ALBUM REVIEWS | AUGUST
Albums BC CAMPLIGHT ***** Deportation Blues (Bella Union) For an album recorded in total darkness, following deportation and a bout of mental illness, there’s a lot of hope to …
Albums BC CAMPLIGHT ***** Deportation Blues (Bella Union) For an album recorded in total darkness, following deportation and a bout of mental illness, there’s a lot of hope to …
Death of the Snake Catcher Ak Welsapar, ed. By Richard Govett (Glagoslav Books) Death of the Snake Catcher is a collection of short stories written by Ak Welsapar, and features …
[wpdevart_youtube]tU7KeDwJCAc[/wpdevart_youtube] Under the Tree **** Dir: Hafsteinn Gunnar Sigurosson Starring: Steinþór Steinþórsson, Edda Björgvinsdóttir, Sigurður Sigurjónsson (Iceland/France, 15, 1hr 29mins) A neighbour’s feud escalates inexorably in this gripping Icelandic …
[wpdevart_youtube]E7zELAeLObc[/wpdevart_youtube] The Heiresses *** Dir: Marcelo Martinessi Starring: Ana Brun, Margarita Irun (Paraguay, 12A, 1hr 38mins) This small, carefully-constructed Paraguayan drama is worth seeking out, particularly for those interested in …
[wpdevart_youtube]bsLk0NPRFAc[/wpdevart_youtube] The Meg **** Dir: Jon Turtletaub Starring: Jason ‘The Stath’ Statham, Rainn Wilson, Ruby Rose (USA, 12A, 2hrs 10 mins) A gloriously daft monster movie with a giant prehistoric …
NO GOOD BROTHER Tyler Keevil (Borough Press) Currently employed as a Cardiff University lecturer, Tyler Keevil has lived in Wales for several years but continues to set his fiction in …
Five of the Best – Cocktail Bars. With summer at high season, it’s time to bring some variety into your drinking habits – endless crates of Fosters simply won’t do …
[wpdevart_youtube]ZQ-YX-5bAs0[/wpdevart_youtube]CRAZY RICH ASIANS *** Dir: Jon M Chu (12A, 90 mins) Adapted from the best selling book by Kevin Kwan, this aims to redress some of the stereotypical Asian bias …
A DOUBLE LIFE Flynn Berry (Weidenfeld & Nicolson) Picture this: a peer of the realm lives with his family and a live-in nanny in a beautiful home in Mayfair, London. …
Bianca Del Rio St David’s Hall, Cardiff, Wed 1 Aug **** With the popularity of drag at its peak (thanks in no small part to RuPaul’s Drag Race), Cardiff …
!!! | LIVE REVIEW The Globe, Cardiff, Wed 1 Aug There’s not much that’s glamorous about Albany Road on a Wednesday. A place known more for gum on the …
Buzz Magazine headed to Moles Club in Bath to have a chat with the irrepressible and charismatic Huey Morgan, and it was one of the most enjoyable interviews we’ve done …
[Best_Wordpress_Gallery id=”166″] Raymond Bannister took a whole load of great images over at Steelhouse the last weekend – the pouring rain certainly didn’t stop any of the bands nor the …
HURTLE OF HELL Simon Edge (Eye) When Stefano Cartwight is on death’s door after nearly drowning on his beach holiday in the Canary Islands, he sees the eye of God …
STEELHOUSE FESTIVAL 2018 | LIVE REVIEW Hafod-Y-Dafal Farm, Ebbw Vale, Fri 27-Sun 29 July Rock music fans from far and wide turned up last weekend for their annual pilgrimage …
KELIS | LIVE REVIEW Tramshed, Cardiff, Thurs 26 July The atmosphere in the Tramshed on Thursday was flamboyant and cheery: far from the creeping anticipation most of the big …
Peter Finch: Real Cardiff | Event Review **** Cardiff Central Library, Cardiff, Thurs 19 July That Peter Finch is here today is doubly appropriate. Not only is it nearly two …
FLAMING LIPS | LIVE REVIEW Tramshed, Cardiff, Tue 24 July Sold out on the same day tickets went on sale, Cardiff’s ‘fearless freaks’ have been long overdue the colourful …
A VERY ENGLISH SCANDAL (BBC iPlayer) Who knew Hugh Grant had such acting range hidden beneath his years of formulaic rom-coms? Grant gives a career-defining performance as the disgraced former …
Five of the Best Latin restaurants Hankering after a taste of Latin American sun in Wales? The weather has been nice after all, but it could be better… Joel Day rounds …
BUBBLEWRAP COLLECTIVE PRESENTS | LIVE REVIEW The Printhaus, Cardiff, Sat 21 July Local is very much the dish of the day down here at the Printhaus. Bubblewrap Collective, the …
Flours **** Chapter, Wed 18 Jul 2018 Flours is a one-hour, two-woman theatre production by Big Loop Theatre Company which explores what it is to be a woman, in particular …
[wpdevart_youtube]pM4Ou4T3s_I[/wpdevart_youtube] Mamma Mia 2: Here We Go Again *** Dir: Oliver Parker Starring: Amanda Seyfried, Lily James (USA, PG, 1hr 54 mins) Mamma Mia 2: Here We Go Again was everything …
MISCHIEF MOVIE NIGHT | STAGE REVIEW New Theatre, Cardiff, Wed 18 July The Mischief Theatre group’s other comedies have become stage successes in recent years, The Play That Goes …