The Miniature Music Press - April Issue

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Editors: Aimée-Jade Hayes; Rowan Liggett.

Staff Writers: Jonathan Day; Matthew Pasternakiewicz; Simon Read; Sion Trefor.

Contributors: Greg Barton (GRAB); Bill Bellamy; Pippa Bennett; Emma Gould; Beckie Jordan; Kaptin; Jake May; Ruffstylz; J.M. Strange.

Staff Photographer: Paul Roberts Design By: Jessica Donnan & Aimée-Jade Hayes Cover Design By: Matt Joyce www.themeekshall.co.uk CONTACT: Demos/CDs To: The Miniature Music Press Ltd. Kings Road Art Studios, 183a Kings Road, Cardiff, CF11 9DF General: info@themmp.tv Advertising: ads@themmp.tv Listings: listings@themmp.tv

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Citizens!

Welcome to the glorious time of year when summer sends us a postcard saying it’ll be back soon from holiday and it’s bringing gifts.

Time sure move fast these days. April has arrived like a spring loaded life bomb and it’s decision time, people. We can either attempt to dismantle the damn thing or jump up on down on it until we’re catapulted into the future on a miniature mushroom cloud of music. Come on, let’s be brave...

Even despite the recession (that is definitely still happening, don’t let anyone claim otherwise) Cardiff is buzzing with new people, new sounds and a palpable sense of purpose.

Packed inside this small but perfectly formed paper beast in a host of talent. Musicians that not only demand your attention but have bloody well earned it too. Meet Blaktrix, a man who could befuddle Satan with mere words. Jump on The Method’s careening groove train, next stop, crazy town! We introduce ambitious, electro pop maestros Dirty Goods and if that wasn’t enough we’ve been chatting to local-boys-done-good Funeral For A Friend.

As the seasons change so do we. The cycle of life spins ever onwards. As some guy once said in a movie whose name escapes us, ‘Death smiles at us all, the only thing you can do is smile back.’

We are alive. This is our time.

Love and hugs The MMP xxx

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4-5 : Music News 15 : Live Reviews 16-17: CD Reviews 18: Ruffstylz 18: Kaptin

6-7. FUNERAL FOR A FRIEND 8. DIRTY GOODS

10 THE METHOD

12. BLAKTRIX

Music News DAVID & GOLIATH WALK INTO A BAR ..

Here in South Wales, fans of quality ale are well served. Riding high in the imaginary Cardiff beer charts is the Artisan Brewery and their sumptuous Bare Naked Beer. A steadily growing local reputation has been enhanced by a series of cracking mini beer festivals featuring many of Cardiff’s underground musical treasures. Now the man responsible for such merry times, ale maestro Simon Doherty, has incurred the wrath of Pepsi, who claim his logo and the use of the word ‘Naked’ threatens to dilute their own brand, Naked Juice. A legal battle is now due to take place. Despite appearing one-sided, Mr Doherty seems unfazed. When asked how he felt about going to toe-to-toe with a company that could buy the moon he said, ‘It’s nonsense. I’m defending my rights’.

That’s the spirit! artisanbeer.co.uk

INDEPENDENCE DACOFFEE A G G

The independent bands of the world are much like the independent businesses out there too. Both requiring a broader collective focus to punch at the same weight as the mainstream. And this point has now been recognised

by West Wales’ Paper Aeroplanes who in a move of solidarity with the independent coffee shop have produced a 4-track CD, Safe Hands, with a list of their 12 favourite magic bean stores from across the UK written on the back.

The stores in question, including Cardiff’s Thé Pot and The Plan, will give away the CD with food purchases and the band in turn promotes the local stores often making the best coffee. Just the spirit of collaboration required by small indies to survive in these nut-tough times, and the MMP openly applauds it. Uber-bravo, sirs! www.myspace.com/paperaeroplanes

Under the driftwood tree

JOIN FOLK'S FINEST Hearty congratulations to Under The Driftwood Tree, who not only enjoyed a marvelously successful Irish tour, but also capped their triumphant run of shows by taking home a spangley award! Cardiff’s favourite enterprising surf-folksters capitalized during the InterVarsity Folk Dance Festival, launched by the revered and freshly revived Bristol Folk Festival. The band will perform at the latter, wiping thighs with the likes of Bellowhead, Seth Lakeman, Jamie Smith’s Mabon and Show of Hands. Armed with eclectic, skillfully conceived tunes and emitting the friendliest vibes since Ted Danson pulled a pitcher, we’re sure they’ll do phenomenally.

This month the Old Library on The Hayes will be transformed into a huge, four month long exhibition of Cardiff’s creative strength. Big Little City is being orchestrated by local super photographer Dan Green and promises to be a truly memorable artistic showcase for the entire city. Hoards of creative individuals have been encouraged to submit art in a myriad of different forms. A mixture of photography, film, writing, music, performances, animation, illustration, painting and graffiti will fill the entire first floor of the grand old building from the 14th. Helping to soundtrack it all are Spillers Records. The very definition of a beloved local institution, this humble record shop has become a magical hub for musicians, a source of rare and exquisite sound and host to a string of legendary in-store performances over the years. The perfect folk then to organise live gigs Saturday afternoon for 13 entire weeks! It all sounds unfeasibly good to us... www.biglittlecity.com 04 The MMP April 2011

What We’ve Been

Listening To Aimee:

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Rainbows

NEIL COCKER ON WMF BOARD OF DIRECTORS

A surreal, dream like musical journey that simultaneously beguiles and unsettles.

Outstanding in every department and essential listening for fans of up market pop-psychedelia. Proper... myspace.com/malachaibristol Rowan:Raised By Tigers

Warmest of congratulations to Neil Cocker, who was recently voted onto the Welsh Music Foundation’s Board of Directors. Neil has been instrumental in the upkeep and maintenance of numerous music-based community projects in Cardiff, including Community Music Wales and Ignite Cardiff. Additionally, he is the founder of the Network of Cultural and Creative Industries, was one half of DJing duo, Phantom Beats and is a respected creative industries consultant. Essentially, if Mother Teresa was working for the Welsh music scene, I think she’d change her name to Neil.

We wish Mr Cocker great success with his new position and quest to improve opportunities in Welsh music. neilcocker.com

Song For Bob

This inspiringly menacing tune comes via Denton, Texas. Rich guitars, scorching vocals and the bass player sounds like he’s plotting a bank heist in the dark recesses of his mind. Groovy... myspace.com/raisedbytigers Simon:

Julianna Barwick

The Magic Place

Asthmatic Kitty’s Barwick produces fragile, beautiful, almost choral work that echoes the otherworldliness of Sigur Ros and slow tribal chants. Almost entirely a capella barring some subtle synths, it’s an intriguing and rewarding listening.

LANDED FESTIVAL 2011 The Landed Festival is a magnet for fun-loving and environmentally conscientious individuals like your lovely selves. Set just outside Rhayader in beautiful Mid-Wales countryside, the festival covers everything from Celtic music to gypstep. The line up this year boasts the likes of Dr Meaker, Molotov Jukebox, Slamboree, Afro Cluster and The Sweet Spots – we can’t wait. Providing a much-needed platform for local businesses and artists, Landed will take place on April 29th, 30th and May 1st. Be sure to peruse details of the festival on the website, where the actual location will be revealed shortly, along with details of ticket prices and waste/safety regulations. landedfestival.com

2011 LINE UP ANNOUNCED!

This festival has been combining excellent music and stunning views for four years now. 2011 will stay true to form with headliners We Are Animal, Dirty Revolution and The Mudskippers backed by a veritable armada of talent including The Keys, We Are Animal, The Method, The Gentle Sea and Houdini Dax. What was once a delightfully humble one-day affair in 2008 has transformed into a fullyfledged, three-day outdoor shrine to musical brilliance in Wales. With insanely affordable ticket prices, a scenery to curl up and die for and guaranteed musical enjoyment, you’re fast running out of reasons to stay away! All taking place between the 22nd and 24th July, tickets are available from: gowerrockfestival.co.uk

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Suuns

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Combining de-intonated vocals, sub-bass wallows and menacingly sparse beats - as engaging as it is stimulating. Check out their insanely excellent accompanying video. myspace.com/suuns Johnny:

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Radiohead

Personal standout from Radiohead’s recent surprise album drop. Thom Yorke’s falsetto at it’s most ethereal…check.

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FUNERAL FOR A FRIEND It’s fair to say that times have been tough for Funeral For A Friend in recent years. Since the release of 2007’s Tales Don’t Tell Themselves, the Bridgend quintet have never managed to recoup the successes they achieved at the turn of the century, when they were being hailed as leaders of a scene that they heavily influenced. When greatest hits album, Your History Is Mine hit the shelves in 2009, many feared that it was a farewell to a short, yet significant career. It is with genuine pleasure then that we can announce that Funeral For A Friend are far from dead. With a UK headline tour in full swing and last month’s release of their highly regarded sixth full-length, Welcome Home Armageddon, this is a band entering their second decade with the feeling that it’s a new beginning. We probed Funeral For A Friend to see what sparked a huge return to form.

Interviewed By: Max Barrat

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WHAT WERE THE MAIN INSPIRATIONS AND MOTIVATIONS FOR WELCOME HOME ARMAGEDDON? Just like all our previous records we wanted to make the best album that we could. The difference this time is that we had two new members coming into the fold, and they spoke to us as fans of the band and really made us realise what our strengths are and reminded us how much we were missing the dynamic energy of albums gone by. This record was all about recapturing the initial spark of just being in a band, and it was easy to do that when there was so much excitement and enthusiasm in the camp.

HOW HAVE THE LINE UP CHANGES MADE YOU A STRONGER UNIT? We’re definitely a lot more motivated now. Being in the same band with the same people for so many years means sometimes you take things for granted and forget what other peoples musical strengths are, and even your own.

Gav and Rich definitely reminded us what we’re good at, and that’s really made writing a lot easier and quicker. Both guys are great songwriters too so that’s really injected a fresh burst of creativity into the band, and pushed us all to do things we’ve never done before with our music.

YOUR HEADLINE TOUR STARTS ON MARCH 16TH IN ABERYSTWYTH, HOW IMPORTANT IS IT FOR YOU TO START YOUR TOUR IN WALES? It’s definitely nice to start off a tour in our home country. We’ve played Aberystwyth a couple of times and always had a great reception there.

We’d have liked to have played a couple more Welsh dates, but after playing Cardiff twice last year, and also Swansea, we didn’t want to overdo it. We certainly plan to be back before the end of the year.

WHAT ARE YOUR HOPES FOR THE RECEPTION OF YOUR NEW MATERIAL? We’ve already been blown away with the reception to the record thus far.

We’ve pretty much received the best critical praise for this record that we’ve possibly ever had, and most

importantly-the fans really seem to be enjoying it, and that’s the main thing. The great thing too, has been the reaction to the songs in the live environment, where people have really embraced them.

WHAT’S IT LIKE TO BE ON TOUR WITH FFAF? HOW MESSY CAN IT GET? I’m quite a messy person on tour. I always bring way too many clothes with me and they’re usually found all over the place. I’m a bit of a tech geek as well so there are always cables, hard drives and games consoles all over the place. Things can get a bit messy after shows though if we’ve got a day off the next day. I don’t drink, so I get to just sit back and watch the madness unfold.

DO YOU THINK WELCOME HOME ARMAGEDDON IS ANGLED TOWARDS RECRUITING NEW LISTENERS OR TO SOLIDIFY AND SATISFY YOUR CURRENT FAN BASE? It’s all about showing all the best sides of Funeral for a Friend, first and foremost. We know we’ve made a great album, and that for us is mission accomplished. I think our old fans will really enjoy hearing the aggression and technicality back in our sound, but at the same time I definitely think, and hope that it will grab some new fans that maybe had a preconceived notion of the type of band that we are.

THE ALBUM FEELS LIKE A BIG ‘TWO-FINGERS’ TO YOUR CRITICS, WAS THAT YOUR INTENTION FROM THE BEGINNING? I guess in a way, it was more of a two fingers to ourselves! I think we’d let things get a bit stale and we’d become a bit complacent and lazy.

This is really us back on top of our game and we really wanted to show people that we’re still alive and well.

If critics have had a go at us over the last few years, then it was possibly justified - but I don’t think anyone can do that now.

THE MATERIAL ON WELCOME HOME ARMAGEDDON IS CLEARLY SOME OF YOUR BEST TO DATE. WHY WOULD YOU SAY THAT IS?

Just because we’ve realised our strengths, and how to play to those strengths; in the past we’ve always tried to “find” ourselves or to try different avenues. This one was case of saying “this is what we’re good at - let’s do it”.

WHAT WOULD YOU SAY TO ANY FFAF FANS THAT HAVE BEEN LOYAL FROM THE START? Thank you - quite simply. It sounds like a cliché - but we literally wouldn’t be able to do this without them.

While we’re doing the clichés, here’s another … the best is yet to come!

THERE’S A LOT OF OPTIMISM IN WELSH MUSIC AT THE MOMENT. IN YOUR EYES, WOULD YOU SAY IT’S A LIVELY SCENE? AND ANY FAVOURITE WELSH BANDS? The scene is incredible at the moment. Of the up and coming bands at the moment Id’ recommend checking out Tiger Please, Cuba Cuba, Cafe Zurich, Lion and the Wolf and Chase The Sunset.

THERE ARE PLENTY OF YOUNG BANDS THAT CITE YOU AS AN INFLUENCE. WHO ARE YOUR MAJOR INFLUENCES? Too many to list - but personally Queen were always my biggest influence as they were able to write in so many different styles without losing their identity. We were also definitely very influenced by touring with Iron Maiden and seeing how professionally they operate as a band, by what an incredible show they put on, and their continued hunger and passion after all these years of being a band.

WOULD YOU SAY WELCOME HOME ARMAGEDDON MARKS A NEW CHAPTER FOR FFAF AND IN WHAT WAY? Definitely. New line up, new outlook, new belief, new faith in ourselves. It’s an exciting time for the band.

YOU’RE MOVING INTO YOUR SECOND DECADE, WHAT DO YOU HOPE TO ACHIEVE IN THE NEXT TEN YEARS? To write the best record of our lives - over and over again. www.myspace.com/funeralforafriend

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DIRTY GOODS

Words: Rowan Liggett | Photo: Paul Roberts

So you want to take over world, who doesn’t these days? But what do you need to achieve this? Well, in our decadent, Western neck of the woods a great start is a crazy hair cut. That and maybe... no, a haircut will do. Just ask Jennifer Aniston’s agent. If you possess mad hair and have some talent then you may as well quit your job because you my friend, are ready for the big time. Just ask Dirty Goods, they know the score.

It’s a fine line between making edgy music that’s accessible for the masses and music that only the masses could love. After all, for every Iggy Pop there’s a Daniel O’Donnell. Hailing from Newport this three-piece, pop/rock outfit are blessed with their own identity whilst sounding similar enough to bona fide hit monsters to stand every chance of being very popular indeed. They’re also ambitious little bastards.

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to leave the place. Dirty Goods have smashed that myth by playing as far afield as Paris, New York and Los Angeles.

Further respect is due. A collection of their songs, including some revealing acoustic performances, have accumulated no less than 400,000 views on YouTube. BBC airplay, courtesy of the ever vigilant Adam Walton amongst others, has also been secured. Hell, their music has even featured on Hollyoaks and Eastenders E20.

That’s a fine effort for a band that’s been together less than two years.

Formed from the embers of Jump The Underground, the fresh faced Dirty Goods signed a record and publishing deal with London based Necessary Records in July 2010. The blueprints of this electro fused beasty were designed to make people move their feet and the plan is unfolding beautifully.

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The passion is visible at their live shows but in the studio their collective imagination shines through. They’re currently hard at work in Newport’s 48v Studios with Elliot Gibbins producing as well as Manchester’s Oxygene Studios with Christophe Bride.

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So how’s that check list looking? Talent, critical acclaim, a desire to gig, a will to travel, an ear for a tune and a striking bonce. Clear the runway, Dirty Goods are coming in to land! myspace.com/dirtygoods Catch them live at The Promised Land, Cardiff on 21st April.

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The Method Very rarely does a city deliver an outfit with such innate calibre as The Method. Their incendiary live shows boast the frenzied energy levels of a rabid walrus in Legoland. They have accumulated a torrent of devoted fans over the years, as well as spirited support from the likes of Shindig! magazine, Lauren Laverne, Adam Walton - the list goes on. With their debut album, Dissidents & Dancers due for release on See Monkey Do Monkey Records, the MMP eagerly traces the talents and triumphs of this electrifying quintet.

