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- The Pavement Special Issue 2 Launch Party
- 6 bands + 1 CD + 15 cutting edge songs = R80 The Pavement Special is back! Yes you heard right, South Africa’s very own totally independent music magazine has returned with another solid dose of independent music for your listening pleasure. While TPS 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...
- A Sweaty night at the armpit
- Afrikaans music pioneers Nul, Riku Lätti and Thys Nywerheid invaded Joburg last week, Isolation.tv was there for the ride. The Bohemian in Richmond was the setting for a night of mayhem last Friday that had been dubbed Die Donderende Doodsnag (The thundering Read More...
- SA music throws one down - Cellar Door Live party is a riot, mostly!
- For those that missed it, Marc and Martin the guys behind Cellar Door, threw a hugely successful launch party on Saturday for their new local compilation CD. Firstly I think a big-up to Marc and Martin is in order, the guys have done local music a huge 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...
- Kobus! live at the Bohemian: The Swaar Metaal Launch
- Kobus! pulled into town last night, to launch their new album Swaar Metaal at the Bohemian. Launch their album they did, in true style, laying down the challenge for the rest of South Africa’s rock acts, a brutal reminder that Kobus! will eat them alive. Read More...
- Heavy Duty Discipline: NuL
- After a short break guest interviewer Woody Mellor is back with Heavy Duty Discipline. This time he turns the spotlight on Pretoria’s Industrial noise merchants NuL. The band is Adriaan Pelzer on keys & vocals, Simon Kruger on bass, Mareli Minnaar Read More...
- Friends, lend me your ears: A feature on LastFM
- Whether it’s Japanese psychedelic rock, obscure Scandinavian indie-pop or Appalachian folk that rocks your boat, the question is always the same: how do I find it? Well, the answer to your endless quest for fresh, new, exciting music may just lie in the Read More...
- Insek Album Launch
- SOCIETY’S CRUST AND THE MEDIA HYPE OF OBLIVION INTERIOR MOTIVES OF THE “DAMNED” part 2 Isolation.tv welcomes back Rick De La Ray to spill the beans on the Insek album launch last week. I just finished vacuuming my lounge and straightening the pillows Read More...
- February/March - Gigs and tours
- So while Lark head north, Pretoria's finest post-rockers, Kid of Doom, are heading south on tour. For those lucky punters in Bloem, Friday the 21st stands to be one hell of a memorable occasion as the two bands meet @ the Mystic Boer for a joint gig. Read More...
- Fred De Vries interviews Jaxon Rice
- Writer Fred De Vries has a great interview with Jaxon Rice of the Diesel Whores up on his blog, go check it out here There is also an interview with Rian Malan here and one with Righard Kapp of One Minute Trolley Dash - here Read More...
- Interview with the Rudimentals - Cape Town's one and only Ska pioneers
- The Rudimentals may be kicking up a storm with their new album and performances around the country, but they still aren't getting any radio play. How much longer is this situation going to be allowed to go on? South African musicians are holding up their Read More...
- Interview with Hellphones lead singer Tenn Elliot
- Tell us a bit about the recording process of your debut album, any funny studio stories? Elliot: Recording in a full-on professional studio was nothing we had ever done before as a band. We had David Birch recording and producing the album for a start, Read More...
- Web-made superstars
- The digital age has brought the music listener and musician closer together, giving both power in a world traditionally controlled by fat cat music industry executives. No longer is it “we produce, you consume”; now listeners are networking via the Internet Read More...
Bands can send music for review or online posting to: Isolation C/O of Lloyd, PO Box 91667, Auckland Park, Johannesburg, 2006
