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Tag Archives: acoustic
Punk’s not dead at Mercury
Fri 12 February 2016 Half Price, The West Coast Wolves, Monitor and the energetic show-stealers Swatting Bats put on a good old fashioned (read: sweaty) punk show at Mercury last Friday. There was loads of moshing, stage-diving and frantically-paced music … Continue reading
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Tagged acoustic, black and white, brass, cape town, circle pit, crowd surfing, guitars, half price, headbanging, jumping musicians, long hair, loud, mercury, monitor, monochrome, mosh pit, moshpit, music, parents in the crowd, photography, punk, rock, saxophone, sepia, ska, south africa, south african, stage diving, swatting bats, sweaty, texx and the city, trumpet, weekends, west coast wolves
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Tagged acoustic, black and white, brass, cape town, circle pit, crowd surfing, guitars, half price, headbanging, jumping musicians, long hair, loud, mercury, monitor, monochrome, mosh pit, moshpit, music, parents in the crowd, photography, punk, rock, saxophone, sepia, ska, south africa, south african, stage diving, swatting bats, sweaty, texx and the city, trumpet, weekends, west coast wolves
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Mumford & Sons at the Grand Parade
Fri 29 January 2016 The first month of 2016 ended on a bang with Mumford & Sons’ massive show last Friday. The first of the band’s three packed Cape Town shows saw thousands at the Grand Parade to watch the headlining ‘gentlemen of … Continue reading
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Tagged acoustic, baaba maal, banjo, beatenberg, brass, british, cape town, double bass, gentlemen of the road, gigs & festivals, grand parade, guitars, hilltop live, international, international act, john wizards, long hair, malawian, mumford and sons, music, outdoors, photography, rock, south africa, south african, summer, swedish, texx and the city, the very best, violin, weekends
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Tagged acoustic, baaba maal, banjo, beatenberg, brass, british, cape town, double bass, gentlemen of the road, gigs & festivals, grand parade, guitars, hilltop live, international, international act, john wizards, long hair, malawian, mumford and sons, music, outdoors, photography, rock, south africa, south african, summer, swedish, texx and the city, the very best, violin, weekends
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Lucky 13: Terminatryx 13 yr anniversary and HorrorFest afterparty with Mind Assault, The Damned Crows and A Murder at Mercury
Fri 6 November 2015 Industrial metal-makers Terminatryx celebrated their 13th anniversary with a free show last Friday at Mercury. It was also the official afterparty for the HorrorFest and featured performances from Mind Assault, The Damned Crows and dark folk duo A … Continue reading
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Tagged a murder, acoustic, anniversary, black and white, cape town, cbd, costumes, dressing up, favourites, folk, gigs & festivals, guitars, headbanging, horror, horrorfest, industrial, long hair, mercury, metal, mind assault, monochrome, music, photography, rockabilly, south africa, south african, south african horrorfest, terminatryx, the damned crows
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Tagged a murder, acoustic, anniversary, black and white, cape town, cbd, costumes, dressing up, favourites, folk, gigs & festivals, guitars, headbanging, horror, horrorfest, industrial, long hair, mercury, metal, mind assault, monochrome, music, photography, rockabilly, south africa, south african, south african horrorfest, terminatryx, the damned crows
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Oh Mercy ‘Nowhere City’ album launch at the New Space Theatre
Sat 24 October 2015 Country duo Oh Mercy launched their album Nowhere City last Saturday at the New Space Theatre. Core duo Andy & Emma were joined by a rotating roster of supporting band members and performed in front of a screen … Continue reading
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Tagged acoustic, album launch, andy lund, banjo, blues, cape town, cbd, country, duo, emma du preez, evenings, events, favourites, gigs & festivals, guitars, guy collins, launch, long hair, long street, mean black mamba, music, new space theatre, oh mercy, photography, south africa, south african, texx and the city, theatre, violin, weekends
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Tagged acoustic, album launch, andy lund, banjo, blues, cape town, cbd, country, duo, emma du preez, evenings, events, favourites, gigs & festivals, guitars, guy collins, launch, long hair, long street, mean black mamba, music, new space theatre, oh mercy, photography, south africa, south african, texx and the city, theatre, violin, weekends
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Rocking the Daisies 2015: Saturday
Sat 3 October 2015 Day 2 of Rocking the Daisies 2015 featured the biggest crowd I’ve ever been stuck in (for German headliners Milky Chance – it honestly took me the majority of their set to get from the far end of … Continue reading
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Tagged accordion, acoustic, afrikaans, aking, al bairre, australian, bongeziwe mabandla, brass, british, cape town, card on spokes, cloof wine estate, costumes, crowd, dancers, dancing, darling, derek gripper, dirty hippies, dressing up, electro, evenings, fairy lights, fire, flowers, george bacon, german, gigs & festivals, grassy spark, guitars, hipsters, hog hoggidy hog, hula hoop, international act, jack parow, jon shaban, jumping musicians, landscape, long hair, milky chance, mountains, music, nature, nu world, out in the country, outdoors, parade, peter bibby, photography, plants & flowers, portraits, rock, rocking the daisies, saxophone, scuba, seed experiences, ska, south africa, south african, stage, suitcase hearts, summer, sunset, tattoos, texx and the city, the brother moves on, the kooks, the shabeen, touchwood, trees, tribute, trumpet, weekends, wild lettuce
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Tagged accordion, acoustic, afrikaans, aking, al bairre, australian, bongeziwe mabandla, brass, british, cape town, card on spokes, cloof wine estate, costumes, crowd, dancers, dancing, darling, derek gripper, dirty hippies, dressing up, electro, evenings, fairy lights, fire, flowers, george bacon, german, gigs & festivals, grassy spark, guitars, hipsters, hog hoggidy hog, hula hoop, international act, jack parow, jon shaban, jumping musicians, landscape, long hair, milky chance, mountains, music, nature, nu world, out in the country, outdoors, parade, peter bibby, photography, plants & flowers, portraits, rock, rocking the daisies, saxophone, scuba, seed experiences, ska, south africa, south african, stage, suitcase hearts, summer, sunset, tattoos, texx and the city, the brother moves on, the kooks, the shabeen, touchwood, trees, tribute, trumpet, weekends, wild lettuce
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