Words & Photography: Chloe Jackson-Nott From a small phone screen on Tik Tok to a nominated BRITs Rising Star, 21 year-old Caity Baser is bringing a new era of pop to the forefront. Despite its growing popularity, we all know that Tik Tok was likely the most used app during lockdown. Caity started posting videos during the first lockdown and hasn’t looked back since. Her attitude towards her music is inspiring. She knows she’s got a talent, she has fun doing what she’s doing and she doesn’t care what anyone thinks about it. As long as she’s thriving, we’ll continue to see her running arou ..read more

Words: Chloe Jackson-NottWitch Fever Photography: Chloe Jackson-Nott // Big Special Photography: Matt Shepphard Cardiff has been greeted by some fantastic artists already this year but we were able to catch Witch Fever and Big Special as April kicked in last week! Witch Fever were supporting Cassyette at The Globe and Big Special were joined by Grandmas House and Slate on their Clwb Ifor Bach tour stop. If you haven’t heard of Witch Fever, where have you been? This band is a new era of music made up of four musicians from Manchester; Amy, Alex, Alisha and Annabelle. Screaming confrontational ..read more

All you printheads out there – get 8-9 June 2024 in your diary. Because PRINTED Festival is back … PRINTED FESTIVAL: 8-9 June, Chapter Arts Centre, 11am-4pm each day. A fun, free, family-friendly weekend celebrating all things print! Making its debut last summer, PRINTED FESTIVAL landed in Cardiff with a bang. Dreamed up by seasoned printers, Tom Whitehead (The Printhaus, Ed & Flo) and Aidan Saunders (Print Wagon, Prints of Hay), their mission is simple: to build on the existing print culture in South Wales, and make the art-form accessible to the masses. The Printhaus resides in Chapter ..read more

Okay kids. We don’t often do last minute TONIGHT style announcements, but here you go. TONIGHT (22/3/2024) at CultVR Lab, don’t miss this unique live performance. Das Koolies, returned to their rave roots last year with their expansive debut album DK.01 taking an extended road trip through the former Super Furry Animals’ techno, pop, krautrock and psych influences before hitting the road for real on a sold out UK tour. Now, Huw Bunford, Cian Ciarán, Daf Ieuan and Guto Pryce are back in Cardiff for a unique live performance, in collaboration with immersive studio 4Pi Productions and Dah D ..read more

Punk cover band from South Wales valleys rock out to timeless classics such as Spongebob Squarepants… Words and photography: Chloe Jackson-Nott Welsh band Punk Rock Factory, recently completed a round of intimate shows across the Welsh valleys and made a stop off in Cardiff’s own Clwb Ifor Bach. Each night of their tour, the band would showcase a different support act depending on what venue they were in. For their sold out show in Clwb Ifor Bach, the audience were thrilled to welcome Edit The Tide to the stage. High energy and charismatic, this alternative rock band from South Wales were a g ..read more

Words and photography: Chloe Jackson-Nott The Blackout, a Welsh rock-band from Merthyr Tydfil, said their farewells back in 2015 leaving many young emo hearts broken. But in the year 2024, they have reunited once more and gone on the road to mend those broken hearts. Joining the boys on the road were Dead Pony and for their Cardiff show, they welcomed De’Lour to the stage to open the set. Each night a local band open the show and for Cardiff the five-piece band were selected. They thrashed out banger after banger with the songs, Suncrusher, Cold Decisions and Crown. We recommend giving these ..read more

Is your Cardiff street like my Cardiff street? Littered with an assortment of kebab wrappers, empty baggies, and recycling bags stuffed full of actual waste that your neighbours keep leaving out? Keep Wales Tidy have got you. They’re arranging Spring Clean Cymru on 15-31 March 2024 – and calling on people across Wales to join forces to collect and safely dispose of litter from our streets, green spaces and beaches. The plan? Join in and pledge to pick up as much litter as you can during the campaign. You might choose to pick up just one bag, or you could set yourself a goal of collecting as m ..read more

Nadolig Llawen to all you lovely, lovely folks out there. There have been a couple of useful posts in the Cardiff subreddit this week which I thought I’d share (and pull some info from) in case you’re looking for something to do on Christmas Day, a place to get coffee or food, or if you’re looking for something to eat and you’re on a low income or unwaged. Here’s what we’ve found: Lovely lovely Queer Emporium is open 16:30 – 19:00 for a couple of hours, for folks looking for somewhere warm and welcoming View this post on Instagram A post shared by The Queer Emporium (@thequeeremporium) T ..read more

Wales’ biggest festival ‘In It Together’ returns for a third year – Sugababes, Dizzee Rascal & Rag’n’Bone Man announced as headliners for 2024. Words & Photography: Chloe Jackson-Nott In It Together Festival will return to Old Park Farm, Margam in May 2024. Alongside the big three headliners over the weekend, they will be joined on stage with other names like Eurovision and Tik Tok star Sam Ryder, Newton Faulkner, Scouting For Girls, Blue and many many more! Based in Wales, this festival is known for championing Welsh music and this year they continue to give local artists and names a ..read more

“Life goes by really, really fast. Life is short. It thunders by. If you like the music, you gotta get up and dance.” Words & photography: Chloe Jackson-Nott Professionally known as Annie Mac, the internationally renowned broadcaster and DJ visited Cardiff to spin some tracks at her event night ‘Before Midnight’. As DJ Paulette warmed up the crowd, by 8:30pm, Annie Mac popped up behind the decks making her entrance and presence known through her mix. Starting off slow and wearing a black hoodie, she allowed the crowd time to get into the groove and prepare for a heavy next few hours of vi ..read more