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Czech the Funk: Politics and music have more often than not been uneasy bedfellows, so when the Soviet tanks rolled into Prague in 1968, some of the country’s musicians were on the receiving end. A new series of reissues by boutique label Vampisoul is shining a spotlight Read More...; Posted Tuesday, March 09, 2010 1:48 PM by Lloyd | (Comments Off)
Filed under: CD, Reviews, Feature, Emil Viklicky, Marta Kubisová
Reflective beats: The Jacob Israel Interview: Pretoria's electro wunderkind, Jacob Israel, has been on the scene now for a few years, having released two stellar collections of work -- the first, 2005's My Paper Nautilus , is an album of experimental electronica, the second, Birthright , is a harder, Read More...; Posted Wednesday, March 03, 2010 4:14 PM by Lloyd | (Comments Off)
Filed under: SA Bands, Interview, Feature, Jacob Israel
Independent and irie: The Tidal Waves Interview: Beginning with an Afrobeat stomp, Tidal Waves' fifth album, Manifesto , is a powerhouse album from South Africa's finest reggae band. Happy Man , the opening song, is such a bolt of sunshine that it can't help but win you over with its cheery disposition Read More...; Posted Wednesday, March 03, 2010 4:07 PM by Lloyd | (Comments Off)
Filed under: SA Bands, Tidal Waves, Interview, Feature
Taking the desert to the people: Interview with Etran Finatawa: Simple logic may suggest that a group of nomads would make the perfect touring rock band, given that their customary lifestyle dictates that they are constantly on the move. But their current routine is quite an ordeal for the members of Niger's Etran Read More...; Posted Wednesday, September 23, 2009 1:16 PM by Lloyd | (Comments Off)
Filed under: Interview, Feature, Tinariwen, Robert Plant, Ali Farka Touré, Etran Finatawa, Johnny Clegg
Africa Unite: 'It's all about fair trade," says Percy Yip Tong, a Mauritian record-label owner and festival director who attended South Africa's annual Moshito music conference last week. "We talk about fair trade in coffee and bananas -- we must have fair trade for Read More...; Posted Friday, September 18, 2009 3:58 PM by Lloyd | (Comments Off)
Filed under: Interview, Feature, Equation Musique, Moshito
Black Moon Rising: Some things are worth waiting for. It may have taken the BLK JKS four years to deliver their debut album, but After Robots (scheduled for release on September 1 on Just Music) is probably the most important South African album to have appeared in the Read More...; Posted Monday, September 07, 2009 3:48 PM by Lloyd | (Comments Off)
Filed under: CD, Reviews, Interview, Blk Jks, Feature
Some bands are louder than others: If you had to sum up Johannesburg instrumental band Tale of the Son in one word, that word would be relentless. This is not noise for noise's sake. In fact, it's anything but. Tale of the Son delicately craft their noise, guitar riff after guitar riff Read More...; Posted Monday, June 08, 2009 1:17 PM by Lloyd | (Comments Off)
Filed under: CD, Interview, Feature, Tale of the Son, Deconstruction
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...; Posted Monday, June 08, 2009 12:42 PM by Lloyd | (Comments Off)
Filed under: CD, SA Bands, Interview, Feature, Black Hotels
Death Disco: The KOOS reissues: A place where poetry and theatre meets noise. That was the original vision for South Africa's long-lost post-punk band KOOS, formed in 1986 by conceptual artist Neil Goedhals and actor Marcel van Heerden. They were joined in their quest by actors Gys Read More...; Posted Monday, March 16, 2009 4:26 PM by Lloyd | 7 Comments
Filed under: CD, SA Bands, Interview, Feature, Battery 9, Righard Kapp, Koos
The rise of The Invaders: Uitenhage’s long forgotten 60’s rock ‘n rollers: Uitenhage is probably the last place you would expect to find some self-styled rock stars, but in 1962 this small Eastern Cape town birthed The Invaders. Now thanks to some rabid Invaders fans who have been pestering Gallo Archivist Rob Allingham to find Read More...; Posted Thursday, December 18, 2008 11:12 AM by Lloyd | (Comments Off)
Filed under: CD, Reviews, Feature, Rob Allingham, Gallo Reissues, The Invaders
Darkness on the edge of town: The Fink interview: Ninja Tune is not the kind of label you would expect to find an intimate singer/songwriter bearing his soul, but Fink is not your average singer/songwriter. Coming from a background in house, acid jazz and hip hop, Fink brings something new to the acoustic Read More...; Posted Thursday, October 09, 2008 7:39 PM by Lloyd | 2 Comments
Filed under: CD, Interview, Feature, Tricky, Bjork, Portishead, Massive Attack, Ninja Tune, Jimi Hendrix, Fink
Exporting Tuareg Culture to the world: The Festival in the Desert: Manny Ansar, the founder and organiser of Mali’s legendary Festival in the desert is an incredibly humble man, this is born out by the fact that he still wonders why all these foreigners want to travel close to eighty kilometers into the Sahara desert Read More...; Posted Wednesday, September 24, 2008 1:24 PM by Lloyd | (Comments Off)
Filed under: Interview, Festivals, Feature, Tinariwen, Bassekou Kouyaté & Ngoni Ba, Mali, Festival in the Desert
Out the Shadows: The Shadow Club Interview: [Photos Copyright: Lisa Skinner] The Shadow Club move quickly. Within days of deciding to start a band, they were holed up in their new egg-box-covered practice space. Two rehearsals later and they were booking their first show at the Bohemian in Richmond, Read More...; Posted Tuesday, June 17, 2008 8:37 PM by Lloyd | 1 Comments
Filed under: SA Bands, Interview, White Stripes, Feature, Jeff Buckley, Black Keys, Shadowclub
Joe Jackson hits SA: The Interview: While the name Joe Jackson may seem like a blast from the past, associated with hits like 1979’s Is she really going out with him? And 1984’s You can’t get what you want (till you know what you want) , fans will be glad to know that the man is still on Read More...; Posted Tuesday, June 03, 2008 4:02 PM by Lloyd | 1 Comments
Filed under: Interview, Feature, Joe Jackson
"The Bob Dylan for this generation": An Interview with Stephen Malkmus: If indie-music icon Stephen Malkmus’s self- effacing attitude is to be believed, it’s merely luck that led him to getting involved with the soundtrack for Todd Haynes’s Bob Dylan biopic I’m Not There . “It’s being in the right place at the right time,” Read More...; Posted Tuesday, April 29, 2008 2:08 PM by Lloyd | (Comments Off)
Filed under: CD, Reviews, Interview, Bob Dylan, Feature, Stephen Malkmus, Pavement

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