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Behemoth at the Assembly
Sun 27 March 2016 Polish metal legends Behemoth returned to our shores over the Easter weekend (in spite of much opposition from dismayed religious protesters over the last few months) and put on a fantastically theatrical and polished show at the Assembly. … Continue reading
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Tagged assembly, behemoth, black metal, blood, cape town, crowd, death metal, dressing up, facepaint, fake blood, favourites, fire, gigs & festivals, guitars, harrington street, headbanging, international act, long hair, metal, mosh pit, music, photography, poland, polish, pyro, skit, texx and the city, the assembly, witchdoctor productions
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Tagged assembly, behemoth, black metal, blood, cape town, crowd, death metal, dressing up, facepaint, fake blood, favourites, fire, gigs & festivals, guitars, harrington street, headbanging, international act, long hair, metal, mosh pit, music, photography, poland, polish, pyro, skit, texx and the city, the assembly, witchdoctor productions
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Zebra & Giraffe’s farewell show with Monark at Kirstenbosch
Sun 20 March 2016 Like many I was surprised and saddened by the news of Zebra & Giraffe‘s indefinite hiatus. I’ve always liked the band, and watching them over the years they’ve grown from strength to strength and their final … Continue reading
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Tagged botanical garden, cape town, crowd, evenings, farewell, farewell show, favourites, gigs & festivals, guitars, kirstenbosch, long hair, monark, mountains, music, nature, outdoors, photography, plants & flowers, pop, rock, south africa, south african, summer concert, texx and the city, weekends, zebra & giraffe
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Tagged botanical garden, cape town, crowd, evenings, farewell, farewell show, favourites, gigs & festivals, guitars, kirstenbosch, long hair, monark, mountains, music, nature, outdoors, photography, plants & flowers, pop, rock, south africa, south african, summer concert, texx and the city, weekends, zebra & giraffe
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CTEMF 2016: Day 3
Sun 7 February 2016 The 2016 Cape Town Electronic Music Festival finished with a super chilled Sunday evening featuring an epic 3 hour set by DJ EASE of the legendary Nightmares on Wax. Here’s a look at day 3 of the fest.
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Tagged british, cape town, cape town electronic music festival, chill, city hall, crowd, ctemf, dj ease, dj kenzhero, evenings, gigs & festivals, international act, lighting, music, nightmares on wax, photography, south africa, south african, summer, terence pearce, texx and the city, vinny da vinci, weekends
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CTEMF 2016: Day 2
Sat 6 February 2016 Day 2 of the Cape Town Electronic Music Festival turned up the energy with loads of energetic live performances from Dope Saint Jude, Driemanskap and Petite Noir (doing his first live performance in Africa backed by a full band). Of … Continue reading
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Tagged aero manyelo, angel-ho, cape town, cape town electronic music festival, city hall, crosby & friends, crowd, ctemf, dope saint jude, driemanskap, gigs & festivals, goldie, hip hop, international act, lasers, lighting, long hair, mudblud, petite noir, photography, rap, reggae, rude boyz, sibot, texx and the city, thor rixon, weekends
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M4A SummerFest 2016
Sat 30 January 2016 Last Saturday I attended the first of Metal4Africa’s 2016 bi-annual festival events, the M4ASummerFest. Since the usual venue (Stellenbosch‘s Klein Libertas) is still under reconstruction, the fest was held at a new venue: a warehouse/langarm dance … Continue reading
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Tagged brackenfell, burlesque, cape town, crowd, diva disastar, dressing up, evenings, events, favourites, fuera, gigs & festivals, hardcore, headbanging, imperial destruction, jumping musicians, langarm hall, long hair, m4a, megalodon, metal, metal fest, metal4africa, mosh pit, moshpit, rock, south africa, south african, subject to slaughter, subvers, summer, summerfest, take hand, texx and the city, the drift, wargrave, weekends, wildernessking
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