FESTIVAL REVIEW: Landed (Rhayader) – 28th to 30th July 2023
Landed Festival has been one of our favourite festivals since we first set foot on the hallowed turf of Doldowlod House back in 2016 – […]
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LIVE REVIEW: The Cult, The Alarm, The Mission @ Cardiff Castle (04/07/23)
‘Where were you hiding when the storm broke?’ Nowhere, because there was no ‘Shelter from the storm’ and Ian Astbury ‘loves the rain’ For years […]
LIVE REVIEW: Zion Train @ Rockaway Park (17/06/23)
Zion Train return to the scene of the grime, Rockaway Park Art, as they say, is in the eye of the beholder. One person’s unmade […]
LISTEN AGAIN: Peppermint Iguana Radio Show #314 Iguana Rides Again (27/05/23)
Peppermint Iguana Radio Show rides again. It has been a while since the last show, six months to be exact. But we still have our […]
TRAVEL BLOG: Norway Part Four: The Olden Days (08/05/23)
Finally getting into the Fjords proper. We have got into a routine of sleeping with the curtains open so we can be woken up by […]
TRAVEL BLOG: Norway Part Three: All Quiet On The Stavanger Front (07/05/23)
I’m up early to watch us sail into Stavanger. Fourth largest city in Norway. It is the gateway to the Fjords. A bit like Trehafod […]
TRAVEL BLOG: Norway Part Two: Life On The Ocean Wave (06/05/23)
We were up reasonably early, waking up to the sight of the North Sea scrolling past our bedroom window. The sea was much calmer than […]
TRAVEL BLOG: Norway Part One: Setting Off Into The Sunset (05/05/23)
Part one of a travel blog about a cruise around the Norwegian fjords. Don’t expect any revelations or insight to lost tribes or anything, it’s […]
FILM REVIEW: John Wick Chapter Four (2023)
Fourth installment of the ever so slightly bonkers ‘John Wick’ series. OK. For the uninitiated – in the first film retired hit man John Wick […]
BOOK REVIEW: Bibliomaniac – Robin Ince (Atlantic Books 2022)
The story of author Robin Ince’s odyssey, visiting one hundred independent bookshops in one hundred days. Robin Ince is impossible to categorize. He co-hosts […]
LIVE REVIEW: The Damned – Cardiff University (31/03/23)
Punk Pioneers The Damned return to Cardiff Student Union. The Damned. First UK punk band to release a single, first to release an album. But […]
REVIEW: The Laugharne Weekend 2023: Laugharne (24 to 26/03/23)
A weekend of culture, tsunduko and gin drinking in the spiritual home of Dylan Thomas. The Laugharne Weekend is a literary festival in West Wales. […]
LIVE REVIEW: Bob Log III @Le Pub, Newport (16/03/23)
Bob Log III brings his surreal brand of blues to Newport. Le Pub is one of our favourite pubs. It’s bloody ace. But you don’t […]
LIVE REVIEW: Killing Joke live @ Royal Albert Hall (12/03/23)
Killing Joke take their chaotic post-punk magic into the heart of the establishment. I’m constantly banging on about small grassroots venues being better than big […]
LIVE REVIEW: Dub War @ Thekla, Bristol (06/03/23)
Dub War cross the bridge to rock the boat, in Bristol Harbour. Tonight, we return to one of my favourite Bristol venues, the four hundred […]
LIVE REVIEW: Anonymous Iconoclasts @ Bourtons Live Music Bar, Bargoed (18/02/23)
Anonymous Iconoclasts play Bargoed for the first time. Only our second visit to Bourton’s Live Music Bar, but owner Chris already remembers us. But that […]
FILM REVIEW: Cassette: A Doccumentary Mix Tape.
Cassette, a nostalgic look back at the days of cassette culture, featuring the man who invented them, the people who used them and the people […]
LIVE REVIEW: Skapa Collective ‘Fork ‘n Tune, Cwmcarn (11/02/23)
Cardiff’s Skapa Collective venture up into the valleys to spread their good time vibes. I take my hat off to anyone trying to put on […]
LIVE REVIEW: Tubular Bells 50th Anniversary @ St David’s Hall, Cardif (03/02/23)
A celebration of the album Tubular Bells, to mark fifty years since it’s release. Tubular Bells was probably the second album I ever listened to*, […]
LIVE REVIEW: Tarantism Acoustic Disco @ Ruperra Arms (28/01/23)
Tarantism Acoustic Disco lands in New Tredegar. With visitors from that there England due on the weekend, we had spent two weeks wracking our brains […]
LIVE REVIEW: The Viagra Boys – Cardiff Student Union (24/01/23)
An evening of dirty post-jazz-punk-blues with the Viagra Boys in the Welsh capital. Cardiff’s Student Union is a beast of a place. Built over the […]
LIVE REVIEW: Dropping Like Flies @ Bourton’s Live Music Bar, Bargoed (14/01/23)
Dropping Like Flies play an intimate show at new valleys venue. For my entire life I have never lived more than two miles from Bargoed, […]
LISTEN AGAIN: Peppermint Iguana Radio Show # 313 – 2022 End of Year Review (31/12/22)
Peppermint Iguana Radio Show – end of year round up 2022 2022. That was a bit intense wasn’t it. War in Ukraine, Big Liz popping […]
LIVE REVIEW: John Otway @ Live Lounge, Sutton (08/12/22)
Cor baby that’s really meat free. John Otway does, what only John Otway can do, in South London’s number one vegan record shop pub – […]
LIVE REVIEW: RDF + Friends @Fighting Cocks, Kingston (26/12/22)
Radical Dance Faction and a host of festival friends put on barnstorming night of entertainment in West London. Kingston Upon Thames is not a place […]
LIVE REVIEW: Gaudi + Danny Ladwa + The Turbans @ The Fox and Firkin’ Lewisham (26/11/22)
Gaudi and friends bring warm vibrations to Lewisham on a cold South London Night. We had tickets for this gig months ago, but as the […]
INTERVIEW: Gaudi @ Landed Festival 2022
We have just uploaded an interview with the amazing Gaudi, based on a chat we recorded at Landed Festival 2022. We lazed about our campervan, […]
LIVE REVIEW: Ruts DC @ The Globe, Cardiff (20/11/22)
Ruts DC bring out the old heads on a wintry Sunday night in Cardiff. Back to an old haunt tonight. The Globe. Originally a cinema, […]
LIVE REVIEW: Henge Live @ The Fork ‘n Tune, Cwmcarn (13/10/22)
Henge, escapees from a fifties science fiction B Movie, play Planet Cwmcarn. You can count on one hand the number of live music venues in […]
WALES AWAY – BELGIUM 2022: Day Seven and Eight – trip ends with a whimper (23+24/09/22)
The day after a game is always a day to wind down and not rush home. Today was a particularly chilled and uneventful day – […]