MUSIC REVIEWS

LABEL BANDS

Space Cat

admin
Space Cat are the idiosyncratic machinations of a devious duo. Exploring the outer realms of space with a cat like malaise. Laying down unsettling, explorative, electronic layers, piercing through with jagged guitar and angular mechanical […]
LABEL BANDS

Great With Custard

admin
Great With Custard are a three piece band performing a mixture of cover songs and originals. Led by lifelong friends Robert Murphy (Drums, vocals) and Greg Jones (lead guitar) GWC are known for their energetic […]
LABEL BANDS

Moush

admin
Ginger Moush has been making music in all kinds of capacities since around 2004. He purchased his first acoustic guitar for £5, learnt three chords and brought joy to campfires and family events with renditions […]
LABEL BANDS

The Holistic House Band

admin
Formed in 2019 at The Shonk’s first show hosted at the then New Le Pub on Newport High Street, billed simply with a question mark on the poster – the intention was a group of […]
LABEL BANDS

The Good Mournings

admin
The Good Mournings formed around 2011 when two carboot sale friends started writing songs together. Jase Cannon recites from his notebook, esoteric observations of his hometown, vague aggressions towards people we don’t know, simple lines […]
LABEL BANDS

TA MÁTIA MALÁKA

admin
Ta Matia Malaka (The soft eyes) is a two-piece no-wave band from Newport, South Wales. Focused on layering guitar loops, idiosyncacies and energies into an ever thickening prescription. Dialled back drums like failing machinery carry […]
LABEL BANDS

Last Man On The Moon

admin
LMOTM is the solo work of Paul T Lawyer, an outsider bedroom artist with a calling to write and produce music. Tracks will encapsulate and hypnotise a la David Sylvian, a la David Lynch. A […]
LABEL BANDS

Black Wesker

admin
Black Wesker is Wales’ premier jazz-rock band, manic energy, niche vibes, they’re a party band – Rhys D on drums is an absolute railway train, his trad style inspired by Mitch Mitchell takes no prisoners […]
LABEL BANDS

WAKEY!

admin
WAKEY! (aka Cap’n Wakey) was abducted by aliens in 1998 whilst listening to his Aphex Twin album in a park. Since then WAKEY! has grown up a space renegade, adopting a cowboy lifestyle on the […]