THIS WEEK’S NEW ALBUMS REVIEWED | FEATURE
THIS WEEK’S NEW ALBUMS REVIEWED | FEATURE DAMON LOCKS & THE BLACK MONUMENT ENSEMBLE NOW (International Anthem) In the wake of last summer’s broiling mix of pandemic confusion, …
THIS WEEK’S NEW ALBUMS REVIEWED | FEATURE DAMON LOCKS & THE BLACK MONUMENT ENSEMBLE NOW (International Anthem) In the wake of last summer’s broiling mix of pandemic confusion, …
THIS WEEK’S NEW BOOKS REVIEWED | FEATURE HOT STEW Fiona Mozley (Hodder & Stoughton) A determined change of pace from Fiona Mozley’s enthralling debut, Elmet, which focussed on a family …
THIS WEEK’S NEW BOOKS REVIEWED | FEATURE THE EMPEROR’S FEAST: A HISTORY OF CHINA IN TWELVE MEALS Jonathan Clements (Hodder & Stoughton) The Emperor’s Feast is neither a cookbook nor …
GHOST / ALL THEM WITCHES / TRIBULATION | LIVE REVIEW Motorpoint Arena Cardiff, Sun 17 Nov Motorpoint Arena could have been forgiven for thinking that their hosts, Swedish horror-rockers …
PIXIES / THE BIG MOON | LIVE REVIEW Motorpoint Arena Cardiff, Fri 13 Sept The Big Moon [below], openers for the Pixies’ latest European tour, have nothing like the …
CLUTCH / PHIL CAMPBELL AND THE BASTARD SONS | LIVE REVIEW Great Hall, Cardiff University Students Union, Sun 16 June Let me set the scene. It’s Saturday 11 November …
MOGWAI / THE TWILIGHT SAD | LIVE REVIEW St David’s Hall, Cardiff, Mon 26 Nov Mogwai fans poured into St David’s Hall, prepared – or not – to be …
GRUFF RHYS & BBC NATIONAL ORCHESTRA OF WALES / H. HAWKLINE | LIVE REVIEW Festival Of Voice, Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay, Sun 10 June Another year, another major project …
TERA MELOS / TANGLED HAIR | LIVE REVIEW Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff, Thurs 22 Mar Technical prowess to the fore? Songs received with the sort of reverential silence with …
LIAM GALLAGHER | LIVE REVIEW Motorpoint Arena Cardiff, Wed 13 Dec The centre of Cardiff is awash with more Stone Island than your average football terrace and paisley shirts …
MASTODON / RED FANG / RUSSIAN CIRCLES | LIVE REVIEW Great Hall, Cardiff University Students Union, Sat 2 Dec The last time I saw Mastodon was in 2005, when …
BILLY BRAGG + SEÁN MCGOWAN | LIVE REVIEW Tramshed, Cardiff, Sun 19 Nov Seán McGowan is not a man to be ignored. Loudly introducing himself in a thick estuary …