Ivan has made quite an impression on live music fans in his adopted city of Cardiff in recent months, gaining attention from BBC Radio Wales DJs and Radio 6 new music champion Tom Robinson along the way. The Mine Canary EP captures the world weary ache that flows through Ivan’s songs, delivered with a trademark vocal tenderness that demonstrates an intriguing maturity and intelligence of a young man finding his own way in the world.
Launched in January 2011, Survivalists pulled a big crowd to their debut show at Buffalo Bar, Cardiff, with Samoans and were swiftly rebooked. Since then things have been moving quickly and the band recently recorded their debut EP 'The Last Bastion' with Producer Charlie Francis (REM, SFA). Their influences include LaFaro, Billy Talent, Hell Is For Heroes, Fighting With Wire and Placebo. SURVIVALISTS Bringing the noise to those of you still left alive.
We're No Heroes (often abbreviated WNH) are a three-piece band from Cardiff, United Kingdom, composed of Tom Collins, Michael 'Dewey' Owen, and Luke Llewellyn. They first formed in the summer of 2009 at a downtown South Side recording studio in Chicago, USA
nfo_Cifon produces and composes Electro with abstract arrangements, pointing to a diverse range of influences. These are highlighted by an amalgam of styles, manifesting as angular, layered tones and rhythms, composed to have maximum impact in any environment. Characteristically Info_Cifon's arrangements are constructed from Modular foundations then built up with other forms of synthesis and distinctive programming techniques. Fundamentally, the various styles are tonal metaphors of a disdain for global institutions, govenments and diplomats with their own vested interests.
Owen plays guitar and sings.
Nicholls plays guitar and bangs the drums sometimes.
Greenberg bangs the drums alot.
Max plays the bass guitar.
Ciara sings. http://joannagruesome.bandcamp.com/ We like: My Bloody Valentine, Velocity Girl, Rocketship, Boyracer, Beat Happening, Halo Benders, Field Mice, Dinosaur Jr, Tiger Trap, Pastels, Sebadoh, Archers of Loaf, Guided by Voices, Jesus and Mary Chain, Galaxie 500, I hate myself, The Hated, Nirvana, Bikini Kill, Heavenly, Frumpies, Henry's Dress, Shangri-las...
There are several artists named Fjords: 1) Fjords are Tyler Taormina and Jon Davies, a drone/ambient/experimental guitar and keyboards duo from Boston, MA. Recordings available at http://fjords.bandcamp.com 2) Fjords is http://www.myspace.com/fjordsmusic from Corvallis. 3) Fjords is also an indie tropical experimental ukulele music project out of Munich,Germany/Sarasota,Florida.
Nanook of the North are a four-piece alternative indie band from Cardiff, UK. The band formed in the early months of 2012, releasing their debut, self-produced EP in the following September on a 'pay-what-you-want' basis via their Bandcamp. http://www.nanookofthenorth.co.uk/
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Cardiff based duo Laura and Gareth make lovely acoustic lo-fi pop which they wouldn't be ashamed to call just a little 'twee'.
Charlotte Greig is a cardiff-based folk singer-songwriter. Her songs are dark and haunting, recalling the bleakest traditional folk songs of death and loss. Her music is fairly minimalist - harmonium and brooding electric guitar - music for dark winter nights