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Lounge, Cardiff. 9.30pm. Info 07830 361915. Most days in this venue this month have more than one gig per day so read the listings with due care and attention please. Pukl’s Slavic Soul Trio Jazzland, Swansea. 8pm, £10/£7. Info 07802 912789. Rowan Liggett’s Open Mic The North Star, Cardiff. Free. Info 029 2062 4050. Every Wednesday. Tony Morley Live Lounge, Cardiff. 12 + 4.30pm. Info 07830 361915. Ugly Duckling Buffalo, Cardiff. 9pm, £12/£10 adv. Info 029 2034 5144. Hip-hop group who did a song about Cardiff once... OK I did all that last month, it probably wasn’t funny then. This is presented by Flip The Script. *Urban Blight + Tremors + Ironclad + The Sceptres Le Pub, Newport. 8pm, £6. Info 01633 221477. CC Hardcore with a solid bill. Headliners are from Canada and peers of Fucked Up, Career Suicide etc. I put The Sceptres on in spring and they were great. Wase Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £4/£3. Info 029 2034 0591.
THURSDAY 2 2 Tickets 2 The Gun Show Live Lounge, Cardiff. 9.30pm. Info 07830 361915. Dave Jones Trio Ffresh Lounge, Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 8pm, free. Info 08700 402000. David Nash La Tasca, Cardiff. 8.30-10.30pm. Info 029 2023 0087. Spanish gui- tarist, every Thursday. Dick Roberts Quartet Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £6/£5. Info 029 2034 0591. Gareth Roberts Quintet Gwdihw, Cardiff. 8pm, £2. Info 029 2039 7933. Jazz. Jazz Night La Brasserie, Cardiff. 7.30pm. Info 029 2023 4134. Every Thursday. Reserve a table for the dinner menu for £20. Jimjam Open Mic Session The Claude Hotel, Albany Road, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2041 8741. Every Thursday. Live Music Now Foyer, Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 1pm, free. Info 08700 402000. MC Xander + Blaktrix The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £8/£6 adv. Info 029 2045 2151. Human beatbox sort plus quality Cardiffian MC, Blaktrix. Presented by Elvisstolemycar. Mowbird + Violas Buffalo, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £4/£3 NUS. Info 029 2034 5144. Open Mic Night The Gate Arts Centre, Roath, Cardiff. 8-11pm, free. Info 029 2048 3344. Every Thursday. Open Mic Night The Promised Land, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2039 8998. Every Thursday. Rx Bandits Hobo’s, Bridgend. 7pm, £6/£5 adv. Info hobos_bridgend@
hotmail.co.uk. American ska-punk band headline. Not many details on this though. Sion & Sion Live Lounge, Cardiff. 12pm. Info 07830
361915. Slavic Soul Trio Dempseys, Cardiff. 9pm, £5/£4. Info 029 2023 9253. The Platters Grand Theatre, Swansea. 7.30pm, £16.50/£15. Info 01792 475715. In Brecon tomorrow. Tony Morley Live Lounge, Cardiff. 4.30pm. Info 07830 361915.
Traditional Jazz Bands Mumbles Conservative Club, Swansea. 8.30-11pm. Info 01792 361302. Every Thursday.
FRIDAY 3 Abba Forever Grand Theatre, Swansea. 7.30pm, £17/£15. Info 01792 475715. Bad Moon Rising + Galanastra + Mums- Brain + Sidekick + Lungmen The Garage, Swansea. 9pm, £2. Info 01792 645007. Built For Comfort Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £4. Info 029 2034 0591. A Blues Dragon night. Camelia Jazz Band The Riverside Tavern, Newport. 2pm, free. Info 01633 666699. Every Friday. Colorama Buffalo, Cardiff. 7.30-10pm, £4. Info 029 2034 5144.
Contemporary Guitarist La Tasca, Cardiff. 7-10pm. Info 029 2023 0087. Every Friday. Den Wheeler’s Dixielanders Sebastopol Social Club, Pontypool. Info 01495 762504. A Torfaen Jazz Society night. Fiesta Ressistance Gwdihw, Cardiff. 8pm, £2. Info 029 2039 7933. Cuban party band playing at part of Peches Mignons’ Latin Discotheque night. Leighton Jones Vulcan Lounge, Cardiff. Free. Info 029 2023 1669. Little Giants Live Lounge, Cardiff. 7.30pm. Info 07830 361915. Live Music The Ship Inn, Barry. 8pm, free. Info 01446 729060. Every Friday. Live Wire Live Lounge, Cardiff. 10pm. Info 07830 361915. Pontypool Jazz Festival Active Living Centre, Pontypool. £5 per day. Info 01633 868239. We previewed this last month. Today fea- tures The Constellation Big Band and Latin Perspective. (Until Sun 5) Rollerco + Drains + The Elephant Rescue Plan The Riverside Tavern, Newport. 8pm. Info 01633 666699. Rollerco are another of the spate of punky indie Newport bands from the mid-90s who are getting back together about now. This is described as “a bit of a one-off” though. Singers Night The Ivy Bush, Pontardawe. 8.30pm, free. Information huwpudner@
ntlworld.com . A Valley Folk Club night, on the first Friday of every month. All welcome. Smokin’ Aces Duo The North Star, Cardiff. Free. Info 029 2062 4050. Stepping Out Outside Mocka & Zync, Mill Lane, Cardiff. 5.30pm, free. Info
07712 542334. Sweet Baboo Foyer, Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 6pm, free. Info 08700 402000. A Dan Y Pared night. The Platters Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon. 7.45pm, £16. Info 01874 611622. Tony Morley Live Lounge, Cardiff. 12 + 4.30pm. Info 07830 361915. Too Rex The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £15/£12 adv. Info 029 2045 2151. T Rex tribute band.
