NEWS: In Aid Of The Moon: Rainyday Rainbow Release Lysergically Loony Live Concert Film
Rainyday Rainbow are doing their bit to help the staff of the ill-fated Moon Club in Cardiff by releasing a video recorded live in the […]
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WALES AWAY: Slovakia 2024 – Part Five – Trnava And All That Jazz (09/06/24)
After fitting in three gigs in grassroots venues, we bring our tour to an end with a stadium gig.
WALES AWAY: Slovakia 2024 Part Four – Four Weddings and a UFO (08/06/24)
First full day in Bratislava. Things start to actually get a bit footbally today. First off, hi to Alan. Or was it Dave? No it […]
NEWS: Lacertillia Announce 10th Anniversary Show
LACERTILIA ANNOUNCE 10TH ANNIVERSARY SHOW AT THE GLOBE, CARDIFF, SATURDAY 19TH OCTOBER. PRESS RELEASE CELEBRATING A DECADE OF HEAVY, SPACED-OUT ROCK WITH SUPPORT FROM SUNS […]
LISTEN AGAIN: Peppermint Iguana Radio Show # 316 (14/05/24) It’s Friday, but not as we know it Jim.
You can’t keep a good radio show down, Peppermint Iguana Radio Rides Again, this time on Folk Friday Radio (more than folk, more than Fridays) […]
LANDED FESTIVAL 2022: Who to see and what to do in the area
Landed festival is just around the corner – so we thought we would touch base with the crew to find out if they are as […]
IGUANA GIG! Tarantism, Dactyl Terra and Taffy Twp @Le Pub on 12/05/22
TARANTISM Stop off in LE PUB, NEWPORT on 12TH MAY as they hit the road to promote their new album, ‘A Pill to Purge All Melancholy’ – […]
Headmix Collective join exciting list of artists releasing albums this year.
Festival legends Headmix Collective are limbering up for what looks set to be a brawl for album of the year. Of course, we dont really […]
BURKE SHELLEY Goes to Great Gig in the Sky
Burke Shelly, bassist and vocalist with legendary Welsh power trio Budgie, has gone to the great gig in the sky. News reached us last night […]
BACK TO THE PLANET – Have Left The Building
News has reached us that Back To The Planet have decided to hang up their stirrups. There will be no more gigs or new music […]
TOFFA: West Wales Legend Goes to Great Gig in the Sky
Toffa, fiddle player with Bhang II Rites, has left the building. News has reached us of the sad passing of Toffa, a larger than life […]
MARK KEDS: Senseless things guitarist goes to the great gig in the sky
Mark Keds, of The Senselss Things, Jolt, the Lams, Trip Fontaine and, most recently, Deadcuts has passed away today. His former band mates in the […]
100,000 Bodybags Split
Welsh punk stalwarts 100,000 Bodybags have called it a day after almost three decades of disobedience. On 22nd May 2020 a statement appeared on their […]
‘It’s a case of holding your nerve’: festivals face coronavirus insurance disaster | Music | The Guardian
Festivals in the UK tend to insure themselves to the hilt against bad weather and have had, in the wake of the attacks on the […]
ANDREW WEATHERALL: A Loaded Tribute
Legendary DJ and producer, Andrew Weatherall, has gone to get loaded in the great studio in the sky. We don’t have any personal anecdotes about […]
Head Mix Collective Back Catalogue Now Online and New Material in Pipeline
Legendary 90’s festival heroes The Headmix Collective have put their back catalogue goes up on Bandcamp for the first time. And there is new material […]
DAVE BIMBLE STEPS BACK FROM SPORADICS
The Sporadics have formally announed that bassist and founder member Dave Bimble is stepping away from the band for health reasons. A post on the […]
DUB WAR: One off gig in Cwmcarn – get them while they are hot
South Wales metal dub punk legends, Dub War are to play a one off special gig in the Cwmcarn Hotel this Christmas For the last […]
RDF Battle of the Bass – Take 2 – Bristol 27th September
Following on from this year’s one off, never to be repeated, Battle of the Bass in Shoreditch, plans are afoot for another one. In Bristol. […]
Hollywood Brats: First gig since 1974
They were years ahead of their time in 1974. Then they split. Now they are back. The Hollywood Brats are the stuff of legend. They […]
Help Kickstart the Co-operators new album
The Co-operators/Waggle Dance Records have just finished their brand new Album ‘Rhythms From The Kitchen Sink’. The Co-operators formed in 2015 basing their approach on […]
FORK ‘N TUNE: Cwmcarn Hotel Opens Doors of New Restaraunt
Cwmcarn Hotel adds new string to its bow as it opens restaurant to complement its bar, bands and bunks. What can be better than going […]
LISTEN LIVE: Peppermint Iguana Radio 195- Travels in dub (18/06/19)
We will be back on air on 18th June 2019. Sorry folks, but due to a series of unfortunate events, we have not really had […]
LISTEN LIVE: Peppermint Iguana Radio # 193 – Three hour Bass Special
Our next radio show will be a three hour bass extravaganza. With the RDF Battle of the Bass gig coming up we thought we should […]
TAKING THE KNEE: Pink Floyd, Maroon Five and the Superbowl.
The Superbowl takes place tonight. Not something I would normally even notice, but the internet is alight with chatter about it this weekend. First of […]
BREAKING NEWS: ADM EVICTION
ADM, the squatted social space in Amsterdam, has been evicted today. Established in a derelict shipyard ADM has been a focus and meeting space for […]
Biggest Thing Since Powdered Milk to terrorise studio
South Wales finest power trio, ‘The Biggest Thing Since Powdered Milk’ are finally getting their shit together to release some music. And it true DIY […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]