live
music
FRIDAY 1
Amser Jazz Time Royal Welsh
College Of Music & Drama,
Cardiff. 5.30pm, free. Info 029
2039 1391. Every Friday in the
foyer until Dec 13.
Aubrey Parsons Porter’s,
Cardiff. 10.30pm. Info info@
porterscardiff.com.
Aubrey Parsons Tempus
Bar, St David’s Hotel, Cardiff.
6pm, free. Info 0844 8246171.
Cowbridge-based singer performs here every Friday.
Big Country + The 45s Sin
City, Swansea. 7.30pm, £20 adv.
Info 01792 468892.
Bluesrockblues Café Jazz,
Cardiff. 9pm, £4. Info 029 2034
0591. Blues night with Mojojim
and friends. Also on Fri 29.
*Chain Of Flowers +
Natural Assembly + Mars
To Stay + Svntreader Le
Pub, Newport. 8pm, £4. Info
01633 221477. This is a minty
lineup. Three moody Welsh acts
plus Natural Assembly, who
are some dudes who were in
hardcore bands but now play
synth-rock stuff.
Cobalt Sons + Conformist
+ Digital Criminals The
Factory, Porth. 7pm, £4 adv.
Info 01443 687080. A Rhondda
Rocks night.
Dexter Dextrous & The
Fingersmiths The Full Moon,
Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info info@
thefullmooncardiff.com.
Do Not Go Gentle Festival
2013 Mozarts, The Chattery,
The Garage + Dylan Thomas’
birthplace, Swansea. £10/£30
weekend. Info
donotgogentlefestival@gmail.
com. Music and literary festival
honouring Dylan Thomas. Today
features Phil Kay, Huw M, Mab
Jones & Claire Ferguson Waler,
Climbing Trees, The Crack, Sam
Gardner and Nathan Lawrence
(Mozarts); Paper Aeroplanes, Al
Lewis and Black Coast Rodeo
(The Chattery); Heavy Petting
Zoo and a screening of the
Under Milk Wood film (The
Garage) and Parthian Books
presents Rarebit, at Dylan’s
birthplace. (Until Sun 3)
Heads South Royal Welsh
College Of Music & Drama,
Cardiff. 7.45pm, £12/£10. Info
029 2039 1391. Latin jazz
quintet.
Houdini Dax + The Minx +
Weakened Arrows The Moon
Club, Cardiff. 7pm, £5. Info
[email protected].
Jim Stephenson Jazz Band
Buffalo, Cardiff. 7.30-9pm. Info
029 2031 0312. Playing in the
garden to launch Movember.
Live Acoustic Night The Pilot,
Penarth. Free. Info 029 2071
0615. On the first Friday of each
month.
Maurizio Minardi Trio The
Gate, Cardiff. 7pm, £6-£10. Info
029 2048 3344. Composer, pianist and accordionist. Quite like
the sound of this guy.
Open Night The Ivy Bush,
Pontardawe. 8.30pm, free. Info
[email protected]. A
Valley Folk Club night, also on
Fri 29 this month. All welcome.
Sarah Markham & Michael
Duke Royal Welsh College
Of Music & Drama, Cardiff.
1.15pm, £8/£6 adv. Info 029
2039 1391. Sax duo.
Sicknote + Bread Sauce
+ Fasta Benj Queens Hall,
Narberth. 9pm, £10 adv. Info
01834 861212.
Singers, Players & Listeners
Night Chepstow Castle Inn.
live music
7.30pm, £2.50/£2 members.
Info [email protected].
Chepstow Acoustic Club night.
The Animals & Friends
Theatr Brychieniog, Brecon.
8pm, £16/£15. Info 01874
611622. This is a similar deal to
The Pharcyde/Bizarre Ride (see
the clubs page this month),
I guess, although we haven’t
asked Eric Burdon or his manager what he thinks.
*The Dillinger Escape Plan
+ Maybeshewill Solus,
Cardiff University Students
Union. 7.30pm, £13 adv. Info
029 2078 1458. Crazed ‘mathmetal’ band headline. First time
in Cardiff for years I think.
The Four Owls The Basement,
Milford Haven. £10 adv/£12
queue jump. Info 01646 690884.
UK hip-hop ‘supergroup’ featuring Verb T and Fliptrix among
others. Supporting MCs etc
include Cypher Killers, Culture
Vultures, Infamous Len and
Duble Dutch.
The Locust Honey String
Band + Blind River Scare
West End Club, Barry. 7.30pm,
£10 adv. Info 01446 735739.
The May Duo The North Star,
Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029
2062 4050.
The Public Secret The Patriot,
Crumlin. Info 01495 247178.
Rock band from Newcastle.
Welsh National Opera
Orchestra St David’s Hall,
Cardiff. 7.30pm, £5-£33. Info
029 2087 8444. Lothar Koenigs
conducts a programme of
Vaughan Williams, Britten and
Shostakovich.
