The MMP October 2011 by The MMP

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THE JOY FORMIDABLE

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TOWN

Prodigious Brit Rock Outfit From Newport

WINTER VILLAINS Wondrous Emissaries of Experimental Indie

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PUBLISHER MMP CREATIVE LTD.

EDITORS Rowan Liggett, Simon M. Read, Sion Trefor

LISTINGS EDITOR Nia Jones

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WRITERS Jennifer Allan, Max Barrett, Jonathan Day, Emma Gould, Max Hicks, Jamie Neasom, Joe O’Connell, Matthew Pasternakiewicz.

STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER: Paul Roberts

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CONTENTS 04 MUSIC NEWS News and round up of all the musical happenings in and around Cardiff 06 EXPOSURE Meet this month’s featured artists!

Demos/CDs to: The MMP The Pop Factory Jenkin Street Porth Rhondda CF39 9PP

12 INDUSTRY INTERVIEW Interview with music industry linchpins, in association with We Are Cardiff.

General: info@themmp.tv Advertising: ads@themmp.tv Listings: listings@themmp.tv www.themmp.tv twitter.com/themmp

14 LISTINGS All the goings on from Cardiff’s music venues this month

COVER ILLUSTRATION BY: Ben Davies Design Ben Davies is a graphic designer / illustrator based in Cardiff who specialises in the creation of album artwork, gig posters, logos, limited edition prints & tshirt designs. Please log onto www.bendaviesdesign. com for for information & a look around his online shop!

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26 REVIEWS The month’s new albums, singles and demos. 28 MMP EXTRA Get yourselves to themmp. tv for even more reviews, competitions and news! 28 DOWNLOADS Join our Download Society and enjoy free downloads! 28 COMPETITION Win free stuff! 30 SPOTLIGHT Monthly column highlighting issues affecting music in Wales.

ello troopers, Thanks for picking up the MMP. It’s your guide to all the music you can fit in your head in any given month in Cardiff. The summer festivals may have disappeared into the ether for another year but the emergence of several cracking events dotted around is indisputable. Green Man in particular is now widely regarded as one of the best in the UK and we say bravo. For now though, we wait. The grassy fields belong to the cows again. Luckily winter time is good for rock’n’roll. Bars and venues become cosy havens of live music and we all get to look good in fancy scarves and coats. In these pages you’ll discover that the musicians have been a busy bunch of bees. We have albums galore, free music, interviews, news and extensive listings of all the city’s musical events. So let’s stoke the fires, pop some corks and get busy taking part in the grand old opera of life. It helps to find a good beat.... Good luck!

The MMP xxx

04 | NEWS OCTOBER 2011

MUSIC NEWS WELSH MUSIC PRIZE : SHORTLIST ANNOUNCED

OXFAM: VINYL AND MUSIC PROMOTION

The inaugural Welsh Music Prize is set to be announced at this month’s SWN Festival causing debate, deliberation and, undoubtedly, some dissent at those cruelly left off the shortlist. Speaking of which, the 12 albums up for the title have now been announced:

Alongside Oxjam Takeover in the early part of the month, Oxfam are also hosting a vinyl and music promotion with support from BBC Radio Wales’ Bethan Elfyn throughout October. Elfyn commented: “Second hand record shops are still my first port of call in any town or village and I have picked up some brilliant 7 inch vinyl from the Oxfam store in Cardiff. If it is time to clear out the cupboards and dust down the vinyl in the attic, then do take it along to the Oxfam shop, and let these lovely slabs of music get a new lease of life, and be loved once again in different hands.” Oxfam are looking for donations from the Cardiff public to the St Mary Street store so as to make this a music market like no other, literally bursting to the seams with vinyl, CDs, badges, banners and even musical notation. Last time this raised almost five grand for worthy causes, so if your music is causing you a clutter, perhaps now is the most socially helpful time for a clearout.

Al Lewis – In The Wake [Al Lewis Music] Colorama – Box [See Monkey Do Monkey Records] Funeral For A Friend – Welcome Home Armageddon [Distiller Records] Gruff Rhys – Hotel Shampoo [Turnstile Music] Lleuwen – Tan [Gwymon] Manic Street Preachers – Postcards from a Young Man [Columbia] Stagga – The Warm Air Room [Rag and Bone] Sweet Baboo – I’m a Dancer/Songs About Sleepin’ [Shape Records] The Blackout – Hope [Cooking Vinyl] The Gentle Good – Tethered for the Storm [Gwymon] The Joy Formidable – Big Roar [Atlantic] Y Niwl – Y Niwl [Aderyn Papur]

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No question over the quality of that selection, 12 mightily fine albums indeed, all in with a shout. Perhaps the likes of We//Are//Animal, Little Arrow, H. Hawkline, Islet and many, many more could have valid cause to feel aggrieved, but that is the nature of any award process. Indeed, the shortlist could have been trebled and still not adequately covered the breadth of quality music Wales has produced in the last year. The MMP looks forward to seeing who the panel of judges bestow the prize upon. Good luck, one and all! welshmusicprize.com

Please contact the shop on 029 2022 2275 with any enquiries or queries. Oh, and be generous… www.oxfam.org.uk

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DJANGO DJANGO WAVEFORMS

HOUDINI DAX 1929

GIRLS - HONEY BUNNY

Ahead of their VERY long-awaited debut album, Django Django release this wierd and wonderful cut of arty electro-pop. Trippy synths, reverb laden psychedelic harmonies and a tribal-esque cadence catch it, shake it, make it dance. djangodjango.co.uk

No messing about from the three piece uber-band on this punchy gem. Try listening to this without wanting to drive at crazy speeds. houdinidax.co.uk

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Severely hot property across the blogging universe, here Girls show their pastiching of the past being applied to 70s rock, in their own uniquely testosterone driven way. Strutting from surf to new wave with brazen confidence, it’s a promising sign for new LP Father, Son, Holy Ghost. myspace.com/girls

Soundtrack Festival Hits 3rd Year

November brings us the 3rd annual Soundtrack International Film and Music Festival following its break in 2010 as the arts funding cull destabilised this, and numerous other cultural ventures. Thankfully, those barriers have been broken down and there should be plenty to celebrate this time around. Between the 16th and 20th November, Cardiff and Newport will be bustling with various key minds from the international film and music community. Previous guests have included Danny Boyle, John Cale, Super Furry Animals and the BBC National Orchestra of Wales and this year promises equal depth of star talent Guillemots have already been confirmed as the headline act, playing the Coal Exchange on 18th November and more details will be announced through the festival website:

HOWLING FOR THE

FULL MOON

When Y Fuwch Goch closed earlier this year, Womanby Street was left looking rather naked in terms of its music venues. Of course, the incredible cultural centrepiece of Clwb Ifor Bach remained, but the likes of The Toucan and Goch had sadly departed for the music venue burial ground in the sky. What great news, then, that we have an independent newcomer in place so quickly after a loss. The Full Moon opens on the 1st October, opposite Clwb, promising fine music and hard liquor – two of our very favourite things. We spoke to the owners, Steve Bines and Gwyn Thomas, who sounded more enthused than a child gorged on Boost bars: “We aim to bring a few one off events to the bar that give the audience a chance to see an intimate performance by well known artists. I’m really excited by these unique performances and can’t wait to announce the first of them which include a Reading Festival headliner and a Mercury Prize winner. And if that isn’t enough, we have a policy of no door charges, so all shows will be free!!” So, there you have it – all rather exciting really. Make sure you check out and support the venue as the month progresses, and catch their website at: www.thefullmooncardiff.com

BUFFALO LOUNGE CEASES TRADING: VENUE MERRY-GO-ROUND CONTINUES UNABATED Sad news on the venue merry-go-round with regard to Buffalo Lounge ceasing trading. The cosy bar/cafe on Woodville Road was a popular haunt for many students in the Cathays area drawn in by its gentle ambience, crisp alcohol and some beautifully intimate music from quality artists. The likes of Allo Darlin’, The School and MMP’s mighty Rowan Liggett among many others have sauntered through in the last two years and it’s shock closure, announced through Twitter, will be deeply felt. We re-iterate the words of Buffalo Lounge – thanks to all who’ve been involved for your hard work and good times. All shows currently scheduled will be moved to either the Buffalo or 10 Feet Tall venues, more specific showby-show details can be found at their website: www.buffaloloungecardiff.com

MUSIC GEEK MONTHLY GOES VISUAL The Music Geek Monthly events, billed as a book club but not about books, has offered all of us overly-devoted music fans opportunity to get together for listening events and discuss new releases and classics over the course of the last year. Through the process it’s been decided that David Bowie is definitively better than Marvin Gaye – thank heavens that’s been cleared up. The organisers have now cleverly seen the opportunity to spread the forum to music films and documentaries. September saw a viewing of I Am Trying To Break Your Heart – A Film About Wilco in Gwdihw, and each month from now on will see another film up for discussion. On the list of future events we have the excellent The Devil And Daniel Johnston, Scorsese’s No Direction Home and The Last Waltz, as well as Some Kind Of Monster which looks at Metallica. More details can be found at the Music Geek tumblr blog: musicgeekmonthly.tumblr.com

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GROUPER – ALIEN OBSERVER

BLAKTRIX FLIGHT REDUX

FOREST FIRE FORTUNE TELLER

The most accessible track from Liz Harris’ 2011 ambient/folk record of the same name, Wurlitzer keys and lavish waves of spacious vocal - elaborate on the legacy of New York minimalism. myspace.com/grouperrepuorg

I’m about as hard as Elijah Wood. But one listen to Fight Redux with its brutally contorted beat and insanely aggressive rhymes and I’m out shadow punching on the cathedral green till 4am. Another fantastic track from Blaktrix’s Houdini Footprints. myspace.com/blaktrix

Experimental alt rock five-piece from New York, with a leaning towards simple harmonies and complex subtexts. Taken from the critically acclaimed album, Survival - this awesome track comes highly recommended. myspace.com/fuckforestfire

06 | EXPOSURE INTERVIEW

The Joy Formidable

aving been picked up by major label Atlantic, the band released debut album The Big Roar earlier this year, which was produced by Rich Costey (Muse, My Chemical Romance, Franz Ferdinand). They are presently breaking the LP over in the States and have been asked to support the Foo Fighters on tour this November by self-proclaimed fan Dave Grohl. The MMP caught up with Wales’ newest superstars to see how they are adjusting to it all. Words & Interview by Max Hicks

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MMP: What music have you each been listening to recently? JF: John Grant, Dutch Uncles, Mono, 18th Dye, Anna Calvi, Patti Smith, Fang Island and many more. MMP: Does any member of the band like to be in charge of the music selection on the tour bus? JF: It’s a free for all, fortunately none of us are cd - player dictators. We occasionally have to throw Matt out the window, there has to be SOME time limit on experimental jazz. MMP: Does anyone have any “guilty pleasures” musically? JF: Sure, we love great music, but there’s no snobbery here. Different tracks serve different purposes. Haddaway finds itself into our preshow warm up music; it makes us go a bit loopy. Men at Work has the same effect, though it has been known to make Rhydian cry.

To say The Joy Formidable’s star has risen quickly would be an understatement. From their beginnings as a North Walian threepiece formed from the ashes of Manchester band Tricky Nixon, the band have quick-stepped through the minor leagues off the back of self-releases, a re-location to London and a lot of touring.

MMP: What was it like having a pretty big producer (Rich Costey) work on the album? Did both parties share the same vision for the sound or was it more complicated? JF: We have a great relationship with Rich, a lot of respect and it was a very intuitive, productive relationship. That’s not to say we didn’t challenge each other. I’m sure we drove him nuts but that’s what happens when both parties are passionate and as a band we have a very clear idea of what we want. He’s tremendously talented & I hope we get to work with him again.

variety its hard to choose favourites, every night is different. We have so many fond memories, even the bad ones in high insight take on some nostalgic hilarity. From the freezing cold drives through Scandinavia in Winter to the boiling heat of the Mojave Desert; mountains, glaciers, lakes, we’ve seen a lot & it’s a beautiful ole world out there.

MMP: How have the band’s performances been received by American audiences at your live shows so far? JF: It’s been a great year. It’s very simple. We put everything into our live performances and everything tends to fall into place after that. There’s a real love of live music in the States & that is something we’ve been feeling at the shows, we feel very welcome.

MMP: Dave Grohl is apparently a fan and you’re going to be touring with the Foo Fighters this November. How did that come about and how excited are you all? JF: What’s heart-warming about that story is that it came about very naturally. He heard Whirring on the radio in Seattle and hummed the tune home so he could look up the band. It should always be about the music, and for someone who’s has achieved so much to still have a down to earth attitude it really strikes a chord with us. Great guys. Great band. We’re very excited.

