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Half Happy + Mojo Jnr + Elin Grace Cwrw, Carmarthen. 7pm, free. Info 07534 4904453. Presented by the Forté Project. Jodie Faster + Flesh Creep + Force Feed The Cab, Newport. 6pm, £10. Info
southwalescollective.bigcartel. com. Headliners are French and play fast hardcore with a degree of levity. Rainyday Rainbow + Soundwire + Hippie Jump Elysium Gallery, Swansea. 7pm, free. Info 07980 925449. Psych-rock stuff from Swansea. Razorlight Great Hall, Cardiff University Students Union. 7pm, £32.50. Info 029 2078 1458. Landfill indie goons have their fill of this land once more. The Beat The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £22. Info 07590 471888. 2-tone faves with Ranking Jnr on vocals. And Fuzz Townshend ex of Pop Will Eat Itself on drums apparently. In Tenby on Sat 8 Apr. uThe Big Sesh Westgate Hotel, Newport. 6pm, free. Info
facebook.com/ thebigsesh. Hosted by Newport Now and Dirty Carrot Records, this is free entry for all three days and will feature sets from Ci Gofod, Mojo Jnr, Small Miracles, Mercer, Tom Auton & The Bottlebreakers, Pseudo Cool, Mike Borgia, Aaronson, Dan’s People, The Brymys, Mahouts, To Bear Sir, Bryony Sier, Katielou, Ian Lynn Palmer, Huw James, Act Happy, The Fatemakers, The Rogues, Daisy Mae and more TBC. (Until Sun 9 Apr) uThe Big Tribute Weekend The Patriot, Crumlin. 7pm, £30 weekend / £20 Sat 8 Apr / £12.50 each other day. Info 01495 247178. Featuring Dizzy Lizzy (a tribute to Thin Lizzy) and The Royal Scam (Steely Dan) on Fri 7 Apr; Hi-On Maiden, The Foos Fighters and A Fistful Of Rage (Rage Against The Machine) on Sat 8; and The Navarones doing ska covers on Sun 9. (Until Sun 9 Apr) uUnreal Tribute Festival Llys Janice Rowlands Square, Merthyr Tydfil. Info
facebook.com/thenewcrownmerthyr. Featuring the following tribute bands. Fri 7 Apr: Fleetwood Mac tribute Rhiannon, The Killers Kollective and AC/DC tribute Live Wire, plus an aftershow party in The New Crown with Foo Fighters tribute the Flew Fighters. Sat 8: Chasing Mumford, Revival (Abba tribute) and Flash (Queen tribute) plus Noughts & Crosses in the New Crown. Sun 9: tributes to Stereophonics, Madness, U2 and Coldplay plus Guns 2 Roses in the New Crown. Tickets: £95 weekend (£75 early bird); £110 VIP (£95 early bird); £40 Fri 7 (£25 early bird); £45 Sat 8 or Sun 9 (£35 early bird). (Until Sun 9 Apr)
SATURDAY 8 APRIL
Big Thief Great Hall, Cardiff University Students Union. 7pm, £30. Info 029 2078 1458. US folky indie dreamers who ran into trouble last year when they booked some gigs in Israel and were then surprised to find some people take a dim view of this. Daniel Winters As Boy George Pavilion Theatre, Rhyl. 9pm, £5. Info 01745 332414. Tribute act, performing in the Pavilion’s restaurant. It would be good if the waiter came over mid-show and asked if he wanted to eat anything, leading Daniel to quip, “I’d rather have a cup of tea!” before handcuffing the waiter to a wall. Dermot Kennedy + Noah Kahan Cardiff International Arena. 6pm, £35. Info 029 2022 4488. Irish folk-pop type. I Am Drug + Zinc Bukowski + Kikker Fuel Rock Club, Cardiff. 7pm, £5. Info 029 2064 4176. Noisy rockers from Barry, Ponty and Swansea.
Kizzy Crawford + N’Famady Kouyaté Theatr Clwyd, Mold. 7.45pm, £10. Info 01352 344101. Two south Wales-based musicians head up north. uMod & Ska Bank Holiday Weekender Jac’s, Aberdare. 1pm, £12 per day/£18 both days. Info 01685 882198. Featuring sets from Lost Youth, Charmer, Faded Target and Inner City on Sat 8 Apr; Skacasm, Future Sailors and Evil Turkeys on Sun 9.
