Quench magazine had the chance to catch up with Birmingham band JAWS ahead of their Cardiff show. JAWS released their second album ÔÇÿSimplicityÔÇÖ last year and are now touring the album around the UK. ┬áYour UK tour is coming up next month and Cardiff is very excited to have you here. Are you starting to get excited now?┬á Yes!! we just finished two days of┬árehearsals, … Continue reading An Interview with JAWS before their Cardiff Gig
A short walk round the back of Temple Meads station sits a looming abandoned car park, an eerie lake populated by silently gliding swans, and one of BristolÔÇÖs finest nightclubs – Motion.┬á This is where Mount Kimbie were to take centre stage for their Love What Survives tour. The venue is basically a converted barn, with sparkling fairy lights across the roof, and a large … Continue reading Mount Kimbie – Bristol 2/11/17 Live Review
┬áFerris Bueller told us that “Life moves pretty fast. If you donÔÇÖt stop and look around once in awhile, you could miss it.”, Timon and Pumbaa said that the philosophy of Hakuna Matata was the way forward for stress-free days and Forrest Gump’s mum always said “Life was like a box of chocolates, you never know what you’re gonna get”. Quench’s contributors write about their … Continue reading Big Life Lessons from the Big Screen – Part II
Just a few hours away, Barcelona is an excellent cityscape perfect to overcome your summer blues. With an average daytime temperature of 21 degrees, this Catalan city is perfect for walking around and seeing what it has to offer. The city itself is an open museum with Antoni GaudiÔÇÖs masterpieces on display around Barcelona, including his magnum opus: La Sagrada Familia, which is still in … Continue reading Barcelona – Why you should go… in under 200 words
Hi Matt! First of all congratulations on the new album weÔÇÖve been really enjoying it over the summer here at Quench. How is the tour going this year? We know youÔÇÖve done headline tours before but the schedule looks pretty intense, and a few dates in America too! Could you tell us how it compares? This yearÔÇÖs been a bit of whirlwind, but itÔÇÖs something … Continue reading Q&A with The Amazons
7th November marks the first-time Norwegian pop sensation Sigrid, has taken to a Bristol stage. As Oh WonderÔÇÖs support act, Sigrid warmed up the already packed crowd. A whole band graced the stage of BristolÔÇÖs notorious o2 Academy. Starting with an unreleased song and going straight into ÔÇÿPlot TwistÔÇÖ, the twenty-one-year-old bought confidence and sass right to the stage. With lyrics such as ÔÇ£better work … Continue reading Sigrid Live Review
For the fourth year running Cardiff fashion week is took place in the city centre from the 28th of October to the 4th of November. ÔÇ¿Over the course of seven days the capital showcased emerging student talent in addition to Cardiff based designers and their creations. ÔÇ¿ÔÇ¿Cardiff fashion week 2017 commenced with their traditional model walk around the city centre, the models paraded through the … Continue reading Cardiff Fashion Week: Model Walk
IÔÇÖm sure, somewhere along the line a girl sporting a choker with her hair tied up with a scrunchie was putting all her high waisted denim in a bag she was going to donate to charity. Unknowingly, she was supplying the next generation with what would become highly coveted vintage denim. Trends have a way of coming back. So often, in fact, that thereÔÇÖs pieces … Continue reading The Lifecycle of Fashion
Now, summer has gone and gone with it is our desire for cold fresh salads. We want warmth, comfort and substance to our meals. But does this mean we should eat pie and mash every day? Sadly, probably not. We wanted to know how to stay ÔÇÿhealthyÔÇÖ (i.e. follow a balanced diet) throughout the cold seasons when all we want to do is eat warm … Continue reading Healthy Wintery Meals ideas.