MMP: Is there much of a difference playing one country to the next, and if so, which has been your favourite? JF: Touring throws up so much

MMP: Who was responsible for the album artwork? It looks like Rhydian’s handiwork. JF: Yes, its Rhydians artwork with

ideas jammed between us. The visuals and the music are very much entwined MMP: You’re a new band that has reached a successful level fairly quickly. What single piece of vital advice would you give to other new bands who might want to follow in your footsteps? JF: We’re not in habit of giving out advice, every band should carve and follow their own path. Stick to the path and you’ll be alright, just don’t veer into the woods. MMP: Is the music industry really screwed? JF: Not at all. Not whilst there’s great artists out there. It’s a different fight, different rules but it’s not screwed until people stop caring about new music& musical diversity. There’s still hope where that’s concerned. MMP: What’s the best pizza topping? JF: Artichoke hearts, mushrooms and roasted red peppers. www.thejoyformidable.com

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Words by Jamie Neasom

TOWN Are you a fan of the mighty chorus? Are you a lover of arms-aloft guitars? Does the thunder of drums ignite a fire in your chest and set each and every nerve you have to tingling? If your answers are yeses, Town are your boys.

ombining the vivacious, stylish fury of mod supremos The Jam with pipettes of DNA from every generation of punk, these four Newportians are riding at the front of the ‘Britwave’ parade, and garnering plaudits at every turn. A brief scan through the list of bands they have supported gives you a fair impression of what to expect from Town musically. In 2009 they opened for The Buzzcocks when said punk legends came to Cardiff, and last month they played as tour support for Lostprophets. Between these two landmark billings, the boys have chromed-up their sound with the aid of Romesh Dodangoda, producer of choice for much of Wales’ rock royalty. While sheen seems to generally be used to compensate for a lack of conviction, Town just seem smarter and more assured under the lights of better production, as if they have exchanged TK Maxx knock-offs for Harrington originals. Recently, Town have picked up backing from Fierce Panda, who are releasing their new Teenage Sky single on the Label Fandango imprint, which operates under a thoroughly admirable, music-first philosophy, something that suits a

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band who are no strangers to tireless, tireless toil. Town take pride in their defiantly proletarian work ethic, seemingly working on the old adage that you make your own luck and heeding the music industry convention that the best way to get people interested is to go out and play. They are more than content to let the music speak for itself, giving away little in interview but showcasing their love of vintage mod style in their videos. In fact, the video for Eighteen (lead single from their Original Design EP) encapsulates Town well. Playing in front of a range of classic British cars, dressed up to the nines and full of vintage passion, they nonetheless employ the stadium sized, high-definition approach that bands like (they won’t thank me for this, but bear with me) The Enemy have made so successful. Town take well-worn influences, dust them down and breathe life back into them, making what they love relevant and powerful to a generation raised far from the guns of Brixton. myspace.com/wearetown

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CLWB IFOR BACH

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THE HUMANS SARAH BLASKO

MISS MAY I

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KEEP IT CASH FOZZY

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THE ICARUS LINE CLWB IFOR BACH

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10th October 2011

SUICIDE SILENCE SOLUS, CARDIFF UNI

doors: 6pm | tickets £14 adv

12th October 2011

BASTILLE

CLWB IFOR BACH doors: 7pm | tickets £5 adv

15th October 2011

STIFF LITTLE FINGERS EBBW VALE LEISURE CENTRE doors: 7pm | tickets £18 adv

16th October 2011

NEW MODEL ARMY GREAT HALL 2, CARDIFF UNI doors: 7pm | tickets £18.50 adv

18th October 2011

JAPANESE VOYEURS CLWB IFOR BACH

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19th October 2011

ART BRUT CLWB IFOR BACH

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THE COMPLETE STONE ROSES THE GLOBE

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23rd October 2011

CAPDOWN

CF10, CARDIFF UNI doors: 7pm | tickets £12.50 adv

25th October 2011

THE DYKEENIES CLWB IFOR BACH

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29th October 2011

MY RED CELL CLWB IFOR BACH

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30th October 2011

PATRICK WOLF THE GLEE CLUB, CARDIFF

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31st October 2011

JON ALLEN THE GLOBE

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1st November 2011

THE DEFILED

STEVE-O

SOLUS, CARDIFF UNI doors: 7pm | tickets £15 adv

6th November 2011

MANOWAR

THE GREAT HALL, CARDIFF UNI doors: 7pm | tickets £37.25 adv

7th November 2011

ARCANE ROOTS CLWB IFOR BACH

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7th November 2011

HYRO DA HERO CLWB IFOR BACH

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9th November 2011

TURBOWOLF CLWB IFOR BACH

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10th November 2011

ALKALINE TRIO SOLUS, CARDIFF UNI

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10th November 2011

IMELDA MAY

GREAT HALL, CARDIFF UNI doors: 7pm | tickets £25 adv

CLWB IFOR BACH

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010 | EXPOSURE FEATURE

Words by Simon M Read

WINTER VILLAINS Summer has faded. Soon we shall brace ourselves for the advent of much colder times – whispers of white blanketing hilltops, branches blooming with nuanced shades of grey, the biting and beautiful chill of brisk Cardiff mornings. With Winter Villains, the MMP may have found just the perfect soundtrack to this hibernal turn.

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ummer has faded. Soon we shall brace ourselves for the advent of much colder times – whispers of white blanketing hilltops, branches blooming with nuanced shades of grey, the biting and beautiful chill of brisk Cardiff mornings. With Winter Villains, the MMP may have found just the perfect soundtrack to this hibernal turn. And far from being the bad guys in all of this, they are more like heroic champions of the season, showcasing its immense, timeless wonder in a quiet, reflective aural avalanche. From conception, the stock of Winter Villains was always going to be rather high. Both its core and its rolling cameos of string players create a lip-lubricating list of local talent, comprising contributors to the likes of Lucky Delucci, The School, Evening Chorus, Hail! The Planes, The Gentle Good and Spencer McGarry Season. But its testament to the aesthetic and songwriting that, while echoes of some of these acts can be found in their burgeoning catalogue of tracks, the band’s sound stands proud and distinct from its heritage. The compositional base is one of minimalism; skeletal keyboard motifs, soft guitar lines, subtle bass and percussion. From there, occasional violins and cello add depth and resonance, benefitting from sensitive arrangements. On top of this, though, comes the Winter Villains calling card OCTOBER 2011 | www.themmp.tv

– a rich network of layered vocal harmonies that circle through the mix like a swirling blizzard. The combined singing prowess of Josef Prygodzicz, Ivan Moult, Callum Duggan, Faye Gibson and William Hughes cocoon the listener, offering human warmth as a juxtaposition to the glacial instrumentation. The combined effect is like Sigur Ros arranging a shotgun marriage to the California sound. In short, it’s stunning. Winter Villains are a fledgling act. They’ve only a handful of acclaimed shows under their belt and five or so songs on their website. Nevertheless, the promise of these initial steps into the big, wide world have been met with widespread interest. They have secured a slot at this month’s SWN Festival, garnered BBC Radio Wales airtime from Adam Walton and Bethan Elfyn, been on Radio 1 via Jen Long’s BBC Introducing, received production interest from Charlie Francis and created a rabid fuss amidst media moguls such as ourselves. This excitement is built partly on the outright quality of what’s already emerged, but also partly on the promise of what we can expect going forward. With more tracks due for public scrutiny before the end of the year, for either an EP or LP, there’s plenty of bright sun anticipated this coming winter.

Bar|Live Music|Events|Café Juju Nations

(Nigeria Independence Day) Sat 1st | 9pm | £2 Free b4 10pm Juju Nations celebrates with live music from Afro Cluster with their unique mix of Afro Beat / Funk / Hip Hop and Juju Nations DJs. Péchés Mignons presents

Old Sledge UK tour

Sun 2nd | 8pm | £3 Old Sledge, from the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia blow the dust off old tunes from the golden era of early country, hillbilly & blues music for the new generation.

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Péchés Mignons presents

Tropical Boogie with Cougar + Dave Norton

Fri 21st | 8pm | £3 A juicy night filled to the brim with sunshiney global beats. Get totally tropical with Cougar. They want people to be slaves to the dancefloor with their blend of rhythms and melodies. Hosted by Nyth & Bubblewrap

Swn Festival

Péchés Mignons presents

Sat 22nd | 8pm | £5/ Free Cardiff’s new music festival presents Little Arrow, Barefoot Dance Of The Sea, Ivan Moult Evening Chorus, Sen Segur, Y Niwl, Violas, Cowbois Rhos Botwnnog.

Fri 7th | 9pm | £3 A peachy night, 1940’s Discothèque will be a melting hot-pot of war-time dress-up, years-gone-by three part harmonies & that good-old war-time vibe.

Tues 25th | 8pm | £3 The original craft-infused, funk-inspired Fat City is back at Gwdihw. Live music, DJS and fun craft competitions to brighten up your midweek.

Benin City & Cardiff City Circus

Péchés Mignons presents

1940's Discothèque with the Siren Sisters

Sat 8th | 9pm | £3 Benin City defy convention. Eschewing guitars for brass, they are wowing audiences with their fresh Alt-HipHop sound.

Ifor bach yn cyflwyno

Wed 12th | 8pm | £3 Ifor Bach has flown his nest in Womanby Street for one night only, to bring you a new night of ”'Monthly midweek acoustic musings” With The Gentle Good / Alun Gaffey / Tom ap Dan.

Rainband

Fri 14th | 8pm | £3 AYOR Events & Vertigo Presents a night a pure MOD R&B and SWING. With live music from The RainBand. Candela & Péchés Mignons presents

Lazy Habits

Sat 15th | 8pm | £3 Lazy Habits. Think Hip Hop, London’s East End and a touch of New Orleans brass, spoken with an English Tongue & you might begin to imagine it.

Music Geek Film

Mon 17th | 8pm | Free Music Geek Monthly originated in the host’s (Mr Andrew Jones) loft conversion. Like a book club, that’s a music club, with no books. And now a music film club in Gwdihw. Woo!

Fat City

First Degree Burns

An 8 piece band whose musical influences stem from Bristol, via France, Jamaica & much in between. They’ve created a fusion which they proclaim...Skip Hop. Funkadelic presents

Ginger Roger & Cardiff City Circus

Sat 29th | | 8pm | £3 Fusions of styles that at first glance may appear, for want of a better word, tenuous... we give you The Ginger Rogers as the middle finger up to convention in the sense of expectation!

Gwyl Booom! Festival

Sun 30th | 12pm | £10 A music festival for kids and their families. There will be live music suitable for the whole family to have a boogie, DJS, open mic, collaborative art, storytelling, face-painting, yoga and more.

Spooky Ukey

Mon 31st | 7pm | Free Something wicked this way strums! Come over to the dark side for an evening of superstition and horror performed by Cardiff's ukulele undead ... if you dare! Free entry!

Yugve & The Innocent

Tues 18th | 8pm | £3 AYOR Events present the great "Folk diamond in the rough" , Yngve & The Innocent grace the Gwdihw stage with their bluesy piano driven folk.

Loads more events on www.gwdihw.co.uk twitter @gwdihwcafebar

012 | INDUSTRY INTERVIEW Interviewed by: Jennifer Allan

Words & Interview by Simon M Read

Meic Parry, in his role as both Radio C2 researcher and Recordiau Lliwgar record label boss, is inseperable from the Welsh language music scene. With the launch of Y Record Goch freshly under his belt, featuring Dau Cefn, Cowbois Rhos Botwnnog, Y Bwgan and San Segur, the MMP thought it time to speak with Mr. Parry and see how his floss was flailing. MMP: WHAT WERE YOUR MOTIVATIONS FOR STARTING RECORDIAU LLIWGAR? MP: I wanted to release music. Through my day job at C2 Radio Cymru lots of good music is sent in, often one track at a time via email. MP3s on email is a great way to share music easily and cheaply, but it can often get lost, forgotten about or deleted. I thought there was a need for someone to release the best music that was out there. I wanted the releases to also look good to be the full package. So together with Osian and Gruff, two of my friends, we started developing the idea of Recordiau Lliwgar. For us it’s not about money - all we want to do is cover costs and break even. It’s about the buzz and excitement of getting it out - and hopefully creating something beautiful that other people can enjoy. MMP: HOW DO YOU SEE THE LABEL DEVELOPING OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS? MP: As with Y Record Goch, we will continue to release music on double 10” coloured vinyl, keeping the same design style. Y Record Las (The Blue Record) is planned next - we’re aiming to release that in June/July 2012. We OCTOBER 2011 | www.themmp.tv

will continue to limit each release to 500 copies. I’ve really enjoyed taking the record to festivals, talking to people, selling all summer. I hope to do it for many years to come. I think one record a year should keep us busy enough! MMP: Y RECORD GOCH LOOKS GORGEOUS - CONGRATULATIONS - HOW DID YOU GO ABOUT SELECTING THE BANDS FOR THIS PARTICULAR RELEASE? MP: Thanks! Richard Chitty of Bubblewrap Collective is responsible for the design - he’s done an amazing job. Absolutely everyone who sees the record comments on how good it looks. Elfyn Lewis, who was Welsh Artist of the Year in 2010 lent us his picture for the artwork inside the gatefold. Elfyn designed the covers of many Big Leaves and Catatonia records so we were pretty chuffed when he agreed to let us use his artwork for this. The bands selected themselves really. We needed bands who we like, who were exciting and who were busy. We’re really big fans of all the bands - they’ve been great to work with. I feel here I must mention Donal Whelan who mastered the record. It was an amazing experience going over to Donal’s place and just witnessing first hand what mastering can do to a song. MMP: HOW DO YOU FEEL WELSH LANGUAGE MUSIC IS FARING GENERALLY? MP: Many say that it’s an interesting time for Welsh language music. But if we’re honest it’s always been an interesting time for Welsh language music. Radio and TV royalties have diminished considerably and this is tough on many artists who rely on these royalties. But on the other hand, people continue to compose, to express. The Welsh Music Prize nominees go

to prove this - with loads of bilingual artists being shortlisted. It’s great to see bands like Colorama, The Gentle Good and Masters In France playing regularly around Britain. MMP: WHAT’S YOUR INVOLVEMENT IN C2 RADIO CYMRU? MP: I’ve been working as a researcher on C2 Radio Cymru for the past couple of years. C2 is broadcast weeknights between 8pm and 1am and there’s a great website too. A variety of presenters spin disks including Magi Dodd, Huw Stephens, Georgia Ruth Williams, Lisa Gwilym and Huw Evans - and there are others too as well as some special programming and sessions throughout the year. Each presenter is totally different - bringing a different kind of energy to their shows. MMP: YOU ARE BASED IN CARDIFF BUT HAVE RESPONSIBILITY TO REPRESENT THE WHOLE OF WALES - IS THAT EVER A CHALLENGE? MP: Half of C2’s shows are produced in Cardiff - the other half in Bangor. Lisa Gwilym presents from Bangor and she works with a great team up there. But, as you say, we have a responsibility to represent the whole of Wales, and it’s definitely a challenge. It’s great though - we travel around Wales regularly - go to schools, colleges, festivals and gigs all over the place and try to make sure that we know what’s going on in the music scenes across Wales. MMP: WHAT ARE THE ACTS IMPLODING YOUR MUSICAL UNIVERSE RIGHT NOW? MP: I really love the Ifan Dafydd 12” No Good. Amazing. Enjoying the new H Hawkline LP, Jen Jeniro 10” Swimming Limbs is quality. Lleuwen Steffan’s album Tân is really nice too. recordiaulliwgar.com

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Event Listings October Live Events

Saturday 1st Smoking Aces Duo @ Live Lounge, 4:30pm, FREE *Lead Singer Claire and Guitarist Jamie pull up a chair, pour a whiskey from the jar and begin reminiscing us with acoustic rock ballads from years gone by mashedup with the occasional song by pop legend Lady Gaga Nos Dalgia! @ Nos Da, 5:00pm, FREE *Mini Beer + Music Festival with Guest Beer + Cider. Bands are Tylwyth Teg, Old Samuel, Albatross Archive, Ellie Makes Music + Inconsiderate Parking VVolves / Iremembertapes @ Buffalo Bar, 7:00pm, £4 *For fans of Mogwai, New order, Joy Division, Foals, Horrors, Explosions in the Sky and OMD The Flora @ The Flora, 7:30pm, FREE *Saturdays at The Flora – live music followed by DJs. Elin Fflur @ Clwb Ifor Bach, 8:00pm, £6 *Welsh singer and songwriter. Fernhill @ Chapter Arts Centre, 8:00pm, £12 £10 £8 *Fernhill make some of the most beautiful and inivative folk music of any group working in Britain today. Statues of us @ Pen and Wig, 8:00pm, Free *Carved from the crotch of Zeus, this is a band comprised of three people who met while picking apples for an Indian man for the good wage of $1.27 an hour Cal Newman @ The North Star, 9:00pm, free *Blues and Delta guitarist Salvation @ The Vulcan Lounge, 9:00pm, FREE *Salvation from 9pm

Sunday 2nd

GigsoftheMonth OXJAM TAKEOVER @ VARIOUS VENUES 2nd October

As part of Cardiff’s Oxjam Takeover the likes of The Method, Caesar’s Rome, Afro Cluster and Three Pairs of Shoes are headlining various venues along Womanby Street, with The Keys headlining our very own MMP stage at Dempseys!

