South African Music Magazine
Whatever you do, don’t miss out on this Drum Month! It’s a rare opportunity to get your much needed drumming gear at these prices. Fantastic Specials, Free Workshops and the Fastest Drummer Competition! This Weekend FREE Drum Month Workshop with Adrian Langeveld The Master of the blastbeat. The psychotic metronome. The man with a thousand arms. Adrian mixes Read More »
A couple of weeks ago Rocking the Daisies raised the bar with the announcement of Bloc Party headlining at their festival. Since then fans all over South Africa have been commenting on all social media channels and plenty have been asking the question, “What about Jo’burg?” Well we have good news! IN THE CITY, Johannesburg’s Read More »
The Shins released an exclusive video for “It’s Only Life” from Port Of Morrow via Pitchfork.tv. Directed by Hiro Murai, the video takes place in an apocalyptic suburb where monsters have captured James Mercer. Also, don’t forget to check out the Pitchfork Music Festival here. Pitchfork.tv on YouTube will stream the 2012 Pitchfork Music Festival live from Chicago’s Union Park July 13-15. Read More »
The David Gresham Record Company announces the signing of Cape Town indie pop/rock outfit “The Plastics” to a worldwide licensing and publishing deal. The Plastics are riding high after the release of the hit single “Stereo Kids” which went top 10 on the 5FM Top 40 & the video went number 1 on the MK Charts. In Read More »
At Summer NAMM 2012 in Nashville, TC launches BH250, its most compact bass amp yet and the first head in the company’s Bass Amp 2.0 range to introduce the revolutionary TonePrint concept. TC’s new BH250 is the only bass head that offers virtually endless musical and tonal inspiration via the revolutionary TonePrint concept in a Read More »
This non-profit Section 21 theatre is in financial difficulty. With the high mortgage bonds used for the refurbishing of the theatre, the high costs of electricity, water and rates, the theatre is turning to the public and companies for support. Since re-launching in 2007, the Victory Theatre has spent over R24-million revamping and restoring the Read More »
Academy Award nominated filmmaker Spike Lee, in conjunction with the Estate of Michael Jackson and Legacy/Epic Records, is in the final stages of post production of a Michael Jackson documentary focusing on Michael’s landmark BAD album and worldwide tour. The project marks the first ever in-depth, behind the scenes film project to chronicle a Michael Jackson Read More »
THE PLASTICS will depart for their Roller Coastal Tour this weekend Cape Town. Starting off in J Bay today then to East London. “This tour is breaking new ground for us as we’ve never been to East London before. It’s our third trip up to J-Bay and we’ve always had a great time so we Read More »
David Gresham Records in celebration of its 40th anniversary announces the signing of Cape Town singer/songwriter Jimmy Nevis. He has already released his debut hit single “Elephant Shoes” earlier this year and is in the process of completing his debut (yet to be titled album) for release in September 2012. Jimmy Nevis was born and Read More »
Worldwide superstar P!nk announces her highly anticipated 6th studio album, The Truth About Love, to be released on September 17th. P!nk has teamed up with producer Greg Kurstin (Lily Allen, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Foster The People & The Shins) for the very first time on this release along with long time collaborators Max Martin Read More »
