by Dylan Graham
★★★★★
On Tuesday 16th October, John Butler...
Live Review | John Butler Trio perform an incredible set at Bristol’s O2 Academy
Sŵn Festival 2018 Day 3 Part 2: Old acts and new deliver more great performances
by Dylan Graham
Gaz Coombes
Gaz Coombes, ex-frontman of 90s Britpop...
Swn Day 3 Part 1: Things get weird at Clwb Ifor Bach
It was always going to happen, things were going to get weird. After...
Amy and the Holograms: a revival of Amy Winehouse’s legacy or an exploitation of her name for money made of smoke and mirrors?
By Linda Kritikou
Base Hologram is a company dedicated to bringing...
Category - Music
by Dylan Graham
Throughout November and December, Welsh reggae metal band Skindred are embarking on a mammoth UK tour, one of the dates being a...
Expectations were high going into day two of Sŵn Festival 2018 after the roaring success that was day one. Tonight, the venue, The Great Hall at Cardiff...
by Dylan Graham
This years’ Sŵn Festival started in style with a brilliant trio of acts playing Cardiff’s Tramshed, headlined by Welsh alternative pop...
By Max Modell
Guitar solos, the use of a sampler, hilarious gags, Joan Armatrading to be the support act, the new album to be played in full and a rainbow...
After listening to his album, Notes from an Island, on repeat the week leading up to Blair Dunlop’s gig, I had high hopes for the performance. If you’re...
by Hannah Ryan
The world of indie rock is currently undergoing an unprecedented change, it would seem. Where before the genre was dominated by young, largely...
By Max Modell
My anticipation for Dermot Kennedy’s Cardiff date has been clear to see for months. The gig made the Local Music Watch section in our first...
By Isabel Cosford
Mancunian grime artist Bugzy Malone kick-starts his 2018 UK tour in October and Cardiff University is fortunate enough to experience his...
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 Rowan Lees
★★★★★
Ghetts caused shockwaves at the end of August with the release of the ‘Black Rose’ video, beginning with a heartbreaking...
by Ellis Garamszegi
The release of Drake’s latest album, Scorpion, broke all sorts of records – hardly surprising considering the excitement a Drake...
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 Camille Stanley and Max Modell
This month the Mercury Prize-nominated artist Jorja Smith embarks on her headline UK tour, with the Bristol show on Friday...
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 Elly Savva Coyle
After a long battle with pancreatic cancer, the Queen of Soul Aretha Franklin passed away in August this year at the age of 76. She was...
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...
It is exciting to see new genres being explored and for festivals to progress – by Maisie Marston
Reading ’92 had Nirvana. Reading ’94 had...
