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 […]
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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: 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 […]
LISTEN AGAIN: peppermint Iguana Radio Show # 310 (09/05/22)
Here be Peppermint Iguana radio Show # 310 – recorded in one take on 9th May 2021. The lack of a weekly live show deadline […]
Asian Dub Foundation and Dub Pistols live in Hackney
Asian Dub Foundation and The Dub Pistols play a co-healine gig in a wicked new venue in Hackney Sitting in the North East of London, […]
LISTEN AGAIN: Peppermint Iguana Radio Show #300 (04/01/22)
The first Peppermint Iguana Radio Show of 2022, just happened to be our 300th ever radio show. As usual, we had no real plan, not […]
LIVE REVIEW: Dub War @ Lost Horizon Bristol (16/12/21)
Dub War hit the road for a mini Christmas tour, kicking off in Bristol. Dub War split in 1999, but have been twitching intermittently since […]
2021: The Year in Gigs.
A reflection on 2021 in gigs. As I type, I’m sat on a bus heading down the M4, returning from a slightly different weekend in […]
LISTEN AGAIN: Peppermint Iguana Radio # 287 (28/09/21)
This week’s post apocalyptic Peppermint Iguana Radio Show went out on Jacs Radio on 28th September. And it sounded like this PLAY LIST Petrol: BY […]
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 […]
LISTEN AGAIN: Peppermint Iguana Radio Show # 284 – Equinox, One Heart, Balter Special (14/09/21)
Peppermint Iguana Show 284 went out live and direct on Jacs Radio on Tuesday 14th September 2021. Despite being September, the show was dominated by […]
LISTEN AGAIN: Peppermint Iguana Radio Show # 285 (07/09/21)
The Peppermint Iguana Show on Jacs Radio went out live and direct on 7th September 2021 Alongside the usual new releases and hidden gems, we […]
LIVE REVIEW: South London Punx Picnic, New Cross Inn (21/08/21)
Inner Terrestrials headline a feast of punk rock in the New Cross Inn. The last time we set foot in Fordham Park was for the […]
INNER TERRESTRIALS: Heart of The Free (2021)
Inner Terrestrials, London’s most ‘avin’ it punk band, release their fourth studio album. Early I.T. releases were noted for being intense, in ya face slabs […]
LISTEN AGAIN: Peppermint Iguana Radio Show # 281 PUNKY REGGAE PARTY (17/08/21)
The Peppermint Iguana Show on Jacs Radio on 17th August was a full blown punky reggae party. We showcased many of the bands playing the […]
LISTEN AGAIN: Peppermint Iguana Radio Show # 278 – Landed Festival Special Part 2 (27/07/21)
Our second Landed Festival Special radio show on Jacs Radio went out live and dangerous on 27th July 2021 and sounded an awful lot likes […]
LISTEN AGAIN: Peppermint Iguana Radio Show # 255 (including tribute to Toffa) (16/02/21)
Peppermint Iguana Radio Show 255 went out live on 16th February. It was a mixed feel to the show, including celebration of recent music released, […]
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 […]
KILLING JOKE: Death and Resurrection Show (Movie – 2013)
Fascinating documentary film telling the story of Killing Joke Right from the very word go, the Killing Joke story gets weird. Jaz Coleman and drummer […]
LISTEN AGAIN (ish): Peppermint Iguana Radio Show # 236: Philly Lockdown Session 4 (29/09/20)
This week’s show unfortunately did not go out live on Dapper FM, due to problems at the station. But fear not, the show must and […]
LISTEN AGAIN: Peppermint Iguana Radio Show # 234: Philly Lockdown 2 (15/09/2020)
Our second Philly Lockdown special radio show went out live on 15th September 2020 We had a shed load of new tracks and, sadly, a […]
LISTEN AGAIN: Peppermint Iguana Radio Show # 229 – Festival Flashbacks Part 1 (04/08/20)
For this show, and for the rest of August, we are going to have some festival flashbacks. We are to take you on a journey […]
LISTEN LIVE: Peppermint Iguana Radio Festival Flashbacks – August 2020
This year’s festival season has been decimated by the Covid 19 Pandemic. So throughout August we will be looking back to festivals of years gone […]
LISTEN AGAIN: Peppermint Iguana Radio Show # 228 (28/07/20)
This week’s show was bitter sweet with several birthdays celebrated, but also several departures to the great gig in the sky commemorated. But all in […]
BENJI AND BEDDIS: Ebony and Ivory (Charity single – 2020)
Two legends of the Newport punk scene, Benji and Beddis, have joined forces to release a cover version of ‘Ebony and Ivory’ to raise awareness […]
LISTEN AGAIN: Peppermint Iguana Radio #219 – Lockdown Session 8 (19/05/20)
Our eighth lockdown session went out live on www.dapperfm.co.uk on 19th May 2020. Once gain we had lots of new songs to play – including […]
DUBIOZA KOLEKTIV: Live @ The Globe, Cardiff (18/02/20)
Dubioza Kollektiv. Balkan-beat-folk-punk-hip-hop-ska-techno-rap-fusion in the Globe, Cardiff. Just another Tuesday night in the world of Peppermint Iguana. Buckle up sisters and brothers. We are going […]
RADICAL PLANET SHOCK: Live @ Fox and Firkin, Lewisham (01/02/20)
They’re back. Radical Dance Faction, Back to the Planet and Culture Shock bring their Radical Planet Shock package to sarth Landan. By the time we […]
THE INTERUPTERS: Live @ The Tramshed, Cardiff (27/01/20)
The Interupters make first welsh appearance. They drop by Cardiff for the final leg of a two year long world tour to promote their most […]
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 […]