Introducing !Krunk, a new spoken-word, punk and hip-hop infused outfit made up from a group of musicians who are good friends off and on stage. According to their official biography, they started with a bottle and ended up with a band. Self-described as being vodka fuelled, !Krunk is a Vanfokkingtasties effort in the sense that Read More »
The Dune Rats are currently on their very first tour of South Africa. The two piece act (or three, as you’ll find out below) hails from Brisbane, Australia. They recently completed tours with the likes of The Hives, skater legend Bam Margera and Best Coast. The two members that make up Dune Rats, are BC Read More »
Asleep In Transit consist of four boys and a girl. They’re sound can be described as delightful indie reminiscent of Mouldy Peaches with a dab of Daniel Johnston magic. However, unlike the aforementioned, Asleep In Transit delivers something that’s overall more tight – and admittedly, up to date with the times. Asleep In Transit is Read More »
Cape Town International Jazz Festival 2013 (CTIJF) included a slew of avant-garde, deep jazz and experimental artists to the usual roster of lighter Jazz and excellent mainstream fare. Exemplifying the former areas were the Jack DeJohnette Trio, which included young virtuoso Matt Garrison on elastic electric bass and Joe Lovano on superior sax, and Switzerland’s Read More »
Cape Town Jazz Festival 2013 (CTIJF) was recently attended by Muse Magazine’s resident culture vulture and wild-card, Mickdotcom. Amidst enjoying all the sights and sounds of CTIJF 2013, he had the privilege of having a tête-à-tête with the four Swiss musicians who make up ritual groove band Ronin the morning before seeing them live. That evening Read More »
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 »
Sean Olsen reviews The Kooks SA concert in Cape Town and discovers a new found love for chewing gum, advertising and The Kooks. I can’t say I’ve ever been a fan of the advertising and marketing machine (to put it euphemistically). Besides my own personal distaste for it, its success has always been extremely difficult Read More »
5 Gum presents The Kooks on their SA tour – that was the words on every hipster’s lips for weeks. Nobody knew where they were playing, all we really knew was – 5 Gum presents The Kooks on their SA tour. And that we were bloody well excited. When 5 Gum eventually presented The Kooks Read More »
So get this, Mumiy Troll are a band from Russia who travel the world on a 92-year old clipper (that’s a sailing yacht, in case you don’t speak nautical). At every place Mumiy Troll dock, they play. What to do they sound like? Like a rock band from Russia, real Slavic swaggers. Johann M Smith Read More »
Johann M. Smith talks to Pestroy bassists and spokesman Shane Forbes ahead of the band opening for Metallica and Every Time I Die, as well as their upcoming album ‘Speed of Dark’, new website and daily drug habits. Hands down, how does it feel to be opening up for Metallica and Every Time I die? Read More »
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 »
