Peppermint Iguana Zine

DIY Subculture Vulture - underground music zine and radio show - established 1995

MENU
  • Home
  • About ►
    • Iguana Gigs
  • Peppermint Iguana Radio ►
    • Listen to Peppermint Iguana Radio
    • Listen Again
  • Interviews A-Z ►
    • audio interviews ►
      • Corky and Dymock get ready for Euro 2016
      • Cosmo – The Rebel Without Applause
      • Simon ‘Cheap Sweaty’ Rockaway
    • 100,000 BODYBAGS: The 30 year history of an uncompromising punk band
    • Alabama Three Interview (2005)
    • AOS3 Interview (2015)
    • BACK TO THE PLANET INTERVIEW (2015)
    • Baka Beyond Interview (2010)
    • BILLY BRAGG INTERVIEW (2010)
    • THE DAMNED: An Interview (2001)
    • Garry DS interview (2011)
    • Eeyun Delroy Purkins of Waggle Dance Records (Interview August 2024)
    • GAUDI INTERVIEW (August 2022)
    • HEADMIX INTERVIEW (2nd August 2024)
    • LANDED 2017: Crew interview
    • MARK THOMAS INTERVIEW (05/10/05)
    • ROCKAWAY MARK: Interview (May 2024)
    • SONIC BOOM SIX Interview (2008)
    • TARANTISM Interview (March 2007)
    • YOUTH INTERVIEW (2015)
    • ZION TRAIN Interview (June 2023)
  • music review
  • film review
  • Contact
  • Home
  • About
    • Iguana Gigs
  • Peppermint Iguana Radio
    • Listen to Peppermint Iguana Radio
    • Listen Again
  • Interviews A-Z
    • audio interviews
      • Corky and Dymock get ready for Euro 2016
      • Cosmo – The Rebel Without Applause
      • Simon ‘Cheap Sweaty’ Rockaway
    • 100,000 BODYBAGS: The 30 year history of an uncompromising punk band
    • Alabama Three Interview (2005)
    • AOS3 Interview (2015)
    • BACK TO THE PLANET INTERVIEW (2015)
    • Baka Beyond Interview (2010)
    • BILLY BRAGG INTERVIEW (2010)
    • THE DAMNED: An Interview (2001)
    • Garry DS interview (2011)
    • Eeyun Delroy Purkins of Waggle Dance Records (Interview August 2024)
    • GAUDI INTERVIEW (August 2022)
    • HEADMIX INTERVIEW (2nd August 2024)
    • LANDED 2017: Crew interview
    • MARK THOMAS INTERVIEW (05/10/05)
    • ROCKAWAY MARK: Interview (May 2024)
    • SONIC BOOM SIX Interview (2008)
    • TARANTISM Interview (March 2007)
    • YOUTH INTERVIEW (2015)
    • ZION TRAIN Interview (June 2023)
  • music review
  • film review
  • Contact

gig review

LIVE REVIEW: An Dansa Dub @ Acapela Studio Cardiff (14/05/25)

May 14, 2025 clintiguana 0

Ancient Scottish dub from An Dannsa Dub, in the immaculate Acapela Studio. The recipe for a perfect night out. Back again to the outskirts of […]

LIVE REVIEW: Henry’s Funeral Shoe @ Jacs, Aberdare (14/03/25)

March 14, 2025 clintiguana 0

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 […]

LIVE REVIEW: James Oliver and Mark Kemlo @ Bourtons Live Music Cafe (06/03/25)

March 6, 2025 clintiguana 0

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: Sharp Class @ Le Pub, Newport (22/02/25)

February 22, 2025 clintiguana 0

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)

February 21, 2025 clintiguana 0

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)

February 9, 2025 clintiguana 0

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 […]

GIG REVIEW: Chris Tofu, Headmix and Friends @ Lost Horizon, Bristol (01/02/25)

February 3, 2025 clintiguana 0

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, […]

Fork ‘n’ Tune Relaunches with Nookee and the Carltones (31/08/24).

