I spent many a bittersweet summer down beside the multi-faceted seasides of Swansea and though I may now look back longingly over those estival months of yore, when not glued to substandard music television they were by and large spent foraging for rare treasures down Derricks Music – just about the most ramshackle independent record store imaginable. With sand between the toes and Saint Etienne on the Discman, I'd wish for any form of even faintly compelling band to come out of South Wales' second city though it's only with the emergence of The Adelines that the sepia-stained dream [...]
Hi Friends out there in the Universe, my name is Geraint Rhys a bi-lingual singer songwriter from South Wales singing in both Welsh and English. You pronounce the G in my name like you would the G in Garage and the raint part of my name the same you would in the word pint. Good luck with that 1 :) I have been playing my own music live around Wales for a year now and am currently recording my debut album. The year ahead will be busy with three single releases scheduled all with a video to be [...]
Swansea, UK is home to a brilliant singer-songwriter, Chris Stringer. We instantly fell in love with his enthusiasm and passion towards music. From his own great songs, to covering Lionel Richie's All Night Long , Chris' heartfelt voice and honest sound is compelling and will only make you want to hear more. Chris graciously took the time to do a video interview with AMBY. So have a look as we spoke about his gorgeous music, dinosaurs, and funny pre-gigging feelings. Facebook // Twitter // [...]
In the three years since the release of ‘Dead Sea’, it’s all been a bit quiet on The Arteries’ front; a couple of tracks on a split with The Arrivals is all we’ve had to tide us over. ‘Restless’ puts an end to that wait, with a fantastic six-track EP from the Welsh wizards. The slowly swelling intro to ‘Bleed Away’ only serves to increase that anticipation, before erupting into the fast-paced and intense punk rock racket that The Arteries have become known for. It’s sweet riff after sweet riff combined with an excellent rhythm section and some [...]
The Revival are a three piece band who met whilst at University in Cheltenham. Made up of drummer Phil Beastall, bass player Ryan Kent and singer and guitarist Arfyn Rhys Ruhonah. The band see themselves as the quintessential rock and roll band merging style, attitude and melodies, with more than just a subtle nod to songwriter Arfyn Rhys Ruhonah's musical influences. To say The Revival are simply an indie rock band would be grave injustice, as their already vast musical cannon contains heartbreaking acoustic ballads ranging to balls out rock monsters. Flying the flag for 'real music' and with barrels [...]
We may not have been heard from over the festive gorge, though we were never not hearing. And granted, we've incidentally been subjected to more from Swansea's 96.4FM The Wave thus far this year than we have from SoundCloud, Bandcamp, or owt else invigorating though that's not to say that it's been anything short of an informative induction into 2013. Personally, I reckon I could now most likely recite Britney's every inessential interjection on Scream & Shout, or do the Flo Rida bit to Troublemaker. The modern toss also comes spunked in cruddy old junk in South West Wales, [...]
General Fiasco have announced a UK tour starting at the end of this month in Glasgow. Tickets are available now. All shows are 18+, except where noted. The Belfast band released their latest album, 'Unfaithfully Yours', in summer 2012; the album made my top 10 albums of 2012. Read more about that here. Thursday 31st January 2013 - Glasgow King Tuts (14+) Friday 1st February 2013 - Manchester Castle Hotel Saturday 2nd February 2013 - Wigan Indiependence (16+) [...]
It's always hard to follow up a breakthrough records, but Japandroids have not only met any expectations that may have been placed on them, they've set themselves to break out to a bigger audience that no one, even the band themselves, may have ever expected them to reach. Although we're only halfway through the year, early reviews suggest that Celebration Rock is looking to be near the top of many critics' Best Of lists. Bigger, tighter, louder, and overall better than their already-stellar 2009 debut, Post-Nothing, the Canadian garage-rock duo take their songwriting to [...]
