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FEEDER | LIVE REVIEW Chepstow Racecourse, Fri 25 Aug Feeder! Feeder! Feeder! Never has an audience been so pleased to see a band and never has a band been …
FEEDER | LIVE REVIEW Chepstow Racecourse, Fri 25 Aug Feeder! Feeder! Feeder! Never has an audience been so pleased to see a band and never has a band been …
Joanna Walsh (And Other Stories) A unique collection of short stories, Joanna Walsh’s sharply observed prose provides an immersing and refreshing read. The impactive work of fiction combines different …
WOLF ALICE | LIVE REVIEW Muni Arts Centre, Pontypridd, Mon 21 Aug The Muni Arts Centre is a venue where intimacy is key; a hub for entertainment in Pontypridd, …
Brynymor Road, Swansea. 017 9265 3222 / www.nishimura.co.uk Food **** Atmosphere *** I love sushi. My girlfriend thinks I’m a fraud because I don’t love sashimi like true sushi lovers, but …
Danny Goldberg (Icon Books Ltd) Ronald Regan once said: “A hippie is someone who looks like Tarzan, walks like Jane and smells like Cheetah.” But there was so much more …
PRUNE **** Polyculture, iOS, Android While playing taxing games can be great fun and hugely rewarding, sometimes you just want to unwind and enjoy a game for its beauty and …
Melanie Smith (CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform) Set in the Welsh valleys, this young adult novel blends horror, myth and fairy tale and has a sense of menace throughout. Characterisation is …
Cardiff producer Don Leisure has evolved considerably in the decade or so he’s been releasing wax. Indeed, he wasn’t Don Leisure when he was making drum’n’bass in the late-00s – …
LA FORME **** Birds In An Aviary (Libertino) Newport’s La Forme have returned with their most accessible slice of sophisticated pop thus far. Complete with Dave Gahan-style baritone, they have …
DEATH ANGEL / WARBRINGER | LIVE REVIEW Hobos, Bridgend, Thurs 10 Aug After the success of the gig by fellow 80s thrashers Acid Reign last year, Hobos in Bridgend …
NITEROOMS facebook.com/niterooms This Caerphilly balladtronica trio used to be called Atterbury & Gibbz, which presumably means they’re weren’t always a trio, and have removed all their songs recorded under that …
THE BROOD CFDC (available on Google Play) In David Cronenberg’s engaging mix of custody drama and body horror, the narrative focuses on estranged couple Frank and Nola, Nola’s continuing therapy, …
Tom Eldwin (CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform) Death affects us all and yet remains something rarely discussed with ease, and it maintains an air of mystery. Through this book, Tom Eldwin …
Station Road, Dinas Powys. 029 2051 4900 / www.thehumbleonion.co.uk Food *** Atmosphere **** “#stayhumble” insist the proprietors of this fairly new, fairly petite restaurant. Repeatedly, via social media. It sounds …
AKERCOCKE **** Renaissance In Extremis (Peaceville) Reinvigorated, refocused and back home on Peaceville Records, London’s Akercocke return after a five-year hiatus, with the best slab of prog-influenced death/black metal since …
*** Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Wed 2 August The core image of this production of The Addams Family, the family unit all grouped together centre stage, displays the immediate visual …
STEELHOUSE FESTIVAL 2017 | LIVE REVIEW Hafod-Y-Dafal Farm, nr Ebbw Vale, Sat 29 + Sun 20 July “Just drop me here, I can walk the rest of the way …
SKATING POLLY | LIVE REVIEW The Moon, Cardiff, Thurs 27 July Being old enough to remember grunge in its first incarnation, I find myself in comfortable territory tonight at a …
City Road, Cardiff. 029 2047 2772 / www.mezzalunacardiff.co.uk Food ***** Atmosphere **** Lebanese and Moroccan restaurant Mezza Luna, opposite the Roath Park Inn, is surely one of the best not …
HOTEL DEL SALTO facebook.com/hoteldelsalto Likeable solo fodder from a Carmarthen resident, J Francis, who I very dimly recall performing under that name some years back. Hotel Del Salto’s Stand For …
Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Sun 23 July Nigel Pugh’s chosen subject for his latest exhibition could not be more prescient, or important. Focusing on six individual volunteers, all of whom …
Creams Café, St Mary Street, Cardiff *** In the past decade or so there seems to have been something of a dessert parlour explosion. No longer are ice creameries satisfied …
Cross Street, Abergavenny. 018 7385 9962 / www.regency59.co.uk Food **** Atmosphere **** Billed as a modern take on both Nepalese and Indian cuisine, Regency 59 is an unassuming restaurant in …
Cardiff Fringe Theatre Festival Chapter Arts, Cardiff, Thurs 20 + Fri 21 July ★★★☆☆ Nerdfucker is an unsettling play. Even its title is provocative and I struggled to collect my ticket from the …