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- Oppikoppi 2008: We came, we saw, we left!
- Ok so once again my Oppikoppi review is late, I know there is no excuse but it feels like I walked back into a shit storm of work when I got back and any spare time I have had, I have needed to chill the fuck out, So here it goes. Despite the line-up Read More...
- The Future has arrived!
- One of my favourite moments in Julian Temple’s 2006 documentary Glastonbury, which traces the festival’s thirty-something year history, is a scene where a bunch of guys had set up a sign that said, “sign up here to complain that festival is not as good Read More...
- Oppikoppi's Italian Connection
- Mojomatics For years now Oppikoppi punters have been enjoying the finest independent sounds that the Dutch and Belgian music scenes have to offer and now they can add Italy to that list. Thanks to the exchange programmes between Northam's Oppikoppi festival Read More...
- The Ballad of Lucky Fonz III
- Amsterdam's award-winning folk singer Lucky Fonz III has returned to Gauteng for a second tour and will be playing at Oppikoppi this weekend. Fonz is deeply rooted in the American song traditions, his influences traversing Johnny Cash, Bob Dylan, Neil Read More...
- Fuck yeah Oppikoppi!
- See you there! Read More...
- 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...
- The emperor’s new clothes
- COPYRIGHT: Lisa Skinner [Here is a piece I wrote about the Oppikoppi Not Quite Easter Festival for that newspaper that pays my salary, my full festival review will come later in the week. Sorry it's late but the long weekend kind of delayed me] Oppikoppi's Read More...
- Oppikoppi and other cool gigs for next week!
- So next weekend is Oppikoppi's Not Quite Easter Festival people. Here is the line-up for those interested. FRIDAY 25 APRIL 15:00 TBC 16:00 The Slickers 17:00 Havoc Vultures 18:00 Trike 19:00 Straatligkinders 20:00 Cassette 21:00 Sarah Bettens (BE) 22:00 Read More...
- The Buckfever Underground Saves (Lank)
- "Beer, freedom. In that order, please, and form a line while you're at it." That is the last message scrawled on the bottom of the liner notes on the new Buckfever Underground album. Sitting at a wooden table at Oppikoppi with half of the Buckfever Underground, Read More...
- Dust-bowl euphoria
- I know my previous review pretty much covered it, but here is the M&G Oppikoppi review I wrote. Once again, South Africa’s most debauched music festival was a riot. Oppikoppi is possibly the worst place in the world to wake up with a hangover. Depending 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...
- Oppikoppi 2007, Fuck Yeah!
- Hello there all. So I am back from the Koppi and although I feel rather vacant and deranged this Monday lunchtime, I had shitloads of fun. So this is just a note to say that I am still processing my thoughts and sifting through the loads of pics I took Read More...
- Oppikoppi 2007 - Woohoo!
- While I must admit to pangs of jealousy when a number of my friends recently attended the Latitude festival in the UK and reported back with glorious tales about Arcade Fire, The National, Clap your hands say yeah, Herman Dune and Elvis Perkins, I have Read More...
- They're Coming!
- So it looks like it's true, the Violent Femmes will be playing Oppikoppi this year, woohoo! Check out this tour page on their website. Tour Page No more news on international acts, but there have been rumours involving the Pixies too. To be quite honest Read More...
- 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...
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