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 […]
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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 […]
FILM REVIEW: I Get Knocked Down: The Remarkable Story of Chumbawamba
From revolutionary vanguard to washed up retired radical. Or is he? Dunstan Bruce reflects on his time with Chumbawamba, from bedsit anarchists, to chart topping […]
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 […]
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 […]
LIVE REVIEW: The Family Battenberg @ Clwb Ifor Bach (02/12/23)
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, […]
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 […]
FESTIVAL REVIEW: Landed (Rhayader) – 28th to 30th July 2023
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)
‘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)
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)
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 […]
REVIEW: The Laugharne Weekend 2023: Laugharne (24 to 26/03/23)
A weekend of culture, tsunduko and gin drinking in the spiritual home of Dylan Thomas. The Laugharne Weekend is a literary festival in West Wales. […]
LIVE REVIEW: Bob Log III @Le Pub, Newport (16/03/23)
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)
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)
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)
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: The Viagra Boys – Cardiff Student Union (24/01/23)
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)
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: 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 […]
LIVE REVIEW: Gaudi + Danny Ladwa + The Turbans @ The Fox and Firkin’ Lewisham (26/11/22)
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 […]
INTERVIEW: Gaudi @ Landed Festival 2022
We have just uploaded an interview with the amazing Gaudi, based on a chat we recorded at Landed Festival 2022. We lazed about our campervan, […]
LIVE REVIEW: Ruts DC @ The Globe, Cardiff (20/11/22)
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, […]
LIVE REVIEW: Henge Live @ The Fork ‘n Tune, Cwmcarn (13/10/22)
Henge, escapees from a fifties science fiction B Movie, play Planet Cwmcarn. You can count on one hand the number of live music venues in […]