Let’s Swing It Family Picnic – Win tickets!
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 […]
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.
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 […]
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, […]
Super bowl 2016 movie adverts
This past weekend was the Super Bowl. I know that it’s a sports thing in America that gets about a third of the country in front of their TVs at the same time. But that’s basically the full extent of my knowledge. The […]
Art Snakes releases their first single: “Yes, I can hear you Clem Fandango”
A new band launches. The number one question on everyone’s lips: What do they sound like? Well, apart from their first gig at Arcade Empire’s Halloween party last year, the Pretoria-based Art Snakes have finally released the first taste – their […]
Mieliepop 2016: The full line-up & ticket giveaway
It seems that March is music festival season. In addition to Splashy Fen and Otterlake Easter Festival, and the brand new Lush Festival in Clarens on Easter weekend, Mieliepop has moved from it’s traditional October/November slot to the weekend before Easter […]
This weekend: Park Acoustics January 2016
This Sunday it’s time for the first Park Acoustics of 2016! The lineup: 10:00 – Gates open 11:00 – Maddy Behrens [ooh an interview!] 12:00 – Mind Pool [Wow – here’s an interview!] 13:00 – Josh Kempen [Read this interview […]
Jack Parow is launching his new EP: From Parow with Love
Jack Parow is back with a European collaboration EP – From Parow with Love. The story goes that, during Parow’s last tours to Europe, he met some artists from the other side of the pond, and decided to collaborate. In […]
Francois van Coke – “Playing it Forward”
Francois van Coke released his cover of Eagles of Death Metal’s I Love You All The Time – in a musical response to the terrible terrorist attack at a French concert last year. The attack took place at the Bataclan theater in […]