Words: Sion Trefor Photo: Paul Roberts

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In terms of sound, the band delivers on so many fronts. Blustery reverb meets razor-edged guitar jabs; clattering junkyard drum chops line low-bit synth cadenzas. Jarring, growling brass fiercely dances with a racket of wailing backing vocals, while frontman Richie Hayes captains with the flair, wit and swagger of a dogged thrill-instiller. Tracks like Consider This Your Warning, The Fool and The Gatekeeper & I demonstrate a marvellous blend of incisive, informed social commentary with the inexorable Sonics-esque bullet train of noise. Recent single, We Don’t Know, sounds like The Standells filtered through seven heavens of fuzz, while Feed a Line is fed with bubbles of dubby swells and swoops, a la Mikey Dread or King Tubby. In fact, listening to Dissidents & Dancers feels like the most enjoyable popular music history seminar you’ll ever have. They’ve made an art of spanning many genres without getting stranded.

The album is a veritable melting pot of garage, ska, dub, punk, soul, reggae, trip/hip-hop and more. This is fusion of influence in the truest, most universal, least-crap sense. Not jazz-marimba adaptations of Mozart concertos, or ‘Afrika Bambaataa in Northampton’ or ‘The Axl Rose Bugle

Anthology’ – it’s merging the progressive, retrospective and ultimately reproductive in equal measure.

On one hand, tastefully blending influences, on the other, distilling that sound through forward-looking aesthetics and production. There’s a difference between being derivative and knowing your music. The Method, surer than Captain Ahab, are the latter.

Onstage, the band is practically unrivalled in these parts. Rarely have five gents seemed more distinct, but at the same time, as solid as diamond baguettes when performing.

Religiously, every show is infused with energy and presence that can only be obtained after years of grafting and honing craft. The MMP is as sure as chocolate that it’s all going to pay off very, very soon. www.themethod.eu Catch them live at their album launch party: Saturday 16th April, The Globe, Cardiff

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BLAKTRIX It’s becoming increasingly clear that Cardiff doesn’t have to worry about the wellbeing of its hip-hop. Obviously, this relatively recent surge of quality output is down to the skillful cultivation of diverse talents and musicality over the years. But few epitomise the culmination of these labours better than Blaktrix.

Blending blinding flow with a brilliant ear for production, expert delivery with deeply entrenched musicianship and craft - things are set to soar with his release, Some People Never Go Crazy.

So it’s with great pride we present an interview with the man himself for this month’s issue.

Enjoy!

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HOW IN THE CLAM OF CHOWDER ARE YOU?

Aching! Just played footy on Merthyr Tydfil’s football ground and I’m bloodied and bruised. But I scored one and won a penalty so I’m buzzing!

WHAT WOULD YOU SAY TO TALENTED MCs WANTING TO GET TO CAPTIAL CITY QUICKER THAN TRAINS TRAVEL? I’m not someone who says ‘music is my life - that’s all there is and I’ll kiss anus and die for it’. If I were this person I’d be in London now and believe I’d be a much bigger artist for it. I do seek more exposure, but there are other reasons to remain here. In terms of the music I make, I think the only people who’d benefit from staying in this city are those who wouldn’t rise above the dross that saturates the London market.

But I would. Anyone from anywhere can make good music but getting your name known in London is where it’s at for Brits.

IS IT DIFFICULT TO MAINTAIN ARTISTIC CONVICTIONS WHEN THE TIDE SWAYS THE OTHER WAY? I enjoy being stubborn and different. The hard thing was to continue to create music, because money was always a factor.

But I’ll always make music, encouraging artists, filmmakers and musicians who have something special to come and work with me. Normally, I will find aspects to work with and see hidden gems blossom.

WHAT DID YOU HAVE TO SACRIFICE TO DO AS WELL AS YOU’RE DOING?

It got to the stage where I had to tell myself ‘put your money where your mouth is’ cos no one else will. Hard, because I had no money. But sometimes you have to back it up and start respecting yourself, treating your music like a business. If you make good music and have spent half your life learning an art you have the right to earn from it. I became very determined and it was liberating.

FROM COINING YOUR FIRST VERSE AT THE TENDER AGE OF SEVEN TO ADAM WALTON’S BEST OF 2010 – WHAT WILL 2011 BRING? The mini LP ‘Some People Never Go Crazy’ is out this year. I can’t wait for everyone to hear it. No Drama (feat. Ralph Rip Shit) is out now. The video’s on youtube and it’s available on iTunes. ‘Sour Grapes’, the second single, is out soon and totally different to what people have heard from me before. I’ve hooked up with Rider Shafique and some cross-Atlantic high-echelon producers for the next project, then it’s full steam ahead with beats that will blow your brain. Stay tuned….

Interview & Words: Sion Trefor

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Live Reviews

The Wreck’n’roll Circus

Hail! The Planes/Jon Roberts

The Coal Exchange is an underused beauty of a venue perfect for the touring bands that so often skip Cardiff on their travels. As I arrived on my MMP mission I was greeted by revellers in stylishly ghoulish attire. Stilt-walkers made the most of the cavernous arena and everywhere you looked bizarre party goers were revving themselves up for a long night of extreme consumption. Truth be told a few more people would have helped but still the excitement grew.

Not surprising as onstage was a dazzling display of vocal dexterity and cultured blues guitar. It sounded like a steam train singing about the good old days. The owner of the voice was Skip ‘Little Axe’ McDonald and for a few moments he was the blues.

The acoustic gig can often be troublesome. A band can be great live, but take them out of their comfort zone, make them stand in front of a largely apathetic crowd and it can be rather awkward. Neither does it help that they usually take place in bars/cafes: Ffresh has a nice high end atmosphere, but if acoustic shows are something they’d like to do seriously a slightly more sophisticated sound system would be advisable – a small mixing desk and two speakers doth not a good sound make. The lyrics and presong chat of both performers were largely lost this evening.

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The organisers had cleverly positioned two stages either end of the venue, which alternated throughout the evening. It was fun to watch as the crowd see-sawed from one end of the room to the other like deckchairs on a doomed ocean liner. A packed line up largely delivered. Saucy ladies jiggled for us. DJs span records like their lives depended on it. MMP faves Cakehole Presley whipped up the crowd and local ska merchants Funhouse upped the dance ante with true skill. Occasionally a man driving a piano flew by. Festival season had begun and it’s started indoors. As the end of the evening grew near Johnny Cage and the Voodoo Groove kicked a barrel of their special mojo juice all over floor and we slipped and slided like drunken mules on ice. The rest is a happy, drunken blur. Excellent fun.

Photo by: Julia Ridlington www.scraprecords.com

Ffresh, WMC | 4th March

I arrived to catch the final three and a half songs of Jon Roberts’ set. It was standard generic singer-songwriter fare – all heavy-handed tripletime guitar-strumming, with vocal conviction to match.

Hail! The Planes were a far more interesting proposition. They suffered from acoustic gig discomfort to begin with, but after a couple of songs they really hit their stride. Guitarist David and violinist Holly’s voices worked well together, whether in close harmony or counterpoint, while Rob shuffled along on his snare drum. The crowd were politely captivated on the whole by the band’s irregular phrasing and melodic sensibility, although their sound would have benefitted greatly from the presence of some bass guitar. Nonetheless the quality of their songs was more than evident, and the set worked well as an introduction to the band. JOC hailtheplanes.com

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Coming to The North Star in May . .

Friday 1st | Leighton Jones Saturday 2nd | Whistlin Biscuits Sunday 3rd | Thoby Davis Wednesday 6th | Rowan Liggett’s Open Mic Friday 8th | Salvation Saturday 9th | The Journeymen Sunday 10th | Thoby Davis Wednesday 13th | Rowan Liggett’s Open Mic Friday 15th | Kymo Saturday 16th | UnderTheDriftwoodTree Sunday 17th | Thoby Davis Wednesday 20th | Rowan Liggett’s Open Mic Friday 22nd | Salvation Saturday 23rd | Ped & Joe Show Sunday 24th | Ped & Joe Show (Acoustic Set) Wednesday 27th | Sir Whickham’s Open Mic Friday 29th | Whistlin Biscuits Saturday 30th | The Lay Lows

Sunday 29th | Rocky Lawrence Monday 30th | Be Heard BANK HOLIDAY Charity Bash £3 Entry All proceeds to: BE HEARD Tros Gynnal Children’s Rights & Advocacy 1pm Journeymen | 2pm Mario Ellis & Band | 3pm Rollin Sundays 4pm The Ped & Joe Show | 5pm The Lay Lows | 6pm Salvation 7pm Cheviot Hill | 8pm Top Shelf Jazz with Josephine Shaker On decks between bands Les Paul Events DJ www.lespauldj.info

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Releases Kitty Cowell Come Roll With Me

When NME coined the term ‘Nu-Rave’ to describe angular guitar pop with synths, they should have used it to describe the sort of genre-mashing androgyny evident on Kitty Cowell’s ‘Come roll with me’. Imagine Mstrkraft dressing Chicago house for the noughties – you have ‘Get rowdy’, where as ‘Emergency’ is a postdisco apocalypse punctuated with Kitty’s Ke$ha-esque vocal style. Kitty’s production is slick throughout, with four classy re-mixes ready for dance-floor mayhem concluding this E.P. It is often easy to criticise lack of ambition within emerging artists but Kitty Cowell’s musical ambiguity is dauntless and largely successful, an exception being the rather disjointed chorus to ‘Take it back’ which fails a kick-ass vocal – coincidently rectified on Ollypop’s massive re-mix. With greater attention to lyrical substance Kitty Cowell could be unstoppable, but in the meantime Come Roll With Me is an ambitious day-glo manifesto. MP myspace.com/kittycowell

Gruff Rhys Hotel Shampoo

Commencing with lead single Shark Ridden Waters, one of two Andy Votel collaborations, Hotel Shampoo has one of the finest, effortlessly chic tracks Rhys has ever put on record. Thankfully, though, the LP exists in rude health beyond this. Sensations In The Dark has a joyous vocal melody, tropical instrumentation and creative piano riffology. The stomping Christopher Columbus chucks in more fine sampling, elements of psychedelic electro and an imaginative lyrical content. And duet with El Perro Del Mar, Space Dust #2, offers a quirky psych-lounge-pop angle to the affair. That said, there are times when, in spite of the romantic lyrical content, it feels fairly oblique and auto-piloted - Take A Sentence and At The Heart Of Love being examples.

Of course, Rhys being Rhys, these lowpoints remain remarkably high and, in a way, it’s quite an achievement after an oddity-embracing career of 20 years we still expect creative miracles. SMR myspace.com/theidolrich

Electric Furnace Sound And Fury

Whoever claimed that rock and metal were dead need to be firmly slapped around the face with the debut EP from South Wales’ Electric Furnace. Sound And Fury may only comprise of four tracks, but they are four headbanging tracks that bulge with riff-tacular fret-work from the second Goodnight Bloodsuckers kicks in. There’s even a finger bleeding solo in each song for all the air guitar fans out there, saving the best until last on Mother’s Ruin. Electric Furnace stamp a modern edge on their classic metal and heavy rock sound, with influences such as Metallica, Anthrax and Judas Priest evident in the foreground.

The quality of the production makes it hard to believe they are only a three-piece, as prominent bass lines give the mix a greater texture. Sound And Fury is a pedal to the metal assault that oozes with star quality and great potential. MB myspace.com/electricfurnace

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Mudmowth & Metabeats Sledgehammer Kisses

The latest gem from the Associated Minds trove, Sledgehammer Kisses delivers every ounce of promise possible. In typical form, Metabeats displays insane flair for production, mediating smooth, golden age sonorities and harsh bits, glitches and clicks. Imagine the gloss of J Dilla and the skewered grit (and jazz appreciation) of RZA or Madlib and you’ve come close. In equal measure, Mudmowth sustains monumental flow like the Orinoco in rainy season, delivering floods of wit, aggression and poignancy throughout. As is always the case with quality hip-hop, the tunes teem with undeniably adept musicianship. A distinguished finesse in arrangement and orchestration blooms throughout the album, with notable examples including Life’s Never Enough and Concrete Buttercup. Yet the mix remains unstifled, owing to devil-in-the-detail production and consummate, well-judged delivery. With shining contributions from Sonnyjim, Skamma and The Method’s Richie Hayes, Sledgehammer Kisses will satisfy anyone with a hunger for excellent hip-hop. ST www.myspace.com/mudmowth

Innercity Pirates Cutting Noses, Chasing Tales A pirate’s favourite music is usually Arrgh & B. Innercity Pirates are not ordinary pirates. Purveyors of post-punk urban rock with a grungy twist, the fabulous foursome kick off proceedings with ‘Seen It All Before’. The lyrics proclaim ‘heard it all before’ and we muse ‘yeah Vampire Weekend’, but they soon settle down with impressive driving guitar and by the time we are four tracks in we arrive at the anthemic Bang Bang. Ear Sex and Love’s Over also strike home. Innercity Pirates have a unique groove but whether their brand of classic four boy rock catches the zeitgeist remains to be seen. Are they head and shoulders above the rest? Keep pogoing, lads. BB myspace.com/innercitypirates

Adam Williams Nashville Handshake EP The precedent for punkrock lead singers trying their hand at singersongwriting was set most famously by Elliott Smith who left Heatmiser to become one of the most famous and tragic of his generation. Unfortunately, Adam Williams’ departure from local boys John Q Public has not heralded quite the same effortless transition. This isn’t to say that the Nashville Handshake EP is without merit, though. See You Next Year’s jangly guitar intro is reminiscent of The Faces and the lyrical content demonstrates an innate and beneficial sense of humour, a feat repeated on The Ballad Of Henry Chinaski. In addition, Thinking Of You’s downbeat delivery and reverb vocals are genuinely affecting. But the fundamental issue is melodic conventionality meaning that Until The Morning Comes, in spite of some lovely harmonies, is almost entirely predictable. As indeed are all four tracks once started. Still, it’s early days and Williams has plenty of time to develop his art. SMR soundcloud.com/adwilliams/sets/ nashville-handshake

Paper Aeroplanes We Are Paper Ghosts

With the likes of Laura Marling getting deserved attention at the Brits, it is a good time for purveyors of folksy, acoustic music.

Paper Aeroplanes is Sarah Howells and Richard Llewellyn, and it has to be said that Ms Howells has the voice of an angel. Her beautiful tones are well suited to this collection of seven songs which, by and large, deal with the dreamy side of love.

They confess to ‘taking those words that you hear in your head and shooting them across the ether’ and this philosophy is well to the fore in standout songs such as the title track and ‘Days We Made’. Confident and assured throughout and certainly the best thing to come out of Milford Haven since the A40, it can only be hoped that when reality bites, Paper Aeroplanes will be able to handle the grittier themes of life. Until then let’s be happy to bliss out in their optimism. BB paperaeroplanesmusic.com

The Method Dissidents & Dancers

Very few would dispute The Method’s reputation as one of the finest live outfits on the circuit, but recreating this fierce electricity on record was always going to be a substantial undertaking. However, armed with more confidence than Moses, we can report that they have succeeded beyond expectation. As opposed to leaping from one sonic derivation to the next, the most striking attribute would be the band’s impenetrably solid amalgamation of influence. Though there aren’t enough pages to list them all, imagine a mix of The Sonics, Earl Van Dyke, Symarip, The Loved Ones, Mikey Dread and The Zodiacs. Filtered through some highly skilful production, that noisy blend of sounds blares throughout the album like a reverberant aural splatter.

Standout tracks would include the recent single, We Don’t Know and the raucous garage-mariachi bliss of The Fool. Very accomplished work by an outfit clearly moving from strength to strength. ST myspace.com/methodofficial

Steff Adams Blue Pathways

Steff Adams joins the queue of singer-songwriters looking to stand out and, in fairness, has a resounding crack of the whip at it. As an opening gambit, Should Have Stayed Home, is markedly impressive comprising Elliott Smithesque layered vocals alongside Badly Drawn Boy’s kitchen-sink approach with strings, touches of piano and more added in. This and the collection of evidence that follows, shows Adams has firm control of his craft.

Gonna Have To Last sounds like a lost quirky Beatles number from the Abbey Road sessions, while Lennon’s ghost is again evoked in the beautiful Too Long Losing. You And I is less successful, reminiscent of a John Shuttleworth outtake with its programmed keyboards, but it’s a briefly misplaced step which is then followed by the excellently subdued Into Orbit and the extraordinary Summer. Blue Pathways as an LP may have mostly set its phasers to low-key, but it has a stoic charm that is awfully difficult to resist. SMR myspace.com/steffadams

Singles HOUDINI DAX Robin You Lie / Whatever You Feel

KYSHERA Know Your Enemy

THE UNDIVIDED You & Me

Like a Post-apocalyptic version of the Beach Boys, Houdini Dax stomp and harmonise their way through the opening track of this double A-sider - ‘Robin You Lie’. Would-be Welsh Surfers are not as clean-cut as their West Coast counterparts and there is more grunge than glam in this riotous opener.

