PrettyInScarlett

Finally... I wrote some reviews for things to do in Cardiff for flashy new website 1Off (link also on the right) a while back and it went live this week. There are listings for off the beaten track places, shops, eats, clubs etc. The site also covers cultural stimuli in 5 other UK cities, Birmingham, Manchester, Glasgow, London & Newcastle. As an aside, Limehouse Lizzy's gig has now been rescheduled for Friday 2nd March at the Point.

2007 started with a bang yesterday (21st Jan), first gig of the year. M and I took ourselves off to Barfly to see The Hedrons. There were 2 support bands last night. First up the Stopmotion Men, with whom we were quite impressed. I can't say that any of their songs were particularly memorable, but they were very enthusiastic, quite heavy for a 3-piece (guitar, keyboard & drums), and had a sense of humour. Kudos to the keyboard player, much appreciated (although that may partly be to my current re-learning of the piano). Check out their myspace . Next up, were The Peakz (although the posters around Barfly indicate that the 5150s should have been on), who are an unsigned Welsh band. Their songs were quite similar apart from 1 50-second spurt. They seemed fairly well rehearsed, but had a fairly common problem of mumbling into the mikes. Nothing memorable from where we were, but not awful either. They also have a myspace . The Hedrons came onstage to an unfortunately thinned-out c...

New Year hellos! I'll start with a round up of 2006. Easily the best show of the year was the Rolling Stones. Stupendous. Other than that, its pretty hard to choose, but as far as gigs go, I have very good memories (in no particular order) of The Subways, The Sunshine Underground, Goldfrapp, The Zutons, Goo Goo Dolls, Mistys Big Adventure and our previous outing to see Limehouse Lizzy. Worthy of further attention: Howling Bells, Indigo Moss, The Grates and Kate Goes, to name a few. Hoping for a better Cardiff Calling this year; apart from the excellent Mistys, The Pipettes and The Chalets, it was a bit of a disappointment. The same for the last Inner City Pirates gig - I was tempted to put one of their early 2006 shows in the favourites list, but their recent shambolic state precludes that. Don't bother list -definitely iLIKETRAiNS! 2007, then. Currently the gig list is looking a bit empty! I do have Journey to look forward too - oh yes they are playing Cardiff in March! The ma...