LIVE REVIEW: Gaye Bykers on Acid @ Le Pub, Newport (17/11/21)
A reformed, refurbished, and de-coked Gaye Bykers on Acid (GBOA) play Newport’s Le Pub. Lockdown has been eased for five months now and we have […]
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LIVE REVIEW: Peatbog Faeries @ The Garage, Highbury (29/10/21)
Scotland’s number one folk-rave outfit, The Peatbog Faeries, bring their techno-ceilidh to north London We start the evening in The Famous Cock, soaking up noth […]
LIVE REVIEW: South London Punx Picnic, New Cross Inn (21/08/21)
Inner Terrestrials headline a feast of punk rock in the New Cross Inn. The last time we set foot in Fordham Park was for the […]
INNER TERRESTRIALS: Heart of The Free (2021)
Inner Terrestrials, London’s most ‘avin’ it punk band, release their fourth studio album. Early I.T. releases were noted for being intense, in ya face slabs […]
KING’S GAMBIT: Around We Go Again (2021)
New studio album from King’s Gambit, folk outfit from the heart of England. From the opening bars we are struck by the depth of this […]
LIVE REVIEW: Milk + Pigeon Wigs – Loop, Cardiff (14/08/21)
Cardiff’s Supreme Riffmeisters return for first gig in two and a half years, to play Cardiff’s newest grassroots venue. After eighteen months of lockdown, I’d […]
LIVE REVIEW: Tun, Common Spit and Atomic Supermen. Jacs Aberdare (09/07/21)
Exactly fifteen months and three days since our last gig (can you tell we have been counting?), live music is back on the menu at […]
THE SKAPA COLLECTIVE: Happiness (Wales Euro Anthem – in association with Show Racism the Red Card)
The Skapa Collective has today released their Wales Euro 2020 anthem, in association with Show Racism the Red Card. Yes, folks, it is that time […]
LOUD WOMEN: Reclaim These Streets (2021)
Single to raise funds for Women’s Aid as well as boldly and loudly shouting out against male violence against women. LOUD WOMEN have been around […]
THE BREWER’S DAUGHTER: Jara (2019)
Second album from The Brewer’s Daughter, AKA, Rhiannon Crutchley. Rhiannon will be a familiar face to anyone that has been to a half decent festival […]
THE BLUNDERS: Can’t Believe it’s Not Better (Blunders 2021)
Third EP from the South West’s hottest property of the moment, The Blunders. For a few years we have been banging on about the Blunders […]
MAHOUTS: It Might Be Hot Outside, But The Dirt Is Cold (2020)
Forthcoming album from Aberdare based Mahouts. A mahout is an elephant rider, trainer, or keeper. Usually, a mahout starts as a boy in the family […]
STAY HUMAN: A Film by Michael Franti (2019)
Michael Franti goes in search of humanity and positivity. And finds it. Franti has been around a while now and has been on something of […]
VARIOUS ARTISTS: #Fieldme
A thirty one track fund raising album for grassroots festival types struggling with the financial impact of ‘Lockdown’ We first came across Gail Something-Else at […]
LONELY BOY: Steve Jones
Autobiography of Steve Jones, guitarist with the Sex Pistols – and some other stuff. First, we thought we should state the bleeding obvious. This is […]
LACERTILIA: Calling The Quarters (Proper Tidy Records 2020)
Second album from Lacertilia, Cardiff based psychedelic stoner warriors. Lac·er·til·ia | \ ˌlasə(r)ˈtilēə \ Definition of Lacertilia Noun: a division of Reptilia (usually a suborder […]
ANONYMOUS ICONOCLASTS: A.I (Bywyd Records 2018)
To mark the second anniversary of its release, we thought it was time to shine a light on this hidden gem, the second album by […]
VARIOUS ARTISTS: Rollover Milano & Friends against Coronavirus (Rollover Milano Records 2020)
The Italian club scene working together to do their bit to fight ‘The Virus’. Nineteen super funky grooves to provide the sound track to your […]
SPEEDOMETER: Our Kind of Movement (Freestyle Records 2020)
Another killer release from Speedometer, the funk-soul brothers and sisters everyone needs in their life. Since forming as a quartet twenty years ago, Speedometer has […]
THE ITALIAN RESISTANCE (Various): Music Against the Virus (Suburban Avenue 2020)
‘The Italian Resistance – music against the virus’, is a compilation whose sole purpose is to help those who need it right now. All our […]
ZION TRAIN: Illuminate (Universal Egg 2020)
Seven years in the making, Zion Train return with a new album to shake speakers up and down the land. It has been a twisty […]
SLAMBOREE: Quarantune Pack (Limited Edition – Slamboree 2020)
A Quarantune pack from Slamboree featuring 40 tracks – including unreleased material and exclusive new goodies. At a time like this where we have had […]
REZILLOS / PIZZATRAMP / FATAL BLOW: Live @ Jacs Aberdare (14/02/20)
The Rezillos bring a crowd from all over South Wales and beyond to Aberdare’s Jacs live music venue. On a cold, wet, Valentine’s night, there […]
THE INTERUPTERS: Live @ The Tramshed, Cardiff (27/01/20)
The Interupters make first welsh appearance. They drop by Cardiff for the final leg of a two year long world tour to promote their most […]
THE BELLRAYS: Live @ Le Pub (17/01/20)
The amazing Bellrays return to Le Pub as part of their 30th Anniversary tour. First up, the Charlemagnes. Hailing from that London, but having welsh […]
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 […]
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 […]