THE JESUS AND MARY CHAIN / CHAIN OF FLOWERS | LIVE REVIEW
THE JESUS AND MARY CHAIN + CHAIN OF FLOWERS | LIVE REVIEW Y Plas, Cardiff University Students Union, Tue 3 Oct An unexpected bonus: my first glimpse of Cardiff’s …
Simon Ayre
THE XX | LIVE REVIEW
THE XX | LIVE REVIEW Motorpoint Arena Cardiff, Fri 17 Mar Four and a half years ago, just a day after releasing their sophomore album Coexist, The xx played …
LOW | LIVE REVIEW
LOW | LIVE REVIEW Tramshed, Cardiff, Tue 2 Aug Low have spent upwards of 20 years demonstrating that ‘extremity’ in music, such as it is, needn’t be the preserve …
ALT-J / THE HORRORS / GHOSTPOET | LIVE REVIEW
ALT-J / THE HORRORS / GHOSTPOET | LIVE REVIEW Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff, Thurs 3 Dec At last, Cardiff gets a chance to witness Alt-J in action. Having played at …
PAUL WELLER | LIVE REVIEW
PAUL WELLER | LIVE REVIEW Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff, Sun 22 Nov With a back catalogue as vast as Paul Weller’s, it’s impossible to please everyone. Yet he gives it …
SLEAFORD MODS/Y PENCADLYS/GINDRINKER | LIVE REVIEW
SLEAFORD MODS / Y PENCADLYS / GINDRINKER | LIVE REVIEW CF10, Cardiff University Students’ Union, Tues 10 Mar Cardiff duo Gindrinker are used to being the curiosity on largely …
BEN WATT TRIO | LIVE REVIEW
BEN WATT TRIO | LIVE REVIEW Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff, Sat 25 Oct Ben, Ben, Ben: where have you been for a chunk of my mid-life, I mean, …
WELSH MUSIC PRIZE CONCERT | LIVE REVIEW
WELSH MUSIC PRIZE CONCERT | LIVE REVIEW Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff, Wed 16 Oct Do the folks behind the annual Welsh Music Prize have a secret fitness stratagem …
ELLIE GOULDING | LIVE REVIEW
ELLIE GOULDING | LIVE REVIEW Cardiff University Students Union, Thurs 10 Oct The first time I saw Ellie Goulding play in Cardiff was a few years back, before she …
LIVE REVIEW | DINOSAUR JR + THE COMPUTERS
DINOSAUR JR + THE COMPUTERS Solus, Cardiff University Students Union Mon 2 Sept The publicity spiel for this gig makes stark reference, as well it might, to the 20-year itch: …