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Scarlet Rebels + Rews + South Of Salem + Matt Mitchell And The Coldhearts Patti Pavilion, Swansea 7pm, £20. Info 01792 477710. Mid Wales hard rockers with what they’re calling their biggest headline showe to date. Sŵnami Galeri, Caernarfon. 7pm, £10. Info 01286 685222. North Wales indie band whose second album is out now. In Cardiff on Fri 21 Apr. The Alarm + David Sharp St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £30. Info 029 2087 8444. North Wales rock anthemia. I think this is commemorating 40 years since their first gig, albeit that was in 1981. Sold out. Trampolene Bunkhouse, Swansea. 6pm, £12.50. Info 07716 767651. Indie band make hometown stop on their UK tour, although their base might be in London now. Or they might have moved back. Voya + Esther + Ivor Woods Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £10. Info 029 2030 4400. Three distinct takes on electronic pop from Cardiff, presented by Newsoundwales. Voya are interviewed in this issue.
SUNDAY 16 APRIL
Death & Vanilla + Ani Glass + Freyja Elsy The Moon, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £10. Info
themooncardiff.com. Dreampop and syn- thpop kinda vibes. Headliners are Swedish and sound a fair bit like Broadcast if that turns your head. Jerry Joseph Le Public Space, Newport. 7.30pm, £7. Info 01633 221477. Folk-rock troubadour sort of guy from Portland. Ray Cooper The Lost Arc, Rhayader. 6pm, £10. Info 01597 811226. Folk solo artist, previously of Oysterband. Sabaton + Babymetal + Lordi Cardiff International Arena. 6.30pm, £45. Info 029 2022 4488. Swedish metallers headline a ribald triple bill which has been rescheduled from March 2022.
State Of Deceit + Eulogy + Digital Resistance + Virtue In Vain Fuel Rock Club, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £5. Info 029 2064 4176. Heat 2 of the south Wales leg of Metal 2 The Masses.
MONDAY 17 APRIL
Billy Nomates Tramshed, Cardiff. 7pm, £16. Info 029 2023 5555. One-woman-band slice-of-life sort of stuff, on the Invada label.
TUESDAY 18 APRIL
Capital City Jazz Orchestra Whiteheads Sports & Social Club, Newport. 8pm, £10. Info 01633 893227. A South Wales Big Band Society night, also featuring vocalist Jenny Jones. Feralman + Rich Forrest + Cosmo + Harri Pain The Moon, Cardiff. 7pm, £4. Info
themooncardiff.com. Folk At The Moon acoustic night.
Kathryn Roberts & Sean Lakeman St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 8pm, £18.50. Info 029 2087 8444. Married UK folk duo. October Drift Le Public Space, Newport. 7.30pm, £12. Info 01633 221477. Smooth indie stuff.
SUNDAY 23 APRIL
INFINITY KNIVES & BRIAN ENNALS Tŷ Tawe, Swansea, Wed 12 Apr Tickets: £10. Info:
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Rhodri Davies’ gig promo venture Nawr bounces back this month with two shows. The second, in Hay-On-Wye’s Old Electrical Shop and headlined by folk experimentalist Jacken Elswyth, is worthy of note too, but first there’s the return of dazzling Baltimore rap duo Infinity Knives & Brian Ennals to Swansea after a Davies-booked show there last year. Since that date they’ve released their second album King Cobra to rippling critical applause, its mix of radical/leftist lyrics and funk-meets- modern composition instrumental sections establishing them a sweet niche in hip-hop.
Head Noise + Atomic Supermen + Linus Fitness-Centre + Jambles The Moon, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £5. Info
themooncardiff.com. Synthpop in varying flavours. Head Noise have a new mini- album out around the time of this gig. Lyra The Globe, Cardiff. 7pm, £13. Info 07590 471888. Singer-songwriter from County Cork. Covered Edge Of Seventeen by Stevie Nicks a while back. Maisie Peters Tramshed, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £22.50. Info 029 2023 5555. UK pop sort who Ed Sheeran signed to his label. Gig is sold out.
