Regina & The Musical Bookstore

Posted on 04. Mar, 2010 by heidi in Music, Travel

Regina Spektor’s album Far is playing non stop as I drive these days. Why is it that a song about drowning out the sounds in my mind should capture my heart?
I first heard the lyrics sitting in the most archetypal bookstore imaginable – an intellectual space with high shelves and ladders – and a lot [...]

Topman CTRL interviews New Young Pony Club

Posted on 19. Feb, 2010 by vincenthofmann in Band Interviews, Blogs, Music, featured, music-reviews, news

Topman CTRL recently talked to to Andy and Tahita of New Young Pony Club and Moral Fibre tagged along to listen.

Q: What new bands have you been listening to?

A: Well the new bands that I’ve been getting into are Is Tropical, Plugs, The Invisible and Les Corps Mince De Francoise.
T: My favorite one is [...]

The Red Bulletin

Posted on 16. Feb, 2010 by kojobaffoe in featured

a man on a bike hops over a fountain
machine in full rev in mid-air
he lands at the feet of those watching, to their delight
doing the seemingly impossible in a courtyard outside a nightclub in the day time
 
a b-boy defies the pull of the planet’s natural forces and hovers
for a brief second
as if suspended by the [...]

Ty – Special Kind Of Fool

Posted on 16. Feb, 2010 by kojobaffoe in Blogs, Music, featured

For too long, hip hop that originates from outside the US has existed in the shadows, despite the opinion (mine) that a lot of the music that is true to the spirit of hip hop is from everywhere else. A couple of years ago, my brother-in-law started schooling me on UK hip hop and [...]

Classic Rock Band of the Day : T.Rex

Posted on 13. Feb, 2010 by vincenthofmann in Music, featured

T.Rex were one of those bands that oozed ‘cosmic-cool’, a post chuck berry rock ‘n’ roll act which inspired ALL of the ‘Glam’ in Glam Rock.
Fronted by Marc Bolan, who tragically died in an ironic Mini accident – Bolan refused to drive, fearing a car crash would shorten his music career.
Words are wasted when Bolan’s face [...]

Coke Zero Fest Cancelled

Posted on 25. Jan, 2010 by admin in Music, featured

If you were to log into coke.co.za or cokezerofest.co.za right now you’d rightly presume that anything other than the football or avatar isn’t going to get any marketing budget in this the year South Africa plays host to the World Cup in 2010. So it ought to come as no surprise to you music fans [...]

Boo! set to reunite at Ramfest!

Posted on 22. Jan, 2010 by vincenthofmann in Music, featured

This year at Ramfest, South African monki punkers Boo! are set to reunite! Fronted by the multi-talented Chris Chameleon and backed by the iconic Ampie Omo and “princess leoni”. Pioneers in the South African music scene with their blend of theatrical “monki punk” and frantic on stage perforamces – this is a band you do [...]

Thornfest – 100 Bands In 4 Days!

Posted on 11. Jan, 2010 by Levon Rivers in Blogs, Music

At the end of the month, Thornrose are hosting a rock festival of note! Here are the details:
Where – Route 28 Resort, Jagfontein (+- 50 km from JHB north)
When – 27th – 31st January 2010

Chromium at Zeplins

Visus At Cool Runnings

Nic And Adrian From Visus At Zeplins
Bands – Well, there are 100 bands playing, [...]

Gabi Goldberg reviews Goldfish at La Med

Posted on 07. Jan, 2010 by GabiGoldberg in Music, featured

Submerged Sundays at La Med are the holy grail days of summer cocktails, chilled music and an even more chilled summer vibe. Right? Wrong. Submerged Sundays are anything but with Goldfish at the helm, or at least it wasn’t on the 3rd of January 2010.
It was one of the surprisingly colder days in Cape Town [...]

Lark: Tour Dates 2010

Posted on 07. Jan, 2010 by Talita in Lifestyle, Music, blog

Tour Dates for Lark the Band 2010.