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James Chant, writer, vocalist, guitarist and all round ass-kick merchant with Small Victories, is running 'round Cardiff. As we prepare to meet, he and his band are on the verge of a UK jaunt to promote the October 6th release of 'Holding On Hopefully,' their debut album. (STOP PRESS: »
The third and latest play by Nicky Wire's brother Patrick Jones, poet and plagiarised inspiration to The Manic Street Preachers, opened last night at Blackwood Miners' Institute in the band's hometown. Jones' first play 'Everything Must Go', was written before the Welsh band purloined his t»
In the midst of their UK tour with The Webb Brothers and Small Victories, OK Go have had to cancel tomorrow night's show (5th September) at the MS1 in Cardiff due to the venue being declared by Health and Safety as "unsafe/unfit for public use."»
For a band who have made their names by trying valiantly to shock as often as possible, it's a little pathetic to see how Marilyn Manson have succumbed to having this title edited on the CD cover from Shit to *hit.Surely by now, the full word has almost lost its former meaning so why the cen»
Purveyors of pleasure rock OK GO head out on a 10 day tour that's starting this very Sunday. Small Victories and The Webb Brothers are going along too to hold them by their sweaty little hands. It's all happening right now for Small Vix, the six piece Cardiff bunch. They had a r»
Cardiff's DiS night for April is up and coming atcha! On Thursday 10th April, get ye to Clwb Ifor Bach, the city's legendary sleaze palace, as we're joining forces again with Complete Contro»
Firstly, my credentials - I adore Songs: Ohia. Jason Molina, the man behind the name, has had the vicarious pleasure of wrecking my self-defence bravado, often leaving me shivering but warmed after a cathartic lights-out session. Molina is one of those rare souls who takes himself whereve»
For the second instalment of Drowned In Sound's Cardiff take-over, we are falling over ourselves with excitement to bring you another explosion of three-way magic. In the first of a monthly joint promotional love-in with Complete Control Mu»
The Yeah Yeah Yeahs have announced a surprise gig at Cardiff Barfly in only 12 days time on Saturday 22nd February. The bill surpasses itself with both Ikara Colt and local band The Loves bringing up the rear. Tickets are on sale now at £8 and and are only available from:- Spill»
The Anti-war Tour of 5 south Wales venues kicks off 16th February at Merthyr Tydfil to conclude with a headlining set from Mclusky in Cardiff 23rd of the month. The tour has been pulled together by Cunning Stunt Promotions of Brigend and features the "cream of youth" the very same demographi»
Not content with making making London our bitch, Drowned In Sound wave a perfumed hand over the Welsh capital on Thursday 30th January as we bring you the first ever DiS showcase at the Cardiff Barfly We've grabbed »
Mickey Finn, percussionist with Marc Bolan's T.Rex, died in hospital on Saturday night aged 55. In an announcement Sunday evening, his manager Barry Newby said that Finn, born in Surrey June 3 1947, had been suffering from kidney and liver problems for a while but the precise cause of death was st»
Radio 4 return to the UK in February to headline a one off show at London's Scala on February 25th, to celebrate the release of their new single Eyes Wide Open. The track, taken from their second album 'Gotham!' was previously in the shops in September last year as a very limited edit»
Band tours can be a mix of good nights and not so good nights, but what's the full story? DiS brings you the lowdown on Radio 4 and The Faint's twin headline tour, with Scheider TM bringing up the rear. Dom Gour»
Radio 4 were forced to cancel last night's Cardiff date on their joint headline tour with The Faint due to their percussionist PJ O'Connor being hospitalised. O'Connor was still in hospital in Leicester on the night of the Cardiff show and Anthony Roman, also of the band, remained with »
Folks seem to be getting the hang of this radio station band name thingy now. For weeks, when mates and lacklustre chat up merchants have asked what I've been listening to lately, nonplused looks have been returned if I say "Radio 4." They haven't quite been able to frame the words "Do you»
Arriving at the Barfly with just a minute or so to spare, a quick visit the ladies' is in order - where I literally bump into a diminutive whirlwind of blond curls who goes "Whoaaaa!!!!!," holds me briefly in a vicelike greeting then flies out, grabbing her guitar en route before landing on stage li»
Scary Chicago pair Puerto Muerto, have been invited to ply their wares a little later tonight in an Art and Design Students' Union as pallid and unadorned as a working men's club.»
A first release for this Cardiff band that's a fabulous blend of bedroom misery and anthem. In an earlier incarnation, Small Victories were known to the world as Tommy & The Chauffeur but name change or not, they've made an enormous leap forward into a smoother, seemingly effortless class. They n»
The curtains at the back of Dingwalls' primitive stage part unceremoniously and a battered looking guy with matching guitar ambles through them. He's on roadie duties for a minute or two - quietly setting things up, plugging things in - then with a face best described as grumpy, Mark Eitzel plays 'Ladies And »
Mark Eitzel, the legendary former American Music Club frontman, gave a rare UK radio interview last Sunday 24th on Sean Hughes' Sunday Lie-In on the digital radio channel BBC 6 Music. If you missed it, the programme can be heard on-line for one week via the BBC's Radio On Demand. Details can b»
Tonight's support band take an unfeasibly long time to rid the stage of their gear so Watershed come on half an hour late, but armed with an endearing bashfulness. They start with 'As Good As It Gets', a cut from their newly-recorded EP and it's swathed in breathy vocals and intensely played acousti»
Something's a bit odd here. We've just just walked in to a music venue with no bag or body search, and there's no bomber-jacket bouncer in sight. A polite notice informs us that there will be an "interval" between the two acts, AND we may buy ice cream cartons from the foyer. I feel I'm on parole when a swanky bl»
The Manic Street Preachers returned to the Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, to make their own contribution to an amazing night of football where 70,000 punters saw Wales beat Italy 2-1 in a Euro 2004 qualifying match. Half and hour before kick-off, the three Blackwood boys took to a small stage in front of th»
Clumsily barging their way on to the tight squeeze of a stage, Simian kick off with 'La Breeze', that's shamelessly packed with melody and cloud kissing positivism. Then comes a new strutting, almost anthemically determined rock approach for 'Never Be Alone', but there is still a familiar garnish o»
