On a lush sunny Saturday, Cardiff’s infamous Womanby Street finds itself lined with black band t-shirts darting between its legendary venues – Fuel Rock Club and Clwb Ifor Bach. What’s the occasion? Noizzefest. Since 2024, Noizze magazine has brought its favourite upcoming heavy hitters to their home city. After the closure of The Moon, this year they have moved venues, upgrading the capacity and calibre of artists across three stages. HAMMARTIA The day starts by darting up

Kicking off its third edition this year, Noizzefest is coming back stronger than ever. Taking place across the Fuel Rock Club and Clwb Ifor Bach in Cardiff on the 25th April, the festival is a celebration of the British underground scene, while it is also not shying away from booking big names for their stages. With such a packed bill this year, there is a big chance that everyone will find themselves a handful of bands they need to absolutely check out, as well as names the

Back in 2024, BBC Radio 1 dubbed CALVA LOUISE as one of the “Artists You Need to Know”. In the past twelve months, they’ve proved that to be true and then some. Formed in 2016, London-based band CALVA LOUISE have showcased the malleability of music genres and creativity, synthesising punk, electronica, and Latin American folk music. Comprised of lead singer and guitarist Jess Allanic from Venezuela, drummer Ben Parker from New Zealand and bassist Alizon Taho from France,