The second track ‘Whatever You Feel’ has more of a campfire song glow to it. A breezy Love is.. Number which contrasts well to the opening tubthumper. Houdini Dax are a confident outfit. Guaranteed to get your feet tapping, their feelgood vibe is infectious.

Time to wax the board and look forward to seeing them live. Weird surfs up. BB www.myspace.com/houdinidax

South Wales’ finest purveyors of politically driven, heavy schizo-rock, highlight horrendous global injustices in their new free single, Know Your Enemy. With this title, it was always going to be difficult to shed de la Rocha’s ‘fight the war, fuck the norm’ edict, but Kyshera have chosen to reinforce, not reshade RATM’s sentiments. For that reason, the track holds up. Singer James Kennedy’s lyrics are simple but effective: ‘big banks, big business, big governments – we judge you as guilty…’ Accompanied by chunky riffs and thickset groove, there’s much to admire in this single, looking forward to the next release. ST kyshera.com

If being described as ‘Biffy Clyro’s wide eyed, sledgehammer-hook wielding younger siblings’, is as good a compliment as you can get, then The Undivided appears to be on to a good thing. You & Me kicks off with drum beats that will shake your core and quickly moves into soaring guitar riffs and melodies reminiscent of their influences; Placebo, People In Planes and Muse. You & Me is an all out alt-rock stomper and with intelligent lyrics backing up the sweet hooks and vocals, The Undivided have produced a simmering winner which will keep them permanently on your radar. BJ myspace.com/theundividedmusic

Demos THE GINGER ROGERS This is a sterling demo from Cardiff’s freshest six-piece funk-soul outfit. This CD consists of four diverse, well-judged, well-executed tunes. Spanning the lovely clave-orientated Breathe to George Clinton-esque So Sings My Soul, from the soulful Rhodes-led Within Without You to rare groove stylings of Done Waiting. This band links and grooves superbly, tighter than cast iron daisy chains, with aspirations angled towards the likes of Curtis Mayfield, The Notations, P-Funk Allstars and Susan Tedeschi. The Ginger Rogers have made a pendulum of my head, desperate to hear more. Be sure to catch them at their monthly residency in The Gate. ST www.myspace.com/bombalaska

M.FALL We like a bit of mystery at MMP towers. This demo, humbly titled in pen and minus any contact details, appeared in the office out of thin air. Subsequent listens didn’t yield any clues as to its owner but did prove a nice way to spend some time. Simple but effective in it’s heartfelt delivery; the four tracks are full of understated beauty. Track 2 in particular brims with genuine melancholy.

There’s also unexpected synthesizers weaving pretty melodies despite a fairly horrifying tone. We suspect this may be deliberate though and celebrate the ill-advised use of eighties electric keyboards. Interesting stuff and well worth a listen. If only we knew who they were… RJL

BOMB ALASKA Bomb Alaska are a four piece Rock’n’Roll band with a charmingly off-balance sense of humour. The energetic track, Zombie Baby, is that rarest of things - an upbeat tale about a dead loved one. Nice lads. Front man Johnny Vedmore shouts, screams and barks over a variety of punk/rockabilly numbers designed for late night drinking holes.

Take You There sounds like The Tennessee 3 fronted by Iggy Pop. It’s solid, fast-paced and crashes through several genres with its heavy vocals and busy lead guitar. It verges on parody at times but there’s much to enjoy for fans of basic, no nonsense Post Punk/ Alt/Rock/Funk/Folk fun. RJL www.myspace.com/bombalaska

STEWART ALEXANDER The ocean of online music is home to more weirdness than a coked-up Scientology convention. At least amidst the digital oddness you’ll find some genuine food for thought.

Although Mr Alexander may not possess much in the way of traditional musical talent, he hides it well behind a lovingly constructed screen of lo-fi production and gritty determination. The music on offer here is strangely evocative of the death of civilisation. Which is nice. The use of samples is to be applauded too. Lipstick & Endings is awash with unhinged, dream-like guitar and shrapnel-like quotes, possibly stolen from an emergency broadcast during a zombie outbreak. Weird... But good. RJL stewartalexander.net

FENNEL SEEDS Once again, Fennel Seeds confirm that there has to be something rather special in the water streaming down Mount Snowdon.

Based a stone’s throw away from one of Britain’s busiest mountains; here’s a glimpse of great things to come from a band already championed by the likes of Tom Robinson and Badly Drawn Boy. Tracks like I’m A Traitor and Crab Kicker betray immense grit and junkyard swagger, like the jagged consolidation of Nirvana and The Strokes. Add to this a palpable aptitude for musical texture and lyrical subtext and it’s clear Fennel Seeds could be something very special. ST myspace.com/fennelseeds

TOM LEWIS It’s well-established fact that Tom Lewis has the kind of voice that could soften the infernal offspring of Margaret Thatcher and Tony Blackburn. So, with great pleasure we receive Man To Do, recorded by those fine few at Still Small Voice Records. The track is as pleasant as it is well-produced, boasting tasteful orchestration and harmonic depth on every turn. Combining the wonderful lyrical phrasing of Ray Lamontagne with the accessible harmonic planes of Damien Rice.

The MMP looks forward to Lewis’ debut release, hoping for more challenging pieces to complement the lovely sweetness of this one. ST myspace.com/tomoslewis

Download Society Imagine a little door behind which lies the sum total of mankind’s accumulated knowledge. A portal into every conceivable realm of wit, wisdom and wonder.

Think of these things next you type ‘Sneezing Panda’ into a search bar. Yes indeed, the internet never fails to amaze so we’re pushing fresh new music out of your computer and into your ears like a mad aunty who knows what’s best for her brood. All our featured acts this month are offering tunes for your delectation and amusement. So what are you waiting for? Join our Download Society!

This Month’s Free Tracks:

1. THE HOODS (dirty goods) feat. tiny skitz - know no other 2. The Method - The Fool 3. blaktrix - TEKTIME

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Kaptin’s Column

The sun has reached us early. This is an open appeal to the powers that be to please let him stay out to play for the next few months, we promise to make it worth his while. Already the music is taking a turn for the sunny, both House and Garage are back in force and we are already starting to hear possible summer anthem producers staking an early claim.

One possible lot are of course our very own C.R.S.T whose EP on Herve’s ODeep Thrills label is finally to see the light of day. Saw Skream tweet about it the other day saying it was ‘f**king amazing’, which is definitely a good look.

In other news the Signature nights in Buffalo have now gone weekly and April has some absolutely stellar bookings with Altered Natives (14th), Fantastic Mr Fox (21st) and Pariah (28th), all really strong acts.

Elsewhere, Undertone have a House night called Delete who seem to be bringing some excellent DJs (Move D, Will Saul), still not managed to make it down but heard good things, not sure who they have for April but no doubt they’ll be worth checking out, maybe see you down there. To celebrate the spring, over at Cardiff Arts Institute we shall be launching the Avant-Garden on Easter Weekend for a month of parties every weekend in the (soon to be) heavily pimped out new Garden, kicking off with a Rhythm Talk party on Thursday 21st April featuring Jam City, undoubtedly one of the most exciting of the new wave House producers. Other exciting leftfield bass acts for the month include post-Grime Godfather and Hyperdub family member, Terror Danjah (8th April) who plays alongside Monky, a man for whom we’ve (rightly) given much praise recently, whilst two heavyweights Baobinga and Raffertie (Build +Super) go head to head on April 1st repping their respective labels. bigLOVE, Kaptin Every Monday 9pm – 10pm on Radio Cardiff 98.7fm Twitter @kaptinisdead Photo by: Paul Roberts

Reaching out to everyone in Platinum City (copyright Ninjah)...

4Dee’s putting on a massive event! “A host of some of The UKs finest MCs/DJs/B-Boys & Girls coming together to raise money for a hip hop Project in Uganda Known as B.P.U. (Breakdance Project Uganda)”. UK 4 Uganda will feature (count ‘em) Rodney P, Ramson Badbonez, Mystro, Iron Braydz, Kamanchi Sly (Hijack), K’ners, Joker Starr, Turna Phrase, Joe Blow, Skamma & Ral Duke, Lee Scott & Salar, Bill Shakes & King Grubb, Loki, Gasp & Depths, Mr Mackenzie, Clarity & Crucifix, D.Gritty, Astroid Boyz; DJs Soulsbury, Veto, Winchester, X-Kutz, Mushroom and more acts to be confirmed. Obviously the cause speaks for itself and this really is a celebration of talent at the same time. In the face of how people used to complain about being represented, this shows the UK scene really has come of age. Tickets are £10 in advance/£12 on the door, it’s Monday, April 25 starting at 2:30pm at The Globe and it will be large.

What else has happened? I’m glad you asked, Associated Minds has now released Mudmowth & Metabeats - Sledgehammer Kisses, it’s out in shops and pretend shops on the internet too and it’s going down very well critically. It’s a new level of beats and rhymes from both with a lot of concentrated additional production from P.L.O. Also check the DJ Jaffa & Mayor - Bumpcast 2 for FREE at mixcloud.com/AM <http:// themmp.tv/features/2010/09/ruffstylz-september/ruff-5/> . ALSO, check for the new Stagga, Skamma & Joe Blow tune The Squidge as they keep expanding their experimentation into whatever the fuck goes on in Stagga’s mind. Joey goes in on this one, it’s illy.

I checked out a battle last month called Verbal Remedy, put on by the b-boy n girl crew, hosted by Dregz and Dan Jose (funny guy). Ferny Mac clashed Sega and they chose to do it mostly freestyle, apart from when the judges started making up new rounds for them on the spot and really putting them through it so big up both for going for six rounds, that’s pretty gruelling. Speaking of b-boy’s, watch 2D manage to dance to Perfect Circle’s version of Imagine on youtube, he’s got some Michael Jackson spirit in him, it’s really good.

As for ME, look for Homeboy Sandman & Ruffstylz - Rooftop Rhymes on youtube to see me cypher with one of the world’s finest and then wait for the track we’re making, it’s heavy.

I’ve also finished two months of rehearsals for my Freestyle Forums theatre show so look out for tour dates to be announced for that on the Freestyle Forums facebook page.

Oh yeah, Darkhouse Fam are playing San Francisco in April with Mary Anne Hobbs, Kode 9 and many more. BONG, as Americans say.

Safe fam, easy blood, peace cuzzy...

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MONDAYS 10 Feet Tall - Late Night Live, 8pm, £TBC * Live music upstairs and chart friendly material throughout the bar Bar Icon - You’re The DJ, 12am-12pm, FREE * Go nuts on the free jukebox available all day Buffalo - Buffalo Live, 8pm, Upstairs: Prices vary. Downstairs: FREE * All the latest new music from Jen Long and guest DJs Cardiff University Student Union - Fun Factory - 9pm, £4 - FREE * Weekly night of live bands and club tunes across multiple rooms The Crockerton, 9pm, FREE * DJs playing chart and pop and all manner of things in The Crockerton Exit Club - Monday Madness, 10pm, FREE * DJ Andy brings chart hits and old faces Glam - Jagerfest, 10pm, £4 / £3 * High likelihood of coming away from this celebration of liquer Live Lounge - 11pm, FREE * Guest DJs playing after the feast of live acts Mocka Lounge - Hangover Cure, 9pm, FREE * Chilled out evening to sooth the edges of the weekend’s excesses Oceana - Fuzzy Logic , 9.30pm, £5 * The UK’s biggest student night with hoards of people and plenty of cheap drinks Owain Glyndwr - Salsa Classes, 8pm, FREE * Weekly salsa classes in the city centre pub Tiger Tiger - Private Karaoke, 6pm, £2.50 * Start the evening in good fashion with Tiger Tiger’s private karaoke booths 25th April CAI’s Easter Monday @ Cardiff Arts Institute, 2:00pm, FREE * I think Jesus loves Easter. I know we do. So why not enjoy it in Cardiff Arts, you can play with lego

TUESDAYS 10 Feet Tall - Insider Sound, 10pm, £4 / £3 * Old funk meets modern hiphop-mash-ups and dancefloor fillers Buffalo - 8pm, Upstairs: Prices vary.

Downstairs: FREE * DJs, live acts, visuals and more in Buffs Cardiff University Student Union - FAIL!, 10pm, £4-£3 * Heavily successful night albeit different to its billed title, electro to dubstep and more Clwb Ifor Bach - Just Dance - 10pm, £3 * Weekly mix of pop, rock, R&B, and more The Crockerton - 9pm, FREE * Various DJs with all the anthem and chart biggies Flares - 10pm, FREE * DJ Jay plays a variety of cheese, party anthems and big hits Glam - Propaganda, 10pm, £4 / £3 *Major player indie night in Glam King’s Cross - Karaoke With Rachel, 9pm, FREE * Free karaoke sessions with your host Rachel Live Lounge - Salsa Classes, 7pm, FREE * Free dance classes in Live Lounge Live Lounge - 11pm, FREE * Post live music shindig with the Live Lounge guest DJs Metros - Metropolis, 9pm, £TBC * Electro, trance, dubstep and drum & bass, all wth an alternative edge Mocka Lounge - Relax and Unwind, 9pm, FREE * Loosener tunes to aid the midweek blues Reflex - 8pm, FREE * A Tuesday batch of 80s tunes to cover all your nostalgic needs Tiger Tiger - Private Karaoke, 6pm, £2.50 * Private karaoke booths for your pleasure Tony’s Kitchen Bar & Gallery - Open Decks, 8pm, FREE * Open deck session inviting maverick DJs to show their wares

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5TH APRIL Hospital Showcase feat.Fred V and Stanza @ Cardiff Arts Institute, 9pm, £2pm, £2 b4 11pm * See gigs of the month

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DJs, music videos and giant poster giveaways Bass Hertz @ Undertone,10:00pm, FREE * Cardiff’s banging underground midweek clubnight featuring dubstep, drum’n’bass and electro

13th APRIL

Hospital Showcase feat.Fred V & Stanza

Sugar Drop: Electro vs Reggae @11:00pm, FREE * Soundclash party to make you move, shake and make funny noises

We love Hospital Records. If you’re unacquainted with their massive stable of talent come and watch two of their leading lights duel it out using your dancing feet as weapons. If Jedi warriors span vinyl they’d sound like this.

