Feature: Going It Alone
In the light of Independent Venue Week, Hannah Embleton-Smith finds out from industry insiders how Cardiff fares with small-time success […]
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Review: East India Youth – Total Strife Forever
There’s something very special about the construction of East India Youth’s debut LP ÔÇô ÔÇÿTotal Strife Forever’. Somehow, William Doyle
Review: Eagulls – Eagulls
The Leeds-based five-piece will drop their self-titled LP on March 3rd, but is it more eagle or seagull? Perhaps someone
Review: Billie Joe and Norah – ‘Foreverly’
It doesn’t seem like the most natural fit at first sight. The idea of Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong
Interview: Sivu
Ed Watson sits down with James Page, the man behind hotly-tipped singer-songwriter Sivu. Your pseudonym ÔÇÿSivu’ is a Finnish translation
Preview: London Grammar – Solus – January 28th
Hannah Reid, Dan Rothman, and Dot Major bring their trio London Grammar to Solus on Tuesday 28 January. Their critically
Blurred Lines
Blurred Lines:  the best-selling single of 2013, number one in fourteen countries and the fastest selling song in digital
Review: MIND Fest, 23.11.13 – Undertone & Four Bars
Is there any better way to raise awareness of mental health than to put on a multi-venue inner-city festival? No,
Interview: Childhood
Your music has been described as ÔÇÿThe Stone Roses flapping at Echo and the Bunnymen’s long coats and mussing Robert
Live Review: Akala – The Moon Club – 5.12.13
The Moon Club feels like the queue for a Ryanair flight. It’s rammed, bursting at the seams with a mass
Interview: Nai Harvest
Sheffield’s emo-rock two-piece Nai Harvest popped in for a chat with Charlie Mock about their new record, Gnarwolves and Twin
Single Review: Gwenno – ‘Chwyldro’
If you’re new to music in the mother tongue of Welsh then Gwenno is a great artist to begin and
Interview: Wolf Alice
Indie rock quartet Wolf Alice popped in for a chat with Charlie Mock to talk NME, touring and what they want
Album Review: Los Campesinos!
You know those albums where every song is absolutely top notch? Those albums that you just can’t stop listening to?
S┼Án Festival – Sunday
Aled Rheon – The Hayes┬á Aled Rheon represents what S┼Án Fest is all about. Performing his carefully written songs in
S┼Án Festival – Saturday
Rhodri Brooks Rhodri Brooks’ electric guitar remained muted and mellow as the inevitable rain hit The Hayes at the start
S┼Án Festival – Friday
Samoans┬á There’s a sense of trepidation floating around Four Bars as the clock strikes 11. Cardiff’s prodigal sons Samoans have
S┼Án Festival: Thursday
Chl├Âe Howl ÔÇô The Angel Hotel At just 18 years of age, Chl├Âe Howl writes the sort of brutally honest,
Interview: Sky Larkin
Francesca Gardner┬ácaught up with Leeds’ Sky Larkin ahead of their S┼Án set.┬á How have you found the festival so far?
Interview: John Rostron
Tom Connick┬ágot the lowdown on S┼Án from the Father of the festival, John Rostron.┬á For the uninitiated, can you explain