Brant Bjork & The Bros
Local photographer Ceri Davies has some great shots of Brant Bjork & The Bros, who played at Sin City last week as part of the Dylan Thomas Fringe Festival.
You can see the whole set of photos online here.
Split The Decks at Mambo
The first of Mambo’s new open deck night starts Tuesday November 13th.
If you’d like to catch local DJs playing an hour of their favourite drum n bass, hip-hop, breaks, breakbeat, hardcore, house, minimal, hardcore breaks, grime, dubstep or hardstyle then head down to Mambo.
Live Music at Bar,Co
With Welsh metal band Right Turn Blind impressing a guy from Roadrunner Records during their gig, it seems Bar,Co’s aim to bring alternative music and live bands to Wind Street is really paying off. With other similar bars popping up, it’s refreshing to see that there is a real appetite for bands in the city.
You can now catch metal, punk, indie & acoustic (amongst others) at Bar,Co which proves you don’t have to play dance music to pull in crowds, even on the weekend.
Check out Bar,Co’s MySpace for more info and gig listings:
Get your Gigs in The Guardian: A Guide
Some information for any promoters out there, if you’d like to get your events into publications like Metro, The Guardian and The Independent, please have a look at the guidelines and contact info below.
Love Music Hate Racism: How I Became The Bomb @ Sin City
How I Became The Bomb are playing at Face/Off this Friday as part of the NME / Love Music Hate Racism tour.
Some official word about the night;
“Reacting against the BNP’s active recruitment campaigning in schools using white power music, NME teamed up with LMHR to put together an album. The 29 tracks represent the unprecedented support of artists, labels and publishers who have given their time, and work for free.
The Groundnuts & Independents @ Exist
The Groundnuts & Independents are performing live at the exist.outlet this friday from 7pm - 9.30pm. The event also includes a new photographic exhibition from Natalie Hemingway-Main.
Punk Rock Karaoke @ Monkey Cafe
Punk Rock Karaoke is coming to Monkey Cafe on Thursday November 8th!
Featuring members of Dead Rails and The Arteries playing all the best punk rock tunes and more, except YOU sing.
The event starts at 8pm and costs £3, checkout the PRK Swansea MySpace for tracklistings and to request songs.
Dylan Thomas Fringe Festival
The Swansea fringe festival is back with a new name, and a range of alternative events including music, comedy, art & film; all happening across venues in Swansea from the 26th of October until the 9th of November.
Potential highlights include; experimental jazz from Led Bib at S.I.H.E Townhill campus on the 26th of October; local indie pop from Everyone Else But Bert at Monkey Cafe on the 29th; and multidisciplinary artist collective, Framework, help launch the new Elysium Gallery on the 2nd of November.
Check out the full lineup on the official website http://www.dylanthomasfringe.com/.
Welsh Gigs
Pretty Shitty City certainly tries to keep it’s events calendar up to date, but its a tough old game. For a bigger, user-powered guide that specialises in gigs from accross Wales, why not check out Welsh Gigs?
If you’re a promoter or a band, you can log in to add events yourself, or if you’re a music lover you can browse the gigs and check out the ‘form a band’ section. You can even suggest a music related news item for inclusion on the homepage.
Club NME comes to Sin City Swansea
Face/Off has joined forces with Club NME, bringing touring bands to Swansea every Friday night. The launch is tonight (Friday 28th September) with Cardiff’s Future of the Left, featuring ex-members of Jarcrew and Mclusky.
Other bookings includes Soho Dolls (5th Oct), Six Nation State (12th Oct) and The Delta Fiasco (19th Oct).
Check out the brand new Sin City website for more info.