Cale turns 70

We would like to wish John Clale many happy returns as he turns 70 this month. Still working and still as relevant as he was 40 years ago.

Newsoundwales presents:

We are pleased to announce we are hosting our first gig of 2012 with Wibidi and Cakehole Presley at Chapter Arts Centre in Cardiff on Saturday 21st April.


Wibidi include members of the Super Furry Animals (Dafydd Ieuan and Cian Ciaran), and dreadlocked tornado singer Wibidi, with a voice like rust. Add to this a fusion of funk, reggae and glam and you have an incendiary cocktail that explodes on stage. Originally formed to create music for the Howard Marks biopic Mr Nice, the band has toured throughout Wales in 2011, including an appearance at the Green Man Festival. They recently released their debut album Tiger Baby, a brilliant collection of songs that provides a snapshot of a life lived large in Cardiff’s Tiger Bay.

www.wibidi.co.uk

Cakehole Presley include some of the unsung heroes of Cardiff’s music scene, who played in legendary bands such as Howlin Sleepers and Doofer. The band are a culmination of lives lived for the joy of creating music and playing to a live crowd and very few bands do that as well as Cakehole Presley. Their enigmatically entitled debut album Look After Your Chihuahua was released last year and if there was an award for ‘the greatest living Welsh songwriter’ the band’s singer and chief songwriter Chris Ridgeway would surely be a contender.

www.myspace.com/cakeholepresley

tickets are on sale now:

http://www.wegottickets.com/event/159035

Caught in a Temper Trap

Australian nascent supergroup Temper Trap will be playing Cardiff's Coal Exchange on Saturday 12th May. The band will be releasing their 2nd album 'Temper Trap' the following week. The tour sees the arrival of new permanent 5th member Joseph Greer on keyboard and guitar.

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More acts announced for Greenman 2012

A new batch of names has been added to the line up of this year's Greenman Festival. New names added include:

Stephen Malkmus
Field Music
Willy Mason
Tune-Yards
Michael Kiwanuka

Evening Chorus EP Launch

Up and coming Cardiff band Evening Chorus will be celebrating the release of their EP "Acorn" with a special gig at St John's Church, Canton Cardiff on Tuesday 10th April. Tickets are available now:

http://www.swnpresents.com/

SWN Crawl to Canton

SWN presents the Canton Crawl an all dayer starting at 2pm on Saturday 28th April featuring H Hawkline, Cate le Bon and many others.

http://www.tickettailor.com/checkout/view-event/id/3165/chk/5267

Mystery Jets - Totally Rad

The Mystery Jets will be releasing their new album 'Radlands' at the end of April and will be supporting it with a tour including The Gate in Cardiff 11th April. Tickets are on sale now.

http://www.ticketlineuk.com/event/concert-gig-tickets/mystery-jets-tickets-cardiff-the-gate-2012-3214