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“Our goal is to make it really hard for any other band to play after us…” Aaron Bruno has built a nation. A nation of domination. In just 2 years, Bruno’s project, AWOLNATION, has taken the world by storm with its indefinable, fusion-happy, rhythm-centric, quirky sound. You’d think being original in a world of clones… Read More
“NKG are hot property and in demand…” Newtown Knife Gang. Hmm…sounds more like an organised crime syndicate, specialising in carjacking, dealing tik and spray-painting highway bridges, than an actual band. It makes you wonder if the Jo’burg rock quintet has seen the inside of an SAPS van more than a few times. “Thankfully, no,” frontman Spencer… Read More
“One of the highlights of the evening was Karen‘s mouth-watering medley, consisting of Led Zeppelin’s ‘Immigrant Song’, Lady Gaga’s ‘Bad Romance’ and Wild Cherry’s ‘Play That Funky Music’.” Promising to be “bigger and better” than the previous editions, the fourth incarnation of Angels of Rock was heavily hyped in the media, with radio ads and… Read More
Even though most of us probably know about AWOLNATION due to their synth-driven, entrancing radio smash-hit, Sail, it would be unfair to make an accurate assessment of their sound, just based on one song (it would be unjust to do that to any artist, but particularly with this original project). Steered by a combination of… Read More
After a decade-long absence, English alt-rockers Bush have returned – well, half of Bush, at least. The Sea of Memories sees guitarist Chris Traynor and bassist Corey Britz replace Nigel Pulsford and Dave Parsons respectively, who both decided against rejoining the band for their own reasons. Luckily, frontman and Mr. Gwen Stefani, Gavin Rossdale, is… Read More
According to The Sick-Leaves mastermind, Eksteen Jacobsz, Breaking Away might be the last TSL album for a while. If this is merely a “see you later” or a final goodbye, Eksteen can walk away with his head held high after this release. Compared to The Last Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy, Breaking Away turns… Read More
Keeping it all in the family (no, not like a hillbilly love story), Johnny, Jesse, Dylan and Danny Kongos, the four brothers who form the rock band known as the KONGOS, are poised and ready to strike fear into the hearts of hipsters with their new album, Lunatic. Being the spawns of respected South African… Read More
“Expect riffs, sweat and beers so tasty…” In Flames are dead. Finished. Buried. That’s what the critics said after founding member Jesper Strömblad departed in 2010 and the less-than-memorable impression that 2008’s A Sense of Purpose left on the metal world. Rising from the ashes However, the Swedish metallers didn’t quite tap out. Rather than… Read More
“Maybe the thirteenth time will be a charm…” The masters of metal, Megadeth, are back with their thirteenth studio album titled – wait for it – TH1RT3EN. Despite the MXit spelling of the album title (it’s still a hundred times better than Loutallica’s pathetically named – and wrist-gnawingly boring – Lulu), this new sonic offering… Read More
“Good songs will get you respect, recognition and an audience …” We’re not up to International Standards! While some bands take 5 years to recover from their first big hangover, Johannesburg alternative rockers The Black Hotels have taken the last half-decade to establish themselves as a credible force in the South African music industry, touring… Read More
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