Category - Live Reviews

By Martina Merenda
It was a lovely Saturday night at Ocean Arts. The crowd quietly chatted while waiting for the concert to start, and I couldn’t help...

By Polly Denny
Benjamin Francis Leftwich has been a staple in the UK indie scene for the last decade after his first album, “Last Smoke Before the...

By Alys Hewitt
Jason Williamson and Andrew Fearn – AKA Sleaford Mods – have over the last few years gained great credibility as an act through their...

By Max Modell
Barns Courtney is a rock star in the purest sense. He swaggered on stage in a velvet suit, with an open black shirt, before beginning to strut...

By Max Modell
I think everyone involved with the Cardiff music scene has heard stories of the legendary The Killers gig at Clwb Ifor Bach on 22nd November...

By Sallie Phillips
Shakin’ Stevens is back!
The Cardiff-born singer, nicknamed ‘The Welsh Elvis’ due to his musical style, performed at St. David’s...

By Max Modell
Every time I go to a gig downstairs at Clwb Ifor Bach, I am always overcome by a feeling that I wish more people were in attendance. It is a...

By Max Modell
Frank Turner has been a prominent feature in the soundtrack of my life for years. Scoring heartaches, holidays and some of my happiest memories...

By Martina Merenda
With their almost-all sold out UK tour, The Vaccines make their explosive comeback to Cardiff University’s own Students’ Union...

By Max Modell
When I spoke to Beans on Toast last month, he promised at his Clwb Ifor Bach he would be coming out bright eyed and bushy tailed, and he wasn’t...

By Eva Zhang
Set up in high school, Australian rock band—The Faim came from Perth Australia, ambitious to win the global audiences. The band name means...

By Indigo Jones
The music of The 1975 creates a sense of nostalgia for fans, as it brings back memories of 2013 listening to ‘Chocolate’ during break time...

By Alys Hewitt
Twentytwo in Blue, the second record by New York natives Sunflower Bean, cherry-picks its influences with effortless ease, pairing breezy yet...

By Laura Dazon
It’s an agitated melting pot of people queuing around the Mortorpoint Arena of Cardiff that.  People of all ages, and, without bad wordplay...

By Ellis Garamszegi
I hadn’t heard much of Katie Melua for many years but vaguely remembered two of her big hits – “The Closest Thing to Crazy”...