WONK UNIT: Live @ Clwb Ifor Bach 11/01/20
DIY Punk heroes Wonk Unit headline the last ever Punk Rock Bowling Trophy Disaster – awards night thingy. The name Bottlekids has been cropping up […]
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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
LIVE REVIEW: Public Service Broadcasting @ Caerphilly Castle
Public Service Broadcasting put on spectacular show in the grounds of Caerphilly Castle. Caerphilly Castle is a magnificent monument to how communities rise, fall and […]
BEANS ON TOAST: Live Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff 30/01/19
Beans on Toast opens up his ‘A Bird in the Hand’ tour in Cardiff’s legendary Clwb Ifor Bach. Performers tend to attract like minded people […]
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 […]
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 […]
DREADZONE: Live @ The Globe, Cardiff 17/02/18
Dreadzone make their first trip of the year into the land of song – and dub. Rumours that the earthquake that shook wales on 17th […]
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 […]
SURPLUS FESTIVAL 2017: The tribes gather
For the last four years the Surplus Festival in South Wales has been one of the highlights of the grass roots festival scene. Over the […]
PUBLIC SERVICE BROADCASTING: Ebbw Vale Album Launch 08/06/17
As the ballots papers were rolling in, hoisting Theresa May by her own petard, Public Service Broadcasting were in Ebbw Vale, launching their new album. […]
TEENAGE KICKS – Sandinistas live at UNISON Young Members gig
Tredegar’s six legged Sandinistas continued their rise to the top with a blistering set for young members of UNISON, the union for public service groovers, […]
LANDED FESTIVAL REVIEW: Sunday (01/05/16)
We surfaced at the crack of mid afternoon. We had planned on getting up for Reverend Dread’s Sinday Service set in the dance tent at […]
LANDED FESTIVAL REVIEW: Saturday (30/04/16)
Waking up at the crack of noon we went for a day time reckie. The site is on land owned by descendents of James Watt, […]
LANDED FESTIVAL REVIEW: Friday (29/04/16)
Preparing for a festival we don’t normally have to worry about being prepared for snow and ice, but amazingly this was potentially on the cards […]
THE BELLRAYS: Live @ Moon Club Cardiff 24/04/16
It’s a long time since we have been to a gig with four bands worth catching on the bill in one night. Yes, we know, […]
PENETRATION: Live @ Clwb Ifor Bach 02/04/16
Penetration were born out of the maelstrom that was the first wave of punk back in 1976, before the chord police dictated that you should […]
OZRIC TENTACLES: The Fleece, Bristol 20/03/16
Canine testicles. No, that is not the name of the new Ozric Tentacles album (although it might be), but a description of an Ozrics live […]
THE STRANGLERS: Black and White tour – Cardiff University 18/03/16
‘What an old codger I am’. No, not a statement of fact, but the B-Side to the Stranglers’ ‘Nice and Sleazy’ single, which was taken […]
Slaves @ Velvet Coalmine 2015
Hype is rarely all it is cracked up to be. It can be counterproductive, leading to audiences being disappointed. It usually brings a crowd out […]
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 […]