Pronto @ Gwdihw, 8:00pm, £2 * Listen to Funk, Motown, Soul, Dub and Reggae whilst drawing, doodling, painting, spraying and generally getting arty ‘til your little heart’s content

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WEDNESDAYS 10 Feet Tall - Zouklambada!, 8pm, £6 * The craze for public dance lessons continues in 10FT 10 Feet Tall - Boom Boom Boutique, 10pm, FREE * Bass-blowing night littered with cocktail deals Bar Icon - Midweek Mayhem, 6pm, FREE * Plenty of drinks offers and some quality DJs Buffalo - Blender, 8pm, Upstairs: Prices vary. Downstairs: FREE * A unique experiment in pop culture and fashion Cardiff University Student Union - The Lash - 10pm, £3.50 - £3 * Evermorphing club night where drinking is the main consistent theme Clwb Ifor Bach - Listen Up! 9pm, £3 * All avenues of indie, electro and cheese are covered across three floors The Crockerton, 9pm, FREE *Hits and club anthems through the night Exit Club - Club & Dance, 10pm, FREE *Club and dance tunes with guest remixes Flares - Put On Your Party Pants, 9pm, FREE * If you have any party pants in your draw, its time to pull them out Glam - Uptight, 10pm, £3 * Weekly night of R&B and hip hop Lava Lounge - Sub Social, 9pm, FREE * All the societies and clubs are celebrated here Live Lounge - 11pm, FREE *Guest DJs every night following the live music Metros - Cheapskates, 9pm, £6 * Cheap drinks and endless tunes in Metro’s Mocka Lounge - Cocktail Heaven, 9pm, FREE *A veritable Valhalla of cocktails Oceana - Addictive Wednesdays, 9.30pm, £4.50 * Ten bars, three club rooms and a wild mass of people every Wednesday night Pure - Spare Change, 9pm, £TBC *Weekly Wednesday student night on Guildhall Crescent Reflex - 8pm, FREE * The 80s are put under clinical focus in the Reflex bar Revolution - Shotgun Rules, 9pm, £3 * Midweek student night with shots the primary focus Rococo - I Love Wednesday, 9pm, FREE * DJ’s Raheem, Sinky, Monique, Scarface and Paz give Wednesdays a sound endorsement Tiger Tiger - Private Karaoke, 6pm, £2.50 * Tiger Tiger give the chance to do karaoke to a more limited, sympathetic crowd WOW Bar - Rewind, 8pm, FREE * The best from the 80’s and 90’s spun

by DJ Krys 6th APRIL Sugar Drop Loves Chromeo @10 Feet Tall, 8:00pm, FREE * Monthly tribute party celebrating a chosen artist with an hour of their best music, costumed

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27th APRIL Sugardrop Presents Mr Fogg @ 10 Feet Tall, 9pm, £2* The Sugar Drop dandies are complimented by electrohoodwink Mr Fogg until late YTU13 Mixtape Launch @ Buffalo, 9.30pm, £7 * Night of live performances, DJs and MCs as YTU13 launch their mixtape

THURSDAYS 10 Feet Tall - On The Rocks, 10pm, FREE * Classic rock and indie thrown out weekly Buffalo - Signature, 8pm, Upstairs: Prices vary. Downstairs: FREE * Utterly classy night in Buffalo with a revolving door of top quality DJ guests and themes Clwb Ifor Bach - C-Y-N-T, 10.30pm, £4 * The undisputed champion of midweek raves, featuring guest DJ’s from all over the UK every week Cougar Lounge - Twisted Thursdays9pm, £TBC * Old school hip-hop and club classics all night Exit Club - Classix Chart, 10pm, FREE * Chart hits and exclusive remixes from DJ Andy Flares - Cocktail Night, 10pm, FREE * The theme of the night is selfexplanatory - cocktails Kings Cross - Therapeutic Thursdays, 5pm, FREE * Weekly cabaret in the King’s Cross Lava Lounge - Ladies Night, 8pm, FREE * Just want to do something special, for all the ladies of the world Live Lounge - 11pm, FREE *Nightly DJs following the live tunes Mbargo - Fat Penguin - 9pm, FREE * Classic favourites and plenty of cheap drinks Mocka Lounge - 9pm, FREE * Chilled house and R n B in the classy Mill Lane hotspot Rococo - Pink, 10pm, £TBC *DJ Warren on the decks like a pied piper of drinks offers The Royal Oak - Karaoke, 8pm, FREE * Open platform for you to be embarassed or congratulated, just make sure to keep in tune Tiger Tiger - Private Karaoke, 6pm, £2.50 * Sing your face off without risk of (too much) humiliation Varsity (Roath) - Karaoke Night, 8pm, FREE * Weekly karaoke fixture to expel those singing demons WOW Bar - Connextions, 8pm, FREE * Amber Dextrous’ camp Traffic Light party playing retro classics Bar Yupi - Discount Night, 8pm, FREE *DJ tunes and, that’s right, discount drinks Walkabout – Bounce, 9pm, £5 / £4 * The St. Mary St’ Australia bar does a wildly rampant student night 7th APRIL Signature - Designer Violence Free Live Art Party @ Buffalo, 10pm, FREE * Free live art and the same superlative tunes played by the Signature crew Obey! Presents Indigo @ Undertone,

10pm, £4 / £3 * Indigo, Owain K, Dvrsfy, Drowse and more guests visit the Undertone basement for a late night shindig C-Y-N-T Present Skrillex @ Clwb Ifor Bach, 10.30pm, £7 * The weekly C-Y-N-T night brings in Skrillex for its pumping electro dosage 14th APRIL Hyperdub/ Eye4Eye/ Clare James @ Buffalo Bar, 10:00pm, £5 * Signature & City Bass present a whole host of late night, messy fun 21st APRIL Bareback Bank Holiday Warm Up @ Gwdihw, 8:00pm, £2 * Hot Property, Owain K and a very special guest provide the soundtrack to escape to Big Avante-Garden Party Begins @ Cardiff Arts Institute,10:00pm, £4 * Rhythm Talks presents Jam City, Fools (Skull Juice) and Rushmore + Ratcatcher Fantastic Mr Fox/Metronomy After Show Party @ Buffalo Bar, 10:00pm, £5 * A busy 12 days at Buffalo opens with one of the UK’s most prolific future sound producers 28th APRIL The Wedding Party! @ Cardiff Arts Institute, 7:30pm, £3/4 * Save the Children present an evening of Royal proportions on this wedding-themed extravaganza.

Pariah @ Buffalo Bar, 10:00pm, £5adv * See gigs of the month

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PARIAH

A talented, young, London based producer, praised by the likes of Rob Da Bank. His international summer tours sees him scouring the entire planet looking for dance floors to ignite and we’re chuffed as chips he’s taking in the ‘Diff.

Buffalo Bar, 28th April

FRIDAYS 10 Feet Tall - Hustle, 6pm, FREE b4 10 * Funky Motown and disco chic classics in 10FT 411 - So Seductive Friday, 9pm, £TBC * Night for people who love their music, with old skool, R n B and plenty more on rotation Bar Icon - Weekend Warmup, 6pm, FREE * Chart, pop and dance music, with drink offers aplenty Buffalo - Bumper, 8pm, Upstairs: Prices vary, Downstairs: FREE * Weekly party anthems and afro, soul, funk vibes in the swanky Buffalo Cardiff Students Union - Boombox 10pm, £1.50 * Pop themed club night up at the Union Cougar Lounge - 10pm, £TBC * Urban floor-fillers from C.T. and Hilly Club X - 10pm, FREE before 10, £10 After * Funky house, electro and pop all round good show Clwb Ifor Bach - ?? - 10.30pm, £4.50 - £3.50 *Weekly Friday night bash with a taste of rock and a whole lot more Exit Club - Dance Zone, 10pm, FREE * All your favourite club and dance tunes from DJ Al Flares - 9pm, FREE * Kickstart your weekend with Dr INC The Flora - 8pm, FREE * DJ sets through until the early hours The Great Western - 9pm, FREE * Inhouse DJs playing a mix of party classics through the night Kings Cross - Cwm Camping, 5pm, FREE * Party tunes with DJ J-A-Y and happy hour from 5-8pm Lava Lounge - Fever Friday, 8pm,

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FREE * Retro and pop classics every week in Lava Lounge Live Lounge- 11pm, FREE * Live Lounge brings in the DJs to keep the party flowing beyond the live music Mbargo- Get Funked. 9pm. FREE. * The theme of the evening is funk, surprisingly Metros - 9pm, £4 * The best place to fuel your need for rock, punk and ska Milgi’s - 9pm, FREE * World and dance music from an array of guest DJs Millennium Music Hall/Code - Deal Or No Deal, 10pm, £3 * Plenty of R n B and barely any boxes to open Mocka Lounge - 9pm, FREE * Live jazz performances with DJ’s throughout the night Reflex - 7pm. FREE * The 80s bar serves up some more, um, 8os stuff Revolution - 9pm, £3 * Guest DJs front up the endless drinks offers in Revs Rococo - 10pm, £TBC * DJ Soul Sessions plays dubstep, electro, funk and more Salt - 8pm, FREE * Funky house and all the latest chart hits from 8pm onwards Sodabar - 10pm, FREE * DJ Raheem takes his decks and his instinct to Sodabar The Old Library - 9pm - £TBC * Alternative tunes in The Old Library from the resident DJs Tiger Tiger - Private Karaoke, 6pm, £2.50 * Private booths for the more discerning public singers Varsity (City Centre) - 9pm, FREE * DJ Gigabyte plays his weekly residency Varsity (Roath) - 8pm. FREE * Various live DJ guests every week WOW Bar - The Wow Showgirls.

8pm. FREE * DJ Kitty and MC Marcia presents a their weekly House sets Bar Yupi - Socialize, 9pm, £TBC * Club classics and old school anthems until 3am Walkabout - 5pm, FREE * Get the Friday feeling with occasional live music, heaps of DJs and drinks offers 1st April Dr Bev Ballcrusher @ Minsky’s, 7:30pm, £3 * Dr Bev Ballcrusher can run over my balls any time of the year.

And rightfully so!

Super vs Build @ Cardiff Arts Institute, 10pm, £2 * Two fantastic independent bass music labels go head to head with their head honchos on deck duty 8th APRIL Fanny Dazzle @ Minsky’s, 7:30pm, £3 * If you’re hankering for some Fanny Dazzle, look no further! Dazzle away Fanny, dazzle away!

Terror Danjah + Monky @ Cardiff Arts Institute, 10.30, £4 * Promises to be a stunner with some turntabling insanity from Hyperdub’s Terror and rising star, Monky.

Obey! vs Traffic presents Warlock @ Undertone,11:30pm, £4/£5 * See gigs of the month

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Warlock

OBEY! vs TRAFFIC presents an evening of stomping fun. Quite frankly Warlock is a modern day, mythical electronic beast. A beast made from re-imagined swathes of breakbeat, rave, electro and dubstep. Undertone could very well sink further toward hell under the weight of his immense talent.

Boom, boom boom...

Undertone 8th April 15th APRIL Tina Sparkle @ Minsky’s, 7:30pm, £3

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* Tina Sparkle entertains the audience at Minsky’s tonight. She sparkles alright...

King Louis Collective DJ set/end of term party @ Buffalo Lounge, 7:30pm, FREE * Join the local giant funk/soul band and friends for a big send off as they play an exclusive DJ set of hip hop, afro, reggae, ska and more.

Traffic presents Nozstock Festival Launch Party with Dub Mafia @ Cardiff Arts Institute,10:00pm, £4 * 7-piece dance act Dance Mafia are joined by S.W.Y.D to make things crazy in CAI. 22nd APRIL Fanny Dazzle @ Minsky’s, 7:30pm, £3 * Fanny Dazzle should be Prime Minister. Might bring a little class and panache to Parliament Circuit Breakers - 2011 UK Carnage Tour @ Buffalo Bar, 8:00pm, £tbc * Funktion Live Promotions presents electronic dance music pioneers Jeuce Good Future Friday @ Cardiff Arts Institute,10:00pm, £2 * In association with Higher Learning, Dr Syntax goes hip-hop mental

SATURDAYS 10 Feet Tall - Me And You Club, 8pm, FREE b4 10 *Assorted selection of indie and pop from Mike TV 411 - So Funked, 9pm, FREE before midnight *Smooth grooves and hiphop with a funk edge Bar Icon - The BIG nite-out, 6pm, FREE * Quality tunes and cheap drinks on Charles St Buffalo - Beatbox Ballroom, 8pm, Upstairs: Prices vary. Downstairs: FREE * Weekly dose of soul, hip-hop and booty-busting breaks Café Jazz - 9pm, £TBC * The jazz DJ regulars front up for the Saturday night disco Cardiff Student’s Union - ComePlay - 10pm, £4.50 - £4 * Always busy clubnight in the Union with pop and chart stuff on offer amongst lots more Cougar Lounge - 9pm, £TBC * DJs CT and Hilly playing club and dance through the night Club X - 10pm, FREE before 10, £5 After * Chart, pop, dance and funky house in Club X Clwb Ifor Bach - Vinyl Vendettas / Dirty Pop / Mr Potter’s Proper Disco, 10pm, £5 * Indie, soul, Motown and pop across three rollicking floors The Crockerton - 9pm, FREE * Latest chart hits and club anthems Dempseys - Twisted By Design, 9pm, £TBC *One of the longest running and widely respected indie and alternative club nights in the city Embassy Club - 10pm, £20 * Two floors of dress coded dancing with electro, house and dance on the ground and R ‘n’ B, pop and classic party anthems in the main club Exit Club - Sonic Saturdays, 10pm, FREE * Chart hits and Dance classics from a selection of guest DJs Flares - 9pm, FREE * Resident DJs give you all the cheese and chart hits you could laminate for pleasure The Flora - 8pm, FREE * Occasional live acts with DJs playing until 1am Glam - Vanity, 9pm, £5 * Two floors filled with R&B, dancefloor anthems and funk The Great Western- 9pm, FREE * Inhouse DJs playing a mix of party classics through the night King’s Cross - KXS, 5pm, FREE * DJ Lee Briant plays the party tunes on Mill Lane Lava Lounge - 8pm, FREE * Commercial hits and retro classics filling up the weekend Live Lounge - 11pm, FREE * The Live Lounge DJs play popular classics following the live music Mbargo - 9pm. FREE. * Dancefloor anthems all night through to 4am Metros - 9pm, £4 * The Metro’s crew bring an eclectic blend of alternative

shades - indie to nu metal and plenty more Milgi’s - 9pm, FREE * The City Road gem pushes out a variety of world music and more with guest DJs Millennium Music Hall / Code - Back To The 90s - 9pm - £TBC * The 1990s are celebrated as though they were ages ago, weekly club night at Code Mocka Lounge - 9pm, FREE * DJ Styles and Sinky front up with the party tunes Oceana - Big Night Out, 9.30pm, £8 * Massive Saturday night drunken institution playing commercial chart and R n B The Old Library - 9pm - £TBC * Alternative tunes in The Old Library through the weekend Owain Glyndwr - 9pm, FREE * DJ Yas plays all the party classics until 1am Reflex - 7pm. FREE * Literally nonstop 80s classics in Reflex bar Revolution - 9pm, £3 before 11pm, £5 after * Electro and house across two floors Rococo - 10pm, £TBC * DJ Soul Sessions plays electro, funk and house Salt - 8pm, FREE * Cheesy pop and chart hits down in Cardiff Bay Sodabar - 10pm, FREE * DJ Jay Vivet plays out his weekly residency Tiger Tiger - Private Karaoke, 6pm, £2.50 * The chance to do your karaoke amidst the privacy of your friends Tiger Tiger - 10pm, £TBC * House anthems and dance classics from KISS 101 Varsity (City Centre) - 9pm, FREE * Weekly DJ set from DJ Extreme Varsity (Roath) - 9pm, FREE * DJ Dan pulls out his collection for a Roath based party WOW Bar - Ice. 8pm. FREE. * A mix of chart hits from resident DJs Krys and N18El T Walkabout - 9pm, £TBC * Big time atmosphere and party times in tha Australia bar Bar Yupi - Funked Out, 9pm, £TBC * Electro and funky house in Yupi

2nd APRIL Jolene Dover & Pixie Perez @ Minsky’s, 7:30pm, £3 * These two sexy devils will have you bent over... with laughter... all night long Juju Nations @ Gwdihw, 9:00pm, £2 * Juju Nations is back in April to celebrate three years of bringing its special mix of Afrobeat, Funk and Reggae to the masses 9th APRIL Pixie Perez & Jolene Dover @ Minsky’s, 7:30pm, £3 * Pixie and Jolene dole out sharp wit and even sharper tits in an evening of drag-fuelled chaos!

Land of Bingo @ Clwb Ifor Bach, 8:00pm, £6 * Join the electronic mission at Clwb.

London Afrobeat Collective @ Cardiff Arts Institute, 9:00pm, £5 * Ba Ba Boom presents London Afrobeat Collective, promises to be an excellent night Panic @ The Buffet @ Undertone,10:00pm, £5/£4 before 12 * A freakishly eclectic selection of disco beats and hypnotising electronica.

16th APRIL Record Shop Day @ Catapult,12pm, FREE * See gigs of the month

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Record Shop Day

Further proof of Cardiff’s evolution not only as a home but also a source of innovative deck based genius. Hospital Records’ Nu:Tone and Logistics add gloss to a special day for Catapult as they launch their very own music label. Bravo!

Catapult 16th April

Mona Lotte & Tina Sparkle @

Minsky’s, 7:30pm, £3 * The gorgeous Mona Lotte and delectable Tina Sparkle wow and frighten audiences 23rd APRIL Dr Bev Ballcrusher & Mona Lotte @ Minsky’s, 7:30pm, £3 * Two Queens for the price of one. I feel a fantasy on its way!