Modern Color + Breichiau Hir + Framework Le Public Space, Newport.
LULU Gwyn Hall, Neath, Thurs 27 Apr; Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl, Fri 28; The Riverfront, Newport, Sat 29. Tickets: £35-£37.50. Info:
luluofficial.com
Having a top 10 hit with your debut single aged 15: pretty good going. Maintaining a career for the next 59 years and counting, doing chart business well in excess of that debut in the process: elite-tier showbiz activity. Embarking on a near-nonstop UK tour for six weeks in your mid- seventies, with a second stint of the same length planned for autumn… they don’t make ‘em like Lulu any more, do they? The Scottish pop icon will be interspersing songs and anecdotal chat in three Welsh towns this month, in a show titled For The Record.
top billing. Modernlove Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7pm, £8. Info 029 2023 2199. Irish indie band. Sold out!
Softcult + Swim School Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7pm, £10. Info 029 2023 2199. Canadian duo on a very ‘90s alt’ tip. Quite liked what I heard actually. The Tubs + Trust Fund + Tiny Camels The Moon, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £7. Info
themooncardiff.com. The Tubs are one of many ‘post-Joanna Gruesome’ bands and recently released their debut album to a glowing reception. Trust Fund used to play Cardiff loads but this is the first time in many years I think.
FRIDAY 14 APRIL
Dan Bettridge & Rona Mac The Queens Hall, Narberth. 7pm, £12. Info 01834 861212. Welsh folk-rock artists team up. Ginger The Patriot, Crumlin. 7pm, £15. Info 01495 247178. The guy from The Wildhearts playing their songs on his own. Sold out.
7.30pm, £12. Info 01633 221477. Californian band doing shoegazey post- hardcore or something like that. One of the members is called Chad Leaf. Rona Mac + Dan Bettridge Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7pm, £10. Info 029 2023 2199. Brace of Welsh folk-rock types. Sworn Enemy + These Streets + Mourning + Suppress The Cab, Newport. 6pm, £20. Info
southwalescollective.bigcartel.com. NYC metalcore band headline. Think they were visiting south Wales 20 years ago or close enough. The Beat De Valence Pavilion, Tenby. 7.30pm, £18. Info 01834 218228. The Scribes + Dead Crow + T-Rev + DJ Johan + Levi Spokes Hippos, Swansea. 7pm, £3. Info 01792 979590. Hip-hop act who mostly seem to play hippy festivals and are enjoyed by people who attend those festivals.
SUNDAY 9 APRIL
Garage Music Festival The Garage, Swansea. 1pm-3am, £10. Info facebook. com/thegaragevenue. Featuring sets from Grand Theft Audio, The Somethings, Electric Company, The Bar Hounds and Subterrania, plus DJs. I assume there must be a bit more than that to fill 14 hours. Midnight Mass Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 6.30pm, £10. Info 029 2023 2199. Two- floor event hosted and headlined by local noiserock band Shlug, with Ex Agent, Dactyl Terra, Thinking With Sand, Spit Hood, Foot Foot, Micromanager, Bad Shout, Slate, Fig and Nookee also featuring. This Is Wreckage + Hatepenny + Gluehorse + Slug13 + Ortario The Moon, Cardiff. 6pm, free. Info
themooncardiff.com. Noiserock and suchlike for free. Fair play!
TUESDAY 11 APRIL
Age Of Apocalypse + Despize + Sentience + Violent Offence The Cab, Newport. 6pm, £10. Info
southwalescollective.bigcartel.com. Metallic hardcore band from New York headline.
Guitar/drums garage rock duo comprised of people who play with The Pretenders and Willie Nelson. “Makes The Cramps sound like yacht rock,” according to awful writer John Niven.
Morrison Big Band Whiteheads Sports & Social Club, Newport. 8pm, £10. Info 01633 893227. A South Wales Big Band Society night, also featuring vocalist Jenny Jones. Ward Thomas St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £25.50. Info 029 2087 8444. Country-pop duo from Hampshire.
WEDNESDAY 12 APRIL
Zoe Gilby & Jim Barber Trio The Muse, Brecon. 7.30pm. Info 07791 654799. Presented by Brecon Jazz.
