100,000 Bodybags Split
Welsh punk stalwarts 100,000 Bodybags have called it a day after almost three decades of disobedience. On 22nd May 2020 a statement appeared on their […]
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‘It’s a case of holding your nerve’: festivals face coronavirus insurance disaster | Music | The Guardian
Festivals in the UK tend to insure themselves to the hilt against bad weather and have had, in the wake of the attacks on the […]
ANDREW WEATHERALL: A Loaded Tribute
Legendary DJ and producer, Andrew Weatherall, has gone to get loaded in the great studio in the sky. We don’t have any personal anecdotes about […]
Head Mix Collective Back Catalogue Now Online and New Material in Pipeline
Legendary 90’s festival heroes The Headmix Collective have put their back catalogue goes up on Bandcamp for the first time. And there is new material […]
DAVE BIMBLE STEPS BACK FROM SPORADICS
The Sporadics have formally announed that bassist and founder member Dave Bimble is stepping away from the band for health reasons. A post on the […]
DUB WAR: One off gig in Cwmcarn – get them while they are hot
South Wales metal dub punk legends, Dub War are to play a one off special gig in the Cwmcarn Hotel this Christmas For the last […]
RDF Battle of the Bass – Take 2 – Bristol 27th September
Following on from this year’s one off, never to be repeated, Battle of the Bass in Shoreditch, plans are afoot for another one. In Bristol. […]
Hollywood Brats: First gig since 1974
They were years ahead of their time in 1974. Then they split. Now they are back. The Hollywood Brats are the stuff of legend. They […]
Help Kickstart the Co-operators new album
The Co-operators/Waggle Dance Records have just finished their brand new Album ‘Rhythms From The Kitchen Sink’. The Co-operators formed in 2015 basing their approach on […]
FORK ‘N TUNE: Cwmcarn Hotel Opens Doors of New Restaraunt
Cwmcarn Hotel adds new string to its bow as it opens restaurant to complement its bar, bands and bunks. What can be better than going […]
LISTEN LIVE: Peppermint Iguana Radio 195- Travels in dub (18/06/19)
We will be back on air on 18th June 2019. Sorry folks, but due to a series of unfortunate events, we have not really had […]
LISTEN LIVE: Peppermint Iguana Radio # 193 – Three hour Bass Special
Our next radio show will be a three hour bass extravaganza. With the RDF Battle of the Bass gig coming up we thought we should […]
TAKING THE KNEE: Pink Floyd, Maroon Five and the Superbowl.
The Superbowl takes place tonight. Not something I would normally even notice, but the internet is alight with chatter about it this weekend. First of […]
BREAKING NEWS: ADM EVICTION
ADM, the squatted social space in Amsterdam, has been evicted today. Established in a derelict shipyard ADM has been a focus and meeting space for […]
Biggest Thing Since Powdered Milk to terrorise studio
South Wales finest power trio, ‘The Biggest Thing Since Powdered Milk’ are finally getting their shit together to release some music. And it true DIY […]
Pete Shelley : a personal appreciation by John Robb – Louder Than War | Louder Than War
Journalist and musician John Robb pays tribute to one of the spearks of the UK punk scene Source: Pete Shelley : a personal appreciation by […]
Reggae music to be protected by the UN – BBC News
Not sure reggae actually needs protecting or that it wants establishemnt protection, but an interesting concept none the less Source: Reggae music to be protected […]
YARDIE: Movie soon come. And the Soundtrack gonna be wicked
Never mind 007, Idris Elba has got more original stuff to do, like a new Luther and making his own movies. Yardie, directed by Elba, […]
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 […]
BLOG: Dogshit, Nazis and Ticket Touts
Three pieces of good news pushed their way through the angry crowd of miserable news items today* and made Monday morning less dreary than it […]
Interview with Pat Fulgoni
A celebrated multi genre singer songwriter that has toured extensively across the UK, Europe, USA & China had his music featured on UK & US […]
BIG SAM TAKEN OFF AOS3 TEAM SHEET (But the subs are half tidy)
News has reached Peppermint Iguana that there are going to be some changes to the team sheet of AOS3, with Big Sam currently unfit to […]
Dapper on the Run
Dapper FM is on the move. After ten years in the Cana Centre Penywaun, we are now moving to a purpose built studio in the […]
SURPLUS FESTIVAL NOT ‘APPENIN’ IN 2018
As the snows around South Wales slowly thaw, news comes in that Surplus Festival is being put on ice for 2018. A statement from the […]
MANIC STREET PREACHERS: Distant Colours video returns to the scene of riot
Blackwood’s most famous sons, the Manic Street Preachers return to the scene of their riotous gig in the Blackwood Little Theatre to film a video […]
DOOZER McDOOZE: ‘Help’ – new video released for Mental Health Awareness Day 2017
Doozer McDooze has gone and made a music video for a song he is releasing on Tuesday 10th October 2017 for Mental Health Awareness Day. […]
HEAD NOISE: Dangerously Close – video preview of forthcoming album.
The South Wales valleys can be a dangerous place to live, being so close to so many heads making a noise. And to prove it […]
JAMES RIVERS DUFF: ‘Time is Yours’ video launched
James Rivers Duff is a singer song writer that does not seem to let time or geography get in the way of his art. And […]
ARE YOU WATCHING GARETH BALE? Cardiff marches to fight for the right to party.
On 29th April thousands of music lovers marched through Cardiff under the banner ‘Save Womanby Street’. What’s that all about and why should we care? […]
VIDEO PREMIERE: Lacertilia, “Fire up the Engine of God”
One does not have to wade far into Lacertilia’s 2016 debut album, We’re Already Inside Your Mind, to find the ethic by which the record […]