THEATRE REVIEW: BETWEEN THE DEVIL AND THE DEEP BLUE SEA
Wales Millenium Centre, Cardiff | Sat 19 Dec While everybody else went to see Les Miserables, in the smaller Weston Studio just down the hall Between The Devil And The …
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FILM REVIEW: AVATAR
In the year 2154, Jake Sully is a former US marine paralyzed from the waist down. He’s been selected to participate in the Avatar program, an experiment in which human …
LIVE REVIEW: TWO FISTED TALES (AKA HIGH CONTRAST)
Buffalo Bar, Cardiff | Thurs 10 Dec Much is made of Lincoln Barrett’s abstinence from narcotics, usually by drug-addled bores, so it’s strangely appealing to watch him DJ to a …
A RUM DEAL
The True Rum Experience Tour Mocka Lounge Thurs 26 Nov Last Thursday the True Rum Experience Tour came to Cardiff’s Mocka Lounge. This gave people the chance to try a …
TURIN BRAKES PLAY BUFFALO
LIVE REVIEW: TURIN BRAKES Buffalo Bar, Cardiff Thurs 29 Oct words: ANGHARAD BROWN photo: JAKE MORLEY Turin Brakes: a band who, a few years ago, I would have stepped on …
AN INSTITUTION, NOT AN INSTITUTE
REVIEW: CARDIFF ARTS INSTITUTE It was the launch of Cardiff Arts Institute this weekend. So how did they do? There’s been a lot of hype around Cardiff Arts Institute. Seen …
LIVE REVIEW: THE SPECIALS
Cardiff International Arena Sun 1 Nov words: PAUL JENKINS Harrington. Braces. Turn-ups. Pork pie hats. For once, it’s not just Bargoed that thinks it’s still 1981. Cardiff has turned back …
WOW: THAT’S WHAT I CALL A GAY BAR
WOW BAR & LOUNGE LAUNCH PARTY 4 Churchill Way, Cardiff, CF10 2DW Well, it has been a long time coming. After 12 years or so since its inception back in …
SEPTEMBER’S BUZZ
Is that Elvis on the cover of Buzz? Well, not quite, it’s someone that looks a lot like him. Find more of them inside plus Michael McIntyre, Tim Minchin and …
FOOD & DRINK GUIDE 09
It’s here, the ultimate guide to where you should be eating and drinking in South Wales. Enjoy!
PUBLIC ENEMIES REVIEW
Well, the hype was ecstatic, the cast excellent, and director outstanding. So what went wrong? Okay, that may be a bit harsh, but the feeling with this film is that …
SHERMAN CYMRU FUTURE LOOKS VERY PROMISING INDEED
pic: Architect’s impression, Capita Architecture, images subject to change’ The Sherman Cymru has been championing a lot of great work throughout its years, and what with being the only producing …
ESCAPE INTO THE PARK 2009
Proof that the annual Singleton Park pilgrimage for every caner in South Wales will go ahead regardless of entertainment on offer was evident for Saturday’s Escape Into The Park. A …
SHELLEYAN ORPHAN GIG CHANGED TO 21ST JUNE
Shelleyan Orphan’s gig at Chapter’s Y Llofft has been changed from Sun 7 June to Sun 21 June. For those of you interested, check out this rather expertly written piece …
TIM FREEMAN – WELSH ARTIST OF THE YEAR
A photographer mingles amongst the crowd as various artists of Wales gather to find out who is crowned ‘Artist of the Year’. He asks people to stand, smile, then flash, …
JAMES DEAN BRADFIELD PLAYS INTIMATE SET AT SPILLERS
“So this is what 50 people looks like,” said the bouncer as I stepped into Spillers last Friday night. For after months of anticipation and mounting headlines, the threesome from …
DYLAN ROLLS INTO TOWN
Bob Dylan Cardiff International Arena Tuesday April 28 The buzz at the CIA moved up a couple of notches when Dylan sang a number, not from his latest album, but …
THE ENEMY ARE BACK, AND BRILLIANT
The Enemy, Cardiff University Students Union Thursday 16 April 2009 If Britain is lurching through a period of discontent then surely The Enemy are the ones to write its …
TEA AND WRITING: Tracing Flight Readings
WORDS AND PICTURE: REBECCA BRYNOLF Tracing Flight Readings Waterloo Gardens Teahouse, Penylan. Thurs 2 April What a frightfully civilised affair. A cool spring evening, a pine bedecked teahouse and lots …
COFFINS, CATS & FAIR TRADE SEX TOYS
Words: Lianne Jones Books on fair trade can often be described as preachy, but Jeremy Piercy, a pioneer in the fair trade movement, has challenged this with his new book …
LIVE REVIEW: Shred Yr Face – THE BRONX / FUCKED UP / ROLO TOMASSI
Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. Mon 2 Mar words NOEL GARDNER People who have cause to pay attention to these things often lament the fact that frequently, national tours which sell …