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After Dark: Southern Wild & Grassy Spark at the Two Oceans Aquarium

Posted on: July 3, 2018

Mon 25
June
2018

The first in a very special series of concerts ‘after dark’ at the Aquarium took place at the end of June and it was a beautiful night.

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Tagged acoustic, after dark, aquarium, cape town, evenings, events, fish, gigs & festivals, grassy spark, guitars, music, nature, photography, rock, south africa, south african, southern wild, texx and the city

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God Mother (SE) at ROAR

Posted on: May 19, 2018

Sat 12
May
2018

Savage Swedes God Mother returned for another unforgettable tour in South Africa in May. Their 2016 show at Club Med was one of the most memorable from that great and short-lived venue and their recent visit to ROAR managed to build on the energy and mania even further. Singer/screamer Sebastian Campbell spent more time out in the crowd than on stage, doing crazy things like using his mic chord as a limbo line and encouraging his (actual) mother-in-law to crowdsurf. It was awesome.

On a more bitter-sweet note, it was the last show I’d personally attend at ROAR as the iconic venue announced its June closure earlier this year. I wrote some thoughts on ROAR for Texx and the City over here – in the meantime, here are some shots from God Mother’s epic show.

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Tagged behest, cape town, crowd, crowd surfing, events, favourites, gigs & festivals, god mother, guitars, hardcore, headbanging, international act, jumping musicians, metal, mosh pit, moshing, music, noisefix, obs, observatory, peasant, photography, roar, rock, screaming, south africa, south african, sweden, swedish, texx and the city, thee loopholes, weekends

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36 Crazyfists (USA) at Mercury

Posted on: May 2, 2018

Fri 27
April
2018

Alaskan metalcore band 36 Crazyfists played a packed-out show at Mercury on Freedom Day, with support from locals Only Forever, De Wallen and Atlantic South.

I had an unexpected complication when my camera threw me a card-read error – luckily it’s fine now, and also luckily my faithful 7D came to the rescue and I was able to shoot the rest of the show. It was a sober reminder though to always have a backup plan…

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Tagged 36 crazyfists, american, atlantic south, cape town, de wallen, gigs & festivals, guitars, international act, jumping musicians, long hair, mercury, metal, music, only forever, photography, rock, south africa, south african, texx and the city, turning tricks, weekends

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Secrets (USA) at Mercury

Posted on: May 1, 2018

Sat 21
April
2018

American post-hardcore band SECRETS were the first of Jampacked Productions’ (Rocking4rhinos) scheduled 2018 imports, and they kicked things off with style at Mercury with support from local acts Facing the Gallows, Set for the Sky and Go The Rodeo. Here are some shots from the night.

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Morcheeba at Kirstenbosch

Posted on: April 15, 2018

Fri 6
April
2018

British downtempo legends Morcheeba performed a once-off South African show in the always beautiful Kirstenbosch gardens in Cape Town, supported by local act Valve State. It was an unexpectedly cold night (a fact even noted and mentioned by Morcheeba’s frontwoman Skye Edwards during the show) but once the massive crowd was all standing and dancing – which didn’t take long – things heated up quite nicely.

A truly lovely show both musically and visually; here are some shots from the night.