By Sallie Phillips
Shakin’ Stevens is back!
The Cardiff-born...
Live Review: Shakin’ Stevens at St Davids Hall, 03/03/19
Live Review: Sean McGowan at Clwb Ifor Bach, 14/02/19
By Max Modell
Every time I go to a gig downstairs at Clwb Ifor Bach...
Live Review: Frank Turner at Motorpoint Arena, 02/02/19
By Max Modell
Frank Turner has been a prominent feature in the...
Live Review: The Vaccines, Hatchie and Jesse Jo Stark at The Great Hall, 01/02/19
By Martina Merenda
With their almost-all sold out UK tour, The...
Category - Live Reviews
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 Alex Payne
Metalcore has found itself in weird spot in the last few years. As a genre it’s garnered an undeserved reputation for being a little too cringe...
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 Alex Payne
Ragga-Punk legends Skindred descended on Cardiff’s Tramshed this Saturday, almost slap bang in the centre of their That’s My Jam tour. With...
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”...
Jordan Allen by Kate Waldock
Shimmer Sounds welcomed Jordan Allen on stage at 8:00. The crowd’s anticipation was palpable as we waited for the Manchester...
By Josh Ong
Now I should probably preface this article by stating that I’ve been a fan of the Courteeners for quite some time now. I’ve been fortunate to...
by Kiana Stevens
As someone that has previously seen Slaves live this year, I was thrilled to see them again at Cardiff’s own Tramshed. I had never visited...
By Alex Payne
While Folk in the mainstream has seemed to have found itself in an awkward spot in the last couple of years, it seems to have missed Newcastle...
By Jeni Gough
The first thing that I noticed about the event was the variety of age groups attending, considering that it took place Cardiff University’s...
Soul is long overdue a revival. Its sister genre funk has come back into fashion with Bruno Mars, Pharrell Williams and Draft Punk all of whom have...
By Izzy Boulton
Nottingham boy Callum Burrows, known better as Saint Raymond, returned to Cardiff for the first time for a number of years on Tuesday night. It...
By Zhang Mengyang (Eva)
Not just known as a performer, rising pop star Emma Blackery is also known as a songwriter, youtube vlogger, and author. She released...
By Jeni Gough
It was almost cathartic to see Car Seat Headrest perform live, an American indie/rock group currently on tour with their supporting act Naked...
By Max Modell
On their Rebel Hearts tour, First Aid Kit came to Cardiff’s Motorpoint Arena and captivated the audience with their Americana folk sound which...
By Rachel Nurse
An 80s legend who famously sings ‘Together Forever’, ‘Cry For Help’, ‘Try’ and a whole set list of songs you’ve probably never...
by Hannah Ryan
★★★★☆
Diminutive though Lindsey Jordan – better known as Snail Mail – may be, her stage presence at Thekla in Bristol this week...