Oxjam Cardiff Takeover 2011 @ Clwb Ifor Bach, 4:00am, £6 Gains you entry to all ‘Oxjam Cardiff Takeover’venues *the Oxjam Cardiff volunteer team will be taking over Womanby Street for the third year running, to bring

Cardiff citizens a festival of the best new local talent, whilst also making a difference globally. Tony Morley @ Live Lounge, 12:00pm, FREE *The lovely Tony Morley serenades all during this Sunday lunch session. Thoby Davis @ The North Star, 2:00pm, FREE *Some afternoon delight Open Mic Afternoon w/ John Godwin @ Live Lounge, 4:30pm, FREE *John’s great vocals and floods of charm should entice the best to the open mic at the Lounge this afternoon. Marie @ Live Lounge, 6:30pm, FREE *The beautiful, charming Marie is set to wow all at the Live Lounge today! Open Mic @ Buffalo Lounge, 7:30pm, FREE *Cracking open mic at Buffalo Lounge, get your instruments, drop your inhibitions and get down there! Colum Regan @ Live Lounge, 8:00pm, FREE *The great Colum Regan dazzles all at the Lounge tonight with his diverse repertoir and exciting delivery.

Monday 3rd Smoking Aces Duo @ Live Lounge, 12:00pm, FREE *This lovely pair will get your toes a-tappin’ during this lunchtime set at the Lounge. Honey Fungus @ Live Lounge, 7:00pm, *This fantastic duo will dazzle all with their tight-as-Steptoe harmonies and wonderful charm. Open Mic @ O’Neills (St Mary’s St), 7:30pm, FREE *Open mic for all to enjoy at O’Neill’s. Ukelele Nights @ Gwdihw, 8:00pm, FREE *It’s time for the Cardiff Ukulele Cabaret! Featuring the cream of South Wales’s ukulele vanguard with funfuelled, toe-tapping tunes Weekly Welsh Traditional Session @ The Cayo Arms, 8:30pm, FREE *Come and hear, sing and play Welsh tunes in an informal, friendly atmosphere. Welsh Traditional Music Sessio @ The Cayo Arms, 8:30pm, *Come and hear, sing and play Welsh tunes in an informal, friendly atmosphere Honey Fungus Band @ Live Lounge, 10:00pm, FREE *By day, merely Honey Fungus, but come nightfall they mutate into the devastatingly amazing Honey Fungus Band.

Tuesday 4th Rob Cross @ Live Lounge, 4:30pm, FREE *Rob Cross is so good, you

come dangerously close to adopting him every Tuesday at his great Live Lounge sessions. Live Music Night @ Old Orleans, 7:00pm, FREE *Live music every Tuesday at Old Orleans! Enjoy great grub with a good tune! Open Mic w/Rob Cross @ O’Neills (St Mary’s St), 7:30pm, FREE *A friendly evening of open mic unpredictabilty, get a drink in ya and get on stage. L.M.S Presents Kickback @ The Old Library, 8:00pm, FREE *With the amount of talent wishing to perform we suggest that you get your name down soon! Lupen Crook / Huwie Price & Support @ 10 Feet Tall, 8:00pm, £3 *Lupen Crook’s 4th album ‘Waiting For The Postman’ has just been released, retaining the melodic strength and lyrical virtuosity characteristic of his songwriting

GigsoftheMonth LAU @ ST DAVIDS HALL 4th October

Some of the most superb trad music you’re ever likely to hear live, Scottish three-piece Lau take to St David’s Hall for a guaranteed spectacle, as part of the venue’s Roots Unearthed series.

every Wednesday. The Humans feat Toyah Wilcox @ Clwb Ifor Bach, 7:00pm, £17.50 *The band, the brainchild of Toyah Willcox and featuring Bill Rieflin (R.E.M) will perform material from their new album Gruff Rhys @ St David’s Hall, 7:30pm, £15.00 *his melancholy vocals and psychedelic lyrics never sound better than on a long, warm summers day. Open Mic w/ Singing Huw @ Nos Da, 7:30pm, FREE *Bring your instruments, brandish your vocal chords for all to worship at this lovely open mic. No Sweat Presents The Whiskey Priest & Support @ Cardiff Arts Institute, 7:00pm, FREE *The Whiskey Priest come to Cardiff as part of their UK tour, with support from Cutting the Beef and Adam Jenkins. OPen Mic Night @ The North Star, 8:30pm, FREE *Tom Lucas / Anthony Lee alternate in hosting this lovely event. Jazz At Dempseys @ Dempseys, 9:00pm, £5/£4 conc *Jazz evening with varying artists each week Live Wire @ Live Lounge, 10:00pm, FREE *The excellent Livewire tear it up at the Live Lounge tonight.

Thursday 6th Oct Roots Unearthed-Lau @ St David’s Hall, 8:00pm, £12.00 in advance *Lau are a formidable trio of three of the finest & most innovative exponentsof modern traditional music in Britain today. Jazz At Dempseys @ Dempseys, 9:00pm, £5/£4 conc *Jazz evening with varying artists each week Face Value @ Live Lounge, 10:00pm, FREE *We all wish we could sleep with at least one Face Value member per day. For now, make do with this L.L residency.

Wednesday 5th Tony Morley @ Live Lounge, 4:30pm, FREE *The great Tony Morley will perform some of the finest covers you’re likely to hear this year! Tony Morley Duo @ Live Lounge, 4:30pm, FREE *Tony Morley duo serenade all at the Live Lounge this afternoon, get yourselves down for some great tunes! Rob Cross Duo @ Live Lounge, 7:00pm, FREE *As if it weren’t difficult enough to focus with just Rob on stage, now there’s a lovely someone joining him

Tony Morley @ Live Lounge, 4:30pm, FREE *Come enjoy the great Tony’s Thursday set at the Live Lounge! Open Mic w/ Huwie Price @ The Royal Exchange, 7:00pm, FREE *Mr Price hosts an evening of glorious open micery for all to join in. Get there early to guarantee a spot! Tarrus Riley plus support Janet Kaye @ The Coal Exchange, 7:00pm, £22.50 *The jamaicanAmerican reggae singer Chris de Burgh @ St David’s Hall, 7:30pm, £60 £50 £45 £37.50 *Popular singer/songwriter whose emotional songs combine melody and rhythm with storytellng. Munich @ Cardiff Arts Institute, 8:00pm, £4 *Fresh UK talent to be found here tonight – Munich are a band reminiscent of The Verve, with modern twists a-plenty. Miss Maud’s Folly @ The Bunk House, 9:00pm, FREE *Wonderful night for all in the lovely Bunk House, with gypsy jazz folkery from Miss Maud’s Folly. The Crookes / Morning Star & aftershow feat. @ 10 Feet Tall, 9:00pm, FREE *The Crookes Are

Performing Live And hosting an aftershow where they’ll be DJing alongside the On The Rocks residents till 4am!

Friday 7th The Little Giants @ Live Lounge, 4:30pm, FREE *Fronted by maestro Tony Morley himself, The Little Giants play their Friday residency at Live lounge today! Jazz Time @ RWCMD, 5:30pm, FREE *Every Friday start your weekend listening to the brightest jazz talent in the country. Hold Your Horse Is/ Raphaelites @ Buffalo Bar, 7:00pm, £5 *Taking a heavy influence from 90s American indie and 00’s “Absolute Zero” Viola Quartet @ The Norwegian Church, 7:30pm, £7.50 in advance £8.50 on Door *A rare opportunity to see four of Wales’ top violists withGail Pearson, soprano performing works by Mendelssohn, Holst, Glinka, Bach,Sancho Engano, Folk, Blues and much more. Rocking Johnny @ Old Orleans, 9:00pm, FREE *Join the weekly mashup at Old Orleans, with entertainment provided by the great Rocking Johnny. Great he is, as well.

Saturday 8th Smoking Aces Duo @ Live Lounge, 4:30pm, FREE *Are you ready to rock?To get the party started with an all-out barrage of glam-rock riffs, it’s the Smokin’ Aces! Snoop Dogg, @ Motorpoint Arena, 6:30pm, £33.50 *Artists at this Event include Snoop Dogg, Chipmunk, The Airplane Boys, Yasmin and DJ Mistajam Lafaro, Jets To Zurich, Accident Music @ Buffalo Bar, 7:00pm, £5 Adv / £6 Doors *The Belfast quartet are a wrecking ball of a band Sarah Blasko plus Fred Kinbom @ Clwb Ifor Bach, 7:00pm, £8 *Fiercely-independent free spirit whose haunting music critics have run out of superlatives to describe. The Flora @ The Flora, 7:30pm, FREE *Saturdays at The Flora – live music followed by DJs. Earth Monkey @ Pen and Wig, 8:00pm, FREE *Earthmonkeyare a popular 5 pieceband playing , Rock, Indie, Reggae, Blues, Funk and much more! Rob Moir (Sesh @ Nos Da) @ Nos Da, 8:30pm, FREE *Canadian on a European tour, former lead singer of Toronto band ‘Dead Letter Dept.’

KYMO @ The Vulcan Lounge, 9:00pm, FREE *South east London, KYMO (Keep Your Mind Open) is a group of guys getting together to have some fun and make some music

Sunday 9th Tony Morley @ Live Lounge, 12:00pm, FREE *The lovely Tony Morley serenades all during this Sunday lunch session. Open Mic Afternoon w/ John Godwin @ Live Lounge, 4:30pm, FREE *John’s great vocals and floods of charm should entice the best to the open mic at the Lounge this afternoon. Marie @ Live Lounge, 6:30pm, FREE *The beautiful, charming Marie is set to wow all at the Live Lounge today! The Straits @ St David’s Hall, 7:03pm, £19.50 £29.50 £39.50 *Formed by former members of Dire Straits, The Straits includes original members and some of the top session players to form a great live band. Open Mic @ Buffalo Lounge, 7:30pm, FREE *Cracking open mic at Buffalo Lounge, get your instruments, drop your inhibitions and get down there! Oxjam Cardiff Takeover 2011 : Palomino Party @ Cardiff Arts Institute, 8:00pm, £4 - profits donated to Oxfam *The great Palomino Party take to the stage at CAI to raise funds for Oxjam Cardiff. Colum Regan @ Live Lounge, 8:00pm, FREE *The great Colum Regan dazzles all at the Lounge tonight with his diverse repertoir and exciting delivery.

Monday 10th Smoking Aces Duo @ Live Lounge, 12:00pm, FREE *This lovely pair will get your toes a-tappin’ during this lunchtime set at the Lounge. Impericon Never Say Die! & Supports @ Cardiff Students’ Union, 6:00pm, £14 Adv *Supports :Suicide Silence,Emmure ,Deez Nuts ,The Word Alive ,As Blood Runs Black,The Human Abstract,Vanna Honey Fungus @ Live Lounge, 7:00pm, *This fantastic duo will dazzle all with their tight-as-Steptoe harmonies and wonderful charm. Open Mic @ O’Neills (St Mary’s St), 7:30pm, FREE *Open mic for all to enjoy at O’Neill’s. The Icarus Line @ Clwb Ifor Bach, 7:30pm, £8.50 *Fresh take on punk. Weekly Welsh Traditional Session @ The Cayo Arms, 8:30pm, FREE *Come and hear, sing and play Welsh tunes in an informal, friendly atmosphere. Welsh Traditional Music Sessio @ The Cayo Arms, 8:30pm, *Come and hear, sing and play Welsh tunes in an informal, friendly atmosphere

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09 The Globe 10 O’ Neills (Big)

11 Shot in the Dark

14 Tommy’s Bar

13 Students Union

15 The Promised Land 16 Koko Gorilaz

17 Gwdihw

18 Dempsey’s 19 Owain Glyndwr 20 The Bunk House

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21 Cardiff Arts Institute

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22 The Vulcan Lounge

24 Tafarn Taf at Nos Da

25 The North Star

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28 Rococo 30 Funky Buddha 31 Bar 147 32 The Live Lounge 33 Mocka | Peppermint 34 Pen and Wig 35 The Claude 36 Cardiff Central Library

37 Motorpoint Arena 38 The Old Library

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Honey Fungus Band @ Live Lounge, 10:00pm, FREE *By day, merely Honey Fungus, but come nightfall they mutate into the devastatingly amazing Honey Fungus Band.

Tuesday 11th Goose @ Live Lounge, 12:00am, FREE *All-star lineup provide excellent quality music for excellent quality value. Rob Cross @ Live Lounge, 4:30pm, FREE *Rob Cross is so good, you come dangerously close to adopting him every Tuesday at his great Live Lounge sessions. Kilimangaro Live @ Clwb Ifor Bach, 7:00pm, £11 ** Please note this show has been moved from The Millennium Music Hall to Clwb Ifor Bach Live Music Night @ Old Orleans, 7:00pm, FREE *Live music every Tuesday at Old Orleans! Enjoy great

GigsoftheMonth JORE PUKL GROUP @ DEMPSEYS 11th October

Outstanding Slovenian saxophonist brings his troupe of equally talented musicians to Dempseys’ renowned jazz nights for all to enjoy. Make your way there to enjoy some of the finest playing in the genre at the moment. grub with a good tune! Open Mic w/Rob Cross @ O’Neills (St Mary’s St), 7:30pm, FREE *A friendly evening of open mic unpredictabilty, get a drink in ya and get on stage. Cloud Control, Big Deal, The Keys & Zoo Pop Djs @ Buffalo Bar, 8:00pm, £7 adv £8 Doors *Cloud Control are an alternative rock band originating from the Blue Mountains near Sydney, Australia L.M.S Presents Kickback @ The Old Library, 8:00pm, FREE *With the amount of talent wishing to perform we suggest that you get your name down soon! Jazz At Dempseys @ Dempseys: Jore Pukl Group 9:00pm, £5/£4 conc *See Gigs of the month

Wednesday 12th Face Value @ Live Lounge, 12:00am, FREE *The brilliant Face Value. Need we say any more? We probably should. But couldn’t even if we tried. Tony Morley @ Live Lounge, 4:30pm, FREE *The great Tony Morley will perform some of the finest covers you’re likely to hear this year! Tony Morley Duo @ Live Lounge, 4:30pm, FREE *Tony Morley duo serenade all at the Live Lounge this afternoon, get yourselves down for some great tunes! Bastille @ Clwb Ifor Bach, 7:00pm, £5.00 *A band from South London, comprising of four members

and melodies that swoop and soar interchangeably between them on stage Rob Cross Duo @ Live Lounge, 7:00pm, FREE *As if it weren’t difficult enough to focus with just Rob on stage, now there’s a lovely someone joining him every Wednesday. Open Mic w/ Singing Huw @ Nos Da, 7:30pm, FREE *Bring your instruments, brandish your vocal chords for all to worship at this lovely open mic. No Sweat Presents The Cautionary Child @ Cardiff Arts Institute, 8:00pm, FREE *Emotive melodies with hard-hitting beats, nothing not to love at CAI tonight! OPen Mic Night @ The

