WONK UNIT: Live @ Clwb Ifor Bach 11/01/20
DIY Punk heroes Wonk Unit headline the last ever Punk Rock Bowling Trophy Disaster – awards night thingy. The name Bottlekids has been cropping up […]
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Subhumans + Blunders live @ Clwb Ifor Bach 10/01/20
Subhumans, eighties anarcho-punk pioneers, swing through cardiff to wake up the locals. I’m afraid the cider in the City Arms is too enticing these days […]
DUB WAR: Live @ Cwmcarn Hotel (28/12/19)
As the decade draws to a close, Dub War pop their heads out of retirement for an intimate rare gig in Cwmcarn. The Cwmcarn Hotel […]
HENRY’S FUNERAL SHOE: Live @ Jacs, Abderdare (21/12/19)
Henry’s Funeral Shoe and friends rock Jacs in Aberdare. A local band, for local people, in a local pub. There are more decent live music […]
PIZZATRAMP: Live @ Le Pub (20/12/19)
Good King Wenceslas might have liked his deep pan, crisp and even, but in Newport they like their Christmas pizza to be of the tramp […]
MCLUSKY: Live @ Clwb Ifor Bach 19/12/19
A reformed and slightly remodelled Mclusky return for a rare string of dates including a welcome return to Wales Mclusky burned briefly but brightly between […]
THE HANG MASSIVE: Live @ The Globe, Cardiff- 24/10/19
The Hang Massive kick off UK tour with first ever Welsh gig. I can’t think of any other gig where I have felt the need […]
THE HU: The Gereg (Eleven Seven Music 2019)
Debut album from Mongolia’s premiere folk metal outfit. Mixing traditional Mongolian instruments and vocal style with a heavy sound and western biker chic, The Hu […]
GENUINE JACKS: Turning Monochrome (Self Released – 2019)
Slovakian garage punk tinged with a sixties psychedelic sensibility. Some vibes transcend time and place. When the psychedelic garage sound first emerged in San Francisco, […]
THE HOLLYWOOD BRATS: Sick on You (1973 (2016 Re-issue) – Cherry Red)
Reissue of long lost 1973 album by the Hollywood Brats. ‘Ahead of their time’ is a cliché, but like all cliché’s, it’s true. Certainly in […]
SICK ON YOU (The Book): The Disastrous Story of the Hollywood Brats, the Greatest Band You’ve Never Heard of
The story of the Hollywood Brats, the missing link between glam and punk. The Hollywood Brats wrote and recorded one of the greatest punk tunes […]
THE SENIOR ALLSTARS: Soul From Dubdown – Darker Than Blue (Echo Beach 2019)
Third chapter of Darker Than Blue adventure. Reggae has, pretty much from its inception, always reinvented itself, deconstructing, reconstructing and recycling everything. Nothing goes to […]
LIVE REVIEW: Public Service Broadcasting @ Caerphilly Castle
Public Service Broadcasting put on spectacular show in the grounds of Caerphilly Castle. Caerphilly Castle is a magnificent monument to how communities rise, fall and […]
BEANS ON TOAST: Live Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff 30/01/19
Beans on Toast opens up his ‘A Bird in the Hand’ tour in Cardiff’s legendary Clwb Ifor Bach. Performers tend to attract like minded people […]
CABINET OF MILLIONAIRES: Theresa (December 2018)
Cabinet of Millionaires are back, with a dig at Theresa Mayhem. Poor old Theresa. She is having a rough time of it. Not only is […]
PHOENIX CITY ALLSTARS: Clash Version Rockers (December 2018)
The Clash get the Phoenix City All-stars treatment. Dub Stylee. Cover versions are a part and parcel of the landscape of contemporary music. Reggae in […]
RADICAL DANCE FACTION: Daydream Dystopia (2018)
Radical Dance Faction meets Youth. The most anticipated album of the decade finally hits the decks. Will it meet up to expectations? First off – […]
PINEAPPLE THIEF: Dissolution (KScope Records 2018)
Twelfth studio album from The Pineapple Thief, proving that, forty years on from punk rock, ‘prog’ does not have to be a dirty word. This […]
EARTHLESS: Black Heaven (Nuclear Blast Records 2018)
Fourth studio album from San Diego Based power trio Earthless. Earthless are slightly self-indulgent. And we don’t mean they play music only they enjoy, we […]
SLOW FACTION: The Blank Generation Demos (Demo 2018)
Not letting the grass grow under their feet, Slow Faction knock out three more tunes following their, not one, but two albums released last year. […]
COSMO: I Think You’ve Got Issues (Splott 2018)
Cosmo somehow manages to be both a national treasure and an enigma at the same time. With a fairly extensive back catalogue, this release acts […]
SLY AND ROBBIE MEET DUBMATIX: Overdubbed (Echo Beach 2018)
What, the Sly and Robbie? And Dubmatix? On one album? Expectation overload. Can this possibly as good as it has the potential to be though? […]
MAMMOTH WEED WIZARD BASTARD/SLOMATICS (SPLIT 12”): Totems (New Heavy Sounds 2018)
Mammoth Weed Wizard Bastard pretty much sound like the name on the tin. Which is a good thing. Right? And Slomatics, who also feature on […]
THE BAR STOOL PREACHERS: Grazie Governo (August 2018)
The Bar Stool Preachers return with their second album, aiming to prove that the first was not a fluke. Bands that can make foot stomping […]
HEAD NOISE: Microwave EP (Self released Aug 2018)
Aberdare based posse Head Noise return with their second EP this year. Eighties Electro Pop is an odd genre to revive. And a brave move, […]
SLAVES: Acts of Fear and Love (Virgin 2018)
This third album from Slaves, Kent’s number one punk outfit, is a full frontal dose of sass and attitude. As we have come to expect. […]
DEAD AT 27: Bring in the lights (Self Released August 2018)
Dead at 27 drop ten new tracks to (hopefully) prove that you don’t have to be dead to be appreciated. Eighty years to the day […]
FAB SAMPERI: Moonshine Crossroads (Chin Chin Records 2018)
Italian Producer Fab Samperi drops his first proper album in seven years, just in time to lay down a soundtrack for your summer evenings.
NINJAH: Keep Britain Lively (Tantrum Records 2018)
New album from one of Cardiff’s most eccentric artists, on Tantrum Records It’s quite possible that many of you will have seen Ninjah perform live […]
CLUSTERFUCK: Pesticide (Tantrum Records 2018)
Question: What do you get when you put a shed load of Cardiff’s most unhinged creative types in a room together? Answer: Clusterfuck. And this […]