SATURDAY 2
101% Pantera Hobo’s,
Bridgend. 8pm, £8/£6 adv. Info
www.hobosmusicvenue.com.
Band Goes The 80s Paget
Rooms, Penarth. 7.30pm, £10/£8
adv. Info 029 2071 3546. Cover
bands plays 80s hits.
Barb Jungr St Donats Arts
Centre, Vale Of Glamorgan.
7.30pm, £14.50-£15. Info 01446
799100. Jazz singer sings from
her Stockport To Memphis
album. Previewed in Music last
month.
Blood Of A Poet + The 8th
Bridge + The Sonny Bonds
Duo + Acouchristo Fuel Bar,
Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info mail@
givemefuel.co.uk.
Brother & Bones The Moon
Club, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £7 adv.
Info info@thefullmooncardiff.
com. Serious face acoustic
rock band.
Count Bobo & The Bullion
The Garage, Swansea. 11.30pm.
Info 01792 475147. Ska and
rocksteady band from Bristol.
Starts really late, I th ink
because of...
Do Not Go Gentle Festival
2013 Mozarts, The Chattery,
The Garage + Dylan Thomas’
birthplace, Swansea. £15/£30
weekend. Info
donotgogentlefestival@gmail.
com. Today features Eggs Laid
By Tigers, Niall Griffiths, The
Gentle Good, Trwbador, Captain
Cat & The Sailors, Quiet
Marauder, Strictly Cwmdonkin
and Joyce The Librarian
(Mozarts); Zervas & Pepper plus
Richard James’ In Chapters
(The Chattery); John Hegley,
Count Bobo & The Bullion, and
The Two Dylans (The Garage)
and Rachel Trezise and Rob
Lewis, at Dylan’s birthplace.
(Until Sun 3)
Eddi Reader The Gate,
Cardiff. 7.30pm, £20. Info
029 2048 3344. Scottish singing, songwriting allrounder.
Presented by Orchard.
Electric Jalaba Gwdihw,
Cardiff. 9pm, £3. Info 029 2039
7933. Playing as part of the
Juju Nations night.
Fireworks Concert Royal
Welsh College Of Music &
Drama, Cardiff. 5pm, £8-£12.
Info 029 2039 1391. Simon
Jones conducts the RWCMD
Chamber Orchestra.
Jane & Nick The North Star,
Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029
2062 4050.
Karedig The Full Moon,
Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info info@
thefullmooncardiff.com.
Kitten & The Hip Pontardawe
Arts Centre. 7.30pm, £10/£8
adv/£1 kids. Info 01792 863722.
Maddie & The Pandas
Porter’s, Cardiff. 9pm. Info
[email protected].
Night Of Popular Music
Miners Theatre, Ammanford.
7.30pm, £10. Info 0845 2263510.
Featuring Cor Merched Parti
Llwchwr, violinist Davinder
Singh and musical theatre trio
Three Voices.
Schizophrenic The Riverfront,
Newport. 5-9pm, free. Info
01633 656757. Mental health
awareness gig organised by
Time To Change Wales and Dai
Sharkey. Previewed in October’s
issue of Buzz.
Soothsayers + Overproof
Sound System Meets Ital
Audio + Friendly Fire
Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 9pm,
£7.50-£15. Info 01970 623232.
Reggae night.
Sophie DeWinter Cardiff
Central Library. 1pm, free.
Info 029 2078 0960. Singersongwriter.
Stone Foundation The Globe,
Cardiff. 7.30pm, £18 adv. Info
[email protected].
Live soul band. This evening
will feature a screening of
their documentary, Keep On
Keepin’ On.
Tall Men + Jemima
Surrender + Androo Gwynn
The Windsor Arms, Penarth.
7.30pm, £3. Info 029 2070 2821.
The Johnny Cash Roadshow
Borough Theatre, Abergavenny.
7.30pm, £17.50. Info 01873
850805.
Thirty-Third Annual Wales
Festival Of Remembrance
St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7pm,
£10-£25. Info 029 2087 8444.
Featuring the Regimental Band
Of The Royal Welsh plus guest
vocalists including Russell
Watson.
Tommy Allen Band Borough
Blues Club, New Panteg RFC,
Pontypool. 7.30pm, £10/£8
members. Info 01633 483238.
Virgil & The Accelerators
+ The Mark Pontin Group
The Met, Abertillery. 8pm,
£12.50/£10. Info 01495 355800.
Blues.
Whole Lotta Led Queens Hall,
Narberth. 7pm, £13. Info 01834
861212. Led Zep tribute.
SUNDAY 3
Aubrey Parsons Miss Jones,
Cardiff. 5pm, free. Info 029 2021
677665.
Brother & Bones Sin City,
Swansea. 7.30pm, £7 adv. Info
01792 468892.
