Reviewing a South African band every week for 52 weeks. Let's see if we get the rock or the rock gets us...
SUNDAY, APRIL 26
11 BANDS PLUS FUN FOR FAMILIES
(IF YOU’RE NOT AT OPPIKOPPI, FOOL)
The BIG BEAT MUSIC FESTIVAL shouts out to KZN from the Bishopstown on Sunday, April 26. The 11 band line-up boasts something for everyone, from the young to the young at heart, from acoustic to pop and rock.
Headliner, [...]
Here’s a quick one from the mailbag:
“The much anticipated local Cape Town band, Chasing Friday will be performing on Saturday 11th April 2009 at Fashion TV Cape Town.
States front man Phill Black “It is an honour and a privilege to be finding ourselves in the company of a true rock band of such a [...]
So I had the good fortune to receive an email from Sam Alberts of the Love Jones management team inviting me to the launch of their new music video at Stones in Centurion.
So I went. And had a great time.
Snip:
The video for “Limozeen” was shot by international director and producer Michael Matthews using 35mm film, [...]
I love it when bands approach me and ask me to attend their gigs - it’s hugely rewarding, and occasionally I even manage to bum a free beer or two off of these suffering artists. (Hell, I should be the one sponsoring the beer, not them). Such was the case with The He-Shes, a [...]
Cape Town is traditionally a sloow city, with a mouwntihn, that’s like the shape of a table, dude, and like, they have ocean, or like, two oceans really, and some beaches and fishes dude. This contrasts drastically with the prospering metal and rock fan base being developed by bands such as Tonight We Die - bringing a striking diversity to the personality of the [...]