South African Music Magazine
It seems like the United Kingdom is rapidly becoming the second home to South African bands – especially since the local music industry developed an allergic reaction to all things rock. Moreover, their media (minus Piers Morgan, because he doesn’t really count) is beginning to realise that we don’t just ride lions all day, but Read More »
Brett De Vos catches up with Bittereinder‘s Peach Van Pletzen to find out what goes on behind that rad ‘stache of his… What I like about Peach is that he’s completely unassumingly authentic. When you first meet him he could easily be mistaken for a hipster milk-man: clean-cut, side-parting, perfectly ironed and fitted pants, but Read More »
A REVIEW OF CTIJF 2013 Our resident wild-card and culture vulture, Mickdotcom, recently attended this year’s Cape Town Jazz Festival – the international one, indeed. And he’s here to tell you all about it. When you have to pick your jaw up off the floor on more than two occasions, you know you’re at the Read More »
Metallica is best experienced in two separate moments: the intimate first listen kind and the live, amidst the sweat and hustle of likeminded thousands. To celebrate the forthcoming Metallica SA tour we figure it’s time to go into retrospect and compile a list of our all-time favourite moments live. Below, starting from least to most loved, Read More »
STRAATLIGKINDERS & THE WOUNDS OF ROCK ‘N’ ROLL There was a time when Fokofpolisiekar was considered “the Straatligkinders your parents didn’t mind”. That was 2008. What’s followed since seems to most SLK fans like a case of rusting away – instead of burning into oblivion. It was the least anyone was expecting. So what happened? Read More »
A world of beauty filled pain – Hurts’ new Exile Hurts are that 21st century distillation of Depeche Mode, Joy Division, NIN and general melancholia who quite literally exploded onto the world music scene with their debut album Happiness in 2010, which promptly attained Top Ten status in 11 European countries and has since sold Read More »
Lianne La Havas – English Urban Indie Folk Lianne La Havas is a warm spirited almond eyed London singer who became globally famous for her indie urban songs that managed to break into the mainstream without selling short her originality. The title lyrics to her breakthrough track Is Your Love Big Enough? spoke to people Read More »
Mick talks to multi-talented singer, songwriter, poet and producer Khethi ahead of her soon to be released album “Woza Moya” due out on 22 April. When I catch Khethi for our phone interview, her voice is light. There is a natural happiness that gleams through her vocal chords – she is relaxed, eloquent and effortlessly Read More »
Ever since the release of the Bose L series of compact loudspeaker arrays, there seems to a proliferation of other brands on the market that have followed suit. Not that that’s a bad thing, considering competition is key for the success of any sector of business, and in any case, it’s a very good concept Read More »
When a band decides to make a concept album, they have nothing to lose: If the album is successful, everyone thinks they’re “deep”. If it is unsuccessful, they pretend it was never meant to be a concept album and that it’s an outdated and pretentious idea anyway. Concept Album #1: Radiohead – OK Computer Radiohead Read More »
