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 […]
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DUB WAR: Live @ Cwmcarn Hotel (28/12/19)
As the decade draws to a close, Dub War pop their heads out of retirement for an intimate rare gig in Cwmcarn. The Cwmcarn Hotel […]
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 […]
LISTEN AGAIN: Peppermint Iguana Radio # 199 – Landed Green Town Special
August is upon us, the month when the festival season goes into overdrive. So this week, we gave a few pointers of who to watch […]
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. […]
LISTEN AGAIN: Peppermint Iguana Radio # 197 – Shhhh – Surplus Special – Don’t tell anyone (02/07/19)
Our most recent show had a play list heavily dominated by bands playing the forthcoming Surplus Festival Cos Surplus Fest is back – yey! But […]
LISTEN AGAIN: Peppermint Iguana Radio # 195 – Postcard From the Edge (18/06/19)
We were back on air on 18th June after a short break. During that break we had been truly blessed and privileged to have been […]
LISTEN AGAIN: Peppermint Iguana Radio Show # 193 – Bass Exploration
Our latest radio show (7th May 2019) was a three hour bass spectacular. To warm ourselves up for the forthcoming battle of the bass, featuring […]
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 […]
LISTEN AGAIN: Peppermint Iguana Radio # 187 – festival tribe awakens 26/02/19
The tribe is awakening from hibernation, stretching its wings and plotting for the summer. So this week’s play list will had an appropriately festival vibe. […]
PHOENIX CITY ALLSTARS: Clash Version Rockers (December 2018)
The Clash get the Phoenix City All-stars treatment. Dub Stylee. Cover versions are a part and parcel of the landscape of contemporary music. Reggae in […]
RADICAL DANCE FACTION: Daydream Dystopia (2018)
Radical Dance Faction meets Youth. The most anticipated album of the decade finally hits the decks. Will it meet up to expectations? First off – […]
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 […]
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 […]
LISTEN AGAIN: Peppermint Iguana Radio # 160: Mega three hour DIY Underground showcase thingy
To help Dapper FM celebrate ten years on air, on 5th December we embarked on a three hour radio odyssey showcasing as many of our […]
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 […]
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 […]
Dub War @ Velvet Coalmine 2015
The lights went out, searchlights lit up the sky and the sound of an air raid siren pierced the air. But it was not the […]
THE SPORADICS: Fight Truth Decay
THE SPORADICS: Fight Truth Decay (Pumpkin Records 2015) Laying their cards on the table with the opening track, ‘Festival # 23’, The Sporadics make sure […]