Originally released on this day in 1989 and sticking around in the charts at the beginning of the 1990s, Electronic‘s ‘Getting...
2024: another unforgettable year dominated by dystopian headlines. Quick recap: Having dodged two assassinations, Trump is charging back to the...
At the start of the year, the charity Music Venue Trust reported that every two weeks, an independent music venue...
Welsh trio Adwaith, Hollie Singer, Gwenllian Anthony and Heledd Owen, have a new album for us. Their third, named Solas,...
Show Me Magic’s Jim Auton and Bill Cummings present Golden Retriever regular specials focusing on the music and culture of...
Imagine this. It’s a night midweek, late November-time. Canadian punk rock heroes Metz are playing in your town – in...
For the debut episode of In The Spotlight a new series of podcast conversations, Bill Cummings is joined by Julia...
Wrexham international showcase festival FOCUS Wales has announced the first wave of artists for its 15th anniversary edition, taking place in May...
Ah, November. The time of year when everything is dying and smells of empty. A bleak view perhaps, but an...
We may be heading toward end-of-year list time, but quality albums are still drifting down on us like autumn leaves....
This time last year, my choice of top 10 were mostly coming from albums that were due this year, which...
In 2003, The Dears released their extraordinary second album No Cities Left in their native Canada. The record was put out the following year...
Lisa O’Hare is a Saboteur Award shortlisted poet and 2023 BBC Words First Finalist and has been writing herself into...
To mark 50 years since Nick Drake‘s passing we revisit Dan Round’s review of Fruit Tree that collects all three...
Some bands carve a niche; New Yorkers PFFU demolish the concept entirely. Their debut album, ghostass, doesn’t just blur genre boundaries—it...