GigsoftheMonth BOB DYLAN @ MOTORPOINT ARENA 12th October

‘Living legend’ is a grossly overused phrase, but no other applies to the likes of Mr Bob Dylan. Don’t miss your chance to witness a piece of pop music history at The Motorpoint. North Star, 8:30pm, FREE *Tom Lucas / Anthony Lee alternate in hosting this lovely event. Denis Jones & Support / Sugar Drops Djs @ 10 Feet Tall, 9:00pm, FREE *Amazing live performances featuring visuals, multi-layer loops, vocals & samples creating cleverly crafted songs with a heavy folk / blues / electronica style Jazz At Dempseys @ Dempseys, 9:00pm, £5/£4 conc *Jazz evening with varying artists each week

Thursday 13th Tony Morley @ Live Lounge, 4:30pm, FREE *Come enjoy the great Tony’s Thursday set at the Live Lounge! Bob Dylan and his band plus Mark Knopfler @ Motorpoint Arena, 6:30pm, £66.00 *In a coming together of two of the greatest living songwriters, Mark Knopfler and his band will be joining Bob Dylan for a series of shows this autumn. Open Mic w/ Huwie Price @ The Royal Exchange, 7:00pm, FREE *Mr Price hosts an evening of glorious open micery for all to join in. Get there early to guarantee a spot! City and Colour @ St David’s Hall, 7:30pm, £18.50 *He’ll be showcasing new songs from his third studio album ‘Little Hell’, alongwith fan favourites from both Sometimes and Bring Me Your Love. JAMES OWEN FENDER @ 10 Feet Tall, 9:00pm, FREE *Solo Artist, Songwriter & Producer Recalling Early Weezer, With Wry Lyricism Amid Some Rock Strides With Djs Andrew Rhys Lewis / Greg Ramshackle Till 4Am Miss Maud’s Folly @ The

Bunk House, 9:00pm, FREE *Wonderful night for all in the lovely Bunk House, with gypsy jazz folkery from Miss Maud’s Folly.

Friday 14th Oct

GigsoftheMonth BOMBAY BICYCLE CLUB @ GREAT HALL 14th October

The brilliant Bombay Bicycle Club come to Cardiff to dazzle all with innovative arrangements and hooky choruses. Attracting accolades left, right and center, you won’t want to miss these lovely Londoners at the Great Hall tonight. The Little Giants @ Live Lounge, 4:30pm, FREE *Fronted by maestro Tony Morley himself, The Little Giants play their Friday residency at Live lounge today! Jazz Time @ RWCMD, 5:30pm, FREE *Every Friday start your weekend listening to the brightest jazz talent in the country. Blue Gillespie @ Buffalo Bar, 7:00pm, £4 *Newport-based progressive metal band Cave Painting / Love Parry lll @ Clwb Ifor Bach, 7:30pm, £6.00 *Tracks which walk the line between chillout and tropical. Oxjam Cardiff Takeover 2011 : Cheviot Hill @ Cardiff Arts Institute, 8:00pm, £4 - profits donated to Oxfam * Cheviot Hill, Albatross Archive, Beth Bullock and Adam Purnell live at CAI for Oxjam! Rocking Johnny @ Old Orleans, 9:00pm, FREE *Join the weekly mashup at Old Orleans, with entertainment provided by the great Rocking Johnny. Great he is, as well. Bombay Bicycle Club @ Student’s Union, Great Hall 8:00am *See Gigs of the month

Saturday 15th Y Bandana / Y Morgrug @ Clwb Ifor Bach, 8:00am, £6 *Welsh language alternative rock Smoking Aces Duo @ Live Lounge, 4:30pm, FREE *Are you ready to rock?To get the party started with an all-out barrage of glam-rock riffs, it’s the Smokin’ Aces! Max Boyce and Special guests @ Wales Millennium Centre, 7:00pm, £26 in Adv *There probably isn’t a household in Wales who hasn’t heard of Max Boyce and his catchy rugby inspired songs. catch him live! Sankara, Shadow Of The Sun, Maria OwenMidlanE @ Buffalo Bar, 7:00pm, £10 includes copy of EP *South Wales rock band formed by members of progressive rock band The Reasoning And Folk-Goth-PsychedelicMetal Band Bluehorses.

The October evening @ Rumney Folk Club, 7:00pm, £3.50 *We cordially invite you to partake in a variety of great music, soak up the candle-lit atmosphere and enjoy a beverage with some friendly company Y+T @ The Coal Exchange, 7:00pm, £15 plus booking fee *Classic Rock Band The Flora @ The Flora, 7:30pm, FREE *Saturdays at The Flora – live music followed by DJs. Salvation @ Pen and Wig, 8:00pm, FREE *Live music CF5 @ The Vulcan Lounge, 9:00pm, FREE *Featuring Kelly Bosano

Sunday 16th Tony Morley @ Live Lounge, 12:00pm, FREE *The lovely Tony Morley serenades all during this Sunday lunch session. Open Mic Afternoon w/ John Godwin @ Live Lounge, 4:30pm, FREE *John’s great vocals and floods of charm should entice the best to the open mic at the Lounge this afternoon. Marie @ Live Lounge, 6:30pm, FREE *The beautiful, charming Marie is set to wow all at the Live Lounge today! New Model Army & Special Guests @ The Great Hall, 7:00pm, £18.50 adv *Post-punk and Alternative rockers from Bradford. Open Mic @ Buffalo Lounge, 7:30pm, FREE *Cracking open mic at Buffalo Lounge, get your instruments, drop your inhibitions and get down there! Colum Regan @ Live Lounge, 8:00pm, FREE *The great Colum Regan dazzles all at the Lounge tonight with his diverse repertoir and exciting delivery. Roachford / Scarlette Fever @ 10 Feet Tall, 8:00pm, £10 adv £12 Doors *Songwriting legend ANDREW ROACHFORD plays an intimate show with full band. Sunday Jazz @ Chapter Arts Centre, 9:00pm, Free *An evening of melodic acoustic jazz in the caffi Bar with the Glen Manby Quartet

Monday 17th Smoking Aces Duo @ Live Lounge, 12:00pm, FREE *This lovely pair will get your toes a-tappin’ during this lunchtime set at the Lounge. Honey Fungus @ Live Lounge, 7:00pm, *This fantastic duo will dazzle all with their tight-as-Steptoe harmonies and wonderful charm. Paul Curreri @ The Boiler House, 7:00pm, £5.00 *American musician and songwriter who performs mainly in thefolk and blues music styles, plus support. 1349 plus Guests @ Bogiez, 7:30pm, £12.50 in advance *Extreme / Black Metal with abyssic darkness and hellish energy

Open Mic @ O’Neills (St Mary’s St), 7:30pm, FREE *Open mic for all to enjoy at O’Neill’s. The Travelling Band / Christopher Rees & support @ 10 Feet Tall, 8:00pm, £6 Adv £7 Doors *It isn’t quite soul, it isn’t quite folk, pop or rock – but it is, unremittingly beautiful. Weekly Welsh Traditional Session @ The Cayo Arms, 8:30pm, FREE *Come and hear, sing and play Welsh tunes in an informal, friendly atmosphere. Welsh Traditional Music Sessio @ The Cayo Arms, 8:30pm, *Come and hear, sing and play Welsh tunes in an informal, friendly atmosphere Honey Fungus Band @ Live Lounge, 10:00pm, FREE *By day, merely Honey Fungus, but come nightfall they mutate into the devastatingly amazing Honey Fungus Band.

with varying artists each week Face Value @ Live Lounge, 10:00pm, FREE *We all wish we could sleep with at least one Face Value member per day. For now, make do with this L.L residency.

Tuesday 18th

Art Brur @ Clwb Ifor Bach, 12:00pm, £10 *Berlin based English and german rock band Tony Morley @ Live Lounge, 4:30pm, FREE *The great Tony Morley will perform some of the finest covers you’re likely to hear this year! Tony Morley Duo @ Live Lounge, 4:30pm, FREE *Tony Morley duo serenade all at the Live Lounge this afternoon, get yourselves down for some great tunes! Katy Perry @ Motorpoint Arena, 6:30pm, £31.50 *The california Dreams Tour Rob Cross Duo @ Live Lounge, 7:00pm, FREE *As if it weren’t difficult enough to focus with just Rob on stage, now there’s a lovely someone joining him every Wednesday. Open Mic w/ Singing Huw @ Nos Da, 7:30pm, FREE *Bring your instruments, brandish your vocal chords for all to worship at this lovely open mic. No Sweat Presents The Reinvention of Mr Babatola (Acoustic Set) @ Cardiff Arts Institute, 8:00pm, FREE * Mixing everything that’s ever been interesting about music, in an acoustic set, come see Mr B tonight at the CAI. OPen Mic Night @ The North Star, 8:30pm, FREE *Tom Lucas / Anthony Lee alternate in hosting this lovely event. Jazz At Dempseys @ Dempseys, 9:00pm, £5/£4 conc *Jazz evening with varying artists each week Live Wire @ Live Lounge, 10:00pm, FREE *The excellent Livewire tear it up at the Live Lounge tonight.

Roots UnearthedBreabach and calan @ St David’s Hall, 12:00am, £12.00 in advance £13.00 on the day *This is a unique opportunity to catch the standard bearers of Scottish and Welsh music in one dazzling and compelling concert. Rob Cross @ Live Lounge, 4:30pm, FREE *Rob Cross is so good, you come dangerously close to adopting him every Tuesday at his great Live Lounge sessions. Joe Bonamassa @ Motorpoint Arena, 6:30pm, £34.00 - £55.75 *As Joe Bonamassa grows his reputation as one of the world’s greatest guitar players, he is also evolving into a charismatic blues-rock star and singer-songwriter Japanese Voyeurs @ Clwb Ifor Bach, 7:00pm, £7 *British alternative metal band from London Live Music Night @ Old Orleans, 7:00pm, FREE *Live music every Tuesday at Old Orleans! Enjoy great grub with a good tune! The Undivided / Talking Endlessly @ Clwb Ifor Bach, 7:00pm, £4/£5 *Alternative indie band from South wales Open Mic w/Rob Cross @ O’Neills (St Mary’s St), 7:30pm, FREE *A friendly evening of open mic unpredictabilty, get a drink in ya and get on stage. Hullabaloo @ Undertone, 8:00pm, £4 *New Cardiff band who have already earned a reputation for energetic live performances L.M.S Presents Kickback @ The Old Library, 8:00pm, FREE *With the amount of talent wishing to perform we suggest that you get your name down soon! Yugve & The Innocent @ Gwdihw, 8:00pm, £3 *AYOR Events present the great “Folk diamond in the rough” , Yngve & The Innocent grace the Gwdihw stage with their bluesy piano driven folk. Jazz At Dempseys @ Dempseys, 9:00pm, £5/£4 conc *Jazz evening

GigsoftheMonth YNGVE & THE INNOCENT @ GWDIHW 18th October

Fabulously fashionable honky-tonk blues-rock from Yngve and his band of innocents. Don your saloon attire, pick your stick of chewing straw and get to Gwdihw tonight!

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Thursday 20th SWN @ Tiger Tiger, 9:00am, Festival 4-day Wristband : £49.50 *Resident DJ, CRST, Martyn (Live) and Disclosure Tony Morley @ Live Lounge, 4:30pm, FREE *Come enjoy the great Tony’s Thursday set at the Live Lounge!

018 | LISTINGS LIVE EVENTS SWN @ Clwb Ifor Bach, 6:45pm, Festival 4-day Wristband : £49.50 *Downstairs – Algiers, Hymns, Tubelord; upstairs – Elephant Stone and Herman Dune. Aidan Moffat / Bill Wells @ 10 Feet Tall, 7:00pm, £tbc *Breathless and romantic, lovelorn and lusting Open Mic w/ Huwie Price @ The Royal Exchange, 7:00pm, FREE *Mr Price hosts an evening of glorious open micery for all to join in. Get there early to guarantee a spot! SWN @ Dempseys, 7:00pm, Festival 4-day Wristband : £49.50 *Elephant, Yaaks, Alt-J and Fixers performing as part of the Swn Festival at Dempseys. SWN @ 10 Feet Tall, 7:00pm, Festival 4-day Wristband : £49.50 *Aidan Moffat and Bill Wells perform at 10 Feet Tall as part of Cardiff’s Swn Festival. SWN @ Undertone, 7:00pm, Festival 4-day Wristband : £49.50 *Dividers, Bedford Falls, Caves, The Cut Ups and Red City Radio take to the stage at Undertone for Swn Festival! The Hollies @ St David’s Hall, 7:30pm, £17.50 - £23.50 *No support is needed as they perform their classics ‘The Air That I Breathe’,‘Bus Stop’, ‘Carrie Anne’, He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother’ and much more. Erruption Button @ Gwdihw, 8:00pm, £3 *Moon Horse vs. The Mars Men Of Jupiter” is a brand new two-man science fiction rock opera from the people who brought you last year’s much loved “Dinosaur Planet”.

GigsoftheMonth SWN: MASTERS IN FRANCE @ O’NEILLS 20th October

Swn Festival brings a phenomenal line up to O’Neill’s, with the likes of Greta Isaac, Creision Hyd, Jen Jeniro and Yr Ods supporting gritty indie fashionistas Masters in France.

SWN @ O’Neills (St Mary’s St), 8:00pm, Festival 4-day Wristband : £49.50 *Swn Festival presents Greta Isaac, Creision Hud, Jen Jeniro, yr Ods and Masters in France. Miss Maud’s Folly @ The Bunk House, 9:00pm, FREE *Wonderful night for all in the lovely Bunk House, with gypsy jazz folkery from Miss Maud’s Folly.

Friday 21st The Little Giants @ Live Lounge, 4:30pm, FREE *Fronted by maestro Tony Morley himself, The Little Giants play their Friday residency at Live lounge today!