Loose Joints @ Gwdihw, 8:00pm, FREE * ‘Loose Joint DJ’s’ Robert Needham, Richard Moulton & Neil Something whisk you back to 1974

SUNDAYS 10 Feet Tall - 10 Feet Tall Sunday Social, 8pm, FREE * Greg Ramshackle and Steve French host an alternative party in 10FT Bar Icon - Sunday Nite Chill-out, 6pm, FREE * A chilled out affair with an open jukebox to while Sunday away Buffalo - The Hop, 8pm, Upstairs: Prices vary, Downstairs: FREE * 50s rock’n’roll, blues, soul, psych, rockabilly, jive and some new music The Crockerton - 9pm, FREE * Chart and club anthems from various DJs each Sunday Exit Club - Sunday Sanctuary - 10pm, FREE * Resident DJs play the best chart and dance, old and new King’s Cross - Rachel’s Songs Of Praise, 9pm, FREE * All-night happy hour and karaoke with your host Rachel Lava Lounge - Industry Sunday - 8pm, FREE * Night dedicated to bar, club and hotel industry staff with regular and guest DJs Live Lounge - 11pm, FREE * DJs shepherd in the early hours following the live music Mocka Lounge - 9pm, FREE * The barstaff of Cardiff get given the VIP treatment, with resident DJ Chris Evans Reflex - 8pm, FREE * End the weekend with more retro goodness Revolution - 9pm, FREE * Latin beats played through the night in Revs Rockin’ Chair - Love N Harmony Sessions - 7.30pm. FREE * Reggae vibes down on Lower Cathedral Road with these Love N Harmony sessions Sodabar -Sunday Industry Night, 10pm, £2 / FREE * A night dedicated to those who have been working Friday and Saturday serving drinks Tiger Tiger - Private Karaoke, 6pm, £2.50 * Rentable booths for a set of posh karaoke with friends WOW Bar - The Cuckoo Club. 6pm.

FREE * Special Guests and Cabaret performances set to spend what’s left of your weekend party spirit Bar Yupi - 9pm, FREE * DJ Jamie H plays a selection of chart, funky house and electro 3rd Amateur Assasins Umlaut/ Zinc Bukowsk @ Undertone, 8:00pm, £3 * A trifle-night of rock’n’roll excellence in the bowels of the city 10th Love N Harmony Sounds Session @ Rockin Chair, 7:30pm, FREE * Reggae vibes down on Lower Cathedral Road with these Love N Harmony sessions Go-X (Kids in Glass Houses DJ Set) @ Clwb Ifor Bach, 6:00pm, £5 * Ridiculously good hardcore on show at Clwb tonight.

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Friday 1st Live Music Friday @ Owain Glyndwr, 5:00pm, FREE * Live music throughout the evening to settle into the weekend vibe Gareth Bonello @ Glanfa Stage, WMC, 6:15pm, FREE * The Gentle Good’s Gareth Bonello takes to the Glanfa Stage with his marvellous acoustic wonders.

Arcomis International Flute Event / BBC NOW @ WMC, 7:00pm, £15 * Stunning event covering the flute repertoire. This evening features Mozart, Nielsen and Debussy.We Will Rock You @ WMC, 7:00pm, £32.50 * Legendary Queen musical comes to the WMC, get in on tickets early, this one’s bound to sell out.

Frankley Parc/The Ginger Rogers @ Buffalo Bar, 7:00Pm, £3 * Promising looking double-header in the ever popular Buffalo Bar Katy Perry: California Music Tour @ CIA, 7:00pm, £50 * Katy Perry just might kiss another girl tonight... Don’t know if she’ll like it as much though.

Mentallica @ The Globe, 7:30pm, £10 * No.1 tribute to Metallica at The Globe this evening... Kill Em All, if you’ve got enough machetes... hohoho.

Definitely MightBe @ Millennium Music Hall, 7:30pm, £8 * Top Oasis + Stone Roses tribute acts take you back to the 90s.

Dean Raven @ Pretence Cafe & Bar, 7:30pm, FREE * Dean Raven performs some quality dance-pop at Pretence this evening.

The Singalong Glee Club @ WMC, 8:00pm, £12 * Celebrating some of the greatest singalong classics, get your singing behinds down to the comfy seats at the WMC. Goose @ O’Neill’s (St Mary’s Street), 8:00pm, FREE * An evening of cracking covers from the talented Goose.

Gypsy Balkan Discothèque @Gwdihw, 8:00pm, £3 * Péchés Mignons presents ‘Gypsy Balkan Discothèque’ with Sheelanagig & Mr Potter Stephen Wheel & Geraint Probert @ Ffresh Bar, WMC, 8:00pm, FREE * The awesome Stephen Wheel plays in the Millennium Centre’s Ffresh Bar in association with Journal of Plastik Leighton Jones @ North Star, 8:00pm, FREE * A man with a voice capable of cutting through six foot of steel, Talent, tunes and presence CF5 Jam Sessions w/ Nick Walker @ Tony’s Kitchen Bar And Gallery 8:00pm, £3 * Nick Walker hosts this open invite for musos to come in for free and join in the fun, free food before 10pm Ginge & Cello Boi @ O’Neill’s (Trinity St), 8:00pm, FREE * Cardiff’s favourite bluegrass/roots duo go crazy in O’Neills on this epic night of nights.

Vegas @ The Claude, 9:00pm, FREE * Vegas liven the night in The Claude this evening, highly recommended.

The Tony Breen Band & Guests @ Blue Dragon Hotel, 9:00pm, FREE * Country, blues, jazz all blended together by the Tony Breen band

Ute/Waking Life @ Buffalo Bar, 7:00Pm, £4/£3 * Your chance to check out Ute before their appearance at the Green Man Festival. Waking Life are the ever able support

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Arcomis Flute Event

The MMP loves flutes. And so should you, you naughty mongrels!

Arcomis stage this wonderful festival dedicated to performing outstanding flute works, old and new. Featuring the London Sinfonietta and The Rowland Sutherland Sextet.

WMC 2nd April

The Witches Drum (Boiler House Sessions) @ Canton Space Project, 7:30pm, £3 * Mind-altering madness from The Boiler House Sessions, with Spotted Mind, DJs and BBQ. Daniel O’Donnell @ CIA, 7:30pm, £33.50 * Leave Daniel O’Donnell alone you fiends!

He’s a lovely fella! Makes good crumpet.

Wibidi @ Cardiff Arts Institute, 7:30pm, £2 * This promises to be a funk rockin blinder. Band features Cian and Daf from Super Furries.

The Gentle Good Launch @ The Globe, 7:30pm, £7 * See gigs of the month

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The Gentle Good

An evening of wonderful music from The Gentle Good who are launching their new release Tethered For The Storm at The Globe.

Beautiful harmonies dust wellconceived melodies, with support from the exceptional Richard James and brilliant H. Hawkline.

The Globe 2nd April

We Will Rock You @ WMC, 7:30pm, £32.50 * We Will Rock You will undoubtedly deliver on all fronts. Get ready to pump the air Arcomis International Flute Event w/ Sharon Bezaly @ WMC, 7:45pm, £15 * Renowned performer Sharon Bezaly takes to the stage with a wonderfully diverse concert of flute music.

Whistling Biscuits @ North Star, 8:00pm, FREE * Without doubt one of our true musical treasures here in Cardiff. The Biscuits are pure class The Big What?! Band @ O’Neill’s (St Mary’s St), 8:00pm, FREE * Enjoy a good craic with the Big What?! Band this fine evening.

2 Tickets 2 The Gunshow @ O’Neill’s Saturday 2nd (Trinity St), 8:00pm, FREE * 2 Tickets 2 The Sam Gardner @ Cardiff Central Library, Gunshow fire off fantastic rounds of cover after cover tonight. :00pm, FREE * Sam Gardner plays folky/ singer-songwritery magic. So go. Go on. Go. Omega 66 @ Pen & Wig, 8:00pm, FREE * wonders from Omega 66, get Arcomis International Flute Event w/ Ian Electro-jazz out and get down.

Clarke @ WMC, 1:30pm, £10 * Encore @ NosDa, 8:30pm, FREE * AcousSee gigs of the month. tic duo Encore entertain, with support from We Will Rock You @ WMC, 2:30pm, the delightful Richard Jackson. £32.50 * Legendary Queen musical starring The Underdogs @ The Claude, 9:00pm, Leon Lopez, Noel Sullivan and Rhydian FREE * Everybody loves The Underdogs.

Roberts at the WMC. Join them at The Claude this evening.

Arcomis International Flute Event w/ The Rowland Sutherland Sextet @ WMC, 3:00pm, £10 * An afternoon with Rowland Sunday 3rd Sutherland and his magnificent, versatile Arcomis International Flute Event w/ ensemble.

Arcomis International Flute Event w/ Walter Auer @ WMC, 1:30pm, £15 * Kenneth Smith & Paul Rhodes @ WMC, Auer performs Schubert, Alcalay and Bellini afternoon. Wonderful stuff.

5:00pm, £10 * AIFE present Keneth Smith this and Paul Rhodes performing some wonder- Thoby Davis @ North Star, 2:00pm, FREE * Sunday lunchtimes with the one man ful flute repertoire. musical force for good. A rare talent indeed Arcomis International Flute Festval We Will Rock You @ WMC, 3:00pm, w/ Ian Clarke @ WMC, 7:00pm, £10 * £32.50 * Legendary Queen musical starring Ian Clarke returns to weaves his magic Fenech Soler @ Millennium Music Hall, Leon Lopez, Noel Sullivan and Rhydian 7:00pm, £8 * Glitz and glamour from up- Roberts at the WMC. and-coming dance outfit Fenech Soler (14+) Arcomis International Flute Event w/ London Sinfonietta @ WMC, 3:00pm, Cold Cave @ Clwb Ifor Bach, 7:00pm, £7.50 * Swn present the phenomenal Cold £15 * See gigs of the month.

The Wanted @ CIA, 7:00pm, £24.50 * Cave for what promises to be a fantastic London-based boy band The Wanted... I night. (14+)

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The Sunshine Underground @ Millennium Music Hall, 7:00pm,£12.50 * TSU show that Leeds does Electro-Indie better than most.

Acoustic Open Mic Night @ Buffalo Lounge (Woodville Road), 7:30pm, FREE * The open mic format spreads as Buffalo Lounge try their hand - MMP’s Liggett hosts Sunday Acoustic Night @ Owain Glyndwr, 8:00pm, FREE * Pleasant acoustic evening with Jollie Holly hosting Tony Morley’s Open Mic Night @ The Claude, 8:30pm, FREE * With the month at an end Morley is satisfied. But for how long?

S & M @ O’Neills (St Marys), 9:00pm, FREE * The acoustic pair push out another polished set of covers

Wednesday 6th

Today is the Day @ Millennium Music Hall, 7:00pm, £10 * Metal/noise/psychedelia carnage with TITD. Contagious @ Pen & Wig, 7:30pm, FREE * Open mic night every Monday in the Pen & Wig Pangea @ The Globe, 7:30pm, £4 * The Atrium provides some of their finest talents for this great night of local music.

Eddi Reader @ The Glee Club, 7:30pm, £20 * Eddi Reader will enchant and amaze the Glee Club audience tonight.

Ukulele nights @ Gwdihw, 8:00pm, FREE * Strum your way into a four-string stupor at Gwdihw’s monthly Monday Ukulele Night, Cardiff’s uke-powered jam session.

Run,Walk!/ Samoans / Yoho! / Science Bastard @ Buffalo Bar, 8:00Pm, £4 * Spazz-drums-bass-indie-freakout-kids – a night of noisy, messy, awesome fun Traditional Folk Session @ Beverley Hotel, 8:30pm, FREE * A lovely traditional folk session on Cathedral Road Open Mic @ O’Neills (St Marys), 9:00pm, FREE * Long-running open mic night on St. Mary’s Street Poet’s Corner Open Mic @ Poet’s Corner, 9:00pm, FREE * Fast-growing open mic on City Road with Huwie Price doing the gregarious hosting

Afternoon Concert with Thierry Fischer @ WMC, 2:00pm, £10 * One of the most renowned conductors of our age, Fischer conducts Debussy’s masterpiece, Jeux.

Veritas @ Dempsey’s, 6:00pm, £5 * Alex Douglas directs this large ensemble with their exciting and challenging arrangements.

Caerphilly County Borough @ St David’s Hall, 7:00pm, £5.50 * A musical assortment to suit all tastes featuring Caerphilly County Borough School, Youth and Community Music Groups.

X Factor Live Tour @ CIA, 7:00pm, £32.50 * Some would say £32.50 is £32.50 too much. Others wouldn’t. Discuss...

We Will Rock You @ WMC, 7:30pm, £32.50 * Legendary Queen musical starring Leon Lopez, Noel Sullivan and Rhydian Roberts at the WMC. Folk Against Fascism @ Gwdihw, 8:00pm, £3 * This month, Cardiff Folk Against Fascism presents the gravel-toned genius Beans On Toast, who brings you tales of sex, drugs and politics and Cosmo, the local legend who began the Cardiff branch of FAF. Nos Da Open Mic w/Singing Huw @ Nos Da, 8:00pm, FREE * Open mic on Riverside with a free drink for every performer IDEALS + support @ Buffalo Bar, 8:00pm, £tbc * London label Intruder Records return to Cardiff to showcase their up & coming acts Rowan Liggett’s Open Mic @ North Star, 8:00pm, Free * Live performance free-forall presented by the MMP’s very own man of the people Rowan Liggett.

Open Heart Mic @ Tony’s Kitchen Bar And Gallery, 8:00pm, FREE * Open mic on Whitchurch Road with free food for performers No Sweat @ Cardiff Arts Institute, 8:00pm, FREE * The ever popular showcase invites you to grab a bean bag and enjoy the sounds of Cardiff Acoustic Session @ O’Neills (Trinity St), 8:30pm, FREE * Weekly acoustic session in little O’Neills Colum Regan @ O’Neills (St Marys), 9:00pm, FREE * The Irish tunesmith carves out another fine set in big O’Neills

Tuesday 5th

Thursday 7th

RWCMD Students @ Glanfa Stage, WMC, 1:00pm, FREE * RWCMD students perform an afternoon of exquisite classical music.

Warren Mallia (The Attika State) Ffred Jones / Jon Fazal @ Buffalo Lounge (Woodville Road), 6:00pm, FREE * Warren Mallia of The Attika State, along with local talent in support from Fred Jones and Jon Fazal.

X Factor Live Tour @ CIA, 7:00pm, £32.50 * Hell yes! If you think you’ve got the X factor, come on down - look at people who actually do!

Capital City Jazz Orchestra @ Dempsey’s, 7:30pm, £5 * South Wales’ finest with super big band tunes.

We Will Rock You @ WMC, 7:30pm, £32.50 * The all, singing all dancing Queen musical from Ben Elton and the band themselves.

Take the Stage @ Gwdihw, 8:00pm, £1 Donation* Another Rowan Liggett powered open mic night of musical wonder and intrigue Nyth @ Gwdihw, 8:00pm, £3 * This month sees a change to the usual proceedings of Nyth as they combine the best of Welsh literature and music.

Wonderbrass Album Launch & Candela Djs @ 10 Feet Tall, 8:00Pm, £6/£4 Nus * Expect latin, skankin’ ska and uplifting African township melodies from this award winning group.

Haight-Ashbury/ Barefoot Dance Of The Sea @ Buffalo Bar, 8:00Pm, £5 * Harvest presents a sensory overload of stunning visuals, flower girls & a freak-out atmosphere.

Kickback Open Mic @ The Old Library, 9:00pm, FREE * Normally a jam-packed exuberant affair organised by the Cardiff Uni Live Music Society Smokin’ Aces @ O’Neills (St Marys), 9:00pm, FREE * Rock covers in big O’Neills Open Mic Night @ O’Neills (Trinity Street), 9:00pm, FREE * Well established open mic, smack bang in the centre of town

Gower College Swansea @ Glanfa Stage, WMC, 1:15pm, FREE * GCS invade the WMC with lovely renditions of popular tunes.

X Factor Live Tour @ CIA, 7:00pm, £32.50 * The global juggernaut hits top speed in Cardiff.

Live In The Taf @ The Taf, Cardiff University, 7:00pm, FREE * Weekly session in The Taf booked by the Uni’s Live Music Society RWCMD : Mozart’s Requiem @ Llandaff Cathedral, 7:30pm, £8 * RWCMD perform Mozart’s Requiem in a stunning setting.

Orquesta Buena Vista Social Club @ St David’s Hall, 7:30pm, £28.50 * See gigs of the month

Monday 4th

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Orquesta Buena Vista Social Club

Legendary Latin tunes from the wonderful 1997 production.

The night features some original parties, including vocalist Omara Portuondo, trumpeter Guajiro Mirabal, laúd virtuoso Barbarito Torres, trombonist Jesus “Aguaje” Ramos, and guitarist/keyboardist Manuel Galbán.

St David’s Hall 7th April

We Will Rock You @ WMC, 7:30pm, £32.50 * We think Freddie would approve.

Rock on...

