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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...
- Elegantly Wasted: The Black Hotels
- With a well-received EP under their belts, Johannesburg's Black Hotels hit the studio late last year to record their debut album. With a new drummer and keyboardist in tow, the resultant Films for the Next Century , which the band has released independently, Read More...
- Black Hotels head out on the Powerzone Roadshow Tour
- These pics were taken at a recent Black Hotels gig at the Bohemian and here are the details of the Powerzone Roadshow Tour, which features The Black Hotels alongside Perez, Crash Car Burn and One Sock Thief. I can't vouch for the other bands but you now Read More...
- 2007: A year in SA Music
- Well this year has to go down as one of the greatest years in South African music. We have seen two great bands in the BLK JKS and Sweat X releases EPs and sign with international labels that tracked them down through Myspace. We have seen young bucks Read More...
- Jane Rademeyer Album launch and the Black Hotels / Matthew Van der Want double bill
- So it’s heading for the end of the year and I’m getting slow. Last week I headed down to Lemon 8 in Selby to catch the launch of Jane Rademeyer’s debut album, I think A Halo. Now Jane gave me a copy of her album a while back, so I was quite familiar you Read More...
- Black Hotels EP launch at the Bohemian
- Thanks to Kevin O'Grady who kindly offered to review the Black Hotels CD launch for Isolation.tv, because we were across town on the nineteenth floor of a building at Space Travel is boring. [ A review for that gig will follow later today or tomorrow Read More...
- Gigs for the last week of Semptember 2007
- OK so I have been off the boil in terms of the gig scene for a few weeks now, hence the lack of gig guides. So seeing as there are some kick ass gigs happening this week, I thought I would compile a brief list here of some of the best. OK so the gig of Read More...
- Oppikoppi 2007 : The way of the dassie
- After a whopping two hours sleep we all got up, piled our shit into the boot of the car and hightailed it across town to pick up our last passenger. There was me and three Oppikoppi virgins, they were excited to say the least, not knowing what to expect. Read More...
- Rabbit in the headlights: The Black Hotels Interview
- They say very few people ever saw the Velvet Underground live, but almost all of those who did went on to form a band. John Boyd lead singer of The Black Hotels never saw the Velvet Underground, he just read the book, Uptight and that was enough for him. Read More...
- The Black Hotels @ the Boh
- The Bohemian was packed on Saturday Night, the crowd had come to see the Black Hotels back at the Boh, with support from One Sock Thief and The Slickers. The Slickers were already well into their set when I arrived, however the few songs I caught showed Read More...
- Gigs for the first two weeks of July
- So here is a brief Gig guide for all you Jozi people and a few gigs for those in Cape Town too. If there is anything I have missed post a comment and add the details This Week First up the BLK JKS gig at the Bohemian tonight is apparently canceled, bummer! Read More...
- Cellardoor LIVE: Party of the weekend
- So the place to be this weekend is the Cellar Door LIVE party and yes its being held in a synagogue in Killarney. Cellardoor present their most ambitious LIVE gig ever to launch the cracking Cellardoor LIVE CD. The album features tracks from all the bands Read More...
- Gigs for the next two weeks
- So here is a gig guide for the next two weeks, it is not comprehenisve, these are just the gigs we are interested in. If you want to add any gigs, post a comment underneath this post. This weekend's big highlight is the Africa Day concert . The festivities Read More...
- Gigs Update: This week and beyond
- OK, so I know posted up an extensive gig guide last week that included some of these gigs, but there have been a couple of changes so consider this an update for those of you who are not going to the MY JOKE FEST this weekend. While we are on the subject Read More...
- Gigs for the Week Ahead
- There are a string of great gigs happening this weekend and next week. Normally I just post up the gigs I would be attending but I had some time this week, so I got a bit more comprehensive. My Picks for each night appear first. Thursday Tonight you can Read More...
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