THIS WEEK’S NEW BOOKS REVIEWED | FEATURE
A crime-heavy week (with a bit of feminist sci-fi for good measure) as we ease into September with five new novels.
A crime-heavy week (with a bit of feminist sci-fi for good measure) as we ease into September with five new novels.
Chris Andrews profiles the men behind MusicBox – a Cardiff rehearsal studio that’s been a cornerstone of the region’s rock scene for 25 years – and hears from some of the bands to darken its doors too.
You don't often get to see an 18-metre-tall T-Rex in Cardiff city centre, but Bute Park has become Jurassic Park, as Chris Andrews reports.
Reviews of new music by Mountain Movers, Quicksand, Sepultura, Suzie Ungerleider and the Goitse A Thaisce compilation: psych-rock, post-hardcore, metal, alt-country and Irish folk.
Since picking up a guitar at the age of nine, Barry solo artist Jason Staddon has never looked back. Chris Andrews speaks to Jason, whose newest single Without The Fire is out now.
The first of two sets of album reviews to be handed down to you this week, for reasons, features an eclectic crop of Dot Allison, Erasure, John Francis Flynn, Lump and Underdark.
A grand total of FOUR debut novels this week, by Violet Kupersmith, Amanda Block, Daniel O'Connor and A.E. Warren! Plus, an anthology of contemporary Welsh poetry.
DUSTIN O’HALLORAN Silfur (Deutsche Grammophon) Pianist and score composer Dustin O’Halloran’s first venture into the world of music was playing guitar and keyboards for the hugely underrated and wistful Los …
WHO ARE THE MONSTERS | ONES TO WATCH South Wales trio Who Are The Monsters attack with a sound that wouldn’t be out of place in the Amphetamine Reptile …
THIS WEEK’S NEW ALBUMS REVIEWED | FEATURE ALAN VEGA Mutator (Sacred Bones) Sometimes ‘lost’ albums are lost for a reason, and best not found. But the eight songs …
THIS WEEK’S NEW ALBUMS REVIEWED | FEATURE HANNAH PEEL Fir Wave (My Own Pleasure) Recent 6 Music darling Hannah Peel is justifying the hype on this album of …
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 …