live music
The King Coasters Café
Jazz, Cardiff. 9pm, £4. Info 029
2038 7026. Blues.
The Lash + Bones Of St
James + Them Dead Beats
Dempseys, Cardiff. 8pm, £4.
Info 029 2023 9253.
Wisecrack + Dis-Arm +
Ty Walker Le Pub, Newport.
8pm, free. Info 01633 221477.
Headliners claim to exhibit
“the anti-fascist, antihomophobe, anti-racist, prochoice, pro-feminist, DIY ethos
that goes along with being in a
shit punk rock band from the
UK.” Chortle.
Your Demise + Murder
Circuit + Judgement
+ Interrogation Hobo’s,
Bridgend. 7.30pm, £8/£6 adv.
Info www.hobosmusicvenue.
com. Headliners will be
performing their early
material, from before they
got told off by the internet for
dressing up in blackface.
Zander Jagger The North
Star, Cardiff. Free. Info 029
2062 4050.
saturday 9
Bob Delyn + Cowbois Rhos
Botwnnog + Kookamunga
Thomas Arms, Llanelli. £10
adv. Info [email protected].
Brecon Jazz Market Hall,
Brecon. Info 01874 611622.
Today features A Tribute
to Stan Tracey (Theatr
Brycheiniog, 1pm, £16.50);
Burum (The Memorial Hall,
Christ College, 1.15pm,
£12.50); Don Weller & David
Newton (Brecon Cathedral,
1.30pm, £15); The Shape
Of Jazz To Come (Brecon
Guildhall, 2pm, £11); Kairos
4Tet (Memorial Hall, Christ
College, 4.45pm, £15); Fapy
Lafertin Quartet (Theatr
Brycheiniog, 5pm, £18); Do
Not Go Gentle: Wales Meets
Dylan Thomas (Brecon
should learn the joy of search
engines.
Contraband Breaks
Ensemble Gwdihw, Cardiff.
9pm, £3. Info 029 2039 7933.
Playing as part of the Fat
City night.
Dollfest The Dolls House,
Abertillery. £3. Info 01495
213300. Today features Defy
All Reason, Crowsaw, Crash’n
Clouds, Ataraxis Vibration,
Blacksphere, Smiling Tigers,
Blue Ocean Odyssey, Guy Maile
(great name) and Ian Jones’
Sunshine Echoes.
Golden Fable + Barefoot
Dance Of The Sea +
Ratatosk Dempseys, Cardiff.
8pm, £4. Info 029 2023 9253.
Keith James The Old School,
Moylegrove, nr Cardigan. 8pm.
Info 0845 5192791.
*Loserpalooza IV The Moon
Club, Cardiff. 5.30pm, £6. Info
[email protected].
Cool dudes put on cool dude
music, if you like doom metal
and punk and suchlike. War
Wolf, Spider Kitten, Jimmy
Rowe, Smiler, Pohl and Haast’s
Eagled are this year’s six
bands, which might make this
their best lineup yet.
Noson Gyda Cantata A
Ffrindiau Y Ffwrnes, Llanelli.
7.30pm, £12/£10. Info 0845
2263510. Gala concert to
mark the end of this year’s
Eisteddfod.
Phil Cooper Cardiff Central
Library. 1pm, free. Info 029
2078 0960.
Pocket Trez + Blaidd
+ Downhill Kilkenny Cat,
Llanelli. £7 adv. Info gigs@
cymdeithas.org.
Rachael Clee Grand Theatre
Cafe Bar, Swansea. 12pm, free.
Info 01792 475715.
Salvation Porter’s, Cardiff.
Info [email protected].
She Says Kiwis, Cardiff. Free.
Info 029 2039 8965.
On Fri 29, Delilah’s in Newport
has a touring lineup of reggae
and lovers’ rock acts – Jimmy
Riley, Owen Gray and Buckie
Ranks – on what they’ve called
the Contradiction Tour.
Cathedral, 5.30pm, £12);
Troyka (Brecon Guildhall,
8pm, £15); The Roger
Beaujolais Quartet (Memorial
Hall, Christ College, 8.15pm,
£15); Laura Mvula (Market
Hall, 9.30pm, £25); Penguin
Cafe (Theatr Brycheiniog,
9.30pm, £18.50); Marius Neset
Quartet (Brecon Cathedral,
9.30pm, £17.50). Plus a
programme in The Captain’s
Walk featuring Mike Harries’
Root Doctors (12.30pm),
Dennis Rollins’ Velocity Trio
(3pm), Imperial Kikiristan
(6pm), Beats & Pieces Big
Band (9pm), which is £25 for
the day, and masterclasses
from Paula Gardiner, Jean
Toussaint and Gabrielle
Miribassi. (Until Sun 10)
Calibri Soul The Yard,
Cardiff. 9.30pm, free. Info 029
2022 7577.
Canvas + This Concept +
Fairview + Well Wisher +
A Line Too Late Baa Bar,
Cardiff. 7pm, £4. Info 029 2022
0114. Various English and
Welsh bands. Well Wisher are
local, aren’t the Manchester
band of the same name, and
Stereosonics The Globe,
Cardiff. 7.30pm, £9 adv. Info
[email protected].
Stereophonics tribute band.
Stornoway Reynoldston
Village Hall, Gower. 7pm,
£12 adv. Info 01792 391012.
Intimate show for breezy folkrock band who were, quite
bafflingly it seems now, signed
to 4AD for a bit. Why is it in
Reynoldston? Because the
singer just moved there, is why.
Strike Back + Vaults +
Fatal Chaos + Forty-Four
Hours Fuel Bar, Cardiff.
7-10pm, £5. Info mail@
givemefuel.co.uk. Metalcore
and deathcore bands.
Who’s Molly? Grand Theatre
Arts Wing, Swansea. 7.45pm,
£8. Info 01792 475715. This
band have recorded Swansea
City’s official 2014 anthem,
hubristically titled Heroes.
sunday 10
Aubrey Parsons Tempus Bar,
St David’s Hotel, Cardiff. 1pm,
free. Info 0844 8246171.
Bent Life + Warcharge +
Forsaken + Restraint +
Ancestors + Judgement +
Interrogation + Guilt Trip
Fuel Bar, Cardiff. 5pm, £7 adv.
Info [email protected].
Billed as a Hardcore Half
Dayer, and while I don’t know
any of the bands playing I am
confident it will deliver on that
promise.
Brecon Jazz Market Hall,
Brecon. Info 01874 611622.
Today features a Jazz Festival
Service (Brecon Cathedral,
10am, free); World Wide
Wales: Wales Meets Mirabassi
(Memorial Hall, Christ
College, 12.30pm, £12);
Organic featuring Dominic
Norcross & John-Paul Gard
(Brecon Guildhall, 12.30pm,
£12); Trish Clowes Quintet
featuring Gwilym Simcock
(Brecon Cathedral, 1.30pm,
£16.50); The Big Chris Barber
Band (Theatr Brycheiniog,
1.30pm, £18.50); Lady Nade
& The Silhouettes (Brecon
Guildhall, 3pm, £12.00); Polar
Bear (Memorial Hall, Christ
College, 3.45pm, £15); John
Taylor Trio (Brecon Cathedral,