Ah, December. A cold, joyous month where your days are spent in enormous coats indulging in pretty much anything remotely festive. Thoughts turn to sipping hot chocolate under glistening lights of Christmas markets, and dancing around in the snow whilst belting out those cheesy Christmas pop songs. But here in the UK you find yourself wanting to escape the harsh realities of wind and rain … Continue reading The Perfect Christmas Getaway
ÔÿàÔÿàÔÿàÔÿåÔÿå by Olly Hearn Freedom – an obtainable right or just a bedtime story? Can we choose our own destiny, or must we simply accept what we are given by fate and circumstance? This is one of many questions posed by Shakespeare in Romeo and Juliet, the play on which Lenard Bernstein based ÔÇÿWest Side StoryÔÇÖ. Abandoning the attitudes and conduct of their family in … Continue reading REVIEW: “West Side Story” at the New Theatre
In aid of charity GlobalÔÇÖs Make Some Noise, Stereophonics took to the stage at Cardiff UniversityÔÇÖs Great Hall for, perhaps, their most intimate show of the past twenty years. This twenty-year anniversary also celebrates the release of their first album ÔÇÿWord Gets AroundÔÇÖ and it seems that the hype that surrounded the Welsh rockers is as blatant as ever. Prior to the gig, the band … Continue reading Stereophonics Review in The Great Hall Cardiff
ÔÿàÔÿàÔÿàÔÿåÔÿå by Maxwell Modell Director Abdul ShayekÔÇÖs production of Death and the Maiden is a good if unexceptional adaptation of electrifying source material. Throughout the show it is always clear that the director and actors are accomplished in their craft, however, it always felt as if something was missing. It is an adaption of Ariel DorfmanÔÇÖs Oliver award-winning play, set in the house of the … Continue reading REVIEW: “Death and the Maiden” at The Other Room
ItÔÇÖs that time again, and the soothing, dulcet tones of the legendary Sir David Attenborough are back acting as the music to our ears. And whilst his voice was warming our ears, our eyes were being graced and mesmerised by the sheer beauty of our Blue Planet. The discovery of smarter fish using tools in this first episode, has once again heralded another success for … Continue reading Q&A with David Attenborough plus Live Screening of ‘Blue Planet 2’
The cultural transformation which succeeded the Russian revolution challenged every aspect of the old order. In Margy Kinmonth’s latest documentary, ÔÇ£Revolution ÔÇô New Art for a New WorldÔÇØ, this BAFTA winning director explores the incredible art movements that succeeded the Russian revolution. KinmonthÔÇÖs stunning documentary draws the watcher in and highlights how the Avant-Garde movement exploded the classical boundaries of art, architecture and the stage. … Continue reading Interview & Review with ‘Revolution – Art for a New World’s Director Margy Kinmonth
Made in memory of a BASE jumper, this film introduces J.C, a jumper who pushes everything to the limit. Flying lower and faster after an accident we follow how he deals with the past and watch how he chooses to live his life; by filming everything. From the get-go, the film offers something slightly different than your regular adrenalin genre. With the majority of film … Continue reading Review: BASE
Like many other cities in the UK, Cardiff has its own Sunday Farmer’s Market, however, differently from the others, it has an astounding variety. From traditional British products, such as pork and vegetables, to more exciting products like regionally grown spices! The Riverside Farmer’s Market took its current form in 1998 when it set up shop in Fitzhamon Embankment. The same core group who set … Continue reading The Riverside FarmerÔÇÖs Market: A Run Down.
Words by Ciera Littleford ItÔÇÖs Sunday evening in Cardiff, and the normally bustling Albany Road is quiet to mark the end of the weekend. The Globe doesnÔÇÖt know whatÔÇÖs about to hit it. Nadine Shah and her band are scorching a trail across the country, with the help of Hull punk group, Life. In such an uncertain political and social climate, for most of us … Continue reading REVIEW: Nadine Shah & Life @ The Globe
Words by Ciera Littleford WhatÔÇÖs it like touring with Life? Loads of fun. The thing is, loads of people were shocked when I announced they were going to support us. They were like, ÔÇÿwhy have you got a punk band supporting you?ÔÇÖ and I was like, ÔÇÿweÔÇÖre both saying the exact same thingÔÇÖ! TheyÔÇÖve made a political album, IÔÇÖve made a political album, it … Continue reading INTERVIEW: Nadine Shah
YSGRIFENNWYD GAN: ALED HUW RUSSELL Yn dilyn haf hir o weithio, mynd i gigs a sesho, maeÔÇÖr teimlad o fod n├┤l lawr yn y ddinas fawr i wneud union yr un peth, er ar ochr arall y wlad, yn un croesawgar. Gyda Clwb Ifor Bach yn cynnal pedwar gig Twrw dros yr un faint o wythnosau, does dim di yg cerddoriaeth i fwydo Cymry llwglyd … Continue reading Adolygiad Twrw: Yr Eira / Y Cledrau / Yr Oria
