THIS WEEK’S NEW BOOKS REVIEWED | FEATURE
THIS WEEK’S NEW BOOKS REVIEWED | FEATURE BOY ON FIRE: THE YOUNG NICK CAVE Mark Mordue (Allen & Unwin) With Bad Seeds gigs repeatedly pushed further into the ether …
THIS WEEK’S NEW BOOKS REVIEWED | FEATURE BOY ON FIRE: THE YOUNG NICK CAVE Mark Mordue (Allen & Unwin) With Bad Seeds gigs repeatedly pushed further into the ether …
GREYWALL | ONES TO WATCH Cardiff’s latest metalcore hopes are this four-piece, who have just dropped an almighty chunk of riffage with their new single Just Another Love Story, …
THIS WEEK’S NEW ALBUMS REVIEWED | FEATURE DIRTY PROJECTORS 5EPs (Domino) Dirty Projectors’ extensive roster of former members reads like a best-of list of still-just-under-the-radar indie-rock singer-songwriters, producers …
THIS WEEK’S NEW ALBUMS REVIEWED | FEATURE HATEBREED Weight Of The False Self (Nuclear Blast) Connecticut hardcore legends Hatebreed have rarely deviated from their crossover/metal sound, and now …
WHAT WOULD GARY GYGAX DO? | BOOK REVIEW Tim Cundle (Earth Island Books) South Wales author Tim Cundle’s penchant for introspective storytelling mixed with brutal honesty made his debut …
THIS WEEK’S NEW ALBUMS REVIEWED | FEATURE CARLA BRUNI Carla Bruni (Universal/Wrasse) This eponymous album by model and wife of ex-French President Nicolas Sarkozy follows on from 2017’s …
THIS WEEK’S NEW ALBUMS REVIEWED | FEATURE GREGORY PORTER All Rise (Decca) Gregory Porter, the two-time Grammy award-winning jazz supremo who is seldom without a hat, returns with …
NEW ALBUMS REVIEWED | FEATURE Starting this week, look out every Friday for a roundup of the most noteworthy new gear assessed right here on the Buzz website. Plus …
LIGHTHAMMER Galaxy (self-released) The debut album from Cardiff’s intergalactic stoner rock three-piece Lighthammer is very much the sort of album the world needs right now. Gargantuan riffs that ooze …
If lockdown has shown us anything, it’s that music and the arts will always find a way. We’ve seen new and ever more inventive ways to be entertained where we’ve …
ALBUMS AND DEMOS | APRIL ALUN GAFFEY *** Llyfrau Hanes (Côsh) The second solo album from Alun Gaffey, ex-guitarist of Aberystwyth’s Race Horses, is a funky affair. With a mixture …
KISSTORY BLAST OFF TOUR | LIVE REVIEW Motorpoint Arena Cardiff, Mon 2 Mar A Monday night in Cardiff is not the usual backdrop to a party. But then, it’s …