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 if this track is anything to go by, the man is a pure genius, and his music is a delight unto one’s ears.
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 EP for free at the show, not that you can’t just download it here.
Photograph by Ian Engelbrecht.
Lianne La Havas. Forget (Official Video).
Lianne La Havas is definitely one of my favourite new female artists, from her joyful voice to her friendly disposition, she is just great.
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Sonar: Cape Town. Massive Attack.
Word on the street is that Ravi Naidoo, the founder of Design Indaba, announced to an audience of over two hundred people that Massive Attack are playing at Cape Town’s version of Sonar Festival in March over the same weekend as the Indaba. If this is true it’s pretty big, Massive Attack is one of those bands you have to see before you die, well at least for me they are. Let’s hope this rumour is true…
Update: Lea Colombo. ”The Florist’s Daughter”.
Lea Colombo is clearly a busy girl, she sent me here latest shoot with model, Lux Paton, and stylist, Ane Strydom, only a week after her previous shoot, but there is something about her work that is appealing, so I am going to share it with you.
Photography by Lea Colombo // Styling by Ane Strydom // Make up by Corne Visser // Model Lux Paton
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The Tallest Man On Earth. Ticket + Album Giveaway. Jozi + Cpt.
The Tallest Man On Earth, one of the biggest names in folk music, is set to play live shows in both Cape Town and Johannesburg in the next few weeks, the 10th and 11th February. This is something we at We-are-awesome have been looking forward to for a long time now. To make things even more exciting we are gonna give you the opportunity of winning yourself and a friend a ticket to either the Cape Town or Jozi show, plus a copy of The Tallest Man On Earth’s latest album, The Wild Hunt.
Simply comment which city you would like to win tickets to with a valid email address and the prize (2 x tickets, 1 x album) could be yours.
For more information on the tour visit here.
Update: If it wasn’t clear we will be giving away tickets to both the jozi and cpt shows, also competition winners will be announced at 2pm tomorrow (1st Feb)
Haasbroek. NFS 4.
Haasbroek’s 4th Not For Sale piece is out and ready for you to go grab. You just gotta find it.
Timothy Adam Maynard by Miguel Lomott.
Ricky Lee Gordon and his team have been doing great work through their residency program at A Word Of Art, bringing ouut some very cool artist from around the world, giving them the opportunity to share their work with Cape Town and allowing them to be inspired by the beautiful city we live in. Check out this video A Word Of Art of put together of one of their more recent artists, Timothy Adam Maynard from Portland.
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Spoek Mathambo. Let Them Talk.
Spoek Mathambo represents South Africa culture at an international level, in a very successful manner. Listening to his music, it’s rich content and his approach to every detail makes me proud to be a South African and gives me hope in the musical talent that we are producing. Spoek Mathambo has just released a new track and it’s free for download. I suggest you do just that.