Saturday’s Kids 10” Ep Launch Harbour / Facel Vega & More Tba @ Undertone, 8:00Pm, £4 * Catch the Cardiff launch party before they tour UK & Europe for 3 weeks The Jazz Revhŵ @ Gwdihw, 8:00pm, £3 * This month’s Gwdihŵ Jazz Revhŵ will, as

JAZZ AT DEMPSEY’S April Listings 5th April

The Capital City Jazz Orchestra

South Wales’ finest with super big band tunes 6th April

Veritas

Alex Douglas directs this large ensemble in exciting and challenging arrangements 12th April

Dave Staleton Quintet

Pianist Dave leads a band doing original tunes with Jonny Bruce and Ben Waghorn on trumpet and saxes and Paula Gardiner and Elliott Bennett bass and drums 13th April

Kit Downes Trio

It doesn't get better than this, pianist Kit with Calum Gourlay and James Maddren on bass and drums promoting their wonderful ne CD 'Quiet Tiger' 19th April

Alex Garnett Quartet

Dempsey's debut for tenor sax star Alex with Ross Stanley on piano, Michael Janish bass and Enzo Zirill drums 20th April

Will Butterworth Trio

Welcome return for this super band, Will on piano with Josh Morrison and Marcus Penrose on drums and bass 25th April

Bock-A-Da-Bock

Jam session lead by Paul Jones for invited musicians 26th April

NeWt

Unusual line up with Chris Wllace on drums Graeme Stephen on Guitar and Chris Grieve on trombone, with effects 27th April

John Lloyd Quintet

Another welcome return after a great gig last year Jon Lloyd-soprano saxophone, bass clarinet; John Law - piano; Rob Palmer - guitar and electronics; Rodney Teague - electric bass; Asaf Sirkis - drums

Dempsey’s Irish Bar (Upstairs) Castle Street, Cardiff, CF10 1BS 9pm Start, Entrance £5 / £4 Tel: 02920 496802 www.jazzatdempseys.org

Loudon Wainwright III Wednesday 11 May, 7.30pm

always, see them featuring the best of local and touring talent from the world of jazz.

Jim Jam Open Mic @ The Claude, 8:00pm, FREE * The vast experience of Sir Jim of Jam ensures smooth progress in the Claude Owain Glyndwr Open Mic @ Owain Glyndwr, 8:00pm, FREE * Excellently run open mic hosted by Ben & Stuart Harrison Goose @ O’Neill’s (St Mary’s St), 8:00pm, FREE * Goose return to entertain and astonish, always a fun night.

Very Popular Music Quiz @ Y Fuwch Goch, 8:30pm, £1 * Pie and a pint for £5 whilst blowing your pop music minds.

Japan Fundraiser Lawrence Phillips / The Lay-Lows & More Tba @ 10 Feet Tall, 9:00Pm, £3 * A musical event to raise money for the British Red Cross Japan Tsunami Appeal. Showcasing some of Cardiff’s finest acts. All proceeds from the night going to charity

Friday 8th Global Music Maker @ Glanfa Stage, WMC, 1:00pm, FREE * This excellent scheme brings together masses of schoolchildren to sing.

Live Music Friday @ Owain Glyndwr, 5:00pm, FREE * Live music throughout the evening to settle into the weekend vibe Crash and Berney @ Glanfa Stage, WMC, 6:15pm, FREE * Crash and Berney breed pop/funk/soul babies all over the WMC. London Symphony Orchestra @ St David’s Hall, 7:00pm, £10/£32 * The fantastical Norwegian folklore of Grieg’s Peer Gynt is heard alongside the dazzling artistry of violinist Julia Fischer X Factor Live Tour @ CIA, 7:00pm, £32.50 * This tour’s live. Deal with it. I did. Now look at me.

Paper Aeroplanes @ Clwb Ifor Bach, 7:00pm, £6 * The intriguing Paper Aeroplanes headline in Cardiff’s grandaddy venue The Oli Brown Band @ The Globe, 7:30pm, £10.50 * Young blues wizard Oli Brown sets to amaze at The Globe tonight The Broken Vinyl Club / Gramercy Riffs @ Buffalo, 7:30Pm, £3 * BVC are a live force to be reckoned with and Gramercy Riffs are no slouches either We Will Rock You @ WMC, 7:30pm, £32.50 * Everyone loves Queen secretly.

Other overtly.

Steve & Pete Hughes @ Pretence Cafe & Bar, 7:30pm, FREE * Get down to Pretence to enjoy Steve and Pete do their acoustic duo thang.

Truckers of Husk / Hunters / Denuo @ Cardiff Arts Institute, 7:30pm, £5adv * Truckers Of Husk continue to tear through Cardiff’s live music venues by bringing their unique calypso-infused-math-jams to CAI The New Objects Some Kind Of Leader / The Lay-Lows / Recluse / Violas @ Undertone, 7:30pm, £5 * The Cardiff 4-piece have been causing a stir following the build up to their new EP. Free Beer @ O’Neill’s (St Mary’s St), 8:00pm, FREE * They almost had you for a second didn’t they?... It’s Free Beer night tonight!

Arkaane @ O’Neill’s (Trinity St), 8:00pm, FREE * Hard-working Arkaane display their talents for recreating sounds of the 60s.

Salvation @ North Star, 8:00pm, FREE * Energetic covers of songs you love, played by people who love playing them.

Good times!

CF5 Jam Sessions w/ Nick Walker @ Tony’s Kitchen Bar And Gallery, 8:00pm, £3 * Nick Walker hosts this open invite for musos to come in for free and join in the fun, free food before 10pm Round the Houses presents Bastion @ Gwdihw, 8:00pm, £3 * Riding high on the wings of the Afro resurgence, London based Bastion are flying the flag for Afro Tek and bringing their grooves to Gwdihŵ.

Random Perception @ NosDa, 8:30pm, FREE * Rock outfit perform acoustic adaptations in the wonderful NosDa, Riverside.

The Tony Breen Band & Guests @ Blue Dragon Hotel, 9:00pm, FREE * Country, blues, jazz all blended together by the Tony Breen band The Plums @ The Promised Land, 9:00pm, £TBC * Live music in The Promised Land with The Plums Minnie’s Chuff @ The Claude, 9:00pm, FREE * A sinister name and some 60s covers. What more could you want ladies and gentlemen?

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Timeflies presents... Above and Beyond @ Millennium Music Hall, 10:00pm, £10 * We’ll fight anyone who doesn’t believe A+B’s British/Finnish trance is the best kind of trance.

Saturday 9th Ross Gurney @ Cardiff Central Library, 1:00pm, FREE * Ross Gurney takes you on a musical journey, most probably.

Live Music Now! @ Glanfa Stage, WMC, 1:15pm, FREE * Guaranteed quality classical / folk music from the brilliant LMN charity.

We Will Rock You @ WMC, 2:30pm, £32.50 * Quality entertainment and the worlds most outrageous perm. Bargain.

Millennium @ Glanfa Stage, WMC, 6:15pm, FREE * Millennium rock out with socks out on the Glanfa Stage.

Wiley the Elusive Tour @ Millennium Music Hall, 7:00pm, £12.50 * Not as elusive as they want you to believe…

Cardiff Bach Choir & Orchestra @ WMC (Hoddinott Hall), 7:00pm, £12.50 * Esteemed Cardiff Bach Choir & Orchestra perform under the guidance of Dr Timothy Taylor X Factor Live Tour @ CIA, 7:00pm, £32.50 * Everyone loves a bit of X Factor... don’t they? Hello?

Grab Promotions present... A Secret Event @ The Globe, 7:30pm, £TBC * An event so darned secret not even congress knows about it. But go to it!

We Will Rock You @ WMC, 7:30pm, £32.50 * The Queen musical starring Leon Lopez, Noel Sullivan and Rhydian Roberts at the WMC. Does not contain Royals.

Joe 90 @ O’Neill’s (St Mary’s St), 8:00pm, FREE * Come down and enjoy these bespeckled geniuses at O’Neills.

The Journeymen @ North Star, 8:00pm, FREE * This very eclectic covers band take on Saturday night in the Star Papa le Gal @ Pen & Wig, 8:00pm, FREE * Papa le Gal’s exquisite brand of tropical rock will be sure to make you smile tonight.

Colum Regan @ O’Neill’s (Trinity St), 8:00pm, FREE * Godamn sexy-ass Colum Regan rouses the crowds at O’Neills this evening.

Miss Maud’s Folly @ NosDa, 8:30pm, FREE * See gigs of the month

concerts X Factor Live Tour @ CIA, 7:00pm, £32.50 * Come and enjoy people who genuinely deserve all the success they can get.

Hootonany Open Mic with Huwie Price @ Gwdihw, 7:00pm, FREE * If you’ve ever fancied yourself as a bit of a Dylan, McCartney or Gaga then Gwdihw’s open mic night might be just the place to set you on your path to super-stardom Mike Fantastic @ Millennium Music Hall, 7:00pm, £8 * Vocoder/dancey gloriousness from the delightfully modest Mike Fantastic.

Katriona Gilmore & Jamie Roberts @ The Minstrel Room, 7:30pm, £10 * Fresh from supporting Fairport Convention, this pair take their folk stylings to The Minstrel Room in Cowbridge Heather Peace w/ Jill Jackson @ The Glee Club, 7:30pm, £16.50 * The beautiful Heather Peace looks set to stun the crowd at Glee this evening.

Acoustic Open Mic Night @ Buffalo Lounge (Woodville Road), 7:30pm, FREE * Hosted by Rowan Liggett and starring the good people of Cardiff.

Singing Adams (Ex-Broken Family Band) Deer Park / The Doublecross @ 10 Feet Tall, 8:00pm, £TBC * Singing AdamS are just about to release their debut album of optimistic indie, folk and rock’n’roll sounds Patterns/ Mammal Club / Violas / Paper Factory @ Buffalo Bar, 8:00pm, £tbc * Double Zoo Pop headliner presenting some of the best up & coming live bands featuring atmospheric electronics and post-punk flavours Sunday Acoustic Night @ Owain Glyndwr, 8:00pm,FREE * Pleasant acoustic evening with Jollie Holly hosting Tony Morley’s Open Mic Night @ The Claude,8:30pm, FREE * With the month at an end Morley is satisfied. But for how long?

S & M @ O’Neills (St Marys), 9:00pm, FREE * The acoustic pair push out another polished set of covers

Monday 11th

Earth @ Millennium Music Hall, 7:00pm, £12 * Earth in the Millennium Music Hall.

Go plant your feet firmly at that concert. (clever...)

Pangea @ The Globe, 7:30pm, £4 * Band showcase in association with The Atrium.

GigOfTheMonth Get down there for this quality showcase.

Contagious @ Pen & Wig, 7:30pm, FREE * Open mic night every Monday in the Pen & Wig Unfun Pudge / Hipflask / Dividers @ Consisting of vocalist/guitarist Buffalo Bar, 7:30pm, £5 * Apr Split Atom Angie Kirby, cellist Eloise Gynn and presents this 3-piece punk rock band from pianist Sion Trefor, this fabulous Vancouver B.C. Guts, grunge = good times folky/jazzy trio entertains at their Border Walk (Charity Gig) @ Gwdihw, NosDa residency this evening. The 8:00pm, £3 * This event is the first of many fundraising events planned supporting show promises bouncing tempos, Border Walk project and the charity beautiful melodies and more charm the WaterAid. than sense.

NosDa Traditional Folk Session @ Cayo Arms, 8:30pm, FREE * The Cayo welcomes all to 9th April these traditional Welsh music sessions Rockaoke @ Gassy Jacks, 8:30pm, FREE * Rock out at Gassys every other Monday The Mingers @ The Claude, 9:00pm, - pick a song, the live band plays it, you FREE * Please show off your beautiful faces sing it, simple to The Mingers tonight at The Claude.

Poet’s Corner Open Mic @ Poet’s Corner, Funkadelic @ Gwdihw, 9:00pm, £3 * 9:00pm, FREE * Fast-growing open mic Joining resident DJ Indy Blu this month on City Road with Huwie Price doing the are Cardiff’s most dedicated funksters, gregarious hosting Monkjack Funk.

Miss Mauds Folly

7:30pm, £5 * Pianist Dave plays original tunes with Jonny Bruce (tpt), Ben Waghorn (sax), Paula Gardiner (bass) and Elliott Bennett (kit).

Kickback Open Mic @ The Old Library, 7:30pm, FREE * Open mic night for all to enjoy at The Old Library, what more could you want?

We Will Rock You @ WMC, 7:30pm, £32.50 * Queen musical starring Leon Lopez, Noel Sullivan and Rhydian Roberts camping it up.

Quench Magazine Night @ 10 Feet Tall, 8:00pm, £TBC * Quench is the national award-winning student lifestyle magazine at Cardiff University. They’re taking over 10 Feet Tall to present their favourite upcoming bands & DJs

Wednesday 13th David Cooper Orton @ Glanfa Stage, WMC, 6:15pm, FREE * Come enjoy some electric guitar wonders from David Cooper Orton, he’s really rather good.

Pete and the Pirates @ Millennium Music Hall, 7:00pm, £8 * Don’t be frightened – these pirates will only loot your heart with their lovely tunes.

Dinas - Art In The City @ Gwdihw, 7:00pm, £3 * Live music from Cardiffbased Noise-Pop band My Pet Monster, as well as visuals designed by local art collective MotionArt. Evilive / Ten Cent Toy / Epic Fail @ Undertone, 7:00pm, £4 * Evillive are up & coming South Wales band with a solid Metalcoreset and recently sold out EP ‘Rise’. They’ll be joined by Ten Cent Toy And Epic Fail We Will Rock You @ WMC, 7:30pm, £32.50 * Yet more Queen musical action in at the WMC. Fugative @ The Globe, 7:30pm, £10 * Doing what Harrison Ford was too scared to do, awesome hip-hop from Fugative at The Globe.

Kit Downes Trio @ Dempsey’s, 7:30pm, £5 * See gigs of the month

GigOfTheMonth

The Kit Downes Trio

The outstanding Kit Downes Trio comes to Dempsey’s. Mixing accessibility with undeniable innovation, Kit and company will certainly deliver on all fronts. Guaranteed to be a stunning performance, get your sexy jazzy backsides down there!

Dempsey’s 13th April Nos Da Open Mic w/Singing Huw @ Nos Da, 8:00pm, FREE * Open mic on Riverside with a free drink for every performer Rowan Liggett’s Open Mic @ The North Star, 8:00pm, FREE * Thriving open mic hosted by the MMP’s paper thin duke of weirdness No Sweat @ Cardiff Arts Institute, 8:00pm, FREE * The ever popular showcase invites you to grab a bean bag and enjoy the sounds of Cardiff.

Cayo Arms Jazz Jam @ Cayo Arms, 8:30pm, FREE * Steve Waterman on trumpet guests with the house band backing

Sunday 10th

Tuesday 12th

Thursday 14th

Philip Clouts Jazz @ Glanfa Stage, WMC, 1:45pm, FREE * Assured quality from Philip Clouts Jazz, get your jazzy selves down to the Glanfa Stage.

Thoby Davis @ The North Star, 2:00pm, FREE * The multi instrumentalist once again adds a glossy sheen to the Sunday recovery process We Will Rock You @ WMC, 3:00pm, £32.50 * Queen musical starring Leon Lopez, Noel Sullivan and Rhydian Roberts camping it up.

BBC Radio 3 Performer Plus Series @ WMC, 3:30pm, £6 * Superb afternoon at the WMC, featuring the legendary Alban Gerhardt performing Bach and Ligeti.

The Welsh Sinfonia Season @ The Temple of Peace, 4:30pm, £12 * Conducted by Mark Eager, ‘Time and Place’ is the theme for its second season of chamber orchestral

Cardiff Metropolitan Cathedral Choir @ St David’s Hall, 1:00pm, £4.50/£5.50 * As well as some of the finest music for Holy week, the choir will sing a sequence for Easter from Handel’s Messiah Take The Stage with Rowan Liggett @ Gwdihw, 7:00pm, FREE * Bring your instrument, bring your voice, bring your courage and your mates. Your host is Rowan Liggett, your home is Gwdihŵ!

Not Advised @ Clwb Ifor Bach (downstairs), 7:00pm, £6 * Grab Promotions present a trio of outstanding acts tonight.

Voodoo Johnson @ Clwb Ifor Bach (Main Hall), 7:00pm, £6 * Voodoo Johnson takes to the stage to stagger and amaze with some blinding tunes.

Anti-Racist Social @ The Globe, 7:30pm, £8 * With live bands and DJs, excellent cause, excellent event, done excellently.

Dave Stapleton Quartet @ Dempsey’s,

Luxemburg Youth Orchestra @ Glanfa Stage, WMC, 1:00pm, FREE * I love Luxemburg, I love youth, I love orchestra...

