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.
Bank holiday bangers (and things less appropriately described) by The Bug, Chubby & The Gang, Marisa Anderson & William Tyler, Voces8 and Yann Tiersen.
New albums by Welsh stalwarts from north and south alike, The Joy Formidable and Captain Accident; black metal crossover faves, Deafheaven and Wolves In The Throne Room; and folk-rock perfection from Martha Wainwright.
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.
John-Paul Davies checks out these crack south Wales blues-rockers, hailing the return of in-person live music with a fine set in the grand surroundings of Cardiff Castle.
Cardiff Castle Events is doing all it can to bring live music and theatre back to the capital this summer, and Black RAT Productions opened proceedings with four performances of Pinocchio.
Buzz's second set of weekly album reviews this week (don't ask) includes a set of womanly pop covers by Will Young, more measured classical by Max Richter, and intense meditations on Christianity by Lingua Ignota.
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.
Five new albums including jazz from Slowly Rolling Camera and Snazzback, dub reggae from Mungo's Hi Fi and classic rock from David Crosby.
Featuring! Cool Cymru revivalism from Boi; funky pan-whacking covers from Bacao Rhythm & Steel Band; an album recorded in two hours by Stephen Fretwell; and a brace of debut releases from side projects with acronymical names.
A big week for albums by relatives of more famous musicians – indeed there is not one, not four but THREE such releases in this perky little section! However, because Buzz thinks music should stand on its own merits, this familial connection has only been mentioned in one of the reviews.
THIS WEEK’S NEW ALBUMS REVIEWED | FEATURE AT THE GATES The Nightmare Of Being (Century Media) The guttural snarl that is a trademark of death metal will often hit you …