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LIVE REVIEWs Let Them Be Heard: Unicef on Campus Buffalo Bar / Koko Gorilaz 22nd/ 24th February quality two night music event with an amazing line up of the hottest bands from Cardiff and Newport. The aim was to let all the children in need be heard; and what a voice! Wednesday rhymed with folk rock at Buffalo blending of charming melodies and irresistible the crowd and got three encores, making you wonhectic set, Horizon kept the crowd passionate with their latest songs and had a hard time to stop play-
Friday began timidly: the solo artist Stew Hume opened the show with his guitar and a loop that permits him to create a unique mix of sounds. Then, time for Wesley to play. Calvin's soft voice and the band's dynamic sounds charmed everyone in something close to perfect harmony. The Dead Beggars Club startled the crowd with their punk with indie guitar melodies.
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understand Welsh, but they managed to communicate through music rather than language. The last song, Sea Shells brought an overall euphoria and prepared the stage for We’re No Heroes. The crowd was more energetic, and their math indie
Hume: a little present for those who waited until the end. Amel Semmache
Florence and the Machine Cardiff Motorpoint Arena 5th March There was an air of impatience amongst the audience as support bands Spector and The Horrors
see one woman and her “machine”. her silhouette, before she appeared looking both ghostly and beautiful in an embellished black cape, and launched into a powerful performance of ity of the night’s songs came from her second album. However, there were also a number of old favourites from her debut album Lungs, such as and Rabbit Heart lar performance of You’ve Got The Love, which
ence sang along. Belting out number after big number, it was a wonder that Florence could still stand when it came to the encore – let alone leap and twirl as she had been doing all night. She closed the show with No Light, No Light; wildly striking a drum whilst managing to look elegant as ever. Florence had
to an almighty roar of their approval.