John Grant + Big Special
Having recalibrated his blend of classic and electronic pop with assistance from producer Ivor Guest, whose name is a self-contained ‘knock knock’ joke, John Grant is touring the results of …
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Hyper Gal
If you caught cult Japanese band Melt-Banana on their UK tour last month, you might fancy checking out Osaka duo Hyper Gal too, as they have a pretty similar vibe …
Lacertilia
Cardiff’s Lacertilia have been a popular draw for a decade locally, and on festival bills further afield, with a sound drawing on Hawkwindian spacerock, psychdelia and stoner/doom. They’re marking said …
Enter The Dragon
Relive the golden age of trance mania, with all neon boob tubes and Lego glued to your forehead, at this day/evening rave by Enter The Dragon, boom-era trance promoters now …
Clubland Classix Cwmbran
Bridging the not necessarily vast chasm between chart dance of a 90s/00s vintage and trance/happy hardcore/hardstyle of the type more often found in actual dance clubs, this event runs from …
ABC: An Intimate Evening With Martin Fry
British pop classicists ABC did a bells’n’whistles tour earlier this year, with lynchpin member Martin Fry fronting an orchestra, but for autumn the singer is out on his tod for …
Bywater Call
From Toronto and starting life as a two-piece function band, Bywater Call now boast a full lineup – although the core duo actually played Cardiff last year, supporting Robert Jon …
Bess Atwell
Brighton songwriter with the sort of rep they call burgeoning, thanks chiefly to this year’s Light Sleeper album (Atwell’s third) and a credits list that throws the US indie-folk kitchen …
Lil’ Jimmy Reed & The ‘A’ Team
Bluesman from Louisiana, well into his ninth decade and not to be confused with Jimmy Reed the bluesman from Mississippi, having appropriated his name when the latter died in 1976. …
Jah Wobble
As with Jah Wobble’s last Welsh visits, in April, some of his shows will feature the music of his band since the 1980s, Invaders Of The Heart, and others will …
Pagliacci
Mid Wales Opera return this autumn with Pagliacci, also known as Clowns. This is Italian composer Ruggero Leoncavallo’s gripping operatic thriller, one which blurs the lines between the stage and …
Tipping The Velvet
Twenty-two years ago, the BBC adaption of Sarah Waters’ Victorian-era lesbian romance novel Tipping The Velvet scandalised living rooms and broke ground. Retooled for the stage by playwright Laura Wade, …