Last Thursday was the launch of Mark Wormstorm‘s album, ‘Not I, But a Friend’, and it was one of the most pleasant summer music evenings I have attended in a long time. The venue was an abandoned, half built mansion in Bischopscourt, the house has been left as is since the owners ran out of [...]
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OK GO. Needing/Getting.
Once again OK GO bring you one of the coolest videos you’ll see this year. With already over one million views in less than 24 hours it is bound to be one of the most popular videos of the year. ‘The new music video from OK Go, made in partnership with Chevrolet. OK Go set [...]
A Taste of Sónar. Modeselektor + Das Kapital.
Sónar, Europe’s foremost electronic music festival, will be presenting “A Taste of Sónar” in Cape Town during Design Indaba, and Massive Attack won’t be playing as Ravi Naidoo had suggested. As South Africa’s foremost multi-disciplinary creative event, Design Indaba is passionately committed to broadening its creative scope. For this reason we’re pleased to welcome the [...]
It’s Bacardi’s 150th Birthday…
Bacardi is 150 years old this year and will be celebrating in style at this year’s Up The Creek music festival in Swellendam. Their official birthday falls on 4th February – Bacardi Founders Day – but with 4 days of music and comedy lined up at UTC this year, Bacardi will get us all in [...]
Toffie Festival 2012. Line Up.
The third Toffie Pop Culture Conference and Festival is taking place at the Cape Town City Hall from Friday 30 March to Sunday 1 April. Toffie Pop is a three-day conference-festival and will focus on contemporary popular culture, design, music, magazine publishing, art, sound design and everything else that entertains and distracts us, all in [...]
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LA.VI. New Single. Far Away Place.
LA.Vi, one of the great young bands emerging from Cape Town’s music scene, has just released a single, Far Away Place, and it’s available for free download. Enjoy.
Die Antwoord. ‘I FINK U FREEKY’. Official Video.
Here it is, the new Die Antwoord video, you are probably either going to hate this or love it, but you can’t deny it’s going to get a lot of attention. It’s seems they don’t really care what the South African public say, they are going to do ‘their’ thing full force.
Avontoer 6. Behind the Scenes by Adriaan Louw.
Adriaan Louw recently captured some great behind the scenes shots of the Avontoer 6 which took place over December, all the photographs are film. It’s great to see what goes on amongst the bands and behind the music.
Jack White to Release Solo Album.
Jack White, in my opinion one of the greatest musicians of our generation, has just released the first single, ‘Love Interruption’, from his soon to be released (April 23) solo album, ‘Blunderbuss’. After two and a half listens to the track I am more than confident that this album is going to be something special [...]
Beach Party. Acoustic Show.
Beach Party, pretty much my favourite new kids on the block at the moment, are playing an acoustic show tonight at The Waiting Room, and if you haven’t seen them yet or are just prone to enjoying yourself then I suggest you head down and have a good time. Also they are giving away their [...]
