Reviewing a South African band every week for 52 weeks. Let's see if we get the rock or the rock gets us...
Two 52weekers in search of a gig, Oscar and I headed down to Zanzibar on Friday the 23rd to see Subrosa and another band playing. (Yes, we’re starting to hit a lot of repeat bands, which is disturbing, but often enjoyable as we get to experience one old and one new along the way. The [...]
16 June 2006 : Four great SA bands, three eager 52Weeks representatives, one fantastic venue.
Blood Money, Running with Scissors, Subrosa and Epicure were playing at the Blues Room in Sandton.
All the photos are up on Flickr.
Blood Money were cool, Running with Scissors funky, Epicure was passionate, but Subrosa was the band we wanted to watch.
On [...]
Levi’s is doing great things with South African rock, and Sunday 4 June saw them hosting the inspirational, the magnificent, the drunken elephant radio controlled, the rocking Parlotones at the 88 Lounge in Norwood.
The gig was opened by an eclectic group of folk rockers known as Greenacre. They were really good too. And friendly. And [...]
So on Friday a whole group of 52Weekers (most attendees yet!) headed down to Zanzibar - the bar in Pretoria, not the country - to see what their rock line-up had in store. We were not disappointed. The two bands on the schedule were Soil 7t7 and the New Academics. The New Academics were [...]
Tonight we’ll be watching Soil7t7 and New Academics at Zanzibar, in Faerie Glen, Pretoria. Virgin sonic territory.
This Sunday 52 Weeks heads for The 88 Lounge in Norwood for a Levi’s Vintage Sunday with Greenacre and The Parlotones unplugged.
Depending on next week’s plans, it might end up that only one of these artists gets the review. [...]