Jazz Time @ RWCMD, 5:30pm, FREE *Every Friday start your weekend listening to the brightest jazz talent in the country. Leighton jones @ Peppermint, 6:00pm, Free *Leighton Jones does his stuff SWN @ Clwb Ifor Bach, 6:15pm, Festival 4-day Wristband : £49.50 *Downstairs – LA2019, Gallops!, Three Trapped Tigers; upstairs – Sissy & The Blisters, Town, Jim Jones Revue. SWN @ Buffalo Bar, 7:00pm, Festival 4-day Wristband : £49.50 *Brandyman, The Good Wife and The Skull Defekts at Buffalo Bar for Swn Festival tonight! SWN @ Cardiff Arts Institute, 8:00pm, Festival 4-day Wristband : £49.50 *Visions of Trees, Niki & The Dove, Ifan Dafydd, Stay, Seams and Astroid Boys VS Kaptin at CAI tonight SWN @ Solus, 7:00pm, Festival 4-day Wristband : £49.50 *Creatures of Love, Friends Electric, And So I Watch You From Afar, Man Without Country and The Joy Formidable. The Artery Foundation Across the Nation Tour 2011 @ Cardiff Students’ Union, 7:00pm, £8 Adv *Miss May I,Chelsea Grin,Abandon All Ships, And Chunk! No, Captain Chunk! SWN @ Cardiff Arts Institute, 8:00pm, Festival 4-day Wristband : £49.50 * Visions of Trees, Niki & The Dove, Ifan Dafydd, Stay, Seams and Astroid Boys VS Kaptin at CAI tonight Letz Zep @ The Gate, 8:00pm, £12 Adv *The name says it all… SWN @ Undertone, 8:00pm, Festival 4-day Wristband : £49.50 *His Naked Torso, Ultrahumanitarian, Team Sports and Ashtray Navigations all do their wonderful thing at Undertone! SWN @ Dempseys, 8:30pm, Festival 4-day Wristband : £49.50 *Breton, Veronica Falls, Gallops! and The Victorian English Gentleman’s Club at Dempseys for Swn Festival! Leighton Jones @ The North Star, 9:00pm, Free *Another chance to catch the wonderful leighton jones Rocking Johnny @ Old Orleans, 9:00pm, FREE *Join the weekly mashup at Old Orleans, with entertainment provided by the great Rocking Johnny. Great he is, as well.

Saturday 22nd Gwyl SWIGEN Festival @ Ebenezer Chapel, 12:00pm, £6 £5 conc *all-day live music event organised & hosted by the Cardiff-based creative arts collective SWIGEN. Will feature 18 Welsh or wales based bands, including Meilir Tomos, Golden Fable, Tim And Sams Tim And The Sam Band With Tim And Sam, And Georgia Ruth

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GigsoftheMonth GWYL SWIGEN FESTIVAL @ EBENEZER CHAPEL 22nd October

This lovely festival, in aid of Shelter Cymru and Oxjam Cardiff takes place in the beautiful Ebenezer Chapel in the heart of town. Expect the likes of Meilir, No Thee No Ess, Pulco and many more. SWN @ Buffalo Bar, 2:30pm, Festival 4-day Wristband : £49.50 *DZ Deathrays, Mowbird, Deaf Club, Cut Ribbons, Rapids! and Esben And The Witch. SWN @ Undertone, 3:00pm, Festival 4-day Wristband : £49.50 *Amazing line up featuring Trwbador, Mammal Club, Melodica Melody & Me, Pandas & People and Punks in the Beerlight DJs. SWN @ Chapter Arts Centre, 3:00pm, Festival 4-day Wristband : £49.50 *Great music to be had in all corners of the centre, including Dots.Filmband, Benjamin Francis Leftwitch and Christopher Rees & The Horns. Smoking Aces Duo @ Live Lounge, 4:30pm, FREE *Are you ready to rock? To get the party started with an all-out barrage of glam-rock riffs, it’s the Smokin’ Aces! SWN: SEE MONKEY DO MONKEY STAGE @ O’Neills (St Mary’s St), 4:30pm, Festival 4-day Wristband : £49.50 *Y Niwl, Houdini Dax, Colorama, Dirty Goods, The Method, Broken Vinyl Club and The Keys at O’Neills tonight! SWN @ Dempseys, 7:00pm, Festival 4-day Wristband : £49.50 *Cymbals, DZ Deathrays, Beaty Heart, Zulu Winter and Y Niwl perform as part of this year’s Swn Festival! The Flora @ The Flora, 7:30pm, FREE *Saturdays at The Flora – live music followed by DJs. Jeremiah Ferrari @ Pen and Wig, 8:00pm, FREE *4 piece Manchester Reggae band. Broken City Skyline @ Nos Da, 8:30pm, FREE *make no mistake, Broken City Skyline are an outfit crafting epic, majestic indie rock here; You Would Run, a painfully brief Leighton Jones @ The Vulcan Lounge, 9:00pm, FREE *Leighton Jones does his stuff David Dondero (Team Love) / James Mckay & Gathered In Song Djs @ 10 Feet Tall, 7:00am, £TBC *Singer-songwriter whose music has been compared to such American folk music/troubadour greats as Woody Guthrie And Townes Van Zandt. SWN : Ugly Duckling + Support @ Cardiff Arts Institute, 2:00pm, Festival 4-day Wristband : £49.50 *Mind-blowingly good line up featuring

Y Niwl, Denuo, Winter Villains, Joseph & David, Mr Phormula and of course, Swn Festival highlight, Ugly Duckling.

GigsoftheMonth SWN: UGLY DUCKLING @ CAI 22nd October

Another amazing, eclectic line up courtesy of Swn Festival – Ugly Duckling supported by the likes of Mr Phormula, Winter Villains, Y Niwl, Joseph & David and Denuo. What more could you possibly want?

Sunday 23rd SWN @ The Great Hall, 7:03am, Festival 4-day Wristband : £49.50 *Performing are Ted Chippington, The Nightingales, The Fall, everyone’s favourite Silent Disco, Rob Troubador and Mike Snooze for Swn Festival. Tony Morley @ Live Lounge, 12:00pm, FREE *The lovely Tony Morley serenades all during this Sunday lunch session. SWN @ Undertone, 2:30pm, Festival 4-day Wristband : £49.50 *Stellar line up, including Among Brothers, Hail! The Planes, Theo, Samoans and Strange News From Another Star.

GigsoftheMonth SWN: STRANGE NEWS FROM ANOTHER STAR @ UNDERTONE 23rd October

Strange News From Another Star headline an evening of alternative musical wonders, featuring Samoans, Hail! The Planes and Among Brothers. If you’ve not got your Swn wristbands yet, panic.

SWN @ Gwdihw, 2:45pm, Festival 4-day Wristband : £49.50 *Little Arrow, Barefoot Dance of the Sea, Ivan Moult, Evening Chorus, Sen Segur, Y Niwl, Violas and a DJ set from Mike L – what more could you want?! SWN @ Buffalo Bar, 3:30pm, Festival 4-day Wristband : £49.50 *Famy, Torches, Ren Harvieu and Dam Mantle at Buffalo as part of the Swn Festival. SWN @ O’Neills (St Mary’s St), 4:00pm, Festival 4-day Wristband : £49.50 *Them Squirrels, Gentle Friendly, Truckers of Husk, H. Hawkline and Sweet Baboo all for your pleasure courtesy of SWN! Open Mic Afternoon w/ John Godwin @ Live Lounge, 4:30pm, FREE *John’s great vocals and floods of charm should entice the best to the open mic at the Lounge this afternoon.

SWN @ Clwb Ifor Bach, 5:00pm, Festival 4-day Wristband : £49.50 *Downstairs – Lucy Rose, Al Lewis, Sam Duckworth; upstairs – Gideon Conn, Shoes & Socks Off, Jodie Marie and Ben Howard. SWN @ Dempseys, 5:00pm, Festival 4-day Wristband : £49.50 *Witches Drum, Kutosis, Tiger Please and Saturday’s Kids playing Swn Festival for your pleasure! Marie @ Live Lounge, 6:30pm, FREE *The beautiful, charming Marie is set to wow all at the Live Lounge today! Capdown, AntiVigilante,Broken Nose, The Modern Farewell @ Cardiff Students’ Union, 7:00pm, £12.50 *Ska punk / hardcore punk. Capdown were originally known as Soap, their songs have political themes as alluded to by their name, which is short for Capitalist Downfall Glan Campell-Good Tinmes the Final @ St David’s Hall, 7:00pm, £28.50 - £37.50 *Glen Campbell returns for his last ever UK tour with his trademark fusion of country mannerisms and pop melodies. The Complete Stone Roses @ The Globe, 7:03pm, £14 adv *One of the UK’s biggest tribute bands! James @ Wales Millennium Centre, 7:30pm, £45 *Oh Sit Down!!! re-live your youth! Open Mic @ Buffalo Lounge, 7:30pm, FREE *Cracking open mic at Buffalo Lounge, get your instruments, drop your inhibitions and get down there! Colum Regan @ Live Lounge, 8:00pm, FREE *The great Colum Regan dazzles all at the Lounge tonight with his diverse repertoir and exciting delivery. The Complete Stone Roses @ The Globe, 7:03pm, £14 adv *One of the UK’s biggest tribute bands! James @ Wales Millennium Centre, 7:30pm, £45 *Oh Sit Down!!! re-live your youth! Open Mic @ Buffalo Lounge, 7:30pm, FREE *Cracking open mic at Buffalo Lounge, get your instruments, drop your inhibitions and get down there! Colum Regan @ Live Lounge, 8:00pm, FREE *The great Colum Regan dazzles all at the Lounge tonight with his diverse repertoir and exciting delivery.

Monday 24th Steve Earle & The Dukes (and duchesses) @ St David’s Hall, 7:03am, £28.50 *After many years of touring solo and acoustically, rabble rousing godfather of the alt country scene, Steve Earle is now touring Smoking Aces Duo @ Live Lounge, 12:00pm, FREE *This lovely pair will get your toes a-tappin’ during this lunchtime set at

the Lounge. Enter Shikari @ The Coal Exchange, 7:00pm, £17 *British post-hardcore band with elements of electronica, dubstep, and drum and bass Honey Fungus @ Live Lounge, 7:00pm, *This fantastic duo will dazzle all with their tight-as-Steptoe harmonies and wonderful charm. Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes @ The Glee Club, 7:00pm, £20 Adv *Yeeee Ha! Open Mic @ O’Neills (St Mary’s St), 7:30pm, FREE *Open mic for all to enjoy at O’Neill’s. Weekly Welsh Traditional Session @ The Cayo Arms, 8:30pm, FREE *Come and hear, sing and play Welsh tunes in an informal, friendly atmosphere. Welsh Traditional Music Sessio @ The Cayo Arms, 8:30pm, *Come and hear, sing and play Welsh tunes in an informal, friendly atmosphere Honey Fungus Band @ Live Lounge, 10:00pm, FREE *By day, merely Honey Fungus, but come nightfall they mutate into the devastatingly amazing Honey Fungus Band.

Tuesday 25th Goose @ Live Lounge, 12:00am, FREE *All-star lineup provide excellent quality music for excellent quality value. Rob Cross @ Live Lounge, 4:30pm, FREE *Rob Cross is so good, you come dangerously close to adopting him every Tuesday at his great Live Lounge sessions. Live Music Night @ Old Orleans, 7:00pm, FREE *Live music every Tuesday at Old Orleans! Enjoy great grub with a good tune! the Dykeenies @ Clwb Ifor Bach, 7:00pm, £8 / £10 *Scottish indie rock band Open Mic w/Rob Cross @ O’Neills (St Mary’s St), 7:30pm, FREE *A friendly evening of open mic unpredictabilty, get a drink in ya and get on stage. Knuckle Dragger Conductors @ Buffalo Bar, 8:00pm, £tbc *& more supports tbc L.M.S Presents Kickback @ The Old Library, 8:00pm, FREE *With the amount of talent wishing to perform we suggest that you get your name down soon! Tellison,Cuba Cuba,Drafts,The Red Ages @ Undertone, 8:00pm, £4 adv £5 Doors *drums, bass, cowbells, keyboards, 2 broken guitars, 4 broken voices, 1 wounded laptop, and some extracurricular instruments Jazz At Dempseys @ Dempseys, 9:00pm, £5/£4 conc *Jazz evening with varying artists each week

Wednesday 26th Face Value @ Live Lounge, 12:00am, FREE *The brilliant Face Value. Need we say any more? We probably should. But couldn’t even if we tried.

020 | LISTINGS LIVE EVENTS Tony Morley @ Live Lounge, 4:30pm, FREE *The great Tony Morley will perform some of the finest covers you’re likely to hear this year! Tony Morley Duo @ Live Lounge, 4:30pm, FREE *Tony Morley duo serenade all at the Live Lounge this afternoon, get yourselves down for some great tunes! Soil/Puddle of Mudd @ The Coal Exchange, 6:30pm, £15 *Rock / Metal Rob Cross Duo @ Live Lounge, 7:00pm, FREE *As if it weren’t difficult enough to focus with just Rob on stage, now there’s a lovely someone joining him every Wednesday. Open Mic w/ Singing Huw @ Nos Da, 7:30pm, FREE *Bring your instruments, brandish your vocal chords for all to worship at this lovely open mic. Voodoo Weekender Part II : Brain Juice @ Cardiff Arts Institute, 10:00pm, £2 before 11pm * Lady Leshur performs live for all to love, with sets from DJs Kaptin, Comfort, Rollo and Orange Elvis. No Sweat Presents Albatross Archive @ Cardiff Arts Institute, 8:00pm, FREE * The wonderful Albatross Archive bring their brand of anti-pop songs to No Sweat. RKC / OCEAN RED & Support @ Buffalo Bar, 8:00pm, £6 adv £7 Door *A Sound Lost Somewhere Between Belle And Sebastian’s Pastoral Warmth And The Hallucinatory 6-String Invocations Of Syd Barrett. (Adam Ficek) OPen Mic Night @ The North Star, 8:30pm, FREE *Tom Lucas / Anthony Lee alternate in hosting this lovely event. Jazz At Dempseys @ Dempseys, 9:00pm, £5/£4 conc *Jazz evening with varying artists each week

Thursday 27th Airship / Support Djs Andrew Rhys Lewis & Greg Ramshackle @ 10 Feet Tall, 9:00am, FREE *Take 80s melancholia and mix it with catchy hooks, anthemic choruses and guitar work reminiscent of Modest Mouse And The Pixies, Tinged With Mercury Rev And Early Idlewild. Tony Morley @ Live Lounge, 4:30pm, FREE *Come enjoy the great Tony’s Thursday set at the Live Lounge! Open Mic w/ Huwie Price @ The Royal Exchange, 7:00pm, FREE *Mr Price hosts an evening of glorious open micery for all to join in. Get there early to guarantee a spot! John mayall @ St David’s Hall, 7:30pm, £24.00 - £28.00 *The legendary John Mayall Andoli Brown Join Forces In An Electrifying Bill That Promises Blues At Its Very Finest Arabrot Dethscalator & Support @ Undertone, 8:00pm, £tbc *Norwegian noise-rock band who continuously develop into something more raw and intriguing

Miss Maud’s Folly @ The Bunk House, 9:00pm, FREE *Wonderful night for all in the lovely Bunk House, with gypsy jazz folkery from Miss Maud’s Folly.

