South African Music Magazine
A BRIEF LOOK AT 2013: HOW IT STARTED and THE ANSWERS IT’S GIVEN SINCE JAN/FEB: Sees the release of IFPI’s DIGITAL MUSIC REPORT: ENGINE OF A DIGITAL WORLD. It opens up with the confident headline: “Demand for music is driving the digital world”. The findings indicate Africa’s become a primary target for legitimate music services driven Read More »
Recapping Metallica’s catalogue with Kirk Hammett I feel privileged to have been around long enough to get into Metallica, starting from their initial genesis, until their rise from struggling noise-mongers, to highly respected and successful international musicians. My Metallica exposure starts a bit disjointed at around the time I was 16. The sequence of albums Read More »
In a country of socio-political opposites, factions and general cross-culture pig-headedness, ING is one Metal band that took the leap to thumb its nose at political correctness, saying it like they see it. With controversial songs hurling Molotov cocktails at everyone from China to Julius Malema, they are no strangers to controversy. We fired some Read More »
The HorrorFest kicks off tomorrow, but on Halloween night (Wednesday 31 October 2012, 8:15pm) you have the chance to experience the most invigorating happening of the spooky season. The MAKABRA ENSEMBLE will perform their new soundtrack to the classic silent vampire film NOSFERATU, live to the screen for this landmark motion picture’s 90th anniversary. As Read More »
“…the musical embodiment of those thoughts inside your head that you are afraid to say out loud.” With their roots firmly settled in the Hardcore / Punk soil, GALLOWS formed in Watford, England (2005), and had their debut album Orchestra of Wolves released in the States by Epitaph. From there they sealed a hefty Read More »
Less than a month and it’s Halloween season. The continent’s ultimate horror event,the annual South African HORRORFEST will hit its 8th anniversary (across 24 Oct – 2 Nov) in Cape Town. Great news, the HorrorFest will have its first Johannesburg chapter at The Bioscope (Fox Street) with a Best Of event screening a selection of movies Read More »
Back in the days of local music TV shows like Pop Shop and Fast Forward, it was like a revelation when once in a blue moon an Iron Maiden clip made it to air. Not much has changed – until MK Ondergrond that is! This animated underground music variety show is hosted by a macabre Read More »
The 3rd chapter of the CELLUDROID Sci-Fi / Anime / Fantasy Film Festival will light up the sky at the Labia Theatre on Orange Street across 29 June – 5 July (with a book event 27 June). A not-to-be-missed line-up of indie feature films, short films, classics and documentaries will teleport you to another world. Two Read More »
Save The Date for Rocking The Daisies 2012! Rocking the Daises were quick out the starting blocks this year with their first announcement well ahead of the event in October. Notable news is that this year they will be opening up the campsite on the Thursday (as opposed to Fri) along with the promises of Read More »
Mercury, De Villiers Str, Zonnebloem, Cape Town, ZA South Africa’s female-fronted Industrial-Metal band TERMINATRYX will hit the stage as the official live act at Cape Town’s World Goth Day celebration event, Carnevale Di Sangue! The show will focus on the band’s live renditions of the remixes from the “Remyx v1.0″ album, and include a few Read More »
