Tag Archives: guitars

A Club Called Hell: Shadowclub, Hellcats & Man Motels at Mercury

Posted on: March 6, 2019

Fri 22 February 2019 The last time I saw Shadowclub was in 2014, so it was great to see them back again at Mercury recently. Not only are they back but they have new album out (Big Green Mamba Dream) and … Continue reading →

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Tagged cape town, evenings, gigs & festivals, guitars, hellcats, long hair, man motels, music, photography, shadowclub, south africa, south african, texx and the city, weekends

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Psych Night: Mauskovic Dance Band (NL), Sun Xa & The Perfect boy at Mercury

Posted on: March 6, 2019

Wed 20 February 2019 My first show back at (the newly revamped) Mercury in quite a while was courtesy of Psych Night and featured the Dutch Mauscovic Dance Band, the captivating Sun Xa Experiment and the atmospheric Perfect Boy. Here … Continue reading →

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Tagged cape town, costumes, dance, dancing, dressing up, dutch, gigs & festivals, guitars, international act, long hair, mauscovic dance band, mercury, music, percussion, photography, psych, psych night, rock, south african, sun xa experiment, texx and the city, the perfect boy

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Die Antwoord Maak Vol at The Old Biscuit Mill

Posted on: December 27, 2018

Thurs 20 December 2018 Die Antwoord put on a rare home-town show in Woodstock at the end of December. I really enjoyed their performance which felt very slick and watching them it’s clear how much they’ve honed their skills through … Continue reading →

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Tagged cape town, die antwoord, evenings, favourites, gigs & festivals, guitars, hiphop, international act, jumping musicians, long hair, memories, moonchild, music, ninja, old biscuit mill, photography, rap, south africa, south african, spitting water, summer, texx and the city, warehouse, weekends, woodstock, yolandi vi$$er, zef

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La Route du Rock festival 2017 in Saint-Malo

Posted on: December 2, 2018

Sun 20 August 2017 Interpol perform TOTBL on the day of its 15th anniversary It was Interpol that got me to Brittany. They announced that they’d be celebrating the 15th anniversary of Turn on the Bright Lights by playing it in … Continue reading →

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Tagged american, angel olsen, anniversary, bretagne, british, brittany, bzh 2017, crowd, evenings, favourites, gigs & festivals, guitars, international act, interpol, jumping musicians, mac demarco, music, nature, outdoors, photography, rock, route du rock, saint-malo, turn on the bright lights, weekends, yak

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James (UK) & Watershed at Kirstenbosch

Posted on: November 30, 2018

Sat 24 November 2018 British band James put on an entertaining show at the always beautiful Kirstenbosch Gardens at the end of November, with the support of Watershed. Here are some shots from the night.