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Oppikoppi 2016: The unsea Day 3
Sun 7 August 2016 By day 3 of Oppikoppi 2016 I was well and truly feeling like death. Two nights of no sleep and a relentless fever are not conducive to a happy festival experience…but what can you do? I think … Continue reading
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Tagged 7th son, acoustic, afrikaans, american, august burns red, bombshelter beast, brass, cape town, costumes, crowd, dj, dressing up, dust, evenings, events, favourites, fever dogs, gigs & festivals, go barefoot, hezron chetty, hip hop, international act, jack parow, japanese, jumping musicians, kongos, late night fox, limpopo, long hair, medicine boy, ok22, oppikoppi, out in the country, petite noir, photography, plants & flowers, rap, raygun royale, ready d, rock, sawagi, saxophone, sick, sky, sol gems, south africa, south african, summer, sutherland, texx and the city, the unsea, trees, tuba, violin, weekends, yelawolf
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Tagged 7th son, acoustic, afrikaans, american, august burns red, bombshelter beast, brass, cape town, costumes, crowd, dj, dressing up, dust, evenings, events, favourites, fever dogs, gigs & festivals, go barefoot, hezron chetty, hip hop, international act, jack parow, japanese, jumping musicians, kongos, late night fox, limpopo, long hair, medicine boy, ok22, oppikoppi, out in the country, petite noir, photography, plants & flowers, rap, raygun royale, ready d, rock, sawagi, saxophone, sick, sky, sol gems, south africa, south african, summer, sutherland, texx and the city, the unsea, trees, tuba, violin, weekends, yelawolf
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Oppikoppi 2016: The unsea Day 2
Sat 6 August 2016 Oppikoppi gets cold at night… But like really, really cold. So the fact that I spent Friday night sweating in my bed made me rather concerned… Yup, the flu finally got me, and it made the rest … Continue reading
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Tagged academie, acoustic, adelle nqeto, adventureman, aking, boxer, brass, british, cape town, choir, costumes, crowd, dressing up, duo, dust, easy freak, events, favourites, femi koya, fevertrails, fishwives, fokofpolisiekar, gangsterdam, gerald clarke, gigs & festivals, grassy spark, guitars, hip hop, horse, hot, international act, jerry and the bandits, joburg, johannesburg, jon savage, jumping musicians, lights, little simz, long hair, made for broadway, man as machine, marching band, music, naked, nature, new academics, nonku phiri, ok22, oppikoppi, outdoors, photography, plants & flowers, portraits, prime circle, rambling bones, rap, reason, red bull, riky rick, rock, sannie fox, satanic dagga orgy, shortstraw, shotgun tori, ska, sketchy bongo, south africa, south african, stone jets, sunset, texx and the city, the hip replacements, the kiffness, the mitten fits, the sextons, the unsea, thorns, tidal waves, urban village, we are charlie, weekends, werner von waltsleben
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Tagged academie, acoustic, adelle nqeto, adventureman, aking, boxer, brass, british, cape town, choir, costumes, crowd, dressing up, duo, dust, easy freak, events, favourites, femi koya, fevertrails, fishwives, fokofpolisiekar, gangsterdam, gerald clarke, gigs & festivals, grassy spark, guitars, hip hop, horse, hot, international act, jerry and the bandits, joburg, johannesburg, jon savage, jumping musicians, lights, little simz, long hair, made for broadway, man as machine, marching band, music, naked, nature, new academics, nonku phiri, ok22, oppikoppi, outdoors, photography, plants & flowers, portraits, prime circle, rambling bones, rap, reason, red bull, riky rick, rock, sannie fox, satanic dagga orgy, shortstraw, shotgun tori, ska, sketchy bongo, south africa, south african, stone jets, sunset, texx and the city, the hip replacements, the kiffness, the mitten fits, the sextons, the unsea, thorns, tidal waves, urban village, we are charlie, weekends, werner von waltsleben
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Shortstraw, Grassy Spark, Young Hands & Veladraco at Manila Bar
Fri 29 July 2016 Balloons, a pinata, crowd-surfing and not least of all a formidable line-up of high energy bands came together at Manila the last weekend of July, where the space got so packed with sweaty revelers it was really tough … Continue reading
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Tagged balloons, brass, cape town, crowd surfing, evenings, favourites, gigs & festivals, grassy spark, guitars, jumping musicians, kloof street, long hair, manila bar, music, photography, pinata, pop, rock, shortstraw, ska, south africa, south african, stage diving, texx and the city, veladraco, weekends, young hands
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Tagged balloons, brass, cape town, crowd surfing, evenings, favourites, gigs & festivals, grassy spark, guitars, jumping musicians, kloof street, long hair, manila bar, music, photography, pinata, pop, rock, shortstraw, ska, south africa, south african, stage diving, texx and the city, veladraco, weekends, young hands
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The Time Flies “Wingin’ It” album launch at Blah Blah Bar
Sat 21 May 2016 The Time Flies celebrated their album launch with a massive dress up party at the Blah Blah Bar. It was chaotic and cramped and a whole lot of fun; I really enjoyed the music and will definitely … Continue reading
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Tagged album launch, blah blah bar, brass, cbd, colour, costumes, crowd, drag, dressing up, ep launch, evenings, events, gigs & festivals, guitars, hats, kloof street, launch, masks, men in dresses, music, photography, rock, saxophone, south africa, south african, sweaty, texx and the city, the time flies, weekends
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Tagged album launch, blah blah bar, brass, cbd, colour, costumes, crowd, drag, dressing up, ep launch, evenings, events, gigs & festivals, guitars, hats, kloof street, launch, masks, men in dresses, music, photography, rock, saxophone, south africa, south african, sweaty, texx and the city, the time flies, weekends
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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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