Infinity Knives & Brian Ennals + Hap A Damwain Ty Tawe, Swansea. 7pm, £10. Info 01792 456856. A repeat booking by Nawr, who put Baltimore avant-rap duo IK & BE on in Swansea about a year ago, but a very welcome one as they are class. High recommendation! Tania Opland & Mike Freeman Pontyclun Institute Athletic Club. 8.30pm, £8/£5 members. Info 01443 222182. Folk duo from Alaska and England respectively. A Llantrisant Folk Club event. The Guru Guru + My Octopus Mind The Moon, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £10. Info
themooncardiff.com. Headliners are a sort of noiserock band from Belgium and are not to be confused with the 70s German band Guru Guru. Can you really just take a totally different band’s name and add ‘The’ at the start?
The Zombies + Rogers & Butler Pontardawe Arts Centre. 7.30pm, £30.25. Info 01792 863722. First wave psych- rockers with a new album out just before this show. See Upfront. Wunderhorse + Eades Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7pm, £12.50. Info 029 2023 2199. Solo indie thing by a guy from Newquay. Sold out, indicative of the public’s thirst for more music from Newquay I daresay.
THURSDAY 13 APRIL
His Lordship + Us Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7pm, £12.50. Info 029 2023 2199.
Daniel John Martin with Dave Cottle Trio The Garage, Swansea. 8.30pm, £10. Info 07802 912789. Jazz violinist getting
Knives + Framework + Spit Hood Tiny Rebel Cardiff. 7.30pm, £7. Info 07377 414204. Noisy Bristol band headline over south Wales hardcore group Framework and Spit Hood, a Cardiff duo who I think are going for a Death Grips sort of thing. Miedo Total + Ecolagbhorsac2021 + Beauty Parlour Shift, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £7. Info
linktr.ee/shiftcardiff. Electronic and/or experimental music with concepts and drama a-go-go. Miedo Total used to be in Cardiff bands including Goodtime Boys but now makes music quite different to that and the name of the middle act stands for England’s Council Of Legislation And Governing Body Of Hyper Real Simulations And Constructs. Old Spot Norwegian Church Arts Centre, Cardiff Bay. 7.30pm, £12. Info 029 2049 2261. Old timey/Appalachian folk duo named after a pig. Ritual Cloak + Teddy Hunter Cultvr Lab, Cardiff. 7pm, £10. Info 07910 491565. Album launch gig for the post-rock/ electronica-y headliners. The Ayoub Sisters The Gate Arts Centre, Cardiff. 7pm, £16.50. Info 029 2048 3344. Scottish/Egyptian string duo, expanded to a quartet for live performance.
SATURDAY 15 APRIL
Acid Reign + Helgrind + Enquire Within + Tempashot Fuel Rock Club, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £16.50. Info 029 2064 4176. UK thrash metallers of a late-80s vintage and a slightly zany disposition. Billy Ocean Swansea Arena. 7.30pm, £30.40. Info 0333 0092540. UK singer who plays in Wales at some point pretty much every year. Dr Meaker Buffalo, Cardiff. 8pm, £8. Info
facebook.com/buffalocardiff. Live drum’n’bass type band. Grief + Lullaby For A Unicorn + Psychcircuit + Bad Earth XS Wrexham. 7.30pm, £5. Info
facebook.com/ xs.wrexham. Heat 4 of the north Wales leg of Metal 2 The Masses. Sorry but if a band called Grief who are not the sludge band Grief end up playing Bloodstock they need to factory reset the metal scene. Paramore + Bloc Party Cardiff International Arena. 6.30pm, £59.50. Info 029 2022 4488. Scenemo icons meet landfill postpunk stalwarts in a way that would have seemed unfeasible in say 2008. Sold out.
Penclawdd Brass Band Brangwyn Hall, Swansea. 7pm, £12. Info 01792 635432. A 50th birthday concert for this band, also featuring Pontarddulais Male Choir and Karl Jenkins conducting the premiere of his new composition to commemorate this anniversary. Pre-Record Store Day Gig Le Public Space & McCann’s, Newport. 4pm, free. Info 01633 259661. This takes place in Le Pub, McCann’s and on the street in front of those venues, is hosted by Diverse Vinyl and features the following acts: Lee Bains & The Glory Fires, Aderyn, Campfire Social, Cow, The Fashion Weak, Half Happy, HotWax, Pigeon Wigs, Private Party and Shlug, with more TBC.
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