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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.

Region: South Wales

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.

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.

Region: South Wales

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.

LA CUINA: Cardiff’s Catalan hotspot is a local tapas treat

May 17, 2022

All things told, it’s obvious why La Cuina is the sort of local independent restaurant bustling with contented diners on a Saturday night.

Region: South Wales

Ireland’s FONTAINES DC come of age in reflective third album

April 22, 2022

Fontaines DC's Skinty Fia effectively picks up where 2020’s A Hero’s Death left off, drifting further away from debut Dogrel into more reflective and mature territory.

Messy, sweaty swagger: BUZZARD BUZZARD BUZZARD turn up the heat for a home crowd

April 21, 2022

In Cardiff on Sunday, Buzzard Buzzard Buzzard's Tom Rees laughs, “it’s like the Amazon rainforest up here – 99 per cent humidity”. Messy, sweaty salvation is back, baby.

Region: South Wales

NIK COLK VOID transports you to dancefloor heaven for BUCKED UP SPACE

April 8, 2022

Much like Wales’ own Kelly Lee Owens, Nik Colk Void started out playing with a bunch of indie-rock also-rans but has since embraced electronics and club culture and in doing so, found her true calling.

ALEX GOOCH’s new Cardiff cafe takes his award-winning bakery to new heights

April 8, 2022

Alex Gooch has gone from strength to strength, but his new fully-fledged café with indoor seating in Cardiff takes his baking to another level.

Region: South Wales

6 MUSIC FESTIVAL: JOHNNY MARR, SELF ESTEEM & WET LEG spark collective joy

April 5, 2022

As part of the 6 Music Festival, Wet Leg, Self Esteem and Johnny Marr lit up the Great Hall at Cardiff University on Sunday

Region: South Wales

London punks CROWS underwhelm on BEWARE BELIEVERS

April 1, 2022

There’s a feeling that Crows have pitched up to the postpunk party unfashionably late, their peers having already moved on to more interesting places.

Heavy masterpieces performed with the requisite pantomime menace – THERAPY? live at Tramshed

March 25, 2022

So much for So Much For The 30 Year Plan, the name of Therapy?’s celebratory tour (and also the title of their official biography). Postponed by the pandemic, it’s twice been rebranded as a result.

Region: South Wales

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

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

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

ILLUMINATI HOTTIES fizz and wither under millennial snarkiness

LA CUINA: Cardiff’s Catalan hotspot is a local tapas treat

Ireland’s FONTAINES DC come of age in reflective third album

Messy, sweaty swagger: BUZZARD BUZZARD BUZZARD turn up the heat for a home crowd

NIK COLK VOID transports you to dancefloor heaven for BUCKED UP SPACE

ALEX GOOCH’s new Cardiff cafe takes his award-winning bakery to new heights

6 MUSIC FESTIVAL: JOHNNY MARR, SELF ESTEEM & WET LEG spark collective joy

London punks CROWS underwhelm on BEWARE BELIEVERS

Heavy masterpieces performed with the requisite pantomime menace – THERAPY? live at Tramshed

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