Category Archives: Gigs/Live Music

Cape Town Nu World Festival 2015 at the city hall

Posted on: July 21, 2015

17 & 18 July 2015 Formerly the Cape Town World Music Festival, the newly renamed Cape Town Nu World Festival took place at the CT city hall last weekend. The lineup featured an exciting mix of local and international artists … Continue reading →

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Infanteria – Where Serpents Conquer album launch at ROAR

Posted on: July 7, 2015

Friday 3 July 2015 I’ve been fending off flu for the last few months but unfortunately it got the upper hand on me last Friday. I got to ROAR early, found a dark corner (which wasn’t hard) and zoned out till … Continue reading →

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Tagged album launch, all guns full ammo, cape town, gigs & festivals, guitars, infanteria, launch, long hair, metal, music, obs, observatory, photography, roar, rock, south africa, south african, texx and the city, weekends

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Psych Night: Sakawa Boys, Mind Pool & Sol Gems at Manila Bar

Posted on: July 6, 2015

Friday 26 July 2015 A while back I checked out Sol Gems, Mind Pool and current favourites of mine Sakawa Boys at Psych Night at Manila Bar. It was a really cool night, here are some shots.

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Tagged cape town, gigs & festivals, guitars, long street, manila bar, mind pool, photography, psych night, rock, sakawa boys, sol gems, south africa, south african, texx and the city, weekends

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Stelth Ulvang in Cape Town: City & Secret Soiree shows

Posted on: June 24, 2015

20 & 22 June 2015 Stelth Ulvang of American folk stars The Lumineers recently completed a tour of Southern Africa that included festivals in Mozambique and Swaziland as well as a bunch of shows around SA. I caught two of his last … Continue reading →

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Manny Walters at the Blah Blah Bar

Posted on: June 19, 2015

Saturday 13 June 2015 Manny Walters launched his EP Anecdotes to a packed Blah Blah Bar last Saturday. It was my first time at the venue and I really enjoyed it, plus the music was great. Here are some shots from the night.