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Two Legends grace Jozi's stages
OK, so the last month has been amazing for live music. I have witnessed two grand masters of their craft, live in Johannesburg. The first was the great Linton Kwesi Johnson who toured the country recently with the Dennis Bovell Dub Band. I went down to Read More...
Posted Monday, May 11, 2009 4:24 PM by Lloyd | 1 Comments
Marc Ribot and J Tillman live in Berlin
I was in Berlin two weekends ago and although I hadn’t made any plans it turned out to be a great weekend for music. On the Saturday night after a group dinner, I snuck off with my colleagues from Poland and Hungary to catch a great double bill called Read More...
Posted Tuesday, March 10, 2009 5:49 PM by Lloyd | 3 Comments
Spewing Bile: Battery 9 launch Galbraak
All Photos COPYRIGHT: Lisa Skinner Getting showered with sparks by a giant bearing an angle grinder is not how most people spend their Friday night. But Battery 9 fans come out in their droves for this kind of treatment, especially because live performances Read More...
Posted Friday, October 24, 2008 12:32 PM by Lloyd | (Comments Off)
Matthew van der Want & Andy Lund @ Back 2 Basix
So last night I headed down to Back 2 Basix to catch Matthew Van der Want and Andy Lund, who were doing solo shows. Matthew was up first and played a great set that included some classic songs like Country & Western and Rosetenville Blues . He also Read More...
Posted Friday, September 19, 2008 1:00 PM by Lloyd | (Comments Off)
Band of Horses @ Shepherd's Bush Empire
A day of second hand record shopping (that resulted in some great albums by The Go-Betweens, R.E.M, P.I.L, M Ward and Crazy Horse) was the perfect build up to catching Band of Horses live at Shepherd’s Bush Empire. I was a bit nervous; their last album Read More...
Posted Thursday, July 24, 2008 5:29 PM by Lloyd | (Comments Off)
The Magnetic Fields live @ Cadogan Hall
So you may have noticed a few weeks back that the blog went quiet for a while, I was in London for a bit of work, with a bit of play tagged on the end. Luckily I managed to catch a few great shows, which I will be writing about, in fact this is the first. Read More...
Posted Thursday, July 24, 2008 2:20 PM by Lloyd | (Comments Off)
Jim Neversink launch 'Shakey is Good'
[Copyright: Lisa Skinner] So Jim Neversink launched their second album on Sunday night and it was a great night out. Here are some photos from the evening. Read More...
Posted Tuesday, June 17, 2008 8:20 PM by Lloyd | (Comments Off)
Kidofdoom @ Fuel Cafe
COPYRIGHT: Lisa Skinner So this is a bit late but two weekends ago I caught Kidofdoom at Fuel Cafe and as usual they were great and there new material is sounding brilliant. Here are some pictures courtesy of Lisa Skinner. Read More...
Posted Tuesday, June 10, 2008 8:03 PM by Lloyd | (Comments Off)
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Joe Jackson live @ Monte Casino
OK, a little bit late but I went to see Joe Jackson on Thursday night last week and he rocked. Having got back together with the original rhythm section from his Look Sharp Band, Jackson plowed through at least half of his new album Rain and a healthy Read More...
Posted Tuesday, June 10, 2008 12:43 PM by Lloyd | 2 Comments
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The Shadow Club @ The Bohemian
This last weekend was packed full of great gigs, so Isolation.tv got out there to see what some local bands have been up to. First up was The Shadow Club who were sharing a stage and a drummer with Scot Scot at the Bohemian. This band is really great Read More...
Posted Wednesday, May 28, 2008 2:24 PM by Lloyd | (Comments Off)
Jim Neversink @ The Radium Beer Hall
Then on Saturday night Jim Neversink returned to the stage at the Radium Beer Hall for the first time in three months. The band has been putting the finishing touches to their second album, titled Shakey is Good , and played a number of their new songs Read More...
Posted Wednesday, May 28, 2008 2:18 PM by Lloyd | (Comments Off)
Matthew van der Want @ Back 2 Basix
Then on Sunday night Matthew Van der Want launched his new compilation album The best and worst at Back 2 Basix. Matthew was joined on stage by Sean Strydom on acoustic guitar and mandolin as they worked through a number of his songs including Baby Steps, Read More...
Posted Wednesday, May 28, 2008 2:14 PM by Lloyd | (Comments Off)
Buckfever Underground & Nul @ The Boh
The Buckfever Undergound rolled in town this week, kicked ass, took names and blew minds. I was there, it was amazing! I don’t know what else to say, except you can catch them on Sunday at Oppikoppi, I’ll be there! Oh and Nul played too! Very cool Night Read More...
Posted Thursday, April 24, 2008 6:08 PM by Lloyd | (Comments Off)
The Buckfever Underground @ Steak & Ale
Here's a review of The Buckfever Underground's gig at the Steak & Ale courtesy of Kevin O’Grady. The Buckfever Underground phenomenon rolled into Gauteng this week for a series of gigs building up to their appearance at Oppikoppi this coming Sunday. Read More...
Posted Wednesday, April 23, 2008 12:07 PM by Lloyd | 2 Comments
Shine A Light
So last night I trekked all the way out to Monte Casino, an area I would normally avoid like the plague. The reason, I had tickets to see a premier screening of the new Martin Scorsese film Shine A Light . The film documents two shows on the Rolling Stones Read More...
Posted Friday, April 18, 2008 2:19 PM by Lloyd | (Comments Off)
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