Get down and show some love to our comrades.

Live In The Taf @ The Taf, Cardiff University, 7:00pm, FREE * Weekly session in The Taf booked by the Uni’s Live Music Society Jonathan Powell Album Launch @ Clwb Ifor Bach, 7:00pm, £6 * The one man gossip mill shows us what it’s all about at Clwb tonight.

We Will Rock You @ WMC, 7:30pm, £32.50 * The non stop onslaught of rock ballards explodes once again.

Fred Snow’s Top Shelf Jazz @ The Globe, 7:30pm, £5 * Come to The Globe to embrace the filthy loveliness of Fred Snow and his band of swinging miscreants.

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The Blades @ O’Neill’s (St Mary’s St), 8:00pm, FREE * The Blades sharpen up the crowd at O’Neill’s this fine evening.

The Eruption Button @ Gwdihw, 8:00pm, £3 * The Eruption Button is back to bring you a smorgasbord of the hottest up and coming talent like you’ve never seen before The Penny Skathings @ 10 Feet Tall, 8:00pm, £3/£2 NUS * The history of ska from first wave/50s-60s Jamaican, to 2 Tone and ska punk, featuring a live party band from the recent ‘Rude: Ska Musical’, followed by DJs. Big Little City Launch Party @ Cardiff Arts Institute, 9:00pm, £TBC * Celebrating everything great about Cardiff, great DJs and bands this evening.

Friday 15th

Magpies, Jake McAlister and Sam Maloney.

Wonderful.

International Record Store Day @ Clwb Ifor Bach, 7:00pm, £5 * Get your fine selves down to Clwb and Spillers’ International Record Store Day Jeniferever / Among Brothers @ Buffalo Bar, 7:00Pm, £6 Adv * Gorgeous Swedish post-rock, melodic and often slow-paced, melodic and orchestral.

The Blackout @ Great Hall, Cardiff Student’s Union, 7:30pm, £13.30 * The Blackout try to stay conscious at what promises to be a blinding one... Hahaha..

We Will Rock You @ WMC, 7:30pm, £32.50 * Even the real Queen can hum at least 7 Queen songs...

The Method Album Launch @ The Globe,7:30pm, £4 (£7 with album) * The eagerly awaited debut record arrives in style with the support of Houdini Dax plus Cafe A Go Go and Fabulous DJs. Prepare to shake your tail feather.

Cardiff University Symphony Orchestra @ St David’s Hall, 7:30pm, £10 * Tchaikovsky’s final completed Symphony.

Tchaikovsky himself said of the piece, ‘I have put my whole soul into this work Polar Bears @ O’Neill’s (St Mary’s St), 8:00pm, FREE * Polar bears are freakin killer-awesome. These guys are as well.

2 Tickets 2 The Gunshow @ O’Neil’s (Trinity St), 8:00pm, FREE * 2 Tickets 2 The Gunshow do their awesome thing at O’Neill’s this evening.

Under The DriftwoodTree @ The North Star, 8:00pm, FREE * The sunshine band spread their wings like sweet mojo angels in the warm and welcoming North Star Top Shelf Jazz @ The Vulcan Lounge, 8:00pm, FREE * Swing away your inhibitions with Fred Snow and Top Shelf Jazz tonight.

Miss Maud’s Folly @ NosDa, 8:30pm, FREE * This delicious trio will romance away the audience at the NosDa or die trying.

Candela with United Vibrations @ Gwdihw, 9:00pm, £3 * United Vibrations return with their distinctive sound and style, followed by Candela’s usual suspects spinning their eclectic mix of dance floor fillers.

The Kenny Driscoll Band @ The Claude, 9:00pm, FREE * The marvellous Kenny Driscoll takes the lead this evening, head on down to enjoy!

Samsara @ Cardiff Arts Institute, 10:00pm, £4 * 6-piece reggae outfit from Brighton will astound audiences at the CAI tonight.

Rocket Goldstar + Imperial Pigs @ Chapter Arts Centre, 10:00pm, FREE * Cardiff’s very best prog, space-rock outfit who haven’t been seen in some time. They’re sectret legends really.

Mwsog Avash Avash & support @ 10 Feet Tall, 7:30pm, £4/3 NUS * Woven from strings, percussion and electronica, portraying scenes of legendary adventure and frenetic drama. Mwsog’s songs hark from a mythical land.

Acoustic Open Mic Night @ Buffalo Lounge (Woodville Road), 7:30pm, FREE * Hosted by Rowan Liggett and open to anyone who can generate any audible sound.

Gwdihŵ Sundown Market @Gwdihw, 8:00pm, FREE * A fine selection of goodies to peruse and purchase with a backdrop of live music to nourish the soul, it’s the perfect Sunday wind down haven.

Rowan Liggett’s Open Mic @ The North Star, 8:00pm, FREE * A very lively evening of musical madness where the show is never the same twice Frisky & Mannish @ WMC, 8:00pm, £12 * Hilarious pop parodies from this mischevous duo at the WMC. Sunday Jazz: Chapter Four @ Chapter Arts Centre, 9:00pm, FREE * Melodic acoustic jazz in the Caffi Bar with the Glen Manby Quartet

Will Butterworth Trio @ Dempsey’s, 7:30pm, £5 * Welcome return for this super band, Will on piano with Josh Morrison and Marcus Penrose.

Nos Da Open Mic w/Singing Huw @ Nos Da, 8:00pm, FREE * Open mic on Riverside with a free drink for every performer No Sweat @ Cardiff Arts Institute, 8:00pm, FREE * The ever lovely showcase of Cardiffs ubderground acoustic scene is a genuinely pleasnt affair.

Open Space @ The Gate,8:00pm, FREE * Re-formatted Gate open mic on Wednesdays with this theme being a completely open space for poets, storytellers, musicians and more to take the stage Rowan Liggett’s Open Mic @ The North Star, 8:00pm, FREE * Witness brave volunteers risk everything in the name of music

Thursday 21st

Painting Bus Stops / Minor Characters / The Monico / Reconcile / Cadence / Frontline Fire / Blackwaters @ Undertone, 7:00pm, £TBC * Plenty going on in the basement of late night fun to keep your feet busy.

Monday 18th Metronomy @ Clwb Ifor Bach, £10 * Pangea @ The Globe, 7:30pm, £4 * The 7:00pm, See gigs of the month Atrium showcase their finest talents at The Globe this evening.

Contagious @ Pen & Wig, 7:30pm, FREE GigOfTheMonth * Open mic night every Monday in the Pen & Wig Liturgy/ Ghast / Atmock / Order Of Tepes @ Buffalo Bar, 7:30pm, £5 adv * Cardiff Phenomenal leftfield wonders debut for the Brooklyn band who describe from Metronomy at Clwb Ifor Bach their sound as ‘pure transcendental black this evening. Completely stunning metal’ warble-synth work with tasteful Onward Chariots, Fjords & Supports @ drum machine underlay, comple10 Feet Tall, 8:00Pm, £4 * Extremely melodic pop on Elefant Records evoking the mented by innovative, affecting 60s along with acts like Housemartins, The vocals. Well worth taking a trip to Shins, Beach Boys and The Decemberists.

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Traditional Folk Session @ Beverley HoClwb Ifor Bach tel, 8:30pm, FREE * Evening of traditional folk tunes in the Beverley 21st April Poet’s Corner Open Mic @ Poet’s Corner, 9:00pm, FREE * Fast-growing open mic Live In The Taf @ The Taf, Cardiff Univeron City Road with Huwie Price doing the gregarious hosting sity, 7:00pm, FREE * Weekly session in The Taf booked by the Uni’s Live Music Society Thursday @ Millennium Music Hall, Tuesday 19th 7:30pm, £15 * Everybody’s favourite postpunk/emo outfit since last Friday come to Lunchtime Concert - Peter Jablonski @ the MMH. St David’s Hall, 1:00pm, £5.50 * The pro- NYWW @ WMC, 7:30pm, £12 * National gramme ranges from the classical elegance Youth Wind Orchestra of Wales perform of Haydn to the brooding romanticism of the likes of Copland, Persichetti and Chopin’s three Mazurkas MacMillan.

Take The Stage with Rowan Liggett @ Backbeat Soundsystem Resolution 242 Gwdihw, 7:00pm, FREE * Second installment of this month’s open mic night with / Sharks Don’t Sleep @ 10 Feet Tall, 8:00pm, £5 early bird / £6 adv / £MOTD your flame haired host. * Kicking off the 12-day bank holiday festiThe Xcerts @ Clwb Ifor Bach, val with an awesome line up including the 7:00pm, £6 * Grab Promotions presents Sunday 17th party-starting, instantly catchy, danceable The Xcerts at Clwb, guaranteeing a good reggae 8-piece. night, yes sir.

No Thee No Ess/John Mouse/Ugene Helter Skelter @ O’Neill’s (St Mary’s St), Alex Garnett Quartet @ Dempsey’s, Capper @ Chapter Arts Centre, 12:00pm, 7:30pm, £5 * Dempsey’s debut for tenor 8:00pm, FREE * Take an emotional rollercoaster ride with HS this evening.

FREE * An eccentric, birthday inspired sax star Alex with Ross Stanley, Michael car-boot sale with over 50 pitches of art, Janish and Enzo Zirill. fashion and performance.

Kickback Open Mic @ The Old Library, Thoby Davis @ The North Star, 2:00pm, 7:30pm, FREE * Go strut your stuff at TOL’s Friday 22nd FREE * Armed with more songs than open mic night, great tunes and talents.

Sweet Fontaine @ Clwb Ifor Bach, Spotify, Thoby is a one man musical army Cough / The Death Of Her Money / 7:00pm, £4 * The lively Sweet Fontaine for world peace Spider Kitten @ Buffalo Bar, 7:30Pm, cheer up the masses at Clwb tonight.

We Will Rock You @ WMC, 3:00pm, £5/£6 * Lesson No. 1 presents a great look- ABACAB: A Tribut to Genesis @ The £32.50 * We will, we will, rock you. Go ing night of musical shenanigans featuring Globe, 7:30pm, £10 * Charity night with on, admit it, you’ve played air guitar with psychedelia & brain-warping, sludgy doom ABACAB, tribute to Genesis. It’s makin’ love Queen.

The Alpha Theory / Cell Mates / Sensory My First Tooth Little Arrow / Ivan Moult music, folks. & Support @ 10 Feet Tall, 8:00pm, £4 Salvation @ The North Star, 8:00pm, Chaos / Public Asylum / Counterhold / *Harmonicas, fast-paced instrument swap- FREE * Salvation tear up The North Star Kryophere / Switchblade Uk @ Underping and one of the best live performances with some phenomenal soul/funk/rock tone, 7:00pm, £TBC * First night of the around covers.

Surface Festival Alasdair Roberts @ St David’s Hall, Vertigo @ Gwdihw, 8:00pm, £3 * Live Beth Orton @ The Glee Club, 7:30pm, music from The Janice Graham Band (Man8:00pm, £12(adv) * Glasgow based chester) comprising refined sing-a-long £16.50 * See gigs of the month Scottish singer, guitarist, interpreter of choruses with imaginative, reggae-beat-ska traditional songs and writer of lovely Saturday 16th rhythms. Black Hand Laser Band DJs spinnew ones GigOfTheMonth ning records until late.

The Undecided @ O’Neill’s (St Mary’s St), Dai Llewellyn @ Cardiff Central Library, Wednesday 20th 8:00pm, FREE * Make a bloody decision 1:00pm, FREE * With a name like Dai bro! Go and see this cracking outfit at Llewellyn, quality is guaranteed. Enjoy!

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Brit Award winning talent from We Will Rock You @ WMC, 2:30pm, Hit Or Miss / Blind Divide / Death Of An CF5 Jam Sessions w/ Nick Walker @ Norwich. Proof that you don’t need £32.50 * Legendary Queen musical starring Icon / Amongst Carrion / Pandamonium Tony’s Kitchen Bar And Gallery, 8:00pm, Leon Lopez. Somewhere Ben Elton is laugh- to be from anywhere remotely / Few Against The Many / The Hotel £3 * Nick Walker hosts this open invite for trendy to gain iconic musical ing in a bank. musos to come in for free and join in the Ambush @ status. We all know her sensational Woodland Regional High School Chamfun, free food before 10pm Undertone, 7:00Pm, £Tbc * Surface Festiwork with The Chemical Brothers, ber Choir @ Glanfa Stage, WMC, 6:30pm, val continues to make all the right noises. Crimes Against Folk @ O’Neill’s (Trinity tonight will see her acoustic side FREE * They didn’t come all the way from Romantic Rights @ Buffalo Bar, 7:30pm, St), 8:00pm, FREE * Will someone stop Connecticut for nothing, have a listen and shine through. ever stop horrendous Crimes Against Folk? £tbc * Ed’s In The Shed Productions report back. presents a live mix of dance and rock aimed We sincerely hope not!

The Glee Club Ska Acoustic Tour @ Pen & Wig, 7:00pm, The Tony Breen Band & Guests @ Blue straight at the dancefloor FREE * Featuring Joe York, Ren Spits at 17th April Dragon Hotel, 9:00pm, FREE * Country,

Gramercy Riffs @ Glanfa Stage, WMC, 6:15pm, FREE * Some people think country rock is the devil. Go find out at Glanfa!

The Last Republic @ Clwb Ifor Bach, 7:00pm, £5 * Exciting headline at Clwb with no doubt a cracking line up preceding.

Cardiff Sinfonietta @ The Gate, 7:00pm, £8 * Jonathan Mann conducts Beethoven’s 6th Symphony, along with an all-Mozart first half.

BBC National Orchestra of Wales @ St David’s Hall, 7:00pm, £10/£25 * A performance of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet with Harriet Smithson. Full of fantasy, orchestral wizardry and wild unbridled romance.

We Will Rock You @ WMC, 7:30pm, £32.50 * Will this masterful ceremony of power ballards never end! Bicycle! Bicycle!

Rumney Folk Club @ St Augustine’s Church Hall, Rumney, 7:30pm, £3 * A luscious, candlelit affair in the impressive environs of St Augustine’s Church 101% Pantera @ Millennium Music Hall, 7:30pm, £8 * 1% better than the real Pantera, not to be missed by any hard core Anselmo-devotees.

Young Rebel Set / Washington Irving @ Buffalo Bar, 7:30pm, £6 adv * Swn & Xpress present a powerful blend of storming vocals, folksy guitars, flute-driven melodies and pounding drums.

Hells Bells @ The Globe, 8:00pm, £12.50 * Well-established AC/DC tribute mammoths, Hells Bells tear up The Globe.

Kymo @ 8:00pm, FREE * Imaginative musical entertainment lights up the ever charming North Star La Noche Latina @ Gwdihw, 8:00pm, £3 * A scorching evening drenched in Latin flavour with Vamos, a quintet of international musicians hailing from Spain, England and France CF5 Jam Sessions w/ Nick Walker @ Tony’s Kitchen Bar And Gallery,8:00pm, £3 * Nick Walker hosts this open invite for musos to come in for free and join in the fun, free food before 10pm Rob Cross @ O’Neill’s (Trinity St), 8:00pm, FREE * Rob Cross entertains all who hear him. Vegas @ O’Neill’s (St Mary’s St), 8:00pm, FREE * Vegas point their classy covers your way.

The Tony Breen Band & Guests @ Blue Dragon Hotel, 9:00pm, FREE * Country, blues, jazz all blended together by the Tony Breen band Fabulous Cover Sluts @ The Claude, 9:00pm, FREE * The Sluts strut their slutty, smutty stuff at The Claude this evening.

Zwolf @ Chapter Arts Centre, 11:00pm, £3 * Electronic uber human Zwolf soundtracks cinematic visuals and real time improvised film by Nic Finch and Casey Raymond

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blues, jazz all blended together by the Tony Breen band Fastback Saloon @ The Claude, 9:00pm, FREE * Fastback Saloon entertain ravenous crowds at The Claude this evening.

Saturday 23rd Gramercy Riffs @ Cardiff Central Library, 1:00pm, FREE * Gramercy Riffs tear up the library with their bluegrass/country stylings.

Sir Swish @ Glanfa Stage, WMC, 1:00pm, FREE * Long live the Sir Swish Band and their lovely swish music. We ’ve come over all flustered like...

Duo Flex @ NosDa, 5:00pm, FREE * Duo Flex parade their steel-pan madness around the NosDa. Apache / The Monico / Morning Star @ Buffalo Bar, 7:00Pm, £3 * Come and witness some young guns of rock’n’roll hell bent on proving their worth.

