Seeing La Dispute is often described as a religious experience. Stood in the gathering mass at Cardiff’s Tramshed, waiting for the sermon to begin, the banners on the stage reading “be welcome now in it, in tunnels of light” made…
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Pool Kids, The Exchange, Bristol 18/02/2026
Crushing a live set is easier said than done, but Pool Kids made it seem absolutely effortless at Bristol’s Exchange last night. The evening opened with support from Coventry alt-rockers Blush Puppy, who battled through minor technical difficulties with a…
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La Dispute hit UK next week
The genre-defying La Despute are hitting the UK next week for four dates in support of their latest album, No One Was Driving the Car. Their first full-length album since 2019’s Panorama, No One Was Driving the Car, is heavily…
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Thrice head to Cardiff’s Tramshed next month
Trailblazing Post Hardcore Prog visionaries Thrice are heading to the UK next month. The six UK dates in support of their latest album Horizons/ West, takes in almost every part of the union (sorry, Northern Ireland), kicks off at one…
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Pool Kids set for eight dates in the UK next month
Pool Kids are heading to England and Scotland next month in support of their latest album, Easier Said Than Done. The Floridian Math rockers’ third album, Easier Said Than Done, shimmers with emotional clarity and courage, which brings the dynamism…
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The World is a Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid To Die UK Tour kicks off next week
The World Is A Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid To Die are back in the UK (Well, England and Northern Ireland) next week with a six date tour kicking off at Strange Brew in Bristol on the…
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Placebo, Bristol Sounds, 28/06/24
There were blue skies over Lloyd’s Amphitheatre as gulls stole the food from the hands of unsuspecting punters waiting for Placebo to take to the stage for their sold-out Bristol Sounds gig. While keeping one eye on their hog roast,…
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Feeder, Portsmouth Guidhall, 05/03/24
Feeder is one of those bands that evokes a certain time in the lives of many of their long-time fans: the long summers spent listening to Buck Rodgers and just a day, Humming High while you were out with your…
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NOFX Double Album release date announced
NOFX has announced their new record, Double Album will be out on 2nd December. The follow-up to the SoCal punks 2021 album – Single Album, the new LP, completes the band’s double album project ahead of a world tour in…
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Ellie Gowers intimate UK tour kicks off this week
Warwickshire’s folk siren, Elllie Gowers intimate UK tour in support of her haunting debut album, Dwelling by the Weir starts this week. Dwelling by the Weir is a meditation on the nature of belonging, love, loss, nostalgia, and home. Taken…
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Goldie Lookin Chain, Tramshed, Cardiff, 12/11/22
A party atmosphere descended on The Tramshed in Cardiff as Newport’s greatest export, Goldie Lookin Chain (GLC), for a night of soap bar-fueled working-class Welsh rap. But before GLC stormed the stage, the night opened with fellow Welsh rockers, Punk…
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Ted Lasso star Cam Cole kicks off UK tour next week
Ted Lasso star Cam Cole is embarking on a tour of the UK, and Ireland with his band, next week. From the streets of Camden his songs, his guitars, his Farmer foot drums and most importantly his followers, have helped…
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Jaret Ray Reddick returns with gut-punching new single Drunk As It Takes
Bowling for Soup frontman, Jaret Ray Reddick, has released a new single and video from his debut country album, Just Woke Up.The latest single from the critically acclaimed debut is soulful, gut-punch of lost love, Drunk As It Takes, featuring Frank Turner, while the…
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Goldie Lookin Chain set to play Cardiff show
Straight out of Newport, Wales best rap group from the Cwmbran area, Goldie Lookin Chain is heading to Cardiff’s Tramshed on November 12. Raising to fame with bangers Guns Don’t Kill People Rappers Do and Your Mother’s Got a Penis,…
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Coheed & Cambria/ Thrice, O2 Academy, Bristol, 14/10/22
They say you should always leave your audience wanting more, and the phenomenal Coheed and Cambria / Thrice double headliner at Bristol’s O2 Academy did just that. Before the headlining prog gods took to the stage, Touché Amoré treated the…
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Frank Turner & The Sleeping Souls, Tramshed, Cardiff, 12/10/22
The last time I saw Frank Turner live was just before the Pandemic hit proper – standing two meters apart from my fellow gig goers, I still remember his final song. Polaroid Pictures has never felt so poignant, and my gig shirt…
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