My teenage years were all about Metallica. To say they were my “favourite” band would be a serious understatement; I could name every song in order of release. I learnt the guitar mostly because of my love of James and Kirk's guitar work. The highlight of my childhood was flying to Belfast to watch them with my best friend of the time, feigning sickness from school. I had sky high expectations for my first gig but somehow they exceeded them. As soon as the introduction to “Th

Another day, another closed music venue. A source of talent that produced music titans in the past, is disappearing. Recently one of my favorites in Cardiff, The Moon closed due to financial difficulties. Other more famous venues such as The Astonia in London and The Roadhouse in Manchester have also ended their journeys. But why? The costs of running a hospitality business are through the roof. The rise in the cost of living that has burnt a hole in most of our pockets has

AI Music Slop isn’t much fun. It sounds feasible but is soulless. The riffs stalk, the lyrics dull and melodies monotonous. It’s seemingly competently produced but with very little intentionality or risks. Like it was made by a professional musician who is fed up with music, needs to bash something out at four o’clock on a Friday so he can go home to a failing marriage. A dystopian future for music not the utopian one the ghoulish AI ceos are promising. So why do people list