The Atom Age + Bottlekids Le Public Space, Newport. 7.30pm, £7. Info 01633 221477. Garage punk from Oakland, might be decent.
MONDAY 24 APRIL
Benefits + Scrounge Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7pm, £12. Info 029 2023 2199. Angry young man postpunk/noise from northern England with an album out a few days before this gig. See Music. Lichen Slow Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 7pm, £14. Info 029 2030 4400. This is a duo of Malcolm Middleton, best known as half of Arab Strap, and Joel Harries. One of them is wearing a sick Prong Primitive Origins shirt in their promo photo and one of them slept in my living room about 18 months before this gig. uOlly Murs + Scouting For Girls Cardiff International Arena. 6.30pm, £32.50-£59.50. Info 029 2022 4488. Two dates (on tomorrow also) for UK pop staple.
TUESDAY 25 APRIL
David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £9.50-£48 / £5 under-26s. Info 029 2087 8444. Ryan Bancroft conducts a programme of Charles Ives, Szymanowski and John Adams. In Swansea on Fri 21 Apr. Blue October Tramshed, Cardiff. 7pm, £34.95. Info 029 2023 5555. Texan band, active since the mid-90s. “Genre: Rock, Alternative rock, Indie rock, Pop rock, New wave, Synth-pop, Art rock, Post-grunge, Piano rock, Experimental rock.” There you have it folks.
Brian Nasty + Clbrks + Gbnga + Adjua + Mercy Rose + Luca Santamaria The Moon, Cardiff. 7pm, £10. Info
themooncardiff.com. Headliner is an experimental rap fella from London who’s just put a track out on Big Dada. Cara Dillon Theatr Mwldan, Cardigan. 7.30pm, £22. Info 01239 621200. Singer- songwriter from Ireland.
The Matt Goss Experience Swansea Arena. 7.30pm, £49.86. Info 0333 0092540. The one from Bros. He will be performing with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra here and performing a Cole Porter tribute set, which I assume means you won’t get any of your favourite Bros songs, but who knows. Rescheduled from last month.
WEDNESDAY 19 APRIL
Focus Earl Haig Memorial Club, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £20. Info 029 2062 6015. Organ- heavy prog veterans, half a century not out this year in fact. Patrick Wolf The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £20. Info 07590 471888. UK experimental pop type. It’s 20 years since his debut album, remarkably, and he has a new EP out for this tour.
Rainyday Rainbow + Monet + Terrapins + James Morgan The Moon, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £5. Info themooncardiff. com. Indie and alt-rock stuff.
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False Hope For The Savage + Aaronson + Who Are The Monsters? Le Public Space, Newport. 7.30pm, £7. Info 01633 221477. Post-rock. Paul Young Grand Theatre, Swansea. 7.30pm, £32. Info 01792 475715. UK pop guy who was big in the 80s. VIP tickets here are £45; meet and greet £80. In Milford Haven on Sun 30 Apr.
FRIDAY 21 APRIL
Abduction + Ofnus + SWH Fuel Rock Club, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £8. Info 029 2064 4176. Black metal and more. BBC NOW: The American Dream Brangwyn Hall, Swansea. 7.30pm, £5-£20. Info 01792 635432. Maid Of Ace + System Reset + King’s Alias The Cab, Newport. 6pm, £8. Info
southwalescollective.bigcartel.com. Punk band from Hastings who all seem to be related. Their most recent release is a song about supporting England in the World Cup and “waving the St George”, which they should definitely play at this gig if they are sincere in their feelings.
Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs + Me Lost Me Le Public Space, Newport. 7.30pm, £15. Info 01633 221477. Ribaldly rocking Geordies return to Wales after about 12 months away. Pretty sure this is the smallest venue on their tour, and as such is sold out. Sŵnami Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7pm,
£10. Info 029 2023 2199. Withered Hand The Moon, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £12. Info
themooncardiff.com. Indie-folk guy from Edinburgh. Think he’s been dormant for several years but has an album due.
