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 […]
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HENRY’S FUNERAL SHOE: Live @ Jacs, Abderdare (21/12/19)
Henry’s Funeral Shoe and friends rock Jacs in Aberdare. A local band, for local people, in a local pub. There are more decent live music […]
PIZZATRAMP: Live @ Le Pub (20/12/19)
Good King Wenceslas might have liked his deep pan, crisp and even, but in Newport they like their Christmas pizza to be of the tramp […]
MCLUSKY: Live @ Clwb Ifor Bach 19/12/19
A reformed and slightly remodelled Mclusky return for a rare string of dates including a welcome return to Wales Mclusky burned briefly but brightly between […]
LISTEN AGAIN: Peppermint Iguana Radio # 205 – End of year review-ish-type-thing Part One (17/12/19)
On 17th December 2019 we set out to highlight the best tunes released in 2019. It was a three hour special packed full of the […]
LISTEN LIVE: Peppermint Iguana Radio # 205 – End of year three hour special looking at the musical highlights of 2019
On 17th December, as the great egg timer of 2019 rapidly approaches it’s final few grains of sand, we will be hosting an extended show […]
LISTEN AGAIN: Peppermint Iguana Radio # 204: Scott Lavender talks Blackwood Miners and beyond.
On 3rd December we had another special play list take over, Scott lavender joined us for two and a bit hours. Who is he? You […]
BAKU BEYOND : PART FOUR: Wales, Bales and local Ales (Azerbaijan 0 Wales 2)
And so it arrives. Match day. Azerbaijan v Wales. The reason we have come all this way. It feels a bit strange. There was a […]
BAKU BEYOND: PART THREE: You can take the boy out of the valley, but you cant take the valley out of the boy
The day started with picking up our tickets for the game. There was a time when getting tickets for Wales games was easy. These days […]
BAKU BEYOND: PART TWO: Instagram City
And so it begins. Finally in Baku. (NB: This is a live blog from my phone. Will tidy up with tidy pictures when I get […]
BAKU BEYOND: PART ONE: Moscow Calling.
Azerbaijan away. They dont get much more exotic than this. But exotic often comes at a price. On this occasion the price is the journey […]
LISTEN LIVE: Peppermint Iguana Radio # 204 – The Blackwood Stute Years (03/12/19)
On 3rd December Scott Lavender will be joining us in the studio for a special show looking back at the heyday of Blackwood Miners Institute. […]
LISTEN AGAIN: Peppermint Iguana Radio # 203: Gunpowder Treason and Dub (5/11/20 (
Our most recent show went out live and direct as the UK was commemorating the gunpowder plot of 1605. Our show was more explosive, but […]
SALT OF THE EARTH (2015)
There are many photographers who deserve the accolade of ‘master of photography’. The ones that are really interesting though, are the ones that bring us […]
LISTEN AGAIN: Peppermint Iguana Radio # 202 – The Wanderer Returns (22/10/19)
We have been blessed to have the good fortune to do a bit of globetrotting recently so our return show on the 22nd October 2019 […]
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 […]
THE HANG MASSIVE: Live @ The Globe, Cardiff- 24/10/19
The Hang Massive kick off UK tour with first ever Welsh gig. I can’t think of any other gig where I have felt the need […]
THE HU: The Gereg (Eleven Seven Music 2019)
Debut album from Mongolia’s premiere folk metal outfit. Mixing traditional Mongolian instruments and vocal style with a heavy sound and western biker chic, The Hu […]
BRATISLAVA OR BUST: PART FOUR
Up bright and early again ready for one last day of tourism mania. We were up remarkably early and off out for final day of […]
BRATISLAVA(ish) OR BUST: PART THREE
Today’s adventures in Bratislava are mostly set, erm, not in Bratislava.
BRATISLAVA OR BUST PART TWO
Walking tours. Uncool but invaluable. As we head out into the big bad city, it appears the only people out are tourists on walking tours. […]
BRATISLAVA OR BUST PART ONE:
It’s October. It must be Wales away again.
GENUINE JACKS: Turning Monochrome (Self Released – 2019)
Slovakian garage punk tinged with a sixties psychedelic sensibility. Some vibes transcend time and place. When the psychedelic garage sound first emerged in San Francisco, […]
LISTEN LIVE: PEPPERMINT IGUANA RADIO 202: Abnormal service to resume on 22nd October
Next live Peppermint Iguana Radio Show will be on Tuesday 22nd October. We have been fortunate enough to do a lot of travelling in the […]
SIX GO MAD IN CHINA: PART TWELVE: we finally find a decent pub
Still not quite done yet. We have another day of full on guided tourism to go. And there is a lot to see in Xian. […]
SIX GO MAD IN CHINA: PART ELEVEN: Terracotta Warriors day
Another day, another one of the Seven Wonders of the World. It’s Terracotta Warrior day. I wake up knackered. At seven am I hear what appears […]
SIX GO MAD IN CHINA: PART TEN: Bullet Trains and Long Goodbyes
Dropping like flies now. Only two of us make it for today’s temple session. Excessive templing and late night drinking taking its toll. Today’s temple […]
SIX GO MAD IN CHINA: PART NINE: Call that a castle?
We are to be based in the amazing Pingyao for a few days, although today we head out to check out some of the nearby […]
SIX GO MAD IN CHINA PART EIGHT: Pingyao or bust
Our luxurious hotel was just about all we get to see of this ‘ancient’ city. Today we head for Pingyao. I head down for breakfast […]
SIX GO MAD IN CHINA PART SEVEN: Why would you build that there?
The new week starts bright, fresh and full of hope and anticipation. Another day another city. This time we are travelling by minibus. We load […]