Festival Preview: Pili Pala, Swansea
Now in its second year, Pili Pala festival is returning to Swansea’s Uplands from 16-17 May. The event will showcase […]
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Album Review: Paolo Nutini – ‘Caustic Love’
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“Mike’s on daytime radio, and John played Reading + Leeds, and I’m still playing the Purple Turtle on New Year’s
Review: Windband & Chamber Orchestra Concert, St Teilo’s Church
Culture editor Sum Sze Tam ventured into a stained-glass church for an evening of atmospheric music that veered from the
Live Review: Howl and Birth of Joy, The Moon Club, 27.03.14
Eerie blue stage lights illuminate the Moon Club. The floor is sticky with its carpet of spilled lager. An audience clad
Feature: Going It Alone
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Review: East India Youth – Total Strife Forever
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Review: Eagulls – Eagulls
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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