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 […]
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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 […]
REVAMP OF SITE
We have the decorators in and are fiddling with the lay out of the site. Loads of pages have been temporarily taken down but will […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
CRASS: My part in their downfall – Aberdare 11/07/84
Got into a chat about possibly the most famous gig ever to have taken place in Aberdare this week, so I thought I would use […]
FOLK DISCO – PLUS @ Le Pub, Newport 10/02/18
It would be a little bit egotistical to review a gig we have promoted ourselves, so here is a blog post about the first Peppermint […]
LACERTILLIA 5TH BIRTHDAY PARTY: Clwb Ifor Bach – 03/02/18
To celebrate five years of ripping up stages all over the UK, Lacterilla teamed up with local promoters Pity My Brain to put on a […]
TARANTISM INTERVIEW: Archive interview dug out, dusted off and uploaded
We have dusted off another classic inteview and added it to this website – Tarantism from 2007 It was to be a telephone call we […]
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. […]
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 […]
Fourteen reasons why Surplus Fest is better than Glastonbury
Wondering where to go next weekend? Here are fourteen reasons why Surplus Festival is better than Glastonbury 1: YOU DON’T HAVE PEOPLE WANDERING AROUND SAYING […]
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? […]
S.H.A.T.ting on the dock of the bay.
Old punks never die, they just start going for leisurely strolls with their mates. And so it was, that on 22nd October, the 40th anniversary […]
OLD ROSE: Forty years of rejecting the past
Today marks the 40th anniversary of the release of New Rose by the Damned, widely regarded as the first ever punk single. Yes, forty years […]
REMEMBERING ABERFAN – Charity Single
There are only a handful of towns and cities in the world, whose name is so intrinsically linked with an event so tragic that it […]
DR DIDG goes to the great gig in the sky
Here are Iguana HQ we were recently saddened to hear of the passing of Graham Wiggins, AKA, Dr Didg. The following statement appeared on Dr […]
Zines: How the internet helped a printed outlet for outsiders and nerds thrive | Lifestyle | The Independent
Jade French was 14-years-old when she ripped out a handful of images from some magazines, crudely glued them to a piece of A4 paper, and […]
LISTEN AGAIN: Peppermint Iguana Radio #120 Merthyr Rising Special
Over the weekend of 3rd/4th/5th June, Merthyr Tydfil will be celebrating its rich radical past by hosting the third annual Merthyr Rising Festival. Over the […]
LISTEN AGAIN – Peppermint Iguana Radio tribute to Steve Will
On 24th May, Peppermint Iguana Radio paid tribute to our mate Steve Will, who sadly passed away earlier this month. Below you will find a […]
Iguana Radio – four shows in three weeks!
We have a busy few weeks coming up on Peppermint Iguana Radio, with four shows in three weeks. Sunday 22nd May 5pm till 7pm – […]
STONE ROSES: New single splits the nation shock
Manchester’s Stone Roses have released their first new music in twenty one years – and it has divided the nation within hours of its release. […]
NO RADIO SHOW THIS WEEK
Please note – due to someone very close to the Iguana Crew passing away, our scheduled live show for this week has been cancelled. No […]
HILL WALKING WITH STEWART LEE AND S.H.A.T.
Last time I yomped up a mountain I was thirty years younger and ten stone lighter. My excuse has been that none of my mates […]
LANDED – what’s that all about then?
The crew of Landed Festival have taken time out from building yurts and planting trees upside down to tell us what landed is all about. […]
ATTENTION ALL VINYL JUNKIES: Rockaway Record Fair Dates 2016
If you like your music in a format you can skin up on (rather than an MP3), hate the corporate gloss of chain stores and […]
LISTEN AGAIN- Peppermint Iguana Radio 116
Peppermint Iguana Radio hit the net once again on 12 April 2016. We Marked the opening of the festival season, said hello to John’s Bees […]
FESTIVALS – the most fun you can have with your clothes on
Our 2016 festival listing has been updated again this morning. Thanks to those that have alerted us to festivals we have not known about (and […]
TJS THE MOVIE: Be part of history – send the film makers your story
For twenty five years, from 1985 to 2010, South Wales had a music venue that was quite literally known around the world. Newport’s TJs. Local […]