Do Not Go Gentle Festival
2013 Mozarts, St James’
Social Club + Dylan Thomas’
birthplace, Swansea. £10/£30
weekend. Info
donotgogentlefestival@gmail.
com. Today features Dom Duff,
Andy Jones, Lost Tuesday
Society, Howl, The Empty Shed
Exoerience and Sarah Passmore
(Mozarts); Helen Griffin and a
performance of the Taliesin’s
Under Plywood (St James’
Social Club); and Francesca
Rhydderch, Katherine Stansfield
and Jemma King, at Dylan’s
birthplace. (Finishes today)
James Hollingsworth The
Queens Head, Monmouth.
8.45pm, free. Info 01600
712767.
Llyr Williams Borough
Theatre, Abergavenny. 7.30pm,
£14/£12. Info 01873 850805.
Concert pianists performs
Beethoven sonatas.
Louis Schwizgebel Royal
Welsh College Of Music &
Drama, Cardiff. 2pm, £12/£10.
Info 029 2039 1391. ChineseSwiss pianist.
Mega Messiah Wales
Millennium Centre, Cardiff
Bay. 2.30 + 7pm, £15 (£20
to take part). Info 029 2063
6464. Annual event where keen
singers can turn up and sing
Handel’s Messiah en masse,
with Sinfonia Cymru accompanying. And pay £20 for the privilege. These guys were doing this
way before Amanda Palmer.
Open Mic Night Workmen’s
Hall, Caerphilly. 7.30pm, free.
Info 07512 237983.
Paul Carrack Grand
Theatre, Swansea. 7.30pm,
£39.50/£29.50. Info 01792
475715.
Sunday Mass Porter’s, Cardiff.
Info [email protected].
With musical acts TBC, every
Sunday.
The Feeling + Yellowire
Solus, Cardiff University
Students Union. 7.30pm, £18.50
adv. Info 029 2078 1458.
The May Duo The North Star,
Cardiff. 1-3pm, free. Info 029
2062 4050.
Turin Brakes The Globe,
Cardiff. 7.30pm, £20 adv. Info
[email protected].
Two Piece Sweet The North
Star, Cardiff. 7-9pm, free. Info
029 2062 4050.
Ysgol Cerdd Ceredigion
Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 7pm,
£7.50-£15. Info 01970 623232.
MONDAY 4
American Transplant Café
Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £3.50/£3.
Info 029 2034 0591.
KT Tunstall + Billy Lockett
St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm,
£17.50-£27.50. Info 029 2087
8444. We previewed this in
Music last month.
Walter Trout The Garage,
Swansea. 7.30pm, £15 adv. Info
01792 475147.
Youngblood Brass Band
The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm,
£10 adv. Info theglobevenue@
gmail.com. Ten-piece hip-hop/
brass ensemble who formed in
Madison, Wisconsin, also home
of the band Killdozer.
TUESDAY 5
Capital City Jazz Orchestra
Dempseys, Cardiff. 8pm, £7/£5.
Info 029 2023 9253.
John Davies Quartet Café
Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £4.50/£4/£2
NUS. Info 029 2034 0591.
John Godwin Miss Jones,
Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2021
677665.
Martin Baker St David’s Hall,
Cardiff. 1pm, £6.50/£5.50 adv.
Info 029 2087 8444. Organ
recital.
*The Slackers + Imperial
Leisure + Dirty Revolution
The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £20
adv. Info theglobevenue@gmail.
com. Ska band who formed in
the 90s. I guess that ska-punk
peeps mainly liked them back
when, but there was no punk in
their game really.
Vivid Viv The Andrew Buchan,
Cardiff. 8.30pm, free. Info 029
2021 2509. Acoustic blues night,
every Tuesday.
WEDNESDAY 6
Acoustic Jam Night The
Andrew Buchan, Cardiff.
8.30pm, free. Info 029 2021
2509. Every Wednesday.
Alex Garnett Quartet
Jazzland, Swansea. 8.30-11pm,
£10/£7 members. Info 07802
912789.
Amigos Revolucion De C uba,
Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2000
8444. Every other Wednesday;
also on Wed 20 this month.
Ampersand Open Mic The
North Star, Cardiff. 8pm, free.
Info 029 2062 4050. Also on
Wed 20.
Bandaoke Porter’s, Cardiff.
8pm. Info info@
porterscardiff.com. “Sing with
a fully rehearsed band and
become the Popstar you always
dreamed of being.”
Brit Floyd St David’s Hall,
Cardiff. 8pm, £10-£29.50. Info
029 2087 8444. Pink Floyd
tribute with all flashy lights and
that. Seems like you need to
go for broke if you want to do a
Floyd tribute.
Cardiff University Big Band
Whiteheads Sports & Social
Club, Bassaleg, Newport. 8pm,
£8. Info malc@dancebands.
plus.com. South Wales Big Band
Society gig.