Friday 28th The Little Giants @ Live Lounge, 4:30pm, FREE *Fronted by maestro Tony Morley himself, The Little Giants play their Friday residency at Live lounge today! Jazz Time @ RWCMD, 5:30pm, FREE *Every Friday start your weekend listening to the brightest jazz talent in the country. CF5 @ Peppermint, 6:00pm, FREE *CF5 in the hood. The Specials @ Motorpoint Arena, 6:30pm, £40.99 *Two tone legends. Chris Pureka @ The Promised Land, 7:30pm, £4 in advance £5 on the door *The Amazing American singer songwriter Chris Pureka arrives in the capital for her third time to play this very special performance, with support from Molly Zacharias

GigsoftheMonth CHRIS HELME (SEAHORSES) @ THE GLOBE 27th October

Acoustic loveliness to be enjoyed at The Globe this evening, with Chris Helme at the helm (couldn’t resist…) formerly of Seahorses fame. With support from similarly talented local musicians, you’re running out of reasons to miss it! Voodoo Weekender Part II : @ Cardiff Arts Institute, 10:00pm, £2 before 11pm * Lady Leshur performs live for all to love, with sets from DJs Kaptin, Comfort, Rollo and Orange Elvis. Peches Mignons presents First Burn Degree @ Gwdihw, 8:00pm, £3 *An 8 piece band whose musical influences stem from Bristol, via France, Jamaica & much in between. They’ve created a fusion which they proclaim…Skip Hop. Kymo @ The North Star, 9:00pm, free *Another great nights entertainment with Kymo Rocking Johnny @ Old Orleans, 9:00pm, FREE *Join the weekly mashup at Old Orleans, with entertainment provided by the great Rocking Johnny. Great he is, as well.

Saturday 29th Smoking Aces Duo @ Live Lounge, 4:30pm, FREE *Are you ready to rock?To get the party started with an all-out barrage of glam-rock riffs, it’s the Smokin’ Aces! Jessie J @ Motorpoint Arena, 6:30pm, £27.00 *English R&B and Soul recording artist Fire Season / The Fine Line @ Buffalo Bar, 7:00pm, £4 *plus support tbc My Red Cell / Jets to

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Zurich / Holdfire @ Clwb Ifor Bach, 7:00pm, £7 *Speed-punk-garage band innercity Pirates perform under this alias for the summer of 2011 The Flora @ The Flora, 7:30pm, FREE *Saturdays at The Flora – live music followed by DJs. The Sensational 60′s Experience @ St David’s Hall, 7:30pm, £17.00 - £21.00 *For one night only all the original hits performed by four of the most popular Bands of the 60s Starring The Tremeloes, Hermans Hermits, The Union Gapuk, The Dreamers Hosted by Alan Mosca from Freddie & The Dreamers Voodoo Weekender Part III : Johnny Cage @ Cardiff Arts Institute, 10:00pm, £2 before 11pm * Johnny Cage & The Voodoo Groove perform their own weekender, with a DJ set from Kaptin and more support acts to be announced. Sion Russell Jones @ Nos Da, 8:30pm, FREE *Return of the mighty ‘Sion Russell Jones’ performing hits from his album ‘And Suddenly’ Ruby Samba @ The North Star, 9:00pm, free *A very special performer – one not to miss Smoking Aces Duo @ The Vulcan Lounge, 9:00pm, FREE *Another chance to see the dynamic duo

Sunday 30th Faster Pussycat @ Bogiez, 7:03am, £13.50 In Advance *From Hollywood, California – Sleazy Metal Masters Faster Pussycat – Returning To The Welsh Capital For The First Time In Over 8 Years! Tony Morley @ Live Lounge, 12:00pm, FREE *The lovely Tony Morley serenades all during this Sunday lunch session. Open Mic Afternoon w/ John Godwin @ Live Lounge, 4:30pm, FREE *John’s great vocals and floods of charm should entice the best to the open mic at the Lounge this afternoon. Marie @ Live Lounge, 6:30pm, FREE *The beautiful, charming Marie is set to wow all at the Live Lounge today! Erasure @ St David’s Hall, 7:30pm, £30.00 *The most successful and enduring pop duo the UK has ever produced. Open Mic @ Buffalo Lounge, 7:30pm, FREE *Cracking open mic at Buffalo Lounge, get your instruments, drop your inhibitions and get down there! Boom Festival @ Gwdihw, 8:00pm, £10 *A music festival for kids and their families. There will be live music suitable for the whole family to have a boogie, DJS, open mic, collaborative art, storytelling, face-painting, yoga and more. Colum Regan @ Live Lounge, 8:00pm, FREE *The great Colum Regan dazzles all at the Lounge tonight with his diverse repertoir and exciting

delivery. Thoby Davis @ The North Star, 9:00pm, FREE *Another great night in store

Monday 31st Samantha Crain / Scriber & Support @ 10 Feet Tall, 8:00am, £4 *Blowyour-hair-back eerie vocals, traditional folk arrangements trembling beneath drums and heart-beating bass and electric guitar Smoking Aces Duo @ Live Lounge, 12:00pm, FREE *This lovely pair will get your toes a-tappin’ during this lunchtime set at the Lounge. Honey Fungus @ Live Lounge, 7:00pm, *This fantastic duo will dazzle all with their tight-as-Steptoe harmonies and wonderful charm. Engelbert HumperdinckReleased @ St David’s Hall, 7:30pm, £33.50 - £37.50 *He has played for the Queen of England, several US Presidents, sixties pop star Engelbert wows the crowds. Jon Allen @ The Globe, 7:30pm, £12 adv *His music is evocative of the folk-rock scene of the late 60s/ early 70s. Open Mic @ O’Neills (St Mary’s St), 7:30pm, FREE *Open mic for all to enjoy at O’Neill’s. Voodoo Weekender Part IV : Illbilly Hitech @ Cardiff Arts Institute, 8:00pm, £4 *Illbilly Hitech, Dead Residents and Papa Le Gal perform live to round off this mischievous Voodoo Weekender malarkey. Weekly Welsh Traditional Session @ The Cayo Arms, 8:30pm, FREE *Come and hear, sing and play Welsh tunes in an informal, friendly atmosphere. Welsh Traditional Music Sessio @ The Cayo Arms, 8:30pm, *Come and hear, sing and play Welsh tunes in an informal, friendly atmosphere Honey Fungus Band @ Live Lounge, 10:00pm, FREE *By day, merely Honey Fungus, but come nightfall they mutate into t

North Star 2nd Birthday Special: 7pm Captain Accident with Support

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October Club Nights MONDAYS Regular Events Hangover Cure @ Mocka Lounge, 12:00am, FREE *^Sort your head out with this chilled out night. Late Night Live @ 10 Feet Tall, 8:00am, FREE DOWNSTAIRS *^New music and party tunes to get you going Private Karaoke @ Tiger Tiger, 6:00pm, £2.50 *^Start off the night in style with some private karaoke at Tiger Tiger! Trojan Boss Sound @ Rockin Chair, 7:00pm, FREE *^Jamaican ska, reggae, funk Madhatter Mondays @ Varsity (Greyfriars Road), 7:00pm, FREE *^The cheapest student night in the city. Enjoy drinks from just £1! Late Night Live @ 10 Feet Tall, 8:00pm, FREE *^Two floors of entertainment, chart hits and latest favourites at the bar, live music upstairs (door charge). Mondays @ WOW Bar, 8:00pm, FREE *^Retro music and entertainment throughout the night with DJ Kai! Salsa Classes @ Owain Glyndwr, 8:00pm, FREE *^Get your hips gyrating at these weekly salsa classes. Jagerfest presents The Monday Bomb @ GLAM, 9:00pm, FREE before 12am *^Well this was always going to get messy. Go crazy for £1.50 Jagerbombs and more insanely cheap drinks. Revolution Sundays @ Revolution, 9:00pm, FREE *^A mix of live music and Latin beats played throughout the night. You’re The DJ! @ Bar Icon, 9:00pm, £TBC *^You choose how you want to groove the night away at ‘Cardiff’s swishest gay bar’. Fuzzy Logic @ Oceana, 10:00pm, £5 *^It’s not right but it’s ok! That’s Fuzzy Logic; the UK’s biggest student night! Great prices, great tunes!

Special Events Monday 31st Samantha Crain / Scriber @ 10 Feet Tall, 8:00am, £4 *^Blowyour-hair-back eerie vocals, traditional folk arrangements trembling beneath drums and heart-beating bass and electric guitar.

TUESDAYS Regular Events Private Karaoke @ Tiger Tiger, 6:00pm, £2.50 *^Start off the night in style with some private karaoke at Tiger Tiger! Reflex Regulars @ Reflex, 7:00pm, FREE *^Nonstop 80s classic floor fillers at Reflex tonight! Motown & Northern Soul Night @ Undertone, 7:30pm, FREE *^Expect

the best of the genres at Undertone tonight. Come Dancing / ElectroSwing Hop @ Cardiff Arts Institute, 8:00pm, £4 *^Come Dancing every Tuesday night and learn how to Electro-Swing-Hop. Flares Tuesdays @ Flares, 8:00pm, FREE *^If you’re bored on Tuesdays, be sure to stay away from Flares… Only joking! Get down there and strut your stuff! Metropolis @ Metros, 8:00pm, £TBC *^Electro, trance and drum ‘n’ bass with an alternative edge. Open Mic Night & Karaoke @ WOW Bar, 8:00pm, FREE *^Your chance to get on stage and show the world what you’ve got! Salsa Classes @ Live Lounge, 8:00pm, FREE *^Come and learn some salsa at the Live Lounge, very popular class with a great atmosphere. Relax and Unwind @ Mocka Lounge, 9:00pm, FREE *^Loosen up at Mocka during your working week! Fundamental @ Code, 10:00pm, £2 *^Student night – foam, cheap drinks and good tunes! 10 FEET LIVE @ 10 Feet Tall, 8:00pm, FREE DOWNSTAIRS *^New music and party tunes in the bar till 4am! Just Dance @ Clwb Ifor Bach, 10:30pm, £3 *^Weekly eclectic mash up for all to dance!

Special Events Tuesday 4th London DJ Che @ Rockin Chair, 8:00pm, FREE *^Dubstep, Drum & Bass, Funky House

Tuesday 11th FEED THE DJ @ Buffalo Bar, 8:00pm, FREE *^No longer do you have to sit and listen to what the DJ wants to play, you now FEED THE DJ.

Tuesday 25th Fat City @ Gwdihw, 8:00pm, £3 *^The original craft-infused, funk-inspired Fat City is back at Gwdihw. Live music, DJS and fun craft competitions to brighten up your midweek. London DJ Che @ Rockin Chair, 8:00pm, FREE *^Dubstep, Drum & Bass, Funky House FEED THE DJ @ Buffalo Bar, 8:00pm, FREE *^No longer do you have to sit and listen to what the DJ wants to play, you now FEED THE DJ.

WEDNESDAYS Regular Events Private Karaoke @ Tiger Tiger, 6:00pm, £2.50 *^Start off the night in style with some private karaoke at Tiger Tiger! Reflex Regulars @

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With The Gentle Good / Alun Gaffey / Tom ap Dan. Reflex, 7:00pm, FREE *^Nonstop 80s classic floorfillers at Reflex tonight! Blender @ Buffalo Bar, 8:00pm, FREE *^Fashionable midweek hangout with great tunes and good company. Cheapskates @ Metros, 8:00pm, £6 *^Some of the cheapest drinks in town, with some great tunes to boot. I Love Wednesday @ Rococo, 8:00pm, FREE *^Cracking DJ sets all night in this classy environment. Reps 18-80 @ WOW Bar, 8:00pm, FREE *^Great night in store for all at one of Cardiff’s favourite gay clubs. Zouklambada @ 10 Feet Tall, 8:00pm, £6 *^Weekly dance class. Sugar Drop @ 10 Feet Tall, 8:00pm, FREE DOWNSTAIRS *^Alternative beats for your midweek dancefloor! Cocktail Heaven @ Mocka Lounge, 9:00pm, FREE *^Cocktail-crazy midweek spot! Cookies ‘n’ Cream @ So-Lo (formerly Cougar Lounge), 9:00pm, £TBC *^Great student night featuring colossal discounts with NUS. Get there early, it’s going to get messy. Midweek Mayhem @ Bar Icon, 9:00pm, FREE *^Midweek Mayhem is exactly that, don your dancing clogs for a great night at Icon. Sub Social @ Lava Lounge, 9:00pm, FREE * Weekly uni society social. Shotgun Rules @ Revolution, 9:00pm, £3 *^Weekly student night with the sole aim of getting you wasted. So Freaky Wednesdays @ 411, 9:00pm, FREE *^Playing the best in commercial R&B, club classics, chart, funk and sexy house, you’d be mad to miss it! Listen Up! @ Clwb Ifor Bach, 10:00pm, £3 *^Listen Up! is Cardiff’s longest running indie night. Head down to Clwb to bop and vogue the night away. Put on Your Party Pants @ Flares, 10:00pm, FREE *^Midweek madness! Put on your dancing shoes and your ridiculous trousers and get to Flares!

Special Events Wednesday 5th Folk Against fascism @ Gwdihw, 8:00pm, £3 *^A night of local folk-world music. With Cosmo (folk/ punk/hip-hop) + Rev P. Dread and Ms. SomethingElse (politica electronica) + Habtom Ghirmai (Songs from Eritrea)

Wednesday 12th Ifor Bach yn Cyflwyno @ Gwdihw, 8:00pm, £3 *^Ifor Bach has flown his nest in Womanby Street for one night only, to bring you a new night of ”’Monthly midweek acoustic musings”

Wednesday 26th Take the Industry (Round 5) @ Gwdihw, 8:00pm, £Donation *^An eclectic mix of local talent from hip-hop to electronica and ambient to acoustic. It’s donation entry where live music fans can give their money directly to the act they liked the most.

