SAMPLE THIS (2013)
‘Sample This’ is the bizarre tale of ‘Apache’, an obscure instrumental track put together by The Incredible Bongo Band, which went on to become to […]
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SLOW FACTION: The Blank Generation Demos (Demo 2018)
Not letting the grass grow under their feet, Slow Faction knock out three more tunes following their, not one, but two albums released last year. […]
SAVING BANKSY (2017)
Saving Banksy is a film that set out to document Banksy’s work on a trip to San Francisco, and turns into a tale of the […]
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 […]
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 […]
YARDIE (2018)
Idris Elba dips his toes into directing, knocking out a compelling dramatization of Victor Headley’s best selling novel ‘Yardie’. A ‘Yardie’, for the uninitiated, is […]
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, […]
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 […]
Robert Johnson: Legend lives on 80 years after death
Eighty years ago today, Robert Johnson went to the great Juke Joint in the sky. Johnson allegedly went down to the crossroads and sold his […]
LISTEN AGAIN: Peppermint Iguana Radio # 178 – Landed, Griffstock, Not the end of the World and all that Jazz
Landed, Griffstock, Not the end of the World, Beautiful Days, Green Man. Just a few of the festivals coming up in the next two weeks. […]
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 […]
LISTEN LIVE: Peppermint Iguana Radio 178 – Festival mayhem again
Festival season is now at that head spinning mind numbing stage where there are just too many gigs to be able to go to with […]
LISTEN AGAIN: Peppermint Iguana Radio # 177 – Landed (part one) and Boom Town preview
Another one of our festival preview shows. Mainly Landed festival (part one) and a bit of Boomtown. When I were a boy there were not […]
LISTEN LIVE: Peppermint Iguana Radio # 177 – Landed Festival Preview innit.
August, the month when the festival season gets up a full head of steam and slams into top gear. We have already done our Green […]
LISTEN AGAIN: Peppermint Iguana Radio # 176 Green Gathering Special with the boy Tom Fowler
With the Green Gathering is around the corner, we thought we might as well invite Tom Fowler around to do a special show. He was […]
LISTEN LIVE: Green Gathering preview with the boy Tom Fowler
Peppermint Iguana are squeezing in an extra show on Tuesday 24th July, a Green Gathering Special with our man Tom Fowler dropping in a guest […]
LISTEN AGAIN: Peppermint Iguana # 175. Toldpuddle, Out West and all that jazz
The festival season is now well and truly in third gear and picking up speed. Once upon a time in the west is in our […]
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.
LISTEN AGAIN: Peppermint Iguana Radio # 174 – Once Upon a Time in the West Special 03/07/18
With Once Upon a Time in the West Festival around the corner, we thought it would be rude to not dedicate a significant slice of […]
REGIME LIVE: Cwmcarn Hotel 22/06/18
Regime, one of the hottest bands in Wales, drop into one of the newest live venues in the valleys. The hills were alive with the […]
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 […]
LISTEN AGAIN: Iguana Radio # 172 West Wales Vibrations
Last weekend the iguana crew spent many lazy hours looking out over Cardigan Bay, whilst soaking up some festival vibrations. And it was as we […]
LISTEN AGAIN: Peppermint Iguana Radio 171 – Ravers of the lost ARC
This week’s show celebrated sunshine, DIY attitudes and underground grooves Listen below innit Play list I said possee: BY KING KONG COMPANY It’s alright: BY […]
LISTEN AGAIN: Iguana Radio Show # 170 – Merthyr Rising Special
With less than three weeks to go to this year’s Merthyr Rising Festival, this week we had festival director Lyn Williams in the studio along […]
LISTEN AGAIN: Iguana Radio # 169 – Iguana Rides Again
You can’t keep a good man down. Or a bad one for that matter. After six weeks off air, we returned to the airways on […]
LISTEN LIVE: Iguana Radio # 170 – Merthyr Rising Special 08/05/18
Our next show will be a Merthyr Rising Festival special, and we will be joined in the studio by Lyn Williams, director of the festival, […]