{"id":6702,"date":"2011-11-29T11:35:52","date_gmt":"2011-11-29T11:35:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/altcardiff\/?p=6702"},"modified":"2011-11-29T11:35:52","modified_gmt":"2011-11-29T11:35:52","slug":"aliens-land-on-cardiff-music-scene","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/2011\/11\/29\/aliens-land-on-cardiff-music-scene\/","title":{"rendered":"Aliens land on Cardiff music scene"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Rockers Alien Square will play a free gig in Cardiff<\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_6778\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"width: 480px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2011\/11\/Music_8_Alien_Big_DW.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6778\" title=\"Music_8_Alien_Big_DW\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2011\/11\/Music_8_Alien_Big_DW.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2011\/11\/Music_8_Alien_Big_DW.jpg 480w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2011\/11\/Music_8_Alien_Big_DW-300x138.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6778\" title=\"Music_8_Alien_Big_DW\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2011\/11\/Music_8_Alien_Big_DW.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2011\/11\/Music_8_Alien_Big_DW.jpg 480w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2011\/11\/Music_8_Alien_Big_DW-300x138.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Welsh-language quintet Alien Square is launching its debut EP this week (Photograph: Alien Square)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>A local Welsh-language band is throwing a launch party for its debut EP this week in Cardiff.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Alien Square's Myspace page\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myspace.com\/aliensquare\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Alien Square<\/a>, a Welsh-language prog rock band from Cardiff, is launching its debut EP on Friday 2 December with a free gig at Buffalo Bar in the city centre. Welsh-language musician Gildas will support the band.<\/p>\n<p>Lead singer and guitarist Ceri Ambrose said: \u201cIt took six months to write and record a melodic acoustic EP and six minutes of rehearsals to rock it up!\u201d The EP, titled Yr Aer a&#8217;r Baw (The Air and Earth), contains four<br \/> Welsh-language tracks.<\/p>\n<p>The quintet will play another gig in Cardiff the following week at Nos Da hostel. See the band\u2019s <a title=\"Alien Square's Myspace page\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myspace.com\/aliensquare\/shows\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Myspace<\/a> for the full list of tour dates.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/soundcloud.com\/alien-square\">Latest tracks by Alien Square<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rockers Alien Square will play a free gig in Cardiff A local Welsh-language band is throwing a launch party for its debut EP this week in Cardiff. Alien Square, a Welsh-language prog rock band from Cardiff, is launching its debut EP on Friday 2 December with a free gig at Buffalo Bar in the city centre. Welsh-language musician Gildas will support the band. Lead singer and guitarist Ceri Ambrose said: \u201cIt took six months to write and record a melodic [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":252,"featured_media":6793,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[1501,1502,985,1503,1504,1458,176,404],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-6702","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-culture","tag-alien-square","tag-band","tag-buffalo-bar","tag-gildas","tag-prog-rock","tag-rock","tag-welsh","tag-welsh-language"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Aliens land on Cardiff music scene - alt.cardiff<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/2011\/11\/29\/aliens-land-on-cardiff-music-scene\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Aliens land on Cardiff music scene - alt.cardiff\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Rockers Alien Square will play a free gig in Cardiff A local Welsh-language band is throwing a launch party for its debut EP this week in Cardiff. 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