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Sadness Sets Me Free is the 25th album Gruff Rhys has been involved in during his 35 years of creating music.  Those stats alone take prolif

Fifteen Years is the latest album from Welsh singer songwriter Al Lewis, an artist who we have loved and followed for a very long...

Bill Ryder-Jones is a national treasure, lets get that out of the way at the start of this review.  If Bill ever reads these words, I am...

It is hard to believe that twenty-five years have passed since The Masterplan was originally released...

New Blue Sun is not a hip-hop record, it’s a Jazz record. André 3000, now 48 years old has not released a full album since 2006 - Outkast’s

Every now and again a band releases a debut album, and you can’t escape the feeling of it being ‘their time’. That is the exact feeling I ha

Abbie Ozard is a singer songwriter from Nantwich who many of you will be familiar with as she has been releasing music since 2019

Adam Walton is also celebrating thirty years on the BBC, broadcasting on BBC Radio Wales for thirty years.

Dollar Lizard Money Zombie is the third studio album from HMS Morris a band who have always pushed the boundaries of creativity within pop m

Javelin is the tenth studio album from Sufjan Stevens, an artist who has pushed the boundaries of creativity throughout each and every relea

Friday 1st September 2023 will be remembered by most people as quite an ordinary day. For most of the day this was an ordinary day for me...

Escapism is something that we all need at times. The world can feel scary, overwhelming, and challenging. We need to find moments to help...

Powerful vocals drenched in reverb, catchy guitar riffs, echos of a church choir and a soil scattering of biblical imagery - with musical...

Last week Pete Doherty headed to Tramshed in Cardiff for an intimate 'In Conversation' and acoustic show. Read Stephen Taylor's review.

As one of the most eagerly anticipated albums of the year (if not the decade) so far, it's no wonder that Blur's The Ballad of Darren has...

Read Stephen Taylor's review on Pulp's July gig at Cardiff International Arena.

Far From Saints is the self-titled debut album from a new band formed by Kelly Jones (Stereophonics), Patty Lynn and Dwight Baker (The...

Chaos For The Fly is the new record from Fontaines DC's Grian Chatten. Read Stephen Taylor's review on our blog.

Jenny Lewis is back with her 5th solo album and again she has shown that she is without doubt one of the greatest living songwriters.

As far as debut albums go they do not get much better than Shaking Hips and Crashing Cars, the new record from The Royston Club.