Underline The Sky + Who’s Driving? Bear’s Driving! Le Pub, Newport. 7.30pm. Info 01633 221477. A Riot Act gig.
SATURDAY 4 Celtic Night Concert Holy Trinity Church, Tylorstown, Rhondda. Info 01443 732235. Also featuring Uillean Pipes and fiddle workshops in the day. Colum Regan Live Lounge, Cardiff. 6.30pm. Info 07830 361915. Detached Le Pub, Newport. 8pm. Info 01633 221477. Higher On Maiden + Deathbullet The Dollhouse, Abertillery. Info 01495 213300.
Hollywood Tease + Kixxstart Kitty Pure Nightclub, Cardiff. 8pm. Info 07975 503291. Playing as part of glam rock night Nice N’ Sleazy. Houdini Dax Vulcan Lounge, Cardiff. Free. Info 029 2023 1669. It Prevails + Heart In Hand Six Feet Under, Newport. 8pm, £6 adv. Info 01633 252252. Jazz Connection Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 8pm. Info 01970 623232. A tribute to Louis Prima. Jonathan N Richards + Deborah Barker The Minstrel Room, The Little Shop Of Calm, Cowbridge. 7.30pm, £5. Info 01446 771166. Classical guitar recit- al and poet, respectively. Jonathan Powell Cardiff Central Library. 1pm, free. Info 029 2078 0160. Buzz: not just a listings magazine, also a tipoff service for the paparazzi. Kenny Driscoll Band Live Lounge, Cardiff. 10pm. Info 07830 361915. Lowri Evans Foyer, Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 1pm, free. Info 08700 402000. OK + Houdini Dax + Toy Horses Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £4. Info 029 2023 2199. Peter Bruntnell Band + Owls The Chattery, Swansea. 8pm, £9. Info 01792 473276. Pontypool Jazz Festival Active Living Centre, Pontypool. £5 per day. Info 01633 868239. Today featur- esThe Root Doctors, Bluesy Susie, Capital City Jazz Orchestra, Jonathan Crespo Quartet, Greater Gwent Youth Band and more. (Until Sun 5) Rhydian & Porthcawl Male Choir Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl. 7.30pm, £20. Info 01656 815995. This is the choir’s annual celebrity
concert. I hope Rhydian is enough of a celebrity for you. Rossini Bartolotti- Hayward & Rhiannon Llewellyn Barnabas Arts House, Newport. 7.30pm, £5 adv. Info 01633 430271. Classical guitarist plus soprano. On tomorrow also. Sion & Sion Live Lounge, Cardiff. 12pm. Info 07830 361915. *Sweet Baboo + Truckers Of Husk + Ceri Frost Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £4. Info 029 2023 2199. Album launch – his third – for Sweet Baboo, plus the first Cardiff show for Truckers in 2010. Thoby Davis The North Star, Cardiff. Free. Info 029 2062 4050. Tom Jones Experience Millennium Music Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £10 adv. Info
musichallcardiff@live.co.uk . Tribute to you know who. Troyka Gwdihw, Cardiff. 8pm, £2. Info 029 2039 7933. Balkan music trio from Bristol.
