live music
Info [email protected].
Presented by Tangled Parrot.
Capital City Jazz
Orchestra Dempseys, Cardiff.
8pm, £7/£5. Info 029 2023
9253.
Community Samba Band –
Practise Dates Westenders
Hall, Llanfaes, Brecon.
6-8pm, £4/£2 under-16s. Info
[email protected].
Every Tuesday.
Kids In Glass Houses
Hobo’s, Bridgend. 7.30pm,
£14 adv. Info www.
hobosmusicvenue.com.
Spike’s & Dime Band Café
Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £4.50/£4/£2
NUS. Info 029 2038 7026.
Steve Eaves + Geraint
Løvgreen + Siddi + Uumar
Thomas Arms, Llanelli. £10
adv. Info [email protected].
wednesday 6
live review
KINGS OF LEON
Liberty Stadium, Swansea, Wed 2 July
words DENIECE CUSACK photos LES DAVIES
Seemingly still on a high from their set at Glastonbury, Glaswegian fourpiece Twin Atlantic kicked things off. Their 2014 hit Heart And Soul, along
with imminent single Brothers And Sisters, got the crowd going via sexy
guitar riffs and hands-in-the-air choruses. Following an interlude consisting
of big-screen clips of the headliners, just in case we’d forgotten our reason
for attending, London boys White Lies took to the stage. Contrasting notably
with the clapalong choruses of Twin Atlantic, swapping the these two bands’
running order might have been wiser: White Lies’ gloomier post-punk
repertoire didn’t really translate to an audience this size.
The atmosphere at the Liberty was, nonetheless, euphoric. The sun was
beating down on the Welsh stadium, and in the haze of the dusky sunshine
Kings Of Leon were a perfect background to a blissful evening. Meeting a
72-year-old grandmother at the gig was testament to this – the lady proved
you are never too old to rock, sat with her bottle of lemonade swaying and
singing along.
One review I read suggested that, for a super-sized concert like this, bands
should go out of their way to add a personal touch, as you can feel lost in
the masses. I tend to disagree; with a stadium gig, you know what you are
getting. You have bought your ticket knowing you are one of thousands.
These affairs aren’t just for the hardcore fans, but also those who just love
the hits, and KOL definitely delivered.
Whoever arranged the evening’s setlist was astute. Starting off with their
older soft rock/blues stuff, such as Fans, they mixed in a clutch of their
latest songs from most recent album Mechanical Bull and finished off
with big anthems Use Somebody and Revelry. At that stage the crowd was
pumping: everyone wanted one thing and we got it. The set finished with a
mammoth rendition of Sex On Fire and the audience went crazy. The gig
concluded with a polite few words of thanks and that was it. What I left with
was a sore throat and a feeling of pure awe.
Swing Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm,
£3/£2.50. Info 029 2038 7026.
Grown Up Music Jam
Session The Full Moon,
Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info info@
thefullmooncardiff.com.
Kids In Glass Houses Ebbw
Vale Institute. 7.30pm, £14 adv.
Info 01495 708022.
Ukulele Jam Session The
Andrew Buchan, Cardiff.
8.30pm, free. Info 029 2021
2509. Every Monday.
Warhound + Pallas +
Outrage CC + No Rest +
Murder Circuit Undertone,
Cardiff. 7pm, £8. Info 029 2022
8883. Various hardcore bands.
Young Composers Showcase
Royal Welsh College Of Music
& Drama, Cardiff. 1pm, £5. Info
029 2039 1391.
tuesday 5
Acoustic Showcase Grand
Pavilion, Porthcawl. 7-10pm,
free. Info 01656 815995.
Presented by Buska.
Acoustic Tuesday South
Riverside Community
Development Centre, Cardiff.
7.30pm, £5. Info 029 2030
4400. Regular event led by
pioneering local musicians and
singers.
Battle Of The Bands Heat
1 Static Bar, Swansea. 7.30pm,
free. Info 01792 467998. With
acts TBC.
Brothers + Jamie Willetts
The Lansdowne, Canton,
Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info
07960 820645. Hosted by
Newsoundwales.
Candelas + Swnami + Y
Ffug + Mellt Clwb Rygbi
Ffwrnes, Llanelli. £7 adv.
Acoustic Jam Session
The Andrew Buchan, Cardiff.
8.30pm, free. Info 029 2021
2509. Every Wednesday.
Ail Symudiad + Catsgam
+ Catrin Herbert Thomas
Arms, Llanelli. £8 adv. Info
[email protected].
Bandaoke Porter’s, Cardiff.
8pm. Info info@
porterscardiff.com. “Sing with
a fully rehearsed band and
become the Popstar you always
dreamed of being.”
Beth Fuller-Teed &
Rebecca Selley Foyer, Wales
Millennium Centre, Cardiff
Bay. 6.15pm, free. Info 029
2063 6464.
Casi Wyn + Yr Eira +
Breichiau Hir + I Fight
Lions Clwb Rygbi Ffwrnes,
Llanelli. £7 adv. Info gigs@
cymdeithas.org.
Chris Dean & Trevor Brown
Whiteheads Sports & Social
Club, Bassaleg, Newport. 8pm,
£8. Info malc@dancebands.
plus.com. South Wales Big
Band Society gig. These two
are from the Syd Lawrence
Orchestra.
Constellation Big Band
Jazzland, Swansea. 8.30-11 K