August 31, 2024 clintiguana 0

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 […]

MUSIC REVIEW: Dactyl Terra – Fee Fi Fo Fum (2024)

June 30, 2024 clintiguana 0

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 […]

WALES AWAY: Slovakia 2024 Part Three – Goodnight Vienna (Hello Bratislava) (07/06/24)

June 8, 2024 clintiguana 0

A tale of two cities. Today we head from Vienna to Bratislava, the two closest capital cities in the world. Or it might be Europe,  […]

NEWS: Lacertillia Announce 10th Anniversary Show

June 5, 2024 clintiguana 0

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 […]

LIVE REVIEW: Ozric Tentacles and Gong Live at The Globe, Cardiff (10th March 2024)

March 14, 2024 clintiguana 0

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 […]

REVIEW: Tarantism Acoustic Disco (December 2023)

December 23, 2023 clintiguana 0

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)

December 21, 2023 clintiguana 0

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)

December 19, 2023 clintiguana 0

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 […]

LIVE REVIEW: The Family Battenberg @ Clwb Ifor Bach (02/12/23)

December 2, 2023 clintiguana 0

Fun for all the Battenberg Family, in the legendary ‘Welsh Club’ As soon as we saw that The Family Battenberg were playing Clwb Ifor Bach, […]

LIVE REVIEW: 808 State @ Camden Dingwalls (13/10/23)

October 13, 2023 clintiguana 0

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, […]

FESTIVAL REVIEW: Landed (Rhayader) – 28th to 30th July 2023

August 1, 2023 clintiguana 0

Landed Festival has been one of our favourite festivals since we first set foot on the hallowed turf of Doldowlod House back in 2016 – […]

LIVE REVIEW: The Cult, The Alarm, The Mission @ Cardiff Castle (04/07/23)

July 4, 2023 clintiguana 0

‘Where were you hiding when the storm broke?’ Nowhere, because there was no ‘Shelter from the storm’ and Ian Astbury ‘loves the rain’ For years […]

LIVE REVIEW: Zion Train @ Rockaway Park (17/06/23)

June 17, 2023 clintiguana 0

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 […]

LIVE REVIEW: The Damned – Cardiff University (31/03/23)

April 2, 2023 clintiguana 0

Punk Pioneers The Damned return to Cardiff Student Union. The Damned. First UK punk band to release a single, first to release an album.  But […]

LIVE REVIEW: Bob Log III @Le Pub, Newport (16/03/23)

March 16, 2023 clintiguana 0

Bob Log III brings his surreal brand of blues to Newport. Le Pub is one of our favourite pubs. It’s bloody ace. But you don’t […]

LIVE REVIEW: Killing Joke live @ Royal Albert Hall (12/03/23)

March 12, 2023 clintiguana 0

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: Skapa Collective ‘Fork ‘n Tune, Cwmcarn (11/02/23)

February 11, 2023 clintiguana 0

Cardiff’s Skapa Collective venture up into the valleys to spread their good time vibes. I take my hat off to anyone trying to put on […]

LIVE REVIEW: Tubular Bells 50th Anniversary @ St David’s Hall, Cardif (03/02/23)

February 3, 2023 clintiguana 0

A celebration of the album Tubular Bells, to mark fifty years since it’s release. Tubular Bells was probably the second album I ever listened to*, […]

LIVE REVIEW: Tarantism Acoustic Disco @ Ruperra Arms (28/01/23)

January 28, 2023 clintiguana 0

Tarantism Acoustic Disco lands in New Tredegar. With visitors from that there England due on the weekend,  we had spent two weeks wracking our brains […]

LIVE REVIEW: The Viagra Boys – Cardiff Student Union (24/01/23)

January 24, 2023 clintiguana 0

An evening of dirty post-jazz-punk-blues with the Viagra Boys in the Welsh capital. Cardiff’s Student Union is a beast of a place. Built over the […]

LIVE REVIEW: John Otway @ Live Lounge, Sutton (08/12/22)

December 8, 2022 clintiguana 0

Cor baby that’s really meat free. John Otway does, what only John Otway can do, in South London’s number one vegan record shop pub – […]

LIVE REVIEW: Gaudi + Danny Ladwa + The Turbans @ The Fox and Firkin’ Lewisham (26/11/22)

November 26, 2022 clintiguana 0

Gaudi and friends bring warm vibrations to Lewisham on a cold South London Night. We had tickets for this gig months ago, but as the […]

LIVE REVIEW: Ruts DC @ The Globe, Cardiff (20/11/22)

November 20, 2022 clintiguana 0

Ruts DC bring out the old heads on a wintry Sunday night in Cardiff. Back to an old haunt tonight. The Globe. Originally a cinema, […]

Posts navigation

1 2 3 »