Goose @ O’Neill’s (St Mary’s St), 8:00pm, FREE * Have a gander at Goose’s last gig of the month at O’Neills.

2 Tickets 2 The Gunshow @ O’Neill’s (Trinity St), 8:00pm, FREE * 2 Tickets play their last April O’Neill’s show tonight The Hop Easter Party 50S-60S Rock’n’roll, Jive, Swing, Jazz, Live Bands @ Buffalo Lounge, 8:00Pm, Free * Swing on by Buffalo Lounge for a 50s-60s themed Easter party with live music, cult films and boutique stalls. 50s-60s dress encouraged.

The Ped & Joe Show @ The North Star, 8:00pm, FREE * The wonderful Ped and Joe light up The North Star this evening.

The Loan Sharks @ The Claude, 9:00pm, FREE * They want your bloody money sunshine! Get down to pay up, pilgrim...

Joe Driscoll @ Cardiff Arts Institute, 10:00pm, £4 * Joe Driscoll brings his beatboxing, digeridoo honking madness to CAI.

Star @ Undertone, 7:00Pm, £Tbc * Another live music packed line up in the basement.

UK4UGANDA @ The Globe, 7:30pm, £10 * Charity event featuring DJs, MCs, B-boys and girls. Not to be missed, excellent cause.

Bock-a-da-Bock @ Dempsey’s, 7:30pm, £5 * Jam session lead by Paul Jones for invited musicians.

Contagious @ Pen & Wig, 7:30pm, FREE * Open mic night every Monday in the Pen & Wig Rockaoke @ Gassy Jacks, 8:30pm, FREE * Rock out at Gassys every other Monday - pick a song, the live band plays it, you sing it, simple Traditional Folk Session @ Cayo Arms, 8:30pm, FREE * Welsh folk songs performed with sweet abandon Poet’s Corner Open Mic @ Poet’s Corner, 9:00pm, FREE * Recently moved uptairs for added grooviness this night has new promise.

No Sweat @ Cardiff Arts Institute, 8:00pm, FREE * The ever popular showcase invites you to grab a bean bag and enjoy the sounds of Cardiff Sugar Drop Presents Friends Electric @ 10 Feet Tall, 10:00Pm, Free * Friends Electric is a band spawned not by a scene, but a burning desire to make people dance.

Hear it in their pop hooks, slinky rhythms and euphoric beats.

Thursday 28th

Cheryl Roberts & Natty German @ Glanfa Stage, WMC, 1:00pm, FREE * Cheryl and Natty, music to one side, are the two best names in the world, possibly even in the UK. Bethan Nia & Gillian Stevens @ Glanfa Stage, WMC, 6:15pm, FREE * The gorgeous Bethan and Gillian perform some Welsh folk music for all interested.

One Track Mind / Miss Dejavu / High Demand / Dave, Dave & The Slave / Man Of The Hour / The Shaws / Mle @ Undertone,7:00Pm, Tuesday 26th £Tbc * Surface Festival begins to destroy the very fabric of reality with its mighty Fiddlebox @ Glanfa Stage, WMC, heart beat 6:15pm, FREE * Fiddlebox show us Dinosaur Pile-Up @ Clwb Ifor Bach, wannabe fiddlers how it’s done. I’m such 7:00pm, £6.50 * Grab Promotions present a wannabe...

Dinosaur Pile-Up at Clwb for a very merry Call Mr Robeson @ The Gate, 7:00pm, £10 * Evening of tributes to the great Paul looking evening.

Robeson. Promises to be an excellent night. Live In The Taf @ The Taf, Cardiff UniverNeWt @ Dempsey’s, 7:30pm, £5 * Unu- sity, 7:00pm, FREE * Weekly session in The Taf booked by the Uni’s Live Music Society sual line up with Chris Wallace on drums, Graeme Stephen on guitar and Chris Grieve Russell Watson @ St David’s Hall, on trombone.

7:30pm, £61.28/£40.85/£25.53 * Blacklist Royals / Peachfuzz @ Buffalo Two Classical BRIT Awards. Two Double Bar, 7:30Pm, £5.50 * STHC Cardiff presents Platinum, one Platinum two Gold classified albums and over seven million records sold a night of punky fun and heavy musical worldwide. What does this mean? stylings RWCMD Chamber Orchestra w/ ChrisBefore The Escape, Kyshera & Support @ Undertone, 8:00Pm, £3 * Alternative tian Lindberg @ Hoddinott Hall, WMC, rock band Before The Escape are back and 8:00pm, £12 * Outstanding trombone virtuoso, Christian Lindberg performs they’re ready to rock! with RWCMD Chamber Orchestra. Not to Take the Stage with Rowan Liggett @ Sunday 24th be missed.

Gwdihw, 8:30pm, FREE * Gwdihŵ invites No Disrespect @ O’Neill’s (St Mary’s St), you to step up to the stage with your choSwing Easy Quintet @ Glanfa Stage, 8:00pm, FREE * No Disrespect up the ante sen instrument and share the fire inside WMC, 1:00pm, FREE * Enjoy the swingat O’Neills.

Be respectful, don’t miss it. heavy stylings of the Swing Easy Quintet at the Glanfa Stage.

Bijou Festival “A Rock Affaire” The Dusta- Wednesday 27th Friday 29th phonics / The Method / H Hawkline The String Button Band @ Glanfa Stage, / Houdini Dax & More @ Gwdihw, WMC, 6:15pm, FREE * The String Button 1940s Tea Party! @ Buffalo Lounge 3:00pm, £6 * See gigs of the month Band trek down to the bay to spread their (Woodville Road), 2:00pm, FREE * Expect live music & DJs playing 40s swing/ acoustic loveliness.

Supercute Voices / Capital Fault / Alter- big band/jazz/bebop/wartime tunes.

GigOfTheMonth dresses, 40s wear & polka dots native Expression / Innovence / Jets To Tea encouraged!

Zurich / Stiff Liquid / Shooting The Moon Kong @ Clwb Ifor Bach, 7:00pm, £7 * @ Undertone, Balloon promotions present Kong and a fantastic line up in Clwb this evening.

With a truly exceptional line up and 7:00Pm, £Tbc * See gigs of the month Good Librarian / We Are The Afterglow a brilliant venue you can’t ask for @ Buffalo Bar, 7:00Pm, £3 * Local indie much more. Foot stomping fiends rockers continue the bank holiday fun with The Method are joined by The GigOfTheMonth their special variety of delicious mojo pie Dustaphonics, H.Hawkline, Houdini The R Kives / Say When! / Broken City Dax, Colorama and Alex Sedgmond Skyline / Fallen Through / They Walk in a feast of music.

Among Us / Love The Judge / Echolounge At long bloody last, gameboy@ Undertone, 7:00Pm, Gwdihw fuelled, electro-heavy 80s Japan£Tbc * Surface Festival eats people alive esque pop is in Cardiff. We think and excretes dancers.

24th April this band could really, really soar.

Hayseed Dixie @ Millennium Music Hall, Get yourselves down to Undertone 7:00pm, £15 * The Ped & Joe Show (acoustic) @ The See gigs of the month - if we’rewrong, we’ll do your North Star, 3:00pm, FREE * Ped & Joe dishes forever, darlings. return with some wonderful acoustica for your pleasure.

GigOfTheMonth Undertone 2-Floor Easter Party! Threatmantics / H. Hawkline / My Pet Monster / Barefoot 27th April Dance Of The Sea / Joshua Caole / Andrew Rhys Lewis & Band & Loads More Globally renowned ‘Appalachian Tba @ 10 Feet Tall, Sir Wickham’s Open Mic @ The North Rockgrass hellraisers’ take to stage 6:00Pm, £Tbc * Two floors of Easter fun in Star, 7:30pm, FREE * Travel to the North at The Millennium Music Hall the centre of town Star to enjoy an evening of quality open tonight. As anyone who’s witnessed miceness while Rowan enjoys a rare Sion Russell Jones @ Glanfa Stage, WMC, a performance knows, you’re night off.

6:45pm, FREE * It’s no secret that some of guaranteed some mind-boggling We Are the Ocean @ Millennium the MMP staff want Sion’s children. Well, it’s no secret now. Amazing stuff. fretwork fireworks and a bloody Music Hall, 7:30pm, £10 * London-based hardcore outfit We Are The Ocean won’t Acoustic Open Mic Night @ Buffalo good romp as well. you high and dry. But they’ll definitely Lounge (Woodville Road), 7:30pm, FREE leave leave you high.

Millennium Music Hall * Hosted by Rowan Liggett. All performers John Lloyd Quintet @ Dempsey’s, welcome 29th 7:30pm, £5 * John Lloyd fronts this CF5 Productions @ The Promised Land, marvellous ensemble, promises to be an 8:00pm, £3 * Nick Walker curates an eclec- excellent one.

The Hamsters @ The Globe, 7:30pm, tic evening of live musical wonderment.

St David’s Hall, 7:30pm, £16 * Them £12.50 * The Hamsters bring their pheBeatles have quickly become one of the nomenal blues-rock mayhem to The Globe U.K’s top tributes to the ‘Fab Four’. this evening.

Monday 25th Nos Da Open Mic w/Singing Huw @ Nos Orchestra of Welsh National Opera @ Da, 8:00pm,FREE * Open mic on Riverside St David’s Hall, 7:30pm, £10/£32 * A Blind River Scare @ Glanfa Stage, WMC, with a free drink for every performer heart-stopping tribute to Wagner, who died 6:15pm, FREE * Americana/country/ in Venice whilst Bruckner was composing folk wonders from Blind River Scare down Nick Harper @ The Globe, 8:00pm, this symphony £10.50 * Son of the legendary Roy Harper Bonobo the bay. @ Millennium Music Hall, makes his way to Roath for this guaranteed Jrd / Landslides / Hame / After An Alibi blinder.

7:30pm, £12.50 * They love Bonobo. You / The Venture / Slide On This / Morning love Bonobo. Go see Bonobo.

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The Beavers @ O’Neill’s (St Mary’s St), 8:00pm, FREE * If you like the beavers you’ll love The Beavers.

Colum Regan @ O’Neill’s (Trinity St), 8:00pm, FREE * Colum plays some phenomenal cover-based gorgeousness tonight. Don’t miss it.

The Miniature Music Press Party! @ Gwdihw, 8:00pm, £3 * See Gigs of The Month.

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Enjoy quality live music as we toast your goodselves along with other good friends we’ve made whislt producing the MMP! Thank you for reading!

Gwdihw 29th April

CF5 Jam Sessions w/ Nick Walker @ Tony’s Kitchen Bar And Gallery, 8:00pm, £3 * Nick Walker hosts this open invite for musos to come in for free and join in the fun, free food before 10pm The Tony Breen Band & Guests @ Blue Dragon Hotel, 9:00pm,FREE * Country, blues, jazz all blended together by the Tony Breen band Vine Eyes @ The Claude, 9:00pm, FREE * Vine Eyes present some mighty fine covers this evening.

Omega66 Album Launch Party @ The Promised Land 9:00pm, £3 Entry / £5 w/ Download Album / £7 CD Album * See gigs of the month.

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Omega 66

This disco flavoured, funk machine has been locked away in a laboratory for months. What have they been building in there? Only one way to find out. The results will unleashed this evening in the Promised Land

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Saturday 30th Colours of One @ Cardiff Central Library, 1:00pm, FREE * Acoustic adaptations of alt-rock band CoO, you better go. Yes you.

The Dirty Youth / Jack Knife Fight / Riot City Saints @ Buffalo Bar, 7:00Pm, £4 * About as brash and furious as you’d want your rock’n’roll to be. Good support too Andy Morse & Chris Capel @ The Pot, 7:30pm, £5 * Andy Morse and Chris Capel spread their acoustic stylings at The Pot this evening Dathlu Calan Mai @ WMC, 7:30pm, FREE * Gwyl Calan Mai hapus i chi gyd!

Come and enjoy the fun and musical phenomenons!

New Riot @ The Globe, 7:30pm, £5.75 * Ska punk is not dead. Thank the Lord for that - awesome gig this one!

Helter Skelter @ O’Neill’s (St Mary’s St), 8:00pm, FREE * Helter Skelter round off their O’Neills gigs in what’ll be another fine evening in the city centre Hodgeheg @ Pen & Wig, 8:00pm, FREE * Lovely funky/dubby action from Hodgeheg.

Cool as Folk @ Gwdihw, 8:00pm, £3 * Step into a world of gypsy punk, folktastic dowsed ska and everything in between as we take you on a journey through funky folk music with Boris /The Theiving Beggars Rob Cross @ O’Neill’s (Trinity St), 8:00pm, FREE * Rob Cross could be the devil. Find out if it’s true at O’Neill’s tonight!

Inconsiderate Parking @ NosDa, 8:30pm, FREE * IP entertain the Riversiders, with support from the big-folkin’ Tylwyth Teg. Pint of 45 @ The Promised Land, 9:00pm, £4/5 * Three live bands vie for your attention.

Pete Lawrie Album Launch @ Cardiff Arts Institute, 9:00pm, £5 * Come enjoy Penarth-raised songwriter Pete Lawrie’s album launch

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The Shadow Over Outsear.

I.....neverknewmygrandfather.... he vanished leaving little trace before I was even born. My father never spoke about him (though he rarely spoke about anything other than donkey racing and boutique mustard recepies), so he’s remained an enigma to me all these years. However, the other day whilstt looking for things to throw at children, I stumbled upon an extract from his journal in the cellar….and from it, I’ve been able to discern something very important about my lost relative….

“Wretched sleep, all of it, foggy and deep and impenetrable, smothered by the weight of tumulus dreams, now nothing more than fading shades, unease seared into the minds eye…the very wrongness of those vision remains, but the what?

The where? The why?

Tripping backwards away from sight…impossible to catch, even more so to hold onto.

Sweat stained face, twitching limbs, heavy breathing, bolt upright in bed…surroundings for a moment unfamiliar, panic stricken.

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from where I was, not yet where I should be….a stop over, yes, a pick me up, to drink, to eat, to sleep then to rocket onwards towards whatever. This town, Outsear, that is it….

Tucked into the mountain, a veil of mist, it’s craggy head arose from nowhere along my path and with much thanks I trundled in, legs aching, mind numb.

A blessing, yes? What else, empty streets, crooked cobbles underfoot and blinking lamps flickered like stars too close above. Empty streets, but maybe…not so empty, onwards carting my bedraggled frame, searching for an inn perhaps? A shelter? A bar, an anything that can cast away this most brutal cold for but a moment. Empty streets?

No, faces at the windows, looking out and down, I think for a moment I spy something in the shadows near by, it’s eyes a scaly vengeance and from it’s mouth drop shapes this world does not know, old, very, hungry, always.

Then gone, head shakes, it’s too much cold, too little food. Empty streets?

No, eyes all over, crawling across my skin like spiders, black spiders,

big black spiders, bred for war, bred to burrow under flesh, bred to get into your mind. Then, ahead…a tavern! Oh joy, the eyes are gone, the darkness seems to lift, and the weight I felt, like a wet blanket cast over is light as silk.

Inside, expectation, warmth, chatter, reality, neither. Nothing of the sort, bone cold, rotten wood haphazard furniture, a greying creature behind the bar, looking the picture of sickness, deaths cruel joke, some how clinging to this coil, I wander in, not many eyes in this depression turned to space, what few they are wrap now on me, on this stranger. I peer out along them, and in the corner of my gaze a most distressing view, fleeting as it may, the barman, all shades of wrong as had been seen, but wrong for all the wrong reasons, cracking, thick, reptilian skin, eyes deep set and seeping fluid, shapes like snakes stretching down from his jaw, unknown horror waiting behind them. I snap my head towards him, the view returns to what was there before, my weary mind it must be. Nothing more.

A room for the night obtained I dive straight to the bottom of sleep.

I want no more of this place, rest and be gone, I care not for here. But C troubled visions plague my night, strange images M flashing through my mind.

Y Of people praying to a beast shackled inside CM the very flesh of this land, imprisoned in the MY mountain, colossal, too old to imagine, too cruel CY to believe. Of those who CMY changed over the years, drinking in the strange K toxins this place produces, of thinking together, not man, nor beats, something else, thinking together, waiting, never growing old and waiting for as long as it takes. Chanting a name that fills my night time.

What is “Naxus”? and what does it want?

I hear now an approach towards my room, a low bubbling, insect clicking and human murmur, perhaps they will tell me, better yet…maybe show” THE VIEWS OF JM STRANGE DO NOT REFLECT THE VIEWS OF THE MMP

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