This month's Welsh roundup by Bill Cummings (BC) and Cath Holland (CH).

Three years ago, I discovered a song called ‘Things Change’ – a collaboration between the Sheffield-based Kidnap and the Bognor Regis-based pinkpirate. It’s

David Bowie’s record collection was never going to be a tidy, genre-bound affair. This was a man who could move from Little Richard to Stockhausen, from the

It has been a good year for Brighton's Lime Garden. April's second LP, Maybe Not Tonight, is a mass break-up album full of infectious tunes, and it has sent

24 track album

This year marks the 25th anniversary of R.E.M.’s Reveal, the richly layered 2001 album featuring favorites like 'Imitation of Life,' 'All the Way to Reno

Who doesn't love a bit of nostalgia? Those of you who grew up as a child in the 1970s especially, will thoroughly enjoy watching the video to Leicester's

Who doesn't love a bit of nostalgia? Those of you who grew up as a child in the 1970s especially, will thoroughly enjoy watching the video to Leicester's

After 30 years of making music, Mogwai have released a new track ‘Underground’, featuring Iggy Pop with vocal arrangement by Matt Sweeney.

Kim Deal hosted a once-in-a-lifetime sold-out performance at London’s historic Barbican on March 1 2025, playing special orchestrated renditions of songs from

Holton has spent more than two decades exploring the Staffordshire landscape with epic45. As The Balloonist, he brings the recording closer to the workings of

On this new album from former Adorable man Pete Fij, he begins by telling his audience, “My broken heart, I threw it on a railway line. These cheeks are last

Michael Kiwanuka has announced his fifth studio album, FUDGE. It's set for release on October 23, 2026, via Interscope Records.

Simple Things returns to Bristol on Saturday 7 November 2026 for its twelfth edition, and this year it arrives in a genuinely new shape. For the first time in

Having only gone on sale at 10 o’clock this morning, all of the tickets for next year’s Green Man festival - the 25th anniversary of this hugely popular event

Among all the blissful house music pumping out, out of the blue he drops Tears For Fears' 'Sowing the Seeds of Love', the first time I had heard it and it

Suede have always been an astonishing band. I mean come on - to follow up such a classic debut with the dark and brooding masterpiece that was Dog Man Star

Tomorrow, The Male Pattern will release I Was Shot in the Heart, the debut album from a new project of Will Schwartz (he/him), a songwriter, novelist, and

The Jesus & Mary Chain and The Psychedelic Furs have announced a co-headline tour for January 2027.

The winner of the Welsh Music Prize is announced at a ceremony in Cardiff in a couple of weeks, and four artists from the shortlist will perform on the night

Their compilation albums have already given us one excuse to rummage around in The Leaf Library’s cupboards. Four years ago, writing about Library Music:

Ezra Collective’s new album, Here Because of Hope, feels to be part musical education, part philosophy. The tracks fundamentally serve as an exploration of

For the latest In the Spotlight podcast Bill Cummings is joined by Roxanne de Bastion, who recently embarked on a new era with her single, 'Simple Pleasures', an impish electro-pop bop for the...

For the latest In the Spotlight podcast Bill Cummings is joined by Roxanne de Bastion, who recently embarked on a new era with her single, 'Simple Pleasures', an impish electro-pop bop for the...

For the latest In the Spotlight podcast Bill Cummings is joined by Roxanne de Bastion, who recently embarked on a new era with her single, 'Simple

Returning with her first new music since her album Luminescent Creatures, which was my album of last year, Ichiko Aoba has shared a mellifluous and haunting

Welsh four-piece Part Time Signals have the fabulously entitled album Duck’s Back, Baby on its way this autumn. On the run up, they have a new single 'Waking

…Is it still a debut album when the make-up of the band is effectively a 'supergroup'? Discuss.

The shortlist for the Welsh Music Prize 2026 has been announced, with 15 artists in the running for the prestigious award and £10,000 prize money. The annual

The shortlist for the Welsh Music Prize 2026 has been announced, with 15 artists in the running for the prestigious award and £10,000 prize money. The annual

Acid Casuals found each other in early 1990s Cardiff. With Super Furry Animals’ Cian Ciarán, former Big Leaves bassist Kevin Tame and musician and actor, Llyr

For the latest In the Spotlight podcast Bill Cummings is joined by Roxanne de Bastion, who recently embarked on a new era with her single, 'Simple

Acid Casuals found each other in early 1990s Cardiff. With Super Furry Animals’ Cian Ciarán, former Big Leaves bassist Kevin Tame and musician and actor, Llyr

For the latest In the Spotlight podcast Bill Cummings is joined by Roxanne de Bastion, who recently embarked on a new era with her single, 'Simple

It’s been a few years since I’ve been to Manchester Psych Fest and much like seeing a friend’s teenager having suddenly turned fully adult shaped in that

This time last weekend I was watching Pulp on the final night of their 2026 tour. They ditched many of the big hits that made them a household name, replacing

Owen Williams’ Celtic indie rock band The Tubs have been on a certain trajectory since the release of their promising debut ‘Names’ EP back in 2021. “The Tubs

Mesopotamia exists as a key part of The B-52s lore. The EP, released in 1982, has been viewed as a definitive crossroads in the band's career.

Mesopotamia exists as a key part of The B-52s lore. The EP, released in 1982, has been viewed as a definitive crossroads in the band's career.

Welsh trailblazer Gwenllian Anthony is fresh from her debut solo performance - at Green Man, no less - and this week shares details of album UMA, out next

Show Me Magic's Jim Auton and Bill Cummings are back with Golden Retriever one of their special podcasts focusing on the music and culture one year of the