It’s time to Swing It again – the Let’s Swing It Family Picnic is coming to Carfax on 9 April 2016. Here’s all the info you need to know: This time, Let’s Swing It will be taking over one of Jozi’s hottest inner city venues: the iconic Carfax! The side street Continue Reading
Music Club
All things music.
The Plastics – An interview with South African teen royalty
Lindsay Lohan starred in a movie in 2004 as a homeschooled girl, who comes to an American high school after having lived in Africa for 15 years. Her character, Cady, semi-relucantly joins the clique of popular girls called The Plastics. We spoke to Pascal Righini of The Plastics (the band) about Lindsay’s career.
Cherry Vinyl is Busking Cape Town
Cherry Vinyl’s debut album, Busking Cape Town, is a fun and energetic, melodic folk-rock offering. In a nutshell, this sounds like an album made by lovers of music. Everything sounds bright and light, with a positive attitude and hopeful lyrics beaming from the speakers. It’s also evident that these musicians Continue Reading
Video: Mark Counihan – Call To Live
Mark Counihan just released a lyric video for the single Call To Live, and it looks like this:
Video: Park Acoustics January 2016
We went to Park Acoustics in January, and it looked like this:
The Shabeen opens its doors to Mpumalanga and Mieliepop
No, you won’t be able to buy a beer from them. However, says Ryan McArthur of Capetonian folk-punk duo The Shabeen, if they did sell alcohol, the beers would be “as cheap as they could be, you know… so we could all just have a good party together.” Ryan accompanies previously established solo folk-punker Jon Continue Reading
Lancifer’s bringing his new album to South Africa
Usually when Nashville is discussed in relation to music, it is due to the city’s reputation as the “home of country music”. There are often also related genres being exported – things like blues, jazz, and southern rock. But Lancifer is something completely different.
Mumford and Sons at the Voortrekker Monument
What a show. Mumford and Sons need no introduction. They brought the banjo into modern pop-rock, and cemented their place on the charts with good harmonies, writing, and lyrics. And we’ve all been told excitedly by a teenage girl at a party how the band members can each play all Continue Reading
Meet Lost&Found (or: Can you still call it a supergroup if they only have two people?)
The Parlotones have a bit of a reputation. What exactly that reputation is, I’m not sure. There was a degree of unspecified backlash when they were announced to play at Oppikoppi 2015. But maybe that makes this the perfect time for a side-project. Introducing… Lost&Found Lost&Found is a new Alternative Country/Rock music project Continue Reading
Thieve is back! Here’s their new single, Wild Western Cape
I remember the launch of Thieve‘s first single. I remember the feeling of something distinct and different coming from Cape Town, just when the Bellville music scene’s exports seemed to dry up. And now, after a long silence, they’ve announced their sophomore album, and launched the first single: Wild Western Cape.