Ready Player One arrives at our shores just in time for Easter, and fittingly it is the quintessential turducken of an Easter feast. It is an Easter egg stuffed with Easter eggs, wrapped in Easter eggs and – to take this metaphor possibly too far, but screw it – covered Continue Reading
Ready. Player. Wonderwall.
Muddy or Magnificent – Mieliepop 2018
It’s your third year in a row going to Mieliepop, so you have a pretty good idea of what to expect. What to pack, where the good camping spots are, what time of day to go for a booze cruise, et cetera. But then, just a day or two before Continue Reading
The Amblers with their unforgettable EP release – The Dustling Man
The Amblers may be a newly revamped band, but their competent blues-rock sound easily confrim them as the local duo that’s got us most excited at the moment. They just dropped a debut EP, The Dustling Man…
GIVEAWAY: Park ELECTRIC Tickets
Just like Bob Dylan in 1965, Park Acoustics is GOING ELECTRIC! And you can see it for yourself by scoring a set of double tickets to Park Electric below!
Piet Botha’s Die Middernagtrein pulls in
I won’t lie, I approached this review with some trepidation, as I don’t think I’m the target demographic for this album, being an English chick who primarily listens to rock and metal. However, Piet Botha has released a very listenable album in Die Middernagtrein. There are one or two songs Continue Reading
Terugspoel Top 40 flieks: #37 – Airplane!
#37 uit my Top 40 flieks van alle tye: Airplane! (1980) Geskryf en geregisseer deur David Zucker, Jerry Zucker en Jim Abrahams. Met Robert Hays, Julie Hagerty, Leslie Nielsen, Robert Stack, Lloyd Bridges, Peter Graves, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, en Lorna Patterson
Are Them Dirty Shrikes gambling on debut EP Heads or Tails?
Just like the game, Them Dirty Shrikes has taken a gamble with their debut EP Heads or Tails… and it’s paid off.
Jeremy Loops is feeling better when he smiles with Critical As Water
I thoroughly enjoyed Critical As Water – Jeremy Loops’ latest album. Most of the songs find you bobbing your head along without even realizing it. I really can’t find much to criticize about this album. It might be my own musical tastes creeping in, but I’m picking up a few Continue Reading
Die vloek van vrees: ‘n Gesprek met Hanneke Schutte
Hanneke Schutte was ‘n kind vol vrese. “Ek was só bang gewees toe ek klein was. Ek was regtig bang vir álles. My pa-hulle het nie geweet wat om met my te doen nie. Ek kon nie eens in die gang afloop in die aand nie, ek moes hardloop — Continue Reading