At least someone's prepared to stick up for Music City. Buzzard Buzzard Buzzard's latest single 'Crescent Man Vs Demolition Dan' - premiered at their livestreamed gig at Portland House in December - is a poignant and passionate reminder that ace venue Gwdihw and the rest of Guildford Crescent was bulldozed to make way for yet another identikit towerblock (albeit an exceptionally tall one).
Talking to Nation Cymru's David Owens, the band's Tom Rees claims that Cardiff is at risk of becoming a "culturally devoid hellscape". A tad hyperbolic, perhaps, but the truth is that - as reported here repeatedly over the last few years - grassroots music venues have been shutting down across the city under all sorts of stresses and strains.
Rees might be disillusioned about the power of protest to make meaningful change, but the single is proof that there's no harm in continuing to make a big noise about what's happening in our city. When restrictions ease and everything properly opens up again, we'll need those small community-centred spaces like Gwdihw more than ever.
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