Barfly Club
Reviewed Events
Medium 21, Death Cab For Cutie, Coin-Op at Cardiff Barfly Club, Fri 16 Aug
For tonight's trio of bands, the wooden spoon/booby prize/slap in the face with a wet fish goes, by an overwhelmingly unanimous judges' decision, to the personification of shit music - try-hard losers Coin-Op (cue muted applause and a small heckle). The oh-so fashionably sleek mullets and skinny tees form an im»
Interpol, Simian at Cardiff Barfly Club, Fri 18 Oct
Clumsily barging their way on to the tight squeeze of a stage, Simian kick off with 'La Breeze', that's shamelessly packed with melody and cloud kissing positivism. Then comes a new strutting, almost anthemically determined rock approach for 'Never Be Alone', but there is still a familiar garnish o»
Watershed at Cardiff Barfly Club, Sat 16 Nov
Tonight's support band take an unfeasibly long time to rid the stage of their gear so Watershed come on half an hour late, but armed with an endearing bashfulness. They start with 'As Good As It Gets', a cut from their newly-recorded EP and it's swathed in breathy vocals and intensely played acousti»
Amy Wadge at Cardiff Barfly Club, Fri 29 Nov
Arriving at the Barfly with just a minute or so to spare, a quick visit the ladies' is in order - where I literally bump into a diminutive whirlwind of blond curls who goes "Whoaaaa!!!!!," holds me briefly in a vicelike greeting then flies out, grabbing her guitar en route before landing on stage li»
Ooberman at Cardiff Barfly Club, Tue 11 Mar
Far away from the rat-race and fickle trends and ingratiations of the indie scene, Dan Popplewell and his band are introducing a new generation of disaffected kids to the joys of all things exotically classical, through music which hits all the heights of their indie routes and soars far above. It's hard not to»
Laura Cantrell at Cardiff Barfly Club, Mon 04 Aug
After years of aiming to reconcile the old with the new as a disc jockey on New York’s freeform radio, Laura Cantrell seems to have disappeared utterly believably into an enchanting time warp of Nashville’s creative heyday.»
Mumm-Ra at Cardiff Barfly Club, Sat 28 Oct
Although this gig is officially a Levi's One to Watch showpiece, there seems to be very little in the Barfly to suggest that we ar»
Murder By Death at Cardiff Barfly Club, Tue 10 Apr
Part of the charm of smoke-filled wee venues is that the lingering carcinogenic puff that surrounds all and sundry gives the place a bit of atmosphere. Smoking’s cool, y’all. Well it’s not really, is it? But the new smoking ban in Cymru means that, without a cloak of smoke, the Barfly toilets smell like a urea bomb has just exploded. It’s T-shirt-over-your-face horrible. Yuk...»
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