Wednesday 19th TROPICS (PLANET MU) & support @ 10 Feet Tall, 9:00pm, FREE *^TROPICS is Chris Ward – signed to beat heavy players PLANET MU, taking influences from 70s jams, post-punk & whatever else he taped in his youth

THURSDAYS Regular Events Private Karaoke @ Tiger Tiger, 6:00pm, £2.50 *^Start off the night in style with some private karaoke at Tiger Tiger! Karaoke Night @ Varsity (Roath), 7:00pm, FREE *^1000′s of songs to choose from plus 2-4-1 VK Reflex Regulars @ Reflex, 7:00pm, FREE *^Nonstop 80s classic floorfillers at Reflex tonight! Armageddon @ The Old Library, 8:00pm, £3 *^Cardiff’s latest and greatest live rock and metal band night. WKD @ WOW Bar, 8:00pm, FREE *Âmazing shot giveaways and party games at WOW tonight! Karaoke Night @ Poets Corner, 8:30pm, FREE * Get down to Poet’s Corner for a night of karaoke classics! Cocktail Night @ Bar Icon, 9:00pm, FREE *^Bar Icon provides reasonably priced, great tasting cocktails for all the thirsty dancers tonight. On The Rocks @ 10 Feet Tall, 8:00pm, FREE DOWNSTAIRS *Rock’n’roll, alternative mash-ups, guitar anthems, and party riffs till 4am! Cocktail Night @ Flares, 9:00pm, FREE *^70’s music all night long in the most creatively named club in Cardiff. Mocka Lounge Thursday @ Mocka Lounge, 9:00pm, FREE * Chilled house and R&B galore! Pink @ Rococo, 9:00pm, £TBC * Rife with great tunes and cracking drinks promotions. Ladies Night @ Lava Lounge, 8:00pm, FREE * Leave your balls at the door, it’s Ladies Night! Propaganda Cardiff @ GLAM, 9:00pm, £3/£4 *Ône of Cardiff’s best nightclubs plays alternative floor-flooders in two rooms for the punters tonight! Thursdays @ The Great Western @ Thursdays s , 9:00pm, FREE *Êvery Thursday – Saturday, enjoy your favourite pop hits all night long! CYNT @ Clwb Ifor Bach, 10:00pm, £3/£4 *^The

original midweek rave in the Capital, CYNT is South Wales’ biggest electronic dance night! Karaoke Night @ Poets Corner, 8:30pm, FREE *^Get down to Poet’s Corner for a night of karaoke classics! The Only Way is Thursday @ Oceana, 10:00pm, £2 *^Thursday night in Oceana brings you all the best commercial chart and R’n’B in Icehouse. Midweek Mayhem @ Bar Icon, 9:00pm, FREE *^Midweek Mayhem is exactly that, don your dancing clogs for a great night at Icon.

Special Events Thursday 20th

Clubnights oftheMonth PROPAGANDA AFTERPARTY @ GLAM Thu 20th October

One of Cardiff’s favourite nightclubs hosts a DJ set from Huw Stephens to celebrate the opening of SWN Festival. Be sure to make it to this one, best bring some comfortable shoes too…

SWN @ GLAM, 10:00pm, Festival 4-day Wristband : £49.50 *^Come join Huw Stephens at Glam for his set for the Propaganda Afteparty.

Thursday 27th Airship + Support @ 10 Feet Tall, 9:00am, FREE *^Take 80s melancholia and mix it with catchy hooks, anthemic choruses and guitar work reminiscent of MODEST MOUSE and THE PIXIES, tinged with MERCURY REV and early IDLEWILD.

FRIDAYS Regular Events Private Karaoke @ Tiger Tiger, 6:00pm, £2.50 *^Start off the night in style with some private karaoke at Tiger Tiger! Fridays @ Club X, 7:00pm, FREE before 10pm *^Pop, funky house and electro – fantastic night ahead! Fridays @ Varsity (Greyfriars Road), 7:00pm, FREE *^Party till 1am with DJ John Fisher! Enjoys shots from just £1 and 2 cocktails for £7.50! Funky Banana @ Varsity (Roath), 7:00pm, FREE *^Great music from resident DJ and get an inflatable banana on promotional cocktail deals. Reflex Regulars @ Reflex, 7:00pm, FREE *^Nonstop 80s classic floorfillers at Reflex tonight! Fridays @ Clwb Ifor Bach, 8:00pm, £3.50/£4.50 *^Fridays downstairs provides the best hipster music for all you gorgeous, fashionable types! Bumper @ Buffalo Bar, 8:00pm, Downstairs

£FREE/Upstairs £Varies *^Dance your drunken night away at Buffalo Bar. Detonate @ Metros, 8:00pm, £4 *^Crazy weekend warm-up at Metros tonight. Fever Friday @ Lava Lounge, 8:00pm, FREE *^Great drinks and awesome tunes at Lava. Fridays @ Salt Bar, 8:00pm, FREE *^Funky house mayhem at Salt Bar. Girls Just Wanna Have Fun @ WOW Bar, 8:00pm, FREE until 11pm *^Have fun every Friday Night with the WOW Showgirls Miss Kitty, Marcia, Donna Marie, Fanny Dazzle & Bella Endez. Hustle @ 10 Feet Tall, 8:00pm, FREE *^Motown and disco in 10 Feet tonight! Fridays @ Milgi’s, 8:00pm, FREE *^World / dance music from an array of DJs. Fridays @ Rococo, 8:00pm, £TBC *^Dubstep, electro and funky house every Friday / Saturday. The Resurrection @ The Old Library, 8:00pm, £TBC *^Playing a non-stop supersonic mix of IndieBritpop-Alternative tunes. Us V Them @ Buffalo Lounge, 8:00pm, FREE *Âlternative music night, expect to hear the likes of Health, Grinderman, Battles and Shit Robot as well as local, unsigned bands. Walkabout Friday @ Walkabout, 8:00pm, FREE *^4-hour long happy hour and disco classics. What more do you want? Ace of Spades Fridays @ 411, 9:00pm, £TBC *Âll the R&B, hip-hop and dubstep you’ll ever need. Dress well, dance well, be well. Classic Fridays @ So-Lo (formerly Cougar Lounge), 9:00pm, FREE *^Friday night at So-Lo brings a mix of classic tracks throughout the years! Flares Fridays @ Flares, 9:00pm, FREE *^Kicks start the weekend at Flares! Fridays at Revolution @ Revolution, 9:00pm, £3 *^Revolution ushers in your weekend with oodles of offers and guest DJs Mocka Lounge Fridays @ Mocka Lounge, 9:00pm, FREE *^Get ready for the weekend with some great tunes and lovely drinks at Mocka! Tropical Boogie (African Flavour) @ Gwdihw, 9:00pm, £3 *^Tropical Boogie is a brand new and juicy Gwdihŵ night filled to the brim with hot, sunshiny global beats. Fridays @ The Great Western, 9:00pm, FREE *Êvery Thursday – Saturday, enjoy your favourite pop hits all night long! Fridays @ Soda Bar, 10:00pm, FREE *Ône of Cardiff’s classiest joints offers drinks for £2 all night. Free entry. What the Sam heck are you waiting for?! Fridays at Oceana @ Oceana, 10:00pm, £5.50 *^Commercial chart + R&B in Icehouse, disco classics in New York Disco. Intro @ Undertone,

024 | LISTINGS CLUBNIGHTS 10:00pm, £TBC *^Expect things to get very messy and very fun at Intro tonight. Weekend Warm Up @ Bar Icon, 10:00pm, FREE *^Get ready for the weekend with great drinks prices and kitsch classics on the jukebox.

Special Events Friday 7th

Clubnights oftheMonth HIGHER LEARNING: SUSPECT PACKAGES @ CAI

Fri 7th October DJs Disorda, Jaffa and Kaptin build up to a live performance from Dabbla & Co from LDZ. For anyone with a penchant for supremely good-quality hip-hop, Cardiff Arts is the place to be tonight.

Higher Learning: Supect Packages @ CAI, 9:00pm * See Club of the Month Tom Lucas @ Peppermint, 6:00pm, FREE *^Tom does his thing! Siren Sisters & Mr Potter @ Gwdihw, 9:00pm, £3 *^A peachy night, 1940’s Discothèque will be a melting hot pot of wartime dress-up, years-gone-by three part harmonies & that good-old wartime vibe.

Friday 14th

Clubnights oftheMonth REEBOOT @ UNDERTONE

Fri 14th October For all the UK hard and acid techno you can handle in one night, make your way down to Undertone for your clubbing fix tonight you bloody junkie you!

Reeboot @ Undertone, 8:00pm* See Club of the Month KYMO @ Peppermint, 6:00pm, FREE *^from southeast London, KYMO (Keep Your Mind Open) is a group of guys getting together to have some fun and make some music. Vertigo presents the Rain Band @ Gwdihw, 8:00pm, £3 *^AYOR Events & Vertigo Presents a night a pure MOD R&B and SWING. With live music from The Rain Band.

Friday 21st Peches Mignons Tropical Boogie with Cougar & Dave Norton @ Gwdihw, 8:00pm, £3 *^A juicy night filled to the brim with sunshiny global beats. Get totally tropical with Cougar. They want people to be slaves to the dancefloor with their blend of rhythms and melodies.

Friday 28th Goldie @ Clwb Ifor Bach,

10:03pm, £5 / £7 *^The legendary Drum and Base DJ with gold teeth.

SATURDAYS Regular Events Vanity – It’s All About You! @ GLAM, 12:00am, £4/£5 *^GLAM’s famous Vanity nights holds two levels of fantastic R&B, hiphop, dance, everything you need to enjoy the night! Private Karaoke @ Tiger Tiger, 6:00pm, £2.50 *^Start off the night in style with some private karaoke at Tiger Tiger! Reflex Regulars @ Reflex, 7:00pm, FREE *^Nonstop 80s classic floorfillers at Reflex tonight! Saturdays @ Varsity (Greyfriars Road), 7:00pm, FREE *^Party till 2am with DJ Extreme! Bombs for just £2.99 and shots from £1! Saturdays @ Varsity (Roath), 7:00pm, FREE *^DJ Dan kicks off the night from 8pm, live sports every weekend. Resident DJ @ Cafe Jazz, 7:30pm, £2 *^Resident DJ and great music from the 1950’s up to the present expertly presented with a great atmosphere! Come Play @ Cardiff Students’ Union, 8:00pm, £4.50 *^Cracking night for Cardiff University students.

Clubnights oftheMonth COME PLAY @ CARDIFF STUDENT’S UNION

Sat 29th October For all you lovely students wanting to squander the pittance of a loan this despicable government has afforded you, Come Play offers the perfect outlet.

Hot ‘n’ Sticky @ WOW Bar, 8:00pm, FREE until 11pm *^Join probably the best-named drag queen in the business – Bella Endez, for some naughty frolics this evening! Me and You Club @ 10 Feet Tall, 8:00pm, FREE before 10pm *^Feel-good mix of indie to guide you through the weekend. Metros Saturday @ Metros, 8:00pm, £4 *^Get your weekend going at Metros every Saturday. Saturdays @ Milgi’s, 8:00pm, FREE *^Every Friday + Saturday – world and dance tracks for your enjoyment! Saturdays @ Rococo, 8:00pm, £TBC *^Dubstep, electro and funky house every Friday / Saturday. Saturdays @ Salt Bar, 8:00pm, FREE before 10pm *^Cheesy pop and chart hits. Not your cup of tea? Don’t go then you grumpy (*^$(&)! Twisted by Design @ Dempseys, 8:00pm, FREE *^One of Cardiff’s longest running alternative nights every Saturday.

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Walkabout Saturday @ Walkabout, 8:00pm, FREE *^Enjoy the weekend in style at Walkabout every Saturday. Beatbox Ballroom @ Buffalo Bar, 9:00pm, Downstairs £FREE/Upstairs £Varies *^Weekly dose of soul and hip-hop. Buzz / Berlins Returns! / Reggae Night @ So-Lo (formerly Cougar Lounge), 9:00pm, £5 *^All the great old school R&B and hip-hop from the 80s and 90s! Alternates with Reggae Night every other week.

Clubnights oftheMonth REGGAE NIGHT @ SO-LO

Special Events Saturday 1st Juju Nations (Nigeria Independence day) @ Gwdihw, 9:00pm, £2 Free b4 10pm *^Juju Nations celebrates with live music from Afro Cluster with their unique mix of Afro Beat / Funk / Hip Hop and Juju Nations DJs

Clubnights oftheMonth JUJU NATIONS @ GWDIHW Sat 1st October

It’s Nigerian Independence Day and what better way to celebrate than with Afro Cluster and the Juju Nations DJs at Gwdihw!

Sat 20th October

One of the city’s most popular reggae nights at So-Lo (formerly Cougar Lounge). For all the best the genre has to offer, as well as excellent drinks prices and a great atmosphere, make your way down to So-Lo tonight!

Saturdays @ Koko Gorilaz, 9:00pm, FREE *^Weekly mash up at Koko! Mocka Lounge Saturdays @ Mocka Lounge, 9:00pm, FREE *^Go crazy for the weekend at Mocka every Saturday! Revolution Saturdays @ Revolution, 9:00pm, £3/£5 *^Two floors of music ranging from Electro to House to kick off your Saturday night. Saturdays @ Soda Bar, 9:00pm, £TBC *^Saturdays at Soda Bar promise to be something spectacular! So Funked Saturdays @ 411, 9:00pm, £TBC *^So Funked Saturdays at the 411 brings you all the smooth grooves and urban floorfillers you’ll ever need. Saturdays @ The Great Western, 9:00pm, FREE *Êvery Thursday – Saturday, enjoy your favourite pop hits all night long! Big Night Out @ Oceana, 10:00pm, £8 *^Commercial chart and R&B in Icehouse, or classic disco hits in New York Disco – take your pick! Dirty Pop / Vinyl Vendettas / Mr Potter @ Clwb Ifor Bach, 10:00pm, £5 *Ône of Cardiff’s most revered and longest-running club nights, with resident DJs on rotation every week. Flares Saturday @ Flares, 10:00pm, FREE *Ênjoy retro hits and kitsch classics at Flares tonight. Saturdays @ The Old Library @ The Old Library, 10:00pm, £4/£5 *Ôpen till 6am, featuring great tunes and cheap drinks. The Big Nite Out! @ Bar Icon, 10:00pm, FREE *^That naughty bunch at Bar Icon are doing even more to ensure hangovers all round! RELEASE @ Undertone, 10:00pm, £4 *^Tech house, dirty house, hard house till 4am

Full Swing Presents: Nick Hollywood @ Cardiff Arts Institute, 10:00pm, £4 *^One of the most prolific Electro Swing DJs on the circuit.

Saturday 8th Mise en Bouche presents Benin City & Cardiff City Circus @ Gwdihw, 8:00pm, £3 *^Benin City defy convention. Eschewing guitars for brass, they are wowing audiences with their fresh Alt-Hip Hop sound.

Saturday 15th Candela & Peches Mignons presents Lazy habits @ Gwdihw, 8:00pm, £3 *^Lazy Habits. Think Hip Hop, London’s East End and a touch of New Orleans brass, spoken with an English Tongue & you might begin to imagine it.

Saturday 29th Funkadelic presents Ginger Roger & Cardiff City Circus @ Gwdihw, 8:00pm, £3 *^Fusions of styles that at first glance may appear, for want of a better word, tenuous… we give you The Ginger Rogers as the middle finger up to convention in the sense of expectation!

