Author name: Mark Sweeney

On the scene since 2013, Yr Eira, meaning the snow, are more than familiar with Clwb Ifor Bach. It was […]

  Away from the bustle and noise of Welsh Music Day in Castle Emporium is the relative sanctuary of Clwb

It would be ignorant to say that 2016 has been a good year. Without getting too political,┬áwe all know we’re

  Following the release of their new album, ‘Open Book’, Fatherson were the penultimate Saturday night headliners, of S┼Án Festival’s

Apart from being everyone’s favourite Christmas song (sorry Mariah, Kirsty’s got you beat) maybe you haven’t heard much or any

After a string of singles and EPs, London four-piece Palace have finally dropped their debut album, ‘So Long Forever’, and

  Bad Sounds have to be one of the most highly anticipated acts of 2017. The Bath quintet have already

As their last studio album before announcing their split, this solidifies The Maccabees’ place in musical history. And without a

2016 marks the ten year anniversary since Arctic Monkeys stormed onto the music scene, with their debut album ÔÇÿWhatever People

  This year has brought us two albums on being black in America by two Knowles women, Beyonc├® and Solange.

I have been witness to some enormous musical spectacles in the past, from The Stone Roses in the Etihad Stadium,

‘An Awesome Wave’ is a cornucopia of mismatched, incongruous shapes and sounds that fit seamlessly together. Not all the lyrics

From the first seconds of ‘Yankee Hotel Foxtrot’ there is a sense of unease. As the ominous, woozy noises straighten

After announcing their break up via a photo of a hand scrawled note upon toilet paper in 2014, the future

2112 by Rush, released in 1976, is something else. It contains Alex Lifeson creating riffs that you can’t not headbang

Oh this album. Oh this band. How I love thee. If I could describe this distinct, synth-y and eccentric album

Tay Tay has come a long way since her love story Nashville days when she wrote romantic songs about how

I inherited a fondness for Irish rock band the Saw Doctors from my Dad. If you ask me, its criminal

  Precarious jokes about his name aside (Will Joseph actually Cook?), this London-based musician’s wonderfully mature and unique offering of

  After selling out two shows at London’s Eventim Apollo, and our very own Cardiff SU (along with many other