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 »
AC/DC TURNS 40: BAND CELEBRATES WITH FIRST RELEASE IN 20 YEARS The headline reads like a parody. The reality only adds to the humour: AC/DC Live At River Plate is actually the legendary hard rock band’s first LIVE album in 20 years. Who could forget Black Ice? Although it’s hard to believe that their last 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 »
The majority of us in the SA music industry will make you believe we’re experts in culture. But very few can explain the business of the industry, let alone persuade you to do it for money. The last word anyone should think of when hearing about upcoming moguls at we-are-awesome, is ‘hipster’ – mostly because Read More »
Inside The Machine always goes in last, right before another issue goes to bed. After I click send, we print, and Muse goes on holiday. Which means we do the same: music – just with more partying. We’ll be back in 2012 with some changes and surprises. What makes any of this, and the excitement Read More »
Inside The Machine We Set Sail are almost done with Something Bout The Moon a new seven track album. “It’s been long awaited, we have had some bad luck on our side, Trinity was in a hit and run car accident” says bassist Thee Patrick. “She is fully recovered now. That’s given us and the Read More »
If different genres were different drugs, metal would be heroin. You either end there by mistake or because the plunge made more sense than anything else. Its subscribers found the world on abrasive terms with its roots in technical Jazz and rock and roll and metal remains one of the few guitar genres still pushing Read More »
I opened up a Blunt Magazine the other day. Volume 5, Number 4. Circa 2002. Inside was an open letter to the public from a band called Sideshow. The letter starts with a complaint: “This is the plight of the South African band. No matter how many people you have behind you, no matter what label Read More »