Recent Posts

  • LIVE REVIEW: An Dansa Dub @ Acapela Studio Cardiff (14/05/25) May 14, 2025
  • INTERVIEW: Eeyun Delroy Purkins of Waggle Dance Records and Studio April 30, 2025
  • FILM REVIEW: Pink Floyd Live at Pompeii MCMLXXII (2025) April 25, 2025
  • LISTEN AGAIN: Peppermint Iguana Radio Show # 339 All Roads Festival Warm Up Show (22/04/25) April 22, 2025
  • FILM REVIEW: Steven Wilson: Home Invasion Concert At The Royal Albert Hall (2018) April 19, 2025
  • FILM REVIEW: Becoming Led Zeppelin (2025) April 17, 2025
  • LISTEN AGAIN: Peppermint Iguana Radio Show # 338: Cymru / Macedonia Special (08/04/25) April 7, 2025
  • FESTIVAL BLOG: The Laugharne Weekend Day Three (30/03/25) March 30, 2025
  • FESTIVAL BLOG: The Laugharne Weekend Day Two (29/03/25) March 29, 2025
  • FESTIVAL BLOG: The Laugharne Weekend Day One (28/03/25) March 28, 2025
  • WALES AWAY BLOG: Macedonia Away – Day Four and The Sound of Naked Mountains (26/03/25) March 26, 2025
  • WALES AWAY BLOG: North Macedonia Part Three : Match Day (25/03/25) March 26, 2025
  • WALES AWAY BLOG: North Macedonia Away Part Two (24/03/25) March 25, 2025
  • WALES AWAY BLOG: North Macedonia Part One (23/03/25) March 23, 2025
  • LISTEN AGAIN: Peppermint Iguana Radio Show # 337 (25/03/25) March 19, 2025
  • LIVE REVIEW: Henry’s Funeral Shoe @ Jacs, Aberdare (14/03/25) March 14, 2025
  • LISTEN AGAIN: Peppermint Iguana Radio # 336 – North Macedonia Special (11/03/25) March 11, 2025
  • ALBUM FLASHBACK: The Damned: Play it at Your Sister: The Stiff Years, 1976/77 (Sanctuary Records 2005) March 7, 2025
  • LIVE REVIEW: James Oliver and Mark Kemlo @ Bourtons Live Music Cafe (06/03/25) March 6, 2025
  • LIVE REVIEW: Anonymous Iconoclasts @ Bourtons Live Music Bar (01/03/25) March 1, 2025

Archives

  • May 2025
  • April 2025
  • March 2025
  • February 2025
  • January 2025
  • December 2024
  • November 2024
  • October 2024
  • September 2024
  • August 2024
  • July 2024
  • June 2024
  • May 2024
  • April 2024
  • March 2024
  • February 2024
  • January 2024
  • December 2023
  • November 2023
  • October 2023
  • September 2023
  • August 2023
  • July 2023
  • June 2023
  • May 2023
  • April 2023
  • March 2023
  • February 2023
  • January 2023
  • December 2022
  • November 2022
  • October 2022
  • September 2022
  • August 2022
  • July 2022
  • June 2022
  • May 2022
  • April 2022
  • March 2022
  • February 2022
  • January 2022
  • December 2021
  • November 2021
  • October 2021
  • September 2021
  • August 2021
  • July 2021
  • June 2021
  • May 2021
  • April 2021
  • March 2021
  • February 2021
  • January 2021
  • December 2020
  • November 2020
  • October 2020
  • September 2020
  • August 2020
  • July 2020
  • June 2020
  • May 2020
  • April 2020
  • March 2020
  • February 2020
  • January 2020
  • December 2019
  • November 2019
  • October 2019
  • September 2019
  • August 2019
  • July 2019
  • June 2019
  • May 2019
  • April 2019
  • March 2019
  • February 2019
  • January 2019
  • December 2018
  • November 2018
  • October 2018
  • September 2018
  • August 2018
  • July 2018
  • June 2018
  • May 2018
  • April 2018
  • March 2018
  • February 2018
  • January 2018
  • December 2017
  • November 2017
  • October 2017
  • September 2017
  • August 2017
  • July 2017
  • June 2017
  • May 2017
  • April 2017
  • March 2017
  • February 2017
  • January 2017
  • December 2016
  • November 2016
  • October 2016
  • September 2016
  • August 2016
  • July 2016
  • June 2016
  • May 2016
  • April 2016
  • March 2016
  • February 2016
  • January 2016
  • December 2015
  • November 2015
  • October 2015
  • September 2015
  • August 2015

Meta

  • Log in
  • Entries RSS
  • Comments RSS
  • WordPress.org

Copyright © 2025 | WordPress Theme by MH Themes