South African Music Magazine
“We don’t really want to be taken seriously…” In between taking bites out of their custard slices, the two David Spade lookalikes from Desmond & the Tutus, Shane and Craig Durrant, burst into mild fits of laughter when we discuss the LSD-like effects of eating toasted bacon and banana sandwiches before bedtime. In fact, it Read More »
Tomorrow sees the release and first launch of the new LARK album, GONG IS STRUCK, at Trinity in Cape Town. The album, which took two years to complete and is written by Inge Beckmann and produced by Paul Rez, is the band’s third studio album. GONG IS STRUCK, the name which was inspired by a Read More »
In 2012, Van Coke Kartel has been hitting stages across the country. They have played at festivals including Kaktus op die Vlaktes at KKNK, Splasy Fen and MK by die Dam. The band joined the Campus Invasion and VanFokKingTasties tours and played extraordinary shows nationwide, including the Old Mutual Concert at the Pretoria Botanical Gardens. Read More »
Desmond & the Tutus are proud to announce the launch of the mnusic video for the second single off upcoming album MNUSIC: “Zim Zala Bim” Fun, wizardry and all out silliness is the entertaining theme of the magical ‘Zim Zala Bim’ track. Catchy tune, the magic is surely not lost or wasted here. “Even if you don’t Read More »
We chat to the Gangs Of Ballet frontman, Brad Klymsmith ahead of their opening gig on the Switchfoot Vice Verses Sa Tour. He tells us about the origin of their interesting band name, their fast rise to fame and what they imagine it’s going to be like, playing to a crowd of thousands next month. Read More »
Check out the brand new video for Desmond & The Tutus’ song ‘Tattoo’ off their forthcoming album, Mnusic.
“Politics and crime are the same thing. Finance the gun, politics the trigger.” Francois Van Coke is dead – if that was the reality in 2007, Christians would say because God was angry, and some would draw a comparison to Kurt Cobain. Whatever belief, myth or legend anyone accepts, there would only be one truth: Read More »
We thought it’d be interesting in light of the release of their Remyx v1.0 to take a retrospective look at Terminatryx’s debut. Positively received back in 2008, the record was rather unique in a local context – dark and serious and industrial – really something only Battery 9 had previously had any success in plying Read More »
The Springbok Nude Girls burst onto South Africa’s indie music scene in the late 90’s and spent the next decade on the road and in the studio. Between 1995 and 2007 the band had an incredible 15 releases. This year, Springbok Nude Girls are back with the same electrifying force and energy that first brought Read More »
The end of the world is always near… There will always be Chaos… WIE’S BANG Supra Familias will release Van Coke Kartel’s fourth album, Wie’s Bang, in November 2011. This album follows in the wake of their three multi-award winning albums, Van Coke Kartel (self-titled), Waaksaam & Wakker en Skop, Skiet en Donner. The last Read More »
