by Dylan Graham
★★★★★
On Tuesday 16th October, John Butler...
Live Review | John Butler Trio perform an incredible set at Bristol’s O2 Academy
Live Review: Joan Armatrading Live at St Davids Hall, 17/10/18
By Max Modell
Guitar solos, the use of a sampler, hilarious gags...
Live Review: Blair Dunlop at Acapella Studios, 07/10/18
After listening to his album, Notes from an Island, on repeat the...
Dermot Kennedy Live at Cardiff Student Union, 15th October 2018
By Max Modell
My anticipation for Dermot Kennedy’s Cardiff date has...
Category - Live Reviews
By Max Modell
Westman’s music offers a thoughtful, meditative look at the world from a singular, slightly off-kilter perspective, placed on a backdrop of...
By Laura Stevens
“You’re coming home when it’s light from the night before…” the room moves in unison as The Sherlocks erupt into sound. The...
By Max Modell
To be able to carry a gig on your own is a unique skill. The limitations of this set up can lead to the set becoming stale due to stylistic...
by Dylan Graham
★★★★☆
My first reaction to hearing about Big Boy Bloater and the Limits was that of sheer amusement. What a wacky name for a band, I...
No Violet seemed completely at home at Gwdihw – quirky café by day and creative hub by night. The supporting acts set the tone; from wacky tunes...
by Rimantė Bivainytė
Early Wednesday evening I enter Clwb Ifor Bach and head upstairs. In the ‘green room’ I am introduced to a woman, she wears a...
By Max Modell
While it is complex to sum up my feelings about my evening watching Catherine McGrath perform the first night of her first ever headline tour at...
by Rowan Lees
★★★★☆
Kendal Calling returned to Lowther Deer Park for another year of drinking, dancing, music, and general festivities. The line up...
by Courtney Moody
★★★★★
Gwdihŵ, or more commonly referred to as the ‘colourful pub’, with its rainbow exterior and vibrant swirls – is...
by Luisa De la Concha Montes
★★★★☆
Set up with the intention of offering a smaller festival with a similar layout to Glastonbury and Reading, Truck...
by Maisie Marston
★★★☆☆
This year Citadel Festival took place in London’s Gunnersbury Park, already christened by the attendees of Lovebox from the...
Words by: Luisa De la Concha Montes
Last Friday, Kele Okereke played at Clwb Ifor Bach with an acoustic set in an intimate environment, which is quite...
Words by Rowan Lees
Akala made his long awaited return to Cardiff after last year’s succesful Clwb Ifor Bach gig, bringing with him a host of impressive...
A performance poet with years of experience on the open mic circuit and a history with Akala’s groundbreaking Hip-Hop Shakespeare Company, Deacon has this...
By Max Modell
A chorus of pop-punk rising from the audience greeted me as I entered Y Plas in preparation for seeing Waterparks. This set the tone for the...
By Luisa De la Concha Montes
Days before Everything Everything’s concert in Bristol, we were panicking. The starting date of the tour was supposed to be in...
Words by Naomi Kensall
Himalayas finish their eight-gig UK tour with a homecoming gig at Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff.
The indie-rock band formed in 2015 and...
Formed in Brighton back in 2013, Indie pop band Fickle Friends have been establishing their place in the live music scene for some years now. Kicking off the...
There are a few essential ingredients need to be great punk act and The Blinders seem to have all of these. They have a raw angry sound, thrashing guitars...
Genre fusion is becoming increasingly popular in the modern music scene. This has allowed many artists who would normally have niche audiences expand to the...