SUNDAYS Regular Events Private Karaoke @ Tiger Tiger, 6:00pm, £2.50 *^Start off the night in style with some private karaoke at Tiger Tiger! Reflex Regulars @ Reflex, 7:00pm, FREE *^Nonstop 80s classic floorfillers at Reflex tonight! Sundays @ Lava Lounge, 8:00pm, FREE *^Commercial hits galore at Lava Lounge tonight. The Cuckoo Club Sunday Service @ WOW Bar, 8:00pm, FREE *^Mischievous shenanigans at Wow Bar every Sunday. Therapy! @ Varsity (Roath), 7:00pm, FREE *^Therapy! The ultimate party night! Sunday Social @ 10 Feet Tall, 8:00pm, FREE *^Chill out after a mad weekend at 10 Feet Tall. Soda Sundays @ Soda

Bar, 9:00pm, £TBC *^Soda Sundays are the perfect way to wave goodbye to the weekend. Sunday Nite Chillax @ Bar Icon, 11:00pm, FREE *^Whilst we don’t approve of their spelling of ‘nite’, we can deal with chillaxing aaaaall daaaaaay looooong. Sunday Karaoke @ Varsity (Greyfriars Road), 7:00pm, FREE *^Karaoke from 7pm – enjoy 2 cocktails for £7.50, Pitchers of larger for £9 and bottle of wine for just £5.99! Sunday Social @ 10 Feet Tall, 8:00pm, FREE *^Chill out after a mad weekend at 10 Feet Tall.

Special Events Sunday 2nd Peches Mignons presents Old Sledge UK Tour @ Gwdihw, 8:00pm, *^Old Sledge, from the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia blow the dust off old tunes from the golden era of early country, hillbilly & blues music for the new generation.

Sunday 9th The Horn the Hunt @ Gwdihw, 8:00pm, £3 *^A pop duo whose style is colourful & bouncy with form & texture, & a dark underbelly throughout. This gig will be bold, aggressive with no loyalty to any particular sound or style.

Sunday 16th MOJO FURY @ Undertone, 8:00pm, £4 *^SURVIVALIST/RECLUSE/THE SPOTTED MIND. Northern Irish alt-rockers MOJO FURY have been lauded by all corners of the rock music press following the release of debut album ‘Visiting Hours of a Travelling Circus’

Sunday 23rd David Dondero / James McKay & Gathered in Song DJs*^Singer-songwriter whose music has been compared to such American folk music/troubadour greats as Woody Guthrie and Townes Van Zandt.

Reviews Albums COLORAMA

PAPER AEROPLANES

REDLIP

Llyfr Lliwio

A Comfortable Sleep

Dan & Headless Bill

An understated and sweet release from Colorama here with minimalist production ensuring that each musical element is prominent to pleasing effect. Carwyn Ellis’ musical taste and understanding shine through every track, although a sense of ‘sameness’ can underscore the album as a whole. A variety of instrumentation spices things up, although at times some instruments lose a little of their essence. The bilingual lyrics are quaint; their heart-felt and almost childlike simplicity matches the tone and overall feel of the album, leaving listeners with a slightly nostalgic aftertaste. Ellis’ voice holds the same soft-spoken, commanding tone as the likes of Lou Reed and when used in the tight harmony tracks creates a dreamy surround. Essentially a lovely album for softening the transition from summer to autumn. JA soundcloud.com/coloramasound

A Comfortable Sleep is a dangerous name to give an EP of four sedative-strength, dreamy folk songs. Paper Aeroplanes ply their trade squarely in the milieu of whisper soft vocals and plain acoustic backing. Singer Sarah Howells’ intimate, breaking vocals are both beautiful and convincing; equal to any of the always well-represented wave of female contemporary folk singers mostly heard when ordering coffee. Musically, Paper Aeroplanes influence is certainly Irish and Celtic, although they borrow a vocal line from the Psychedelic Furs during “Painkiller”; most likely a bizarre co-incidence, but amusing nonetheless. It is a shame such amusement is merely accidental; the tone throughout the EP is unrelentingly earnest, as you would expect from the genre, but a little light relief wouldn’t be a bad thing. MH paperaeroplanes.bandcamp.com

Dan & Headless Bill is inescapably leftfield both in delivery and concept comprising field recordings, often sinister casio blips, simple beats, plucked guitar and spoken word. The lo-fi element stands out strongly, particularly on Morning Star which echoes Babybird’s early recordings with its distorted vocals. More conventionally folky is Ascending Thing which has a guitar line that could have been played to King Charles I on a lute and not sounded out of place. Best though, is closer, Jaunty Mexico which breathes life back into the LP with upbeat The Coral-esque melodies. Ultimately, it’s more interesting in a cerebral fashion than it is aesthetically, with some tracks (see mini-bios Sid James and Jansch) dragging on a bit. Nevertheless, worth a listen. SMR redlip.bandcamp.com

H. HAWKLINE

RECORDIAU LLIWGAR

VVOLVES

The Strange Uses Of Ox Gall

Y Record Goch

When I’m Down EP

Wales is a terrific breeding ground for psychedelic musical oddities, and H. Hawkline (Huw Evans to Bandit viewers) has added another gem to the principality’s crown with this, his second album. While first song proper Ballast may find you uttering “for fuck’s sake…” to yourself (it’s an irritating four bar phrase repeated for two minutes), its follower Funny Bones could sit alongside any of the Super Furries’ best: it’s simply a great, single-worthy song. The whole album is shot through with fantastic melodies, ramshackle recording and performance, mad psych-wig outs (see Big Red) and pastoral melancholy (had it a recorder solo, Surf Pound could be by Circulus). A well paced LP with great songs. You have to listen to this. JOC hhawkline.bandcamp.com

Recordiau Lliwgar specialise in producing a set of compilations highlighting the best and brightest this country has to offer. From the country / rockabilly stylings of Cowbois Rhos Botwnnog to yuppieelectro of Dau Cefn, Sen Segur’s lazy lo-fi 90s sound to Y Bwgan’s minimalist electronic meanderings. For this reviewer, the latter’s Niwl y Nefoedd is the standout track, demonstrating immense restraint and a penchant for darker atmospheres. The issue is that unless the listener has, or is willing to engage with the under-produced, underexposed recesses of Welsh language music from the late eighties/early nineties, there isn’t a lot to love here. However for Meic Parry, Y Record Goch is clearly a heartfelt keepsake of great bands and sounds from that time. ST recordiaulliwgar.com

THE VANITIES

OCEAN RED

VVOLVES started the year with their graceful self-titled EP which demonstrated searing, darkly melodic industrial electro. This, their second EP, presses on well but lacks the bite of, say, a Birds In Berlin, which remains their finest track. That’s not to imply When I’m Down isn’t a decent release. Indeed, opener Clearer has a choppy guitarline, and reverbed vocals reminiscent of Echo & The Bunnymen not far from their peak. And She is nicely overlaid to sound like The Cure somewhere in 1987, before falling into a slightly weak chorus line. The overt shoegaze direction of Where You’d Start suits them slightly better - crashing waves of synths and guitar glide over a melancholy vocal. This lacks urgency overall but kneads a few hooks into your head over time. SMR vvolves.bandcamp.com

The Vanities

Codes & Lines EP

BLAKTRIX

10 years on, Cardiff’s The Vanities release their self-titled debut LP of electro-pop. Unfortunately it’s difficult to imagine many who would enjoy this hour and a half of sugar rich, generic, 80s electro. The collection of 19 tracks, written and recorded between 2001 and 2011, document The Vanities progression, but are also somewhat stagnant. Tired house beats are used throughout with occasional Meatloaf meets Gary Barlow vocals. Standing By The Motorway offers little rest-bite but demonstrates plenty of talent, and perhaps this is the frustrating thing about The Vanities – technically the band is proficient, the production is impressive and vocally every track is spot on. But it’s lack of originality, crass use of sound-banks, lazy track compilation and tired 80s nostalgia that sadly underpin this album. MP myspace.com/the.vanities

It’s always great to witness an outfit rise from demo to fully blown release in the space of a few MMP issues. Admittedly, alarm bells ring at the prospect of yet another alternative indie-rock band on the circuit. Fortunately Ocean Red succeed in presenting cogent, well-conceived and well-produced material, rife with musical intrigue and depth. This is no mean feat, particularly in light of the predominant linear textures and harmonies, but with the added punch in drum production (fast becoming a trademark of producer Todd Campbell) and substantial flair in songcraft, Ocean Red are well on their way to bypassing the alternative / indie doldrums in favour of something much more exciting. ST myspace.com/oceanredband

Some People Never Go Crazy Clocking just over 20 minutes, Some People Never Go Crazy is a hasty affair. Blaktrix could have extended the intro track four times over before boredom sets in; Rhodes keys and crisp brass provide a liquid trip-hop vanguard into first single No Drama feat. Ralph Rip Shit; a veritable cavalcade of footballing metaphor and smooth Raekwon-esque vocals. UK garage meets R&B Office Job raises the tempo and makes entertainingly critiques the soulless 9 to 5. But whilst it is rare to criticise an album for being too varied, the insistence here on merging lines of R&B, grime, UK garage and hip-hop doesn’t always pay off. Blaktrix’s piano led, R&B ballad, title track feels out of place while Between The Lines’ flow is relatively uninspired. Still, listen to Sour Grapes for raw percussive menace with promise. MP blaktrix.bandcamp.com

Reviews Singles MAN OF THE HOUR

JETS TO ZURICH

WE ARE ANIMAL

A Modern Day Epic

Pyramids

Work

Merthyr Tydfil’s Man Of The Hour offer by the numbers pop punk with a twist; the twist being that the song doesn’t want to end. Picking up after nearly three minutes of de rigueur repetition and a lengthy guitar solo, comes a slow building bolted-on climax, all synth pads, orchestration and piano. As an exercise in rolling out something more grandiose than what you might expect from the genre, it works. The overall sound is unapologetically aimed towards radio play, it’s commercial aspirations only slightly compromised by a somewhat thin vocal. Genre faithful fodder for people who listen to most of their music on the car radio. MH reverbnation.com/manofthehourband

For anyone with a history of playing in bands, Jets to Zurich’s new single may bring back early memories. The enthusiasm for ideas and the heavy rock genre isn’t quite realised, either due to a need for more investment in instrumental sound-sourcing or greater depth in production. This enthusiasm, however, carries the track for the most part. The middle eight in particular shows great promise and a welcomed break from the unyielding, unsavoury distortion sound permeating the rest of the track. Dale Hawkins’ vocal performance also displays substantial control over dynamics and range, but the band hasn’t quite hit the mark for this reviewer just yet. ST myspace.com/jetstozurich

We Are Animal deliver a slice of taut, jerky backwoods dance punk on Work, topped with wheezy synths and some fantastically recorded guitars that sound like orchestra hits (God I love orchestra hits, a hugely underrated blunderbuss in any musician’s armoury). This is all slathered over a base of snapping, disco seasoned drums and percussion with a thick, rich bass sound bringing it all together. As if this recipe wasn’t already groaning with goodness, just imagine what some vaguely spooksome vocals would add. Oh wait, they’ve thought of that already! Good work We Are Animal, good work. JN myspace.com/weareanimal

THE BLEEDIN’ NOSES

THE RED AGE

MOLLY ZACHARIAS

Did you ask for a polka that deals with the vague threat of authoritarianism? You did? Well then, your delivery is here, please sign, please sign, thanks, have a lovely day. Bet you never thought that the cure to our ills would come from a shirtless chap ranting at pretty much all forms of government ever, like a man trying to stone a fire to death (maybe it burned his shirt, maybe it refused to recognise the faults inherent in a trickle-down social economy or the growing inequality gap; never know with fire). Politics aside, this is really good fun. Hooray! JN myspace.com/thebleedinnoses

The Red Age aim ‘to produce interesting, melodic, and original music’, and are getting there. Their clean and jangly guitar melodies bring to mind early work by The Strokes and Arctic Monkeys, although one may find themselves wishing they’d follow the lead of their forebearers and go for the short ’n’ sweet pop song – as on opener Look Behind You – more often, rather than following the long route as they do on Battery and Good God, Great Gatsby. Nevertheless, the latter’s progression from chirpy sunny-day bopper to cloudy depression shows real songwriting ability – there’s clearly more to come from this lot. JOC soundcloud.com/theredage

Claiming that what the MMP found on Molly Zacharias’ bandcamp page is a demo is slightly erroneous. In reality, it’s more like two mini-albums bursting with plentiful, imaginative musical fruit. Zacharias has the gift of an authentically quirky yet curiously delicious vocal delivery which she complements with a range of instrumentation. This includes sweetly played guitar, horns and melodica all gelling themselves to some carefully constructed tracks. How The Bloodhounds comes across like a Welsh Alela Diane, Croaky Show benefits from deftly lyrical touches and the sum effect is not too far from the New Weird America scene. Rather great. SMR mollyzacharias.bandcamp.com

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Spillers Pick of the Month EXIT INTERNATIONAL Black Junk Manic and jagged and chunky, Cardiff trio Exit International’s tunes run somewhere between the intensely quirky and the super melodic and poppy. What is particularly impressive, though, is how they make so much noise and melody with just two bass guitars and drums, oh yes, and those vocals. It’s actually the vocals that contribute most to the density of sound on offer; dual vocal lines are common and amongst the varied singing, screaming and growling, there are extra harmonies and gang shouts going on underneath to back it all up. Black Junk is a cracking record; grooveable nastiness, ear drum shredding noise and unpredictable quirks, there’s a lot of darkness running throughout, but they manage not to let things sink into gloom via danceable hooks. EG reverbnation.com/exitinternational

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Huw Stephens: Swn Festival Anyone with a pair of ears keeps their schedule free come late October. For half a decade, SWN Festival has been a stopping ground for some of the brightest talents the UK has to offer, with a pointed emphasis on providing platforms for Welsh outfits, established and new. This year the festival sees the likes of The Joy Formidable, Ugly Duckling, Race Horses, Friends Electric and Colorama entertaining audiences all over Cardiff venues between October 20-23rd. With something for everyone and everything for someone, one of the co-founders - the great Huw Stephens discusses the origins and ethos of the festival…

e started SWN Festival five years ago, quite simply, because we felt Cardiff needed an event like it. John Rostron and myself had been to In the City in Manchester, South by South West in Texas and I had been to Iceland Airwaves in Reykjavik. It was there I figured that Cardiff, being a fairly small and easy to get around city, would be perfect to host an event like SWN. It is a massive party that people look forward to. I’m chuffed it’s caught imaginations; it’s made the loss of money a bit less painful, but also makes all the hard work that John, Fionna, Gemma, Marc, Llinos, Helen and the countless volunteers have put into the festival over the last five years worth it. It brings the city together, and is a massive social and cultural event which benefits audiences and artists alike I hope. An event like SWN can really highlight a scene, a city, an enthusiasm which we shouldn’t take for granted. Not every artist in Cardiff or Wales or Britain or Europe or the world plays SWN, but each year we work closely with promoters and programmers to see who they’d like to play on their stages that weekend. That’s Barely Regal and Nyth, Moshi Moshi and Radar Maker, Rockfeedback and NME, Lesson No.1 and See Monkey Do Monkey, Y Selar and Steve Lamacq, to name just some of the excellent music lovers who have hand picked their line ups. This sounds like a massive advert for SWN Festival. Thanks for reading and thanks for supporting SWN Festival. www.swnfest.com

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