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 […]
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LISTEN AGAIN: Peppermint Iguana Radio # 252 (26/01/21)
Peppermint Iguana Radio 252 was the first since our new social media group was set up for listeners to interact – and boy did you […]
LISTEN AGAIN: Peppermint Iguana Radio Show # 247 – 2020 Hindsight part one (22/12/20)
Yo ho ho, mother lovers, as we rapidly approach the end of the year, the Peppermint Iguana Radio Show on 22nd December was part one […]
LISTEN LIVE: Peppermint Iguana Radio Shows # 247+8: 2020 Hindsight (22nd and 29th December 2020
As we race towards the end of the craziest year in living memory, Peppermint Iguana Radio is going to try to make some sort of […]
LISTEN AGAIN: Peppermint Iguana Radio # 245 (08/12/2020)
Peppermint Iguana Radio Show number 246 went our live on 8th December 2020 and sounded a bit like this Play list Holiday in Cambodia: BY […]
LISTEN AGAIN: Peppermint Iguana Radio Show # 243 (24/11/20)
Show 243 went out live on Jacs Radio on 24th November 2020 We are starting to get used to the new system now. The only […]
LISTEN AGAIN: Peppermint Iguana Radio Show # 238 – Bye bye Dapper part 2 (20/10/20)
Show No 238 was our penultimate show of the ‘Dapper Era’. Once again the play list was a nostalgic look back at some of the […]
LISTEN AGAIN: Peppermint Iguana Radio Show 237: Bye bye Dapper Part One (13/10/20)
The 11th October 2020 was a significant milestone for the Peppermint Iguana Radio Show. It marked nine years to the day since our first show. […]
APOCALIPSTICK BLUES: Efa Supertramp (Afiach records 2020)
Second album from Efa Supertramp, one of Wales’s busiest musicians. Yes, that’s right. Second album. We had to double check after reading the press release. […]
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 AGIAN: Peppermint Iguana Radio Show # 231 – Festival Flashbacks Pt 3 (18/08/20)
Our third Iguana Radio Show Festival Flashback featured memories of Landed Festival, Shambala, Blue Lagoon, Harvest Fair, Once Upon a Time in the West and […]
LISTEN AGAIN: Peppermint Iguana Radio # 230 – Festival Flashbacks Part 2 (11/08/20)
This week’s festival special included stories from Green Gathering, Glastonbury (1985, 1995 and 200), The Square Festival (Borth 2007), Spring Fair (Trecastle 1995), Eastern Haze […]
MAHOUTS: It Might Be Hot Outside, But The Dirt Is Cold (2020)
Forthcoming album from Aberdare based Mahouts. A mahout is an elephant rider, trainer, or keeper. Usually, a mahout starts as a boy in the family […]
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 LIVE: Peppermint Iguana Radio Show # 222 – AKA The Lockdown Sessions 11 (09/06/20)
Peppermint Iguana Radio Show No 222 – AKA The Lockdown Sessions No 11 – will go out live on Tuesday 9th February at 8pm UK […]
KILLDREN – Dismembers of Parliament (Aifach Records 2020)
Infamous rave-punk band Killdren drop their third album on an unsuspecting public. Don’t be alert – be afraid, be very afraid. Killdren have been angry, […]
LISTEN AGAIN: Peppermint Iguana Radio Show #220 – Lockdown Session 9 (26/05/20)
Lockdown session Number Nine went out live on Dapper FM on Tuesday 26th May 2020. There were sunny positive tunes, there were birthday tunes and […]
THE WOODSMAN: Castle of Unrest (Woodsman Music 2020)
Five cuts of uncompromising hardcore shouty punk from the valleys. From the name of the band you could be forgiven for thinking they were from […]
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 […]
COSMO: The Covid Tapes (Cosmo Records 2020)
A collection of tunes written, performed and recorded by Cosmo during Coronavirus Lockdown One, March to May 2020. The (first) Lockdown in 2020 created difficulties […]
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 […]
LACERTILIA: Calling The Quarters (Proper Tidy Records 2020)
Second album from Lacertilia, Cardiff based psychedelic stoner warriors. Lac·er·til·ia | \ ˌlasə(r)ˈtilēə \ Definition of Lacertilia Noun: a division of Reptilia (usually a suborder […]
ANONYMOUS ICONOCLASTS: A.I (Bywyd Records 2018)
To mark the second anniversary of its release, we thought it was time to shine a light on this hidden gem, the second album by […]
LISTEN AGAIN: Peppermint Iguana Radio # 214 – The Lockdown Sessions Part 3 (14/04/20)
Three weeks in and still chipper. Our third ‘Lockdown Session’ of Peppermint Iguana Radio went out on Dapper FM on 14th April 2020 And it […]
LISTEN AGAIN: Peppermint Iguana Radio # 211: the Corona Sessions (10/03/20)
Don’t worry about going out and catching a deadly virus. The safest way to survive the impending pandemic is to stay in and listen to […]
TARANTISM / EFA SUPERTRAMP / TRACEY CURTIS: Live @ Le Pub, Newport (29/02/20)
Tarantism turn Le Pub into Funkytown for Radical Wales crew. First off, a ‘declaration of interest’. We actually promoted this gig. You could argue that […]
THE LEVELLERS: Live @ Blackwood Miners Institute (28/02/20)
The People’s Champions, The Levellers, roll into the Valleys in the middle of a storm. Where to start? A difficult one. I’m not a massive […]