YARD ACT: post-punk’s most exciting act reach new heights on WHERE’S MY UTOPIA?
Only two words are needed to describe Where's My Utopia?, and they’re a quote from Yard Act’s own song Dream Job: “It’s ace!”
Only two words are needed to describe Where's My Utopia?, and they’re a quote from Yard Act’s own song Dream Job: “It’s ace!”
The potentially crushing existential dread of middle age and a nihilistic worldview are subjects for attack for Pissed Jeans on Half-Divorced.
On Hopiumforthemasses, with its silly title and silly artwork, the topics for vivisection by Ministry include inaction on climate change, white supremacy and incel toxicity.
Liam Gallagher and John Squire: a convergence of two standout talents of their genre crafting a musical storyline that stretches across decades
The meaningless roar of the Kaiser Chiefs reaches fever pitch on their latest album, creatively titled Easy Eighth Album.
The reason punk anthology Sniffin’ Glue has endured is that it successfully made the things it was writing about sound really exciting.
Described by its author Iris Costello as “a love letter to forgotten voices", The Story Collector is a century-swapping, time-hopping historical thriller.
Bora Chung's book Your Utopia could strike a reader as borderline depressing at times, but the collection offers an insightful and fully engaging reading experience.
A spellbinding, spiritual story, Ours by Philip B. Williams is a remarkable achievement for a debut author.
Real Estate have always had movement and light in their songs, painting a picture of places, seasons and times of day. On sixth album Daniel it’s no different.
Floridian alt-punk fave Laura Jane Grace of Against Me! fame releases another catchy, soul-bearing collection of music.
The Body & Dis Fig's Orchards Of A Futile Heaven brings a sense of crushing heaviness and weight without the chains of analogue percussion.
For their Cardiff performance, shoegaze innovators Slowdive painted a landscape of ambience with layered vocals and resonant tones.
This annual gathering of the psychedelic clans in Cardigan, Dr Sardonicus’ Winter Festival, provides a friendly, quirky weekender with perfect, seamless programming.
In the safety and inclusivity of Chapter in Cardiff, fans gathered for the launch of bilingual album Tri(ger) Warning(s) from local multidisciplinary artist Rufus Mufasa.
Swansea Arena hosts a brilliant night of music for a great cause, one that showed that grassroots and the big stages can work together.
One of Mozart’s four famous operatic works which does not feature a knockout aria, WNO's Così Fan Tutte has some value, but both the length and the lack of worthwhile supporting characters makes it drag.
Immersive and thought-provoking, sweeping and intimate, Dune: Part Two is Cinema with a capital C.
The You Asked For It tour rolls into Cardiff, with American pop-punk pair Less Than Jake and Bowling For Soup taking the stage at the Utilita Arena.
A leap into the unknown for February's best new poetry roundup by Mab Jones with reviews of new books by Lavinia Greenlaw, Safia Elhillo, Lynna Hjelmgaard and more.
Robert Lautner’s Quint fleshes out the backstory of the Jaws seaman who despised sharks – with good cause.
A raw exploration of emotional turmoil forms the basis of Hanako Footman’s debut novel Mongrel.
Lorraine Kelly certainly has a way with words – and with her debut novel The Island Swimmer, she has now added the title of author to her bow.
It’s not clear whether this is a full return for The Blackout or just a victory lap; either way, the world feels just a little bit better with them back in it.