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2024 – Music in review
MUSIC It’s the start of a new year which means it’s time for my annual reflection on the music in my life. Today marks 18 years since I joined last.fm, a truly sizeable chunk of time. It’s really true what they say … Continue reading
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Tagged end of the year, eurovision, evenings, favourites, gigs & festivals, music, rock, south africa, south african, texx and the city
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Tagged end of the year, eurovision, evenings, favourites, gigs & festivals, music, rock, south africa, south african, texx and the city
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The Dollfins, Julia Robert, Runaway Nuns & Jett Screams at Mercury
Sat 8 Feb 2020 Hot on the heels of the Beach Party show came the turn of the Dollfins at Mercury earlier this month. Supported by Julia Robert, Runaway Nuns and Jett Screams, they had Mercury fuller than I’ve seen … Continue reading
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Tagged beach party, black and white, cape town, crowd, gigs & festivals, guitars, headbanging, jett screams, julia robert, long hair, memories, monochrome, music, photography, rock, runaway nuns, south africa, south african, summer, texx and the city, the dollfins, weekends
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Tagged beach party, black and white, cape town, crowd, gigs & festivals, guitars, headbanging, jett screams, julia robert, long hair, memories, monochrome, music, photography, rock, runaway nuns, south africa, south african, summer, texx and the city, the dollfins, weekends
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Beach Party at The Raptor Room
Wed 15 Jan 2020 It’s been a while since Beach Party have been in the same city together, let alone on the same stage, and Cape Town really showed up to their once-off sold out show at the Raptor Room … Continue reading
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Tagged beach party, cape town, cbd, crowd, east city, evenings, favourites, gigs & festivals, guitars, indie, jumping musicians, memories, music, neon, photography, raptor room, rock, south africa, south african, summer, sweaty, texx and the city
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Tagged beach party, cape town, cbd, crowd, east city, evenings, favourites, gigs & festivals, guitars, indie, jumping musicians, memories, music, neon, photography, raptor room, rock, south africa, south african, summer, sweaty, texx and the city
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Music: 2019 in review
MUSIC 2019 was a varied and somewhat disjointed year for me. I spent a lot of time on autopilot, in many ways. Looking back now at the topography, both personal and musical, of the last 12 months most of it … Continue reading
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Tagged aces 'n' spades, american, cape town, copenhell, drab majesty, favourites, gigs & festivals, guitars, hellcats, international act, jumping musicians, long hair, memories, music, photography, review, rock, south africa, south african, texx and the city, the national, tool
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Tagged aces 'n' spades, american, cape town, copenhell, drab majesty, favourites, gigs & festivals, guitars, hellcats, international act, jumping musicians, long hair, memories, music, photography, review, rock, south africa, south african, texx and the city, the national, tool
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Francois van Coke – Dagdrome in Suburbia album launch at The Jagger Lounge
Thurs 31 Oct 2019 The Jagger Lounge was packed to bursting for Francois Van Coke‘s Dagdrome in Suburbia album launch at the end of last month. Ostensibly an acoustic show, things were pretty chilled but there was still plenty of energy, … Continue reading
