South African Music Magazine
It’s amazing how a sound from the psychedelic 60’s can feel so fresh and weirdly innovative circa the new millennia. Maybe the plethora of same sounding indie bands and radio cock-rock helps sway one’s persuasion. Either way this quintet hailing from Austin, Texas, called the Black Angels are a refreshing change from the norm, even Read More »
In 2005 Foto Na Dans won the Afrikaans rock band competition, Rockspaaieder and ever since there has been a lot of expectation placed on this 5 piece progressive rock band from Bellville. There is no mistaking the musical ability of these guys and they’re not scared to experiment either, co-conspiring with unlikely collaborators, Flash Republic Read More »
Hailing from New York, We Are Scientists could possibly be called veterans of the Indie Rock genre as Barbara is already their fifth album. With bands like The Strokes, Franz Ferdinand and Razorlight spearheading this musical movement, these guys have a more polished sound compared to the previously mentioned bands as well as incorporating minor Read More »
There are not a lot of 90’s alt-rock bands, in my opinion, that have successfully returned from their heyday with the same influence or relevance that they once had. Alice in Chains managed to reinforce what made them so relevant in the 90’s although the album, Black Gives Way to Blue, whilst pretty damn good, Read More »
After an acrimonious split from his former band, 90′s alt-rockers Live, Ed Kowalczyk has released his first solo album, Alive. Fans of Live will be lapping this album up, and after listening to it, it is clear that he was the primary songwriter in his previous band as this sounds like Ed doing vocals on Read More »
A best-of set to conclude the acrimonious relationship of brothers Gallagher, Time Flies is the complete singles collection celebrating the work of Oasis from start to finish.
A CD/DVD double set of this legendary band serves up their full live set from Freedom Hall, both for the car (CD) and visually (DVD) for the old toppies to reminisce and rock out to.
The bulk of this album is made up of piano driven syrupy sweet Rock ballads in the vein of One Republic and although the odd edgier track surfaces now and again, we use the term “Rock” with great trepidation.
Hailing from the Gauteng region (a tribute to the Johannesburg skyline featured in the cover artwork by Shane Forbes), this Death-/Thrash Metal quintet fulfills most of the requirements any self-respecting Metal fan would expect, which is a good balance between extremity and groove, vocal intensity and passionate delivery of the Metal ethic. It is not Read More »
South Africa’s own radio-rock heroes are back with their fourth album and this band is just going from strength to strength. Once again enlisting South African hit-maker Theo Crous to make sure this baby goes platinum, Jekyll & Hyde is all-killer-no-filler. First single off the album, Breathing, is testament to Ross & Co’s ability to Read More »
