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2009 in South African Music

OK so 2010 is here and already there are some great albums on the horizon. Hope you all have a great New Year. Anyway so I am going to use my first few posts of the new decade to look back. Back at the year of 2009 in South African music, back at what Read More...

Posted Thursday, January 14, 2010 11:03 AM by Lloyd | (Comments Off)

Filed under: Tidal Waves, Albert Frost, Blk Jks, Buckfever Underground, Righard Kapp, Black Hotels, Us Kids Know, Nul, Kidofdoom, Kalahari Surfers, Guy Buttery, Dear Reader, Busi Mhlongo, Ramon Galvan, Joao Orrechia, Selaelo Selota, 2009 Albums of the year

My face R melting or How we survived Oppikoppi Easter

COPYRIGHT: Lisa Skinner I known it’s late and I am going to keep this short, because I have already written an opinion piece on the Not Quite Easter Oppikoppi Festival. Friday Day One AKA Friday didn’t present to many attractions so I spent most of the Read More...

Posted Thursday, May 15, 2008 2:27 PM by Lloyd | 3 Comments

Filed under: SA Bands, Reviews, Tidal Waves, Oppikoppi, Festivals, Albert Frost, kid of doom, Buckfever Underground, Trike, Bacchus Nel, Van Coke Kartel, Isochronous, Lucky Fonz III

Bacchus, Brixton, Albert & Myburgh get Jiggy at the Boh

OK so I have got lazy with the gigs. So here is a wrap up of two great gigs that I saw at the Bohemian in the last two weeks. The first was another of Dave’s Civilised evenings, which featured Bacchus Nel and Brixton Moord en Roof Orkes. Bacchus was up Read More...

Posted Thursday, September 27, 2007 4:33 PM by Lloyd | (Comments Off)

Filed under: SA Bands, Albert Frost, Live, Brixton MRO, Riku Lätti, Myburgh, Bacchus Nel

So where the bloody hell were you?

Well about fifty other people and myself witnessed a great show last night by some of South Africa's finest musicians. The Blk Jks and Albert Frost commandeered the stage at the Blues room last night for a great show, its just a pity that there were so Read More...

Posted Friday, February 02, 2007 9:54 AM by Lloyd | (Comments Off)

Filed under: SA Bands, Albert Frost, Blk Jks, Live

Raising hell: An Album and Gig review

Sitting on a rock at Oppikoppi watching the sun set behind The Albert Frost Band, who were ripping through a thundering rendition of an old Hendrix number, I met Fredriguez, the six-fingered lead guitarist for The Hellphones. As we bonded over great rock’n’roll Read More...

Posted Monday, September 04, 2006 11:54 AM by Lloyd | 2 Comments

Filed under: CD, SA Bands, Reviews, Interview, Oppikoppi, Festivals, Albert Frost, The Hellphones, Live, Kings of Leon

Oppikoppi Report

So another oppikoppi has come and gone. Pity about the public holiday situation. I would love to have caught the Blk Jks and the Hellphones on Thursday night but I just couldn't take two days off work. By all accounts both bands delivered amazing performances. Read More...

Posted Monday, August 07, 2006 6:17 PM by Lloyd | (Comments Off)

Filed under: Oppikoppi, Valiant Swart, Festivals, Albert Frost, Live, Lark, Vusi Mahlasela

Robin Auld - Jungle of One

After 20 years in the industry, prolific singer-songwriter Robin Auld is back with a new collection of songs. A more mature offering than Auld’s previous efforts, Jungle of One presents Auld in a number of different guises: adult contemporary pop star, Read More...

Posted Friday, June 23, 2006 3:09 PM by Lloyd | (Comments Off)

Filed under: CD, SA Bands, Reviews, Robin Auld, Albert Frost