Woop, let's get excited about November already.

Last year's Swn was great, more people should come this year. For those people not in the know, it's a SXSW/Camden Crawl/wherever style 'multi-venue' festival that takes place across the heart of Cardiff. It's organised by Huw Stephens; Radio One disc jockey and all round Good Egg. All of Cardiff's best promoters get involved as well.

No bands announced so far but last year was a nice mix of touring bands from accross the UK and elsewhere and some of Cardiff's best local bands. It was cool. Some of my personal highlights were... Beirut, Black Lips, and Two Gallants, whilst Edwyn Collins' comeback gig was quite a 'moment'.

Info on www.swnfest.com and there's the obligatory Facebook group here http://tinyurl.com/6lso67 and MySpace page is www.myspace.com/swnfest .