COSMO: I Think You’ve Got Issues (Splott 2018)
Cosmo somehow manages to be both a national treasure and an enigma at the same time. With a fairly extensive back catalogue, this release acts […]
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SLY AND ROBBIE MEET DUBMATIX: Overdubbed (Echo Beach 2018)
What, the Sly and Robbie? And Dubmatix? On one album? Expectation overload. Can this possibly as good as it has the potential to be though? […]
MAMMOTH WEED WIZARD BASTARD/SLOMATICS (SPLIT 12”): Totems (New Heavy Sounds 2018)
Mammoth Weed Wizard Bastard pretty much sound like the name on the tin. Which is a good thing. Right? And Slomatics, who also feature on […]
THE BAR STOOL PREACHERS: Grazie Governo (August 2018)
The Bar Stool Preachers return with their second album, aiming to prove that the first was not a fluke. Bands that can make foot stomping […]
HEAD NOISE: Microwave EP (Self released Aug 2018)
Aberdare based posse Head Noise return with their second EP this year. Eighties Electro Pop is an odd genre to revive. And a brave move, […]
SLAVES: Acts of Fear and Love (Virgin 2018)
This third album from Slaves, Kent’s number one punk outfit, is a full frontal dose of sass and attitude. As we have come to expect. […]
DEAD AT 27: Bring in the lights (Self Released August 2018)
Dead at 27 drop ten new tracks to (hopefully) prove that you don’t have to be dead to be appreciated. Eighty years to the day […]
FAB SAMPERI: Moonshine Crossroads (Chin Chin Records 2018)
Italian Producer Fab Samperi drops his first proper album in seven years, just in time to lay down a soundtrack for your summer evenings.
NINJAH: Keep Britain Lively (Tantrum Records 2018)
New album from one of Cardiff’s most eccentric artists, on Tantrum Records It’s quite possible that many of you will have seen Ninjah perform live […]
CLUSTERFUCK: Pesticide (Tantrum Records 2018)
Question: What do you get when you put a shed load of Cardiff’s most unhinged creative types in a room together? Answer: Clusterfuck. And this […]
KILLDREN: Overkill is Underrated ep (Self released, 2018)
One day, in the dim and distant future, Efa Supertramp will sit down, take a breather, or even possibly sleep. Until then, she is gonna […]
THE BREWER’S DAUGHTER: Make Believe (Self Released 2016)
John Baine (AKA Attila) is not really a Stockbroker. Ray Burns is neither a Captain, nor Sensible. Rhiannon Crutchley, however, really is a Brewer’s Daughter. […]
HEADNOISE Special Effects Improves The Defects (Self released 2017)
South Wales based electro pop band HEAD NOISE with their fourth release; a six track mini album – ep – ish – thing. This has […]
PUBLIC SERVICE BROADCASTING: Every Valley (PIAS Recordings 2017)
With their third album, Public Service Broadcasting (PSB) remind us that concept albums do not need to be about Topographic Oceans or operas about pubescent […]
REGIME: 3dB (2017 – Self Released)
Their first album, ‘Push’, laid the foundations. This second album, builds the walls and puts the roof on. Regime are the complete package, reggae, hip-hop […]
PUBLIC SERVICE BROADCASTING: Ebbw Vale Album Launch 08/06/17
As the ballots papers were rolling in, hoisting Theresa May by her own petard, Public Service Broadcasting were in Ebbw Vale, launching their new album. […]
CHALK OUTLINES: Chalk Outlines (Self Released 2017)
Tucked away on the western fringes of the UK, hide the best ska band you have never heard. The Chalk Outlines. This is their long […]
BANKRUPT PUG: I Can’t Believe I Ate The Whole Thing (self-released 2017)
Anyone that is stupid enough to let a dog have a bank account is in no place to complain when the dog goes bankrupt. And […]
VARIOUS ARTISTS: Surplus Fest Sampler Volume 1 (Surplus 2017)
Can’t wait for the festival season to start? Fear not, this fifteen track sampler from the Surplus Crew will help blow those winter blues away. […]
MWSTARD: Cloc (Self Released 2017)
Bass does not have to be sat in the back as part of a rhythm section. Lots of bands have worked that out over the […]
DREADZONE: Dread Times (Dubwiser Records 2017)
Dreadzone return with their 8th studio album of dubbed up grooviness. Dreadzone were one of the original pioneers of the digital-dub-dance vibe, releasing their first […]
STONE ROSES: New single splits the nation shock
Manchester’s Stone Roses have released their first new music in twenty one years – and it has divided the nation within hours of its release. […]
DAMIDGE: Limitation
DAMIDGE: Limitation (Self released 2016) This four track EP is the missing link between the UK festival scene and the New York CBGBs scene of […]
AOS3: Far and few
AOS3: Far and few (Self released -2015) This album reviewing malarkey is not as easy as we make it look you know. Sometimes words to […]
A THOUSAND SUNS: Destroycreate EP
A THOUSAND SUNS Destroycreate EP (2007) With so many decent ‘rock’ bands around in South Wales at the moment it takes something special to stand […]
ASTRALASIA: Volumes 1+2
ASTRALASIA Volumes 1&2 (Voiceprint) 2004 Before becoming major players on the UK underground trance/rave scene, Astralasia were a side project for members of the Magic […]
ACID MOTHERS TEMPLE AND THE MELTING PARADISO U.F.O. Does The Cosmic Shepherd Dream Of Electric Tapirs
ACID MOTHERS TEMPLE AND THE MELTING PARADISO U.F.O. Does The Cosmic Shepherd Dream Of Electric Tapirs (Space Age Recordings) 2004 We here on Planet Iguana […]
ALABAMA THREE: Outlaw
ALABAMA THREE: Outlaw (One Little Indian) 2005 Ten years and five albums in, this Brixton posse get better and better. They take their fascination for […]
AKAHUM Electwistery
AKAHUM Electwistery (Worldvenue) 2007 It can be very difficult to get an ‘organic’ vibe going when making music with predominantly electronic ‘instruments’. Akahum have a […]
THEE FACTION: Reading Writing Revolution (2015)
THEE FACTION: Reading Writing Revolution (2015) The collected works of Karl Marx, trade union solidarity, protest marches – these don’t exactly sound like good subject […]