Those Damn Crows / Sophie Lloyd / HimalayasCardiff Utilita ArenaSaturday 14th December 2024It feels somewhat fitting that my final gig of the year that I turn 60, is to travel home, to within a few hundred yards of where I was born, to witness the coming of age of …
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As much a regular Christmas fixture as train strikes, memes suggesting that “You can’t say Merry Christmas anymore”, and guys leaving Christmas shopping until Christmas Eve, GUN are back at The Barras for their annual knees-up. This time around they come bearing gifts in the guise of a new studio …
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Cardiff Utilita ArenaSunday 16th November 2024Review and photos – Rob Wilkins/Danni WilkinsThe last in a series of gigs that has meant travelling around the bottom half of the UK is to head “home” to Wales to enjoy one of my favourite bands, Black Stone Cherry. Various offers on tickets suggest …
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Danish-Swedish quartet VOLA throws up a lot of conundrums; the eclectic nature of their material for one, and the excellent contrast between light and darkness that causes those who like things to be straightforward to scratch their heads, is another. But the biggest one would have to be that although …
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Palace Theatre, Bridgwater,Saturday 9th November 2024Review and photos – Rob WilkinsThe last few weeks have been full on with gigs and just the night before we had been at the rather genteel Phoenix theatre in Exeter for the silliness and escapism of Punk Rock Factory, but tonight we battled through …
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So much has happened in the 8 long years since Delain last performed in Scotland. The UK and the US went head-to-head in the hold-my-beer stakes of electing morons into public office; standing in squares spaced 2 meters apart in car parks for the privilege to buy toilet roll and …
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Exeter Phoenix Review and photos – Rob Wilkins/CeltographyAfter travelling to the West Midlands and back for a gig the previous weekend it was wonderful to have a weekend of gigs closer to home, starting with a very short trip to Exeter for the sheer joy that is an evening with …
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After 40 years, 15 studio albums, and over 1,700 shows Sepultura are calling it a day. With one last tour ‘Celebrating Life Through Death’ the Brazilians played to a sold-out Barrowlands on Monday night. With early doors, at 5, support came from relative newcomers Jesus Piece, fellow veterans Obituary, and …
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A gig by South Carolinian guitarist/singer-songwriter Marcus King throws up several contrasts. His music (especially material from his latest album ‘Mood Swings’) is mostly autobiographical but at the same time, it is entirely relatable. Raw and confessional at times – the stark and haunting acoustic performance of ‘Bipolar Love’ immediately …
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Every time a band announces a tour the internet socials are awash with “Why not my town?”, “Nothing near me” and “That’s hardly a UK tour if you don’t play…”. Bands can’t play everywhere, the maths simply don’t add up, so when one of my favourite bands announced a tour …
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