Interview: Creeper
In 2016 there’s plenty of reasons to be cynical about music, whether it’s the impending disaster that is a cash […]
Preview: Spector – Clwb Ifor Bach – 26/05/16
Hot on the heels of last year’s fantastic sophomore, ÔÇÿMoth Boys’, Spector are hitting the road for a whistle stop
Live: Beach Baby – Clwb Ifor Bach – 14/04/16
Beach Baby’s surf-y, summery vibes washed into Clwb Ifor last night. As relative newcomers to the music scene they made
Live: Ought ÔÇô Clwb Ifor Bach ÔÇô 20/04/2016
There was quiet sense of anticipation in the small crowd at Clwb Ifor Bach as they waited for Ought to
Live: Matt & Kim – The Fleece, Bristol – 7/04/16
Matt and Kim pull in big numbers. At the time of writing, ÔÇÿDaylight’ has pulled in just over 44 million
ALbum: Frankie Cosmos – ‘Next Thing’
The album art for the sophomore record of Frankie Cosmos ÔÇô the solo recording moniker for Porches member and Bandcamp
Album: Brian Fallon – ‘Painkillers’
Fallon’s first solo album ÔÇÿPainkillers’ opens with the bouncing ÔÇÿA Wonderful Life’, a stark contrast to its opposite number on
Live: Enter Shikari – Motorpoint – 23/02/16
For their first arena tour, genre-bending Enter Shikari bring together polish that belies this fact with the raw energy of
Live: Spring King – Moon Club – 12/02/2015
With over 86,000 monthly listeners, the Moon Club in Cardiff seems too small a venue to hold Spring King. Formed
Live: Bowling For Soup – Great Hall – 14/02/2015
“We’re not going to make any sheep fucker jokes tonight”; a comment by Jaret Reddick that sums up the whole
News: Young Monarch Release New Track
So if you’ve been keeping feverishly up to date with Quench’s output in recent months, you’ll already know all about
Interview: Gabrielle Aplin
Ahead of her Globe show tonight, Quench’s Mared Parry had a chat with the lovely, Gabrielle Aplin to talk about
Live: Bass Twelve – Gwdihw – 15/01/16
Gwdihw, much like the little owl from which it takes its name, is one Cardiff venue that comes into its
Review: Green Day – ‘Heart Like A Hand Grenade’
Finally given a proper release more than a decade after completion, ÔÇÿHeart like a Hand Grenade’ follows Green Day into
Preview: JAWS – Clwb Ifor Bach – 14/12/15
JAWS; one of the initial bands that fronted the promising, yet never fully realised, ÔÇÿB-Town’ music scene early in the
Live: Bring Me The Horizon – 27/11/15 – Motorpoint
It’s a few weeks before Def Leppard play the venue, and Cardiff Motorpoint Arena is hosting a very different generation
Bloom Twins Preview
Rivan Shukla speaks to Bloom Twins ahead of their support slot with Duran Duran at the Motorpoint on Monday 20th
Live: Lonely The Brave – The Globe – 20/11/15
Coming off the back of a well-received debut album and a growing reputation as a spellbinding live act, Lonely The
Live: Los Campesinos! – Exchange, Bristol – 18/11/15
The University of Cardiff does not boast a particularly long list of famous bands in its alumni, and even then
Interview: High Tyde
Brighton teens, High Tyde, are turning heads in the music industry, and are gaining much deserved, national recognition. The indie quartet have