LIVE REVIEW: Henry’s Funeral Shoe @ Jacs, Aberdare (14/03/25)
Henry’s Funeral Shoe return to the live circuit, with Heavy Flames and Next Day Shakes joining them for the ride. It’s been a few months […]
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ALBUM FLASHBACK: The Damned: Play it at Your Sister: The Stiff Years, 1976/77 (Sanctuary Records 2005)
Limited edition box set of The Damned’s early years on Stiff Records The Damned don’t really need an introduction, but I’m going to anyway. The […]
LIVE REVIEW: James Oliver and Mark Kemlo @ Bourtons Live Music Cafe (06/03/25)
Local lad James Oliver plays Bargoed’s best music venue. Take an intimate and friendly venue, pour in a gifted guitarist, a consummately skillful drummer, some […]
LIVE REVIEW: Anonymous Iconoclasts @ Bourtons Live Music Bar (01/03/25)
The Anonymous Iconoclasts return to Bargoed, to a venue that is becoming second home for them. I have to be careful what I say here, […]
MUSIC REVIEW: Muddy Summers and the Dirty Field Whores – One Foot In Front of the Other (Self Released March 2025)
A new album, from a new Muddy Summers line up, ready for a new festival season. “We are getting a new musical project together called […]
MUSIC REVIEW: The Mahouts – A Love That Satisfies (Self Released March 2025)
New four-track EP from Aberdare’s Mahouts. Or is it? It could be argued that the Mahouts have gone in a new direction with this release. […]
LIVE REVIEW: Sharp Class @ Le Pub, Newport (22/02/25)
A personal reflection on the Mod scene, disguised as a review of Sharp Class live in Newport’s Le Pub. In the interest of openness, I […]
LIVE REVIEW: China Shop Bull @ The Fork n Tune (21/02/25)
Leeds’ finest hip-hop-ska-punk-rappers, China Shop Bull, put four hundred and fifty miles on their van to play unique valleys venue, The Fork n Tune. No […]
GIG REVIEW: Attila the Stockbroker @ The Lost Arc, Rhayader (08/02/25)
An evening of punk, poetry and pints with Attila the Stockbroker in Mid Wales. We don’t normally do a one-hundred-and-twenty mile journey to listen to […]
BOOK REVIEW: Wales: 100 Records (Y Llofa 2024)
A reflection on 100 records, providing a taste of some of the eclectic sounds that have come out of Wales. Think Wales is about male […]
GIG REVIEW: Chris Tofu, Headmix and Friends @ Lost Horizon, Bristol (01/02/25)
Chris Tofu, and friends, including Headmix, bring an evening of festival vibes to Bristol. Sitting in an industrial estate just on the edge of the city centre, […]
BOOK REVIEW: International Velvet: Neil Collins (Calon 2024)
The story of the Welsh music scene of the 1990s, and how it briefly popped it’s head above the parapet to invade the charts. The […]
Newport’s Le Pub Secures Long Term Future (10/01/24)
Le Pub, in Newport, has been confirmed as the fifth UK venue to become a ‘Community Owned Venue’, with a little bit of help from […]
Fork ‘n’ Tune Relaunches with Nookee and the Carltones (31/08/24).
Cwmcarn live music pub relaunches itself after revamp. Vinny and Anja Franco have been running the Cwmcarn Hotel for seven years now. They immediately put […]
ZION TRAIN interview
We’ve just uploaded an interview with dub legends Zion Train. We caught up with Neil, Dave and Cara over in the amazing Rockaway Park. We […]
MUSIC REVIEW: Dactyl Terra – Fee Fi Fo Fum (2024)
Fee fi fo fum, I smell the vinyl of a new album. A Dactyl Terra album to be precise. Here at Peppermint Iguana HQ we […]
MUSIC REVIEW: Convoy Cabaret Compilation (Grow Your own Records 2024)
Convoy Cabaret sampler to raise funds for the crew and to give you an idea of what to expect from one of their shows. The […]
MUSIC REVIEW: Made Undone – The Brewer’s Daughter (2024)
The third album from The Brewer’s Daughter, ‘Made Undone’ hit the decks on 5th April and is a thing of beauty It will come as […]
LIVE REVIEW: Ozric Tentacles and Gong Live at The Globe, Cardiff (10th March 2024)
The psychedelic prankster bus pulls into Cardiff, dropping off Ozric Tentacles, Gong and The Fruit Salad Lightshow at The Globe, for one night only. With two […]
BOOK REVIEW: Nefarious Artists by Welly Artcore (2023)
A comprehensive reference book detailing more than five hundred punk compilation albums released between 1976 and 1989. Collections like ‘Now That’s What I Call Punk […]
BOOK REVIEW: Animal House by James Brown (Quercus 2022)
The hedonistic story of James Brown, journalist, music lover and irreverent lad. From Attack on Bazag, through the NME, to Loaded and beyond. Confucius, or […]
FILM REVIEW: Squaring the Circle: The Story of Hipgnosis (Dogwoof 2022))
Squaring The Circle is the fascinating story of the artists behind some of the most iconic album covers in history. Not only are Hipgnosis the […]
REVIEW: Tarantism Acoustic Disco (December 2023)
The legendary Tarantism Acoustic Disco. A CD review crossed with a gig review. In the run up to Christmas 2023, on Christmas Eve Eve to […]
LIVE REVIEW: RUTS DC @Clwb Ifor Bach (20/12/23)
Probably the best rhythm section in punk rock, roll into Cardiff in the run up to Christmas. Of all punk bands that have their roots […]
LIVE REVIEW: Son Nacaxtle @ Le Pub, Newport (19/12/23)
Son Nacaxtle, three travelling minstrels, bring warm Mexican vibes to Newport on a cold December night. The circumstances were very different when we first crossed […]
MUSIC REVIEW: Fluvster: Stained Glarse Windows (Lost Moment Records 2023)
Soundtrack to a life of grime, with the irrepressible Fluvster. What do you do if you are sat in Amsterdam with your own bedroom studio […]
MUSIC REVIEW: Doghouse – Mongrel (2023)
Twelve tracks of electronica madness from Cardiff’s, ever so slightly barking, Doghouse. Doghouse has been cocking his leg up on dancefloors and tentpoles for quite […]
MUSIC REVIEW: Checkpoint 303 – Gaza Mixtape (2023)
Four track EP, showing solidarity with the ordinary people living in the Gaza Strip, trying to live a normal life in difficult circumstances. To put […]
LIVE REVIEW: 808 State @ Camden Dingwalls (13/10/23)
Old ravers never die, they just stand at the back. An evening of old skool rave, with 808 State, playing a venue with a pedigree, […]
MUSIC REVIEW: Anonymous Iconoclasts – Send in the Suits (self released 2023)
Third, and probably final, album from Welsh shadowy figures of chaos, The Anonymous Iconoclasts. With this being probably their last album, the guys have pushed […]