Reviewing a South African band every week for 52 weeks. Let's see if we get the rock or the rock gets us...
Shoowee, these reviews are running far behind. Best we play a little catch up here…
A mad and excited crowd welcomed Fokofpolisiekar to a rowdy gig at Maloney’s in Hatfield.
There are few english words to describe the brilliance and energy of these Afrikaans rockers. They’ve done what many thought was unachievable - creating vibrant, popular Afrikaans [...]
So after my being-chased-away experience, and because I’ve wanted to upgrade for so long, no longer will I have the smallest lens or the softest flash. Enter 52weeks with a Nikon Digital SLR. Yeah baby, more pics. Quicker and clearer.
I’ve seen Ménage à Trois play a number of times, first at Levi’s Young Guns and subsequently at a couple of [...]
With a clever name like The Sick Leaves I must admit I expected a lot more. These guys didn’t really manage to grab my attention for more than a couple of minutes. Now there are two possible reasons for this:
1. Jameson’s in large volumes
2. The Hellphones completely outshined them
Let’s hope it’s one of those. I [...]
Yeah it feels like home in the Trailer Park. 52weeks returned to the ‘park to see the New Academics (and Undersound). Various 52weeks groupies - B&N and Pro-Soccer-Story-Boy and K-wren attended too, much to my delight.
I have to admit, I was not expecting much from another band that had intermittently crossed my radar. Blah blah blah [...]