Catrin Finch & Seckou Keita
Theatr Brychieniog, Brecon.
8pm, £15/£14. Info 01874
611622.
Climbing Trees + Herons
+ Geraint Williams Gwdihw,
Cardiff. 8pm, £3. Info 029 2039
7933. A Folk In The Owl’s Nest
night.
Community Samba Band
– Practise Dates Felindre
Village Hall, Powys. 7-9pm,
£4/£2 under-16s. Info [email protected]. Every
Wednesday.
Debbie & The Doctor Miss
Jones, Cardiff. 7pm, free. Info
029 2021 677665.
Dominic Kirwan Miners’
Institute, Blackwood. 7.30pm,
£18.50. Info 01495 227206.
Festival Of Remembrance
Aberystwyth Arts Centre.
7.30pm, £6.25-£12.50. Info
01970 623232. Featuring
Sgarmes, Aberystwyth Silver
Band, The Corps Of Drums 3rd
Battalion Royal Welsh Fusiliers
and the Three Welsh Tenors.
Gigspanner The Windsor
Hotel, Pontyclun. 7.30pm,
£8/£5. Info 01443 226892. A
Llantrisant Folk Club night.
Haast’s Eagled +
Hogslayer + Desalvo Le
Pub, Newport. 8pm, free. Info
01633 221477. Local doom and
sludge bands. Headliners are
playing their debut show.
Jelly Roll Jones Café Jazz,
Cardiff. 8pm, £6/£5. Info 029
2034 0591.
*Jerusalem In My Heart
Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff.
8pm, £5. Info 029 2030 4400.
This is part of Experimentica
(thus free if you have a full
pass for that already) but is
a live music thing, featuring
an audiovisual group on the
Constellation label. It’s presented by Shape.
Open Mic Market Street Club,
Barry. 8pm. Info 01446 733863.
Every Wednesday.
Ravenface + Exist
Immortal + All To Ruin +
Native Constellations +
Virtue In Vain + Broken By
Hope Fuel Bar, Cardiff. 7pm,
£4. Info mail@givemefuel.
co.uk.
Reaper In Sicily +
Someday I + Carbon +
The Missive Clwb Ifor Bach,
Cardiff. 7-10.30pm, £6. Info 029
2023 2199.
Ryan Williams’ Flash Mob
Dempseys, Cardiff. 8pm, £7/£5.
Info 029 2023 9253.
Sinfonia Cymru The
Riverfront, Newport. 1pm,
£5/£4.25. Info 01633 656757.
Lunchtime classical recital.
Warlock In Wales Royal Welsh
College Of Music & Drama,
Cardiff. 1.15pm, £7/£5 adv. Info
029 2039 1391. Songs by 20th
century UK composer Peter
Warlock, exploring his ties to
Wales.
THURSDAY 7
Chase & Status + Netsky +
Pusha T + Moko Motorpoint
Arena, Cardiff. 6.30pm, £28.
Info 029 2022 4488. Former
drum’n’bass duo who now
play... something that isn’t
drum’n’bass. Unsure how Pusha
T is going to go down on this
bill. Guessing not brilliantly.
Denim Snakes + Them
Dead Beats + Chloe Cooke
+ Jo Tidy Gwdihw, Cardiff.
8pm, £3. Info 029 2039 7933.
Dewi Griffiths The Old
Library, Cardiff. 6-8pm, free.
Info 029 2066 6566. Live flamenco guitar every Thursday.
Dreadzone The Globe, Cardiff.
7.30pm, £15 adv. Info
[email protected].
ELO Again St David’s Hall,
Cardiff. 7.30pm, £15.50-£19.50.
Info 029 2087 8444. Tribute to
ELO. In Cwmbran on Fri 29.
Hackensack Café Jazz,
Cardiff. 8pm, £5. Info 029 2034
0591.
His Clancyness + Mowbird
+ Tarsiers Clwb Ifor Bach,
Cardiff. 7.30-10.30pm, £5. Info
029 2023 2199.
Ian Shaw & Claire Martin
Taliesin Arts Centre, Swansea.
7.30pm, £14. Info 01792
602060. Performing the songs of
Joni Mitchell.
Interlard + His Naked
Torso + Ascend Silver
Poison + Auerbach + Party
Levitation Buffalo, Cardiff.
7pm, £3.99. Info 029 2031 0312.
A GenrexGenre gig which will
be noisy and fun (if you like
noisiness).
Jim Barber Trio The North
Star, Cardiff. 7pm, free. Info
029 2062 4050. Playing the
weekly Jazz, Blues & A Bit Of
Food night.
Jimjam Open Mic Session
The Claude Hotel, Albany
Road, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info
07557 505123. Every Thursday.
Featuring a guest set from the
BUZZ 69