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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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Psych Night: Dangerfields, Tazers, Black Math at Manila

Fri 1 July 2016 Psych Night kicked off the month of July with their ‘Riders on the Storm’ edition, featuring  bands from 3 SA cities – Dangerfields from Cape Town, Joburg’s the Tazers and Black Math from Durban. Here are … Continue reading

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Queens of the Stone Age Tribute show – QOTSA 2016 at Manila Bar

Sat 9 April 2016 I haven’t been to a show as sweaty, intense or downright fun as the QOTSA Tribute 2016 in a very long time. Say what you will about tribute shows but when they’re as good as this one … Continue reading

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God Mother, Maximum Carnage, One Eight Seven & Ded End at Club Med

Fri 11 March 2016 Club Med is fast becoming my favourite Cape Town venue; with its no frills, raw vibe it’s perfect for energetic punk, metal and hardcore acts. Plus both gigs I’ve attended there have ended with the floor covered in beer-mud … Continue reading

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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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