Orchestra
Aberystwyth Arts Centre Aberystwyth University Penglais Campus, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, United KingdomHere as part of the UK-wide National Theatre Connections festival of plays, {Orchestra} – about a youth orchestra, and more specifically their quest for success and perfection – is written by Charlie Josephine, listed as ‘one to watch’ for 2024 in Buzz’s most recent Christmas issue and who has another production, {One Of Them Ones}, …
Mickey Callisto
Clwb Ifor Bach 11 Womanby Street, Cardiff, CardiffThe Iris Prize annual LGBTQ+ film festival are working with Newsoundwales on an exciting gig at Clwb Ifor Bach. Mickey Callisto is headlining, with BLED in support; all the profit from the gig will go to Iris, and there are limited numbers of discounted tickets available for Iris Members (50%).
Taking Back Sunday
Great Hall, Cardiff University Students Union Cardiff, South GlamorganOne of only three UK dates for prototypical 00s emo-rockers Taking Back Sunday: I’m slightly surprised there are still tickets left at the time of writing (albeit this is mid-February), but Cardiff gonna Cardiff I guess. The Long Island band recently released {152}, their eighth album, and claim that the existence of Nando’s helped convince …
Anna Anise / Boci
Bank Vault 1 New Street, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, United KingdomMore music entitled to the ‘folk’ and ‘Cornwall’ tags on your preferred streaming service in the shape of Anna Anise, who grew up there before moving a little up country. Initially cutting her live teeth as a teen in Plymouth, she’s currently living in Devon having found a healthy indie-folk type scene in Bristol – …
Dream State
Patti Pavilion Mumbles Road, Swansea, SwanseaA listen to {Still Dreaming}, the new seven-song release by Swansea quartet Dream State, will affirm that they’re a band with skyscraping ambitions. Giant rock/metal hooks power songs built in equal measure from Paramore-like emo anthemia, industrial crunch and heavily synthesised production textures. If the band, who unveiled a new singer in Jesse Powell last …
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