SUNDAY 5 Colum Regan Live Lounge, Cardiff. 7.30pm. Info 07830 361915. Emily Jane White + Miss Maud’s Folly + J.R. 10 Feet Tall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £5/£4 NUS. Info 029 2022 8883. Headliner is an American singer-songwriter in the spooky folk style. J.R. is Jemma Roper, once opf Sammo Hung and Heck. Might go to this. Missdavinalee + The Monico Buffalo, Cardiff. 7.30- 10pm, £4/£3 NUS. Info 029 2034 5144. Open Mic Night Revolution, Cardiff. 8.30-11pm, free. Info 029 2023 6689. Every Sunday. Pontypool Jazz Festival Active Living Centre, Pontypool. £5 per day. Info 01633 868239. Today features The Numbers Racket, Byron Jones Big Band, The Keith Little Band, Amigos, The Torfaen Gospel Choir and more. (Finishes today) Reasonabilis Ensemble St Donats Arts Centre, Vale Of Glamorgan. 6pm, £25. Info 01446 799100. This is the first event of this year’s Vale Of Glamorgan Festival Of Music. For the ticket price you get a
traditional Estonian supper and a concert by this early Estonian music ensemble. They also play tomorrow. Rhian Grundy The North Star, Cardiff. Free. Info 029 2062 4050. Rossini Bartolotti- Hayward & Rhiannon Llewellyn Barnabas Arts House, Newport. 7.30pm, £5 adv. Info 01633 430271. Strange News From Another Star Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 8pm, £4. Info 029 2030 4400. Rock of a Cardffian nature, presented by Six Glass Fingers. Tom Williams Band The Bell Inn, Caerleon. 2pm. Info 01633 422656. Smooth jazz standards here every Sunday. Tony Morley Live Lounge, Cardiff. 12pm. Info 07830 361915.
MONDAY 6 *Action Beat + Brandyman + Saturday’s Kids Buffalo, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £5. Info 029 2034 5144. Great lineup. Action Beat are from Milton Keynes and some- times have lots and lots of drummers, although I guess tonight they will only have... a few. Lesson No.1 (ie the per- son typing this and his mate Adam) will be DJing. Cardiff’s Got Talent Vulcan Lounge, Cardiff. Free. Info 029 2023 1669. With Rowan Liggett. Every Monday. *Charlie Parr + Frank Fairfield + The Garth Mountain Boys The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £11/£8 adv. Info 029 2045 2151. I like Charlie Parr a bunch, hence writing about him last issue. I am already, uh, booked tonight though (see above). Honey Fungus Live Lounge, Cardiff. 12, 4.30 + 9.30pm. Info 07830 361915. Reasonabilis Ensemble Fonmon Castle, Vale Of Glamorgan. 7.30pm, £12/£10. Info 01446 799100. Featuring Rhodri Davies on harp. I liked his grumpy interview in The Wire the other week. Ukelele Night Gwdihw, Cardiff. 7pm, free. Info 029 2039 7933. You heard, it’s an open mix ukelele jam session.
TUESDAY 7 Bright Light Bright Light + Friends Electric Buffalo, Cardiff. 8pm, £5. Info 029 2034 5144. This is a Popjustice label night, insofar as the headliners have just signed to the website’s new label. They apparently play “synthpop disco-infused per- fection,” which I for one cer- tainly wouldn’t have expected Popjustice to release. Capital City Jazz Orchestra Dempseys, Cardiff. 9pm, £5/£4. Info 029 2023 9253. Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir St Augustine’s Church, Penarth. 7.30pm, £12/£10. Info 01446 799100. Daniel Reuss con- ducts a performance of Arvo Part’s Kanon Pokajanen. Ginge & Cello Boi Live Lounge, Cardiff. 10pm. Info 07830 361915. Ladies Love A Superhero + This Isn’t Hollywood + Conquer The Decade + Her Game Is Over Barfly, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £6. Info 029 2039 6589. Lisa Wells Turner Foyer, Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 1pm, free. Info 08700 402000. Live Music Night The Promised Land, Cardiff. Free. Info 029 2039 8998. Courtesy of Driftup Records, every Tuesday. Norman Thatcher’s New Orleans 4 Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £4/£3.50. Info 029 2034 0591. Robert Cross Live Lounge, Cardiff. 4.30pm. Info 07830 361915. Sion & Sion Live Lounge, Cardiff. 12pm. Info 07830 361915. Steve Earle St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 8pm, £24. Info 029 2087 8444. See Music. The Like + El Goodo + Broken Vinyl Club Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £7.50. Info 029 2023 2199.
WEDNESDAY 8 *Amsterdam Cello Octet Bradenstoke Hall, St Donats Castle. 7.30pm, £12/£10. Info 01446 799100. The first ever UK performances of works by Arvo Part, Terry Riley and Fant de Kanter. This looks great, I might go to it like a
Music Hall, Sun 10) TINIE TEMPAH + CHIDDY BANG (Cardiff University, Sun 10) BEARDYMAN (Millennium Music Hall, Fri 15) DUB PISTOLS (The Globe, Fri 15) HADOUKEN! (Sin City, Swansea, Sat 16) ZION TRAIN (Six Feet Under, Newport, Sat 23) BRITISH SEA POWER (The Globe, Sun 24) SETH LAKEMAN (St David’s Hall, Thurs 28) FENIX TX (Six Feet Under, Fri 29) JUST ANNOUNCED FOR NOVEMBER: CHARLIE
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