When you press play, it knocks politely with somewhat muted tones, before it breaks down the door. After those first few seconds, Twin Atlantic’s latest album, GLA, makes an explosive first impression with its opening track, Gold Elephant: Cherry Alligator. It’s their fifth release since a debut EP in 2008 (A Guidance From Continue Reading
Koue kos, warm liefde, vars fliek: Dis Koue Kos, Skat
Bestanddele Liefde Teleurstelling Wraak Komedie Middeljare Kookkuns Anna-Mart van der Merwe, Elzabe Zietsman, Deon Lotz, Frank Opperman Die kors Begin met ‘n deeglike laag liefdestelleurstelling. Anna-Mart van der Merwe se Clara Brand moet aanbeweeg met haar lewe nadat sy uitgevind het haar man Bernard (Deon Lotz) verneuk haar met ‘n Continue Reading
Medicine Boy – somewhere between chaos and control with Kinda Like Electricity
Andre Leo poses a casual challenge: “Listen to Spiritualized’s Think I’m in Love when you’re feeling good, and when you’re feeling bad. Totally different.” That’s part of the answer you get when you ask him whether Medicine Boy, his dream noise duo with Lucy Kruger, and specifically their latest album Kinda Like Electricity, is meant Continue Reading
Staring at the Sun, and how We Are Charlie fight demons
Note: This is part two of my interview with We Are Charlie. Completists should probably read part 1 first. I’ve been sitting down with two members of We Are Charlie at Pop Filter Studios in Pretoria. I’m intrigued by what they tell me about their recording process. Beyond their straight-cut lyrics, they Continue Reading
Suicide Squad: Unconventional heroes, conventionally
One thing Suicide Squad (the latest film in DC Extended Universe film series that started with Man of Steel and Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice) did right, was choosing a title that’s hard and awkward to portmanteau the word suck or meh or boring with. Unfortunately, the movie is still pretty meh. Sui-SUCK Squad, Continue Reading
The Graeme Watkins Project – In Abundance
Love is a wonderful thing. It brightens up even the sorriest of existences, leaving the lovestruck victim radiating a vast array of colour to the world around him/her. A hormone on fire, lighting your way around the dark world. This feeling can be found personified in the new Graeme Watkins Continue Reading
Staring at the Sun, and how We Are Charlie write honest songs
I met Dylan Christie and Wesley Reinecke on an ice-cold night at Pop Filter Studios in Pretoria. It’s right behind Menlyn. The third member (and bassist) of We Are Charlie, Rowan van Eeden, was away on a trip to Germany. But between Dylan & Wesley, they had more than enough to say. Continue Reading
Onder Ou Tafelberg: Akkedis kyk terug na 20 jaar
Akkedis bestaan uit die bebaarde langhaar tweelingbroers van Somerset-Wes, Rudolph en Arthur Dennis, met AJ Graham as derde lid. Hulle musiek het ‘n element van klassieke eenvoud, ten spyte van hulle voorkoms. Dis ‘n soort pseudo-folk blues-rock met ‘n groot fokus op lirieke, en sterk Afrika- invloede. Hulle sing hoofsaaklik in Afrikaans, met Continue Reading
Blink-182 pens an ode to California
Blink-182 has released a new album called California This album is the Blink-182‘s first release since their poorly received Neighbourhoods (that’s how we spell it in South African English) in 2011, which saw the band members to scatter to the four corners of the Earth. Well, three corners. Before I delve into Continue Reading
Gazing Vacantly? Boketto releases their debut album, About You
The last time I heard a groovy jazz-rock band who named themselves after a Japanese word with no English translation – oh wait, that’s never happened before. Enter Boketto. Apparently roughly translated, it means ‘The act of gazing vacantly into the distance, without thinking.’ Which is a pretty cool name for Continue Reading