South African Music Magazine
In February this year (20th), Viva Afrika invited their dealers from all over South Africa to the launch of several new product lines for their proprietary brand, Hybrid+. The venue for the event was the Thaba Ya Botswana, a four star eco hotel and spa located on the Klipriviersberg Nature Reserve in Johannesburg and surprisingly Read More »
On jezebel’s VPL Fetish vocalist, Michelle Breeze makes an interesting statement; “Some fans will have a certain expectation of you to make something that sounds like your older material…” Whilst listening to Little Heart, the band’s first album in 13 years (excluding Remains, 2006, which was a collection of unfinished demos from their last material Read More »
The wonderful thing about asking a single question of our core writing team is that I never know what I am going to get back and this month’s little poser certainly surprised me. Let me first elaborate on what the full question was that I asked. Tribute bands (or Shows) vs. Cover bands. When is Read More »
The Muffinz are a 5-piece fusion/soul band hailing from Mzansi and Have You Heard? is their debut album. I’d like to say that these guys have been bubbling under for a while now but to be honest they’ve kind of popped out of nowhere. Indie label, Just Music, seems to be making a habit of Read More »
Music. It’s a given that we will always be surrounded by it. No matter what the future holds or how slim one’s chances are of earning a decent income from music, every day another guitarist is born, another singer, another kid wanting to bang those drums. Music offers so much to so many, whether your Read More »
Bestival, for those who don’t know, is an annual festival held on the Isle of Wight. The Cure for those too young to know, is an alternative band that has been around since before the word ‘alternative’ was even bandied around as a genre. In 2011 The Cure delivered a two hour set to a Read More »
You can read all about Trenton and Free Radical, who bill their sound as a reggae/hip hop/electro hybrid, on Pg. 20. For now let’s concentrate on the music. Giant Step kicks off with the band’s first locally playlisted single Tomorrow’s Day which features Maxi Jazz from Faithless. Right from the opening guitar riff there is Read More »
Just in time for the festive season and all that manic Xmas spending arrives two packages from legendary bands from yesteryear. First up is a Pink Floyd, best of compilation and to be honest when I first looked at this I couldn’t help sighing with the thought of label execs milking yet another back catalogue Read More »
The Dirty Skirts – Lost in the Fall [4/5] When lead vocalist, Jeremy de Tolly, was interviewed by Muse Magazine he intimated that fans would be in for a surprise when Lost In the Fall dropped. He wasn’t lying. As a first test I played this, their 3rd album, to several knowledgeable SA music fans Read More »
Machineri – [3/5] Every so often a murmur starts and then turns into a low rumble, eventually becoming a collective buzz of excitement when a band begins to make its mark in the music showplace called live gigs. This buzz usually begins with tastemakers and music journos looking out for something new and original, or Read More »