Frank Turner and the Sleeping Souls have announced a massive tour for winter 2012. Tickets go on sale this Friday (20 April) at 9 AM. He's such a nice guy, he even switched the Norwich gig to be at the UEA so the show would be all ages. What a gent! Sunday 11th November 2012 - Nottingham Rock City Monday 12th November 2012 - Leeds Academy Tuesday 13th November 2012 - Liverpool Academy Wednesday 14th November 2012 - [...]
Benjamin Francis Leftwich has covered Arcade Fire 's 'Rebellion', and he's offering it up as a freebie. Listen to and download the cover below. Leftwich is going on a massive tour of the UK and Ireland in the autumn; tour dates are included below as well. Monday 1st October 2012 – Brighton Concorde 2 Tuesday 2nd October 2012 – Bournemouth Old Fire Station Wednesday 3rd October 2012 - Exeter Phoenix Thursday 4th October 2012 - Falmouth Princess Pavilion [...]
Swansea Recreation Centre : First Time European - Video/MP3 MP3
Swansea Recreation Centre - First Time European (Video) I tried to get to the bottom of why I love Swansea Recreation Centre in my post on the band last month . I also promised to bring you their new video for ‘First Time European’ when I found it. Here I proclaim, is the best song and video you’ll find in a long time; a desolate blend of grainy video footage cut and pasted from independent films ‘F For Fake’ by Orson Welles and Stranger Than Paradise by Jim Jarmusch. Watching the video leaves me even [...]
"Ah ha," Chips says, finding a page upon which he cameos. He adopts a whiny voice that is a bad impression of Zoe: "Jean who works breakfasts understands. She says that I am very mature for my age. She says that she has had a fluctuating waistline all her life and it's never done her any harm. She says that kids can be cruel. I told her I felt like crying in Geography when Chips said: 'I bet you eat your dinner off a tectonic plate.'" Chips looks up. "I forgot I said that."
Swansea Recreation Centre - First Time European First Time European, from Swansea Recreation Centre’s new EP ‘hi tom / hey tom blood’ is quite unlike the vast majority of music I’ve come across of late. It appears to draw some sort of influence from the intelligent, awkward British synth-pop of the underground 1980s, contemporary electronica, also perhaps from the post-Animal Collective scene of urban psychedelia which sprouted up around the time of Merriweather Post Pavilion. There’s maybe even an element of Tunng in there too. To name some specific bands, I’m hearing the dense [...]
This is Swansea band The Pooh Sticks’ last ever show in Wales. Probably. Buoyed by a successful comeback after 15 years at last year’s Indie Tracks, the band have decided to give gigging another go for a limited time only. It’s clear, from this packed r... Read more..
Rod Stewart Live at Liberty Stadium, the home of Swansea Football Club and the Ospreys Rugby Team on Wednesday 1st of June 2011. Hot on the heels of Rod's highly successful European tour of 2010, including sell-out dates across the UK, the multi-million selling superstar is set to rock Liberty Stadium for his only Welsh date of 2011. With 62 hit singles, including 31 top tens and 6 number 1's under his belt in a career spanning 5 decades, Rod Stewart is one of the most enduring musicians of [...]
We've just received word that there will be a Skins -themed tour next month. The eight towns that have been chosen for the gigs are the hometowns of each of the eight new characters in the E4 teen drama. You can get tickets from the Skins official Web site (you must be at least 18 to register for these). Bands participating in this tour include 10 for 2011 bands Mona and Trophy Wife (pictured above). Wednesday 19th January 2011 - Bristol Syndicate ( [...]
Dundee band the View have announced a massive tour for this winter at intimate venues across the UK. Tickets go on sale at 9 AM tomorrow (22 October) but a presale is already in progress at the band's official Web site. The band will play songs from their yet-to-be-titled third album, so this tour is the definitely the event to attend if you're a true View fan. Monday 15th November 2010 – Aberdeen Lemon Tree Tuesday 16th November 2010 – Bathgate Room At the [...]
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