SATURDAY 22 APRIL
DakhaBrakha Pontio, Bangor. 7.30pm, £22. Info 01248 382828. Folk-ish band from Kyiv. See Music. Ditz + Heavy Lungs Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7pm, £10. Info 029 2023 2199. Brace of UK postpunk type bands. Ignite Symphony Orchestra Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £8. Info 029 2039 1391. Rhys Herbert conducts a programme of two major Dvořák works, with cellist Alice Neary.
Jacken Elswyth + The British Space Group + Henrik Norstebo The Old Electric Shop, Hay-On-Wye. 7pm, £9. Info 01497 821194. Latest gig in Rhodri Davies’ Hay Nawr series. Jacken Elswyth is magic, as is TBSG aka Ian Holloway. Kosheen The Queens Hall, Narberth. 7pm, £22. Info 01834 861212. Live drum’n’bass sorts from Bristol, broke up but now together again. Kruelty + Gates To Hell + Final Form The Cab, Newport. 6pm, £16. Info
southwalescollective.bigcartel.com. Metallic hardcore, beatdown etc. Headliners are from Japan. See Music. Peter Hook & The Light Tramshed, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £32.50. Info 029 2023 5555. Joy Division and New Order songs performed by their bassist and some younger models. Sold out. Teleman The Globe, Cardiff. 7pm, £18. Info 07590 471888. Indie/electro band signed to the Moshi Moshi label. FFO Hot Chip would be a fair assessment I feel. The Christians The Riverfront, Newport. 7.30pm, £31.50. Info 01633 656757. Soul- pop act who came up in the 80s. Normally when I list them they are playing at Acapela in Cardiff and it’s already sold out, but not this time (at the time of writing). The Nightmares + Miss Vincent + Failstate Westgate Hotel, Newport. 7.30pm, £8. Info
prettyhaterecords.bigcartel. com. Album launch gig for the Newport- based headliners.
Aldous Harding + H. Hawkline Tramshed, Cardiff. 7pm, £22. Info 029 2023 5555. New Zealand alt-folk fave. This show was delayed from March last year, not actually sure why. See Music. Jeneba Kanneh-Mason St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 1pm, £6.50. Info 029 2087 8444. Piano recital from a member of noted classical music family. Also rescheduled from March 2022, also not sure why. Nineteen 97 + Ninioh + Luke RV The Moon, Cardiff. 7pm, £10. Info
themooncardiff.com. Rap show presented by Chrome FM. I think Nineteen 97 is from Birmingham but thanks to a name that gets completely lost in search engines I can’t be of much more help.
WEDNESDAY 26 APRIL
Bad Breeding Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7pm, £12. Info 029 2023 2199. Anarcho punk from Stevenage. Have become more interesting on each release in this reporter’s opinion.
James Orchestral St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7pm, £38-£88. Info 029 2087 8444. As in the indie band James, playing with an orchestra. Sold out.
Junior Brother + Josh Hicks Le Public Space, Newport. 7.30pm, £7. Info 01633 221477. Indie-folk from Ireland. Shonen Knife + The Kut The Moon, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £12. Info themooncardiff. com. Japanese tweepunk veterans. This gig alone has been delayed since 2020, and is sold out too. TVAM Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7pm, £12. Info 029 2023 2199. Psych-rock solo guy (with a band live though I think) sort of in the Spiritualized mould maybe.
THURSDAY 27 APRIL
Ewan Haines-Davies Quintet The Garage, Swansea. 8.30pm, £10. Info 07802 912789. Swansea-originated jazz bassist plus four compadres.
Iceland Symphony Orchestra St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £9.50- £48 / £5 under-26s. Info 029 2087 8444. Eva Ollikainen conducts a programme of Anna Thorvaldsdottir, Beethoven and Tchaikovsky. Lulu Gwyn Hall, Neath. 7.30pm, £35. Info 0300 3656677. Songs and recollections by Scottish pop survivor. In Porthcawl on Fri 28 Apr; Newport Sat 29. Sarah Bolter Jazz Quartet Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl. 8pm, £9.50. Info
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