ but a good time… and very little else

THE FLAMES: Sophie Haydock breathes electrifying life into Egon Schiele – and his muses

May 18, 2022

Sophie Haydock’s debut novel The Flames is an electrifying blend of fact and fiction: a well-researched look at Egon Schiele, Viennese painter and protege of Gustav Klimt.

Category: Books, Reviews
Read moreTHE FLAMES: Sophie Haydock breathes electrifying life into Egon Schiele – and his muses

Set in post-nuclear Ukraine, THE HALF-LIFE OF SNAILS is a beautiful yet unsettling story

May 18, 2022

Philippa Holloway’s The Half-Life Of Snails is a vivid and emotional exploration of human connections and the surrounding landscapes.

Category: Books, Reviews Region: North Wales
Read moreSet in post-nuclear Ukraine, THE HALF-LIFE OF SNAILS is a beautiful yet unsettling story

Did people foresee Aberfan? THE PREMONITIONS BUREAU investigates psychiatry & the paranormal

May 18, 2022

Psychiatrist John Barker was inspired to found The Premonitions Bureau in 1966 after hearing of a Welsh schoolgirl who had foreseen the Aberfan disaster.

Category: Books, Reviews
Read moreDid people foresee Aberfan? THE PREMONITIONS BUREAU investigates psychiatry & the paranormal

Renewed Welsh Women’s Classic SPRING’S GREEN SHADOW remains a magnificent read

May 18, 2022

Spring’s Green Shadow’s focus on women’s emancipation lends contemporary relevance to scenes from a century past, in what remains a magnificent read.

Category: Books, Reviews Region: South Wales
Read moreRenewed Welsh Women’s Classic SPRING’S GREEN SHADOW remains a magnificent read
Exit Stage Left

EXIT STAGE LEFT entertainingly explores life after fame for pop stars

May 18, 2022

Revealing testimonies from Shaun Ryder, Rufus Wainwright, Lisa Maffia, Lloyd Cole and more make Exit Stage Left an enlightening, humorous and extremely entertaining read. 

Category: Books, Reviews
Read moreEXIT STAGE LEFT entertainingly explores life after fame for pop stars
Illuminati Hotties

ILLUMINATI HOTTIES fizz and wither under millennial snarkiness

May 17, 2022

Many Illuminati Hotties tracks are smeared thick with jaded millennial irony - bratty chantalong choruses that animate the crowd, but all too often spark is sacrificed for smirk.

Category: Live, Reviews
Read moreILLUMINATI HOTTIES fizz and wither under millennial snarkiness
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