STAY VOICELESS | DEBUT ALBUM | REVIEW
Stay Voiceless Lies To Tell Your Children Unsigned Grungy alternative-rockers Stay Voiceless have been tearing up South Wales’ music scene for years. With a brooding emphasis on 90s nostalgia, …
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THE DEAD REDS | ALBUM REVIEW
THE DEAD REDS *** Dictated Democracy (self-released) This is the fourth album from a Brighton five-piece who describe themselves as hard, loud and a bit like Led Zep meets …
DEVIN TOWNSEND | LIVE PREVIEW
DEVIN TOWNSEND Great Hall, Cardiff University Students Union Thurs 5 Dec He’s been labelled a musical genius and the “mad scientist of rock,” but since he burst onto the scene …
THE CULT | LIVE PREVIEW
THE CULT Great Hall, Cardiff University Students’ Union Fri 18 Oct Sonic Temple by The Cult is a time capsule of the mullets’n’motorcycles age of 80s hard rock, soaring guitar …
AMANDA PALMER | UPFRONT
AMANDA PALMER Erstwhile Dresden Doll, perpetual cabaret rocker and a poet who knows it, an evening with Amanda Palmer is epic in every sense. Ahead of her visit to Cardiff …
“The rest of us have dabbled, but he’s just too bloody good at it!” – THUNDER | INTERVIEW
Venturing back up the mountain this year for a headline appearance, Thunder will be rocking the Steelhouse Festival for the first time since 2016. Chris Andrews spoke to singer Danny Bowes about longevity …
CLOUD NOTHINGS | LIVE PREVIEW
CLOUD NOTHINGS Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff Wed 10 July Cloud Nothings began life as an underground rock band – quite literally, they were born in Dylan Baldi’s parents’ basement – …
“The songs that arrive the quickest are usually the best” – GRAHAM GOULDMAN: 10CC | INTERVIEW
Hitmaker and long-time stalwart of 10cc, one of the most enduring bands of the 70s Graham Gouldman continues to tour relentlessly. He talks to Carl Marsh Did you ever question what …
THE CHILLS | MUSIC PREVIEW
The Globe, Cardiff Fri 27 May Following a 20-year absence, New Zealand cult-legends The Chills find their way back to our shores. The return of one of New Zealand’s most …
MANIC STREET PREACHERS | PREACHING TO THE CONVERTED
Manic Street Preachers’ lyricist and bassist Nicky Wire speaks with Neil Collins about the agony of second place, football songs and nostalgia. It’s April 1996 and Manic Street Preachers are …