-
Recent Posts
- 2023 – Music in review
- 2022 – Music in review
- 2021 – Music in review
- Music: 2020 in review
- The Dollfins, Julia Robert, Runaway Nuns & Jett Screams at Mercury
- Beach Party at The Raptor Room
- Music: 2019 in review
- Francois van Coke – Dagdrome in Suburbia album launch at The Jagger Lounge
- Bumblefoot (USA) at Mercury
- The Fizz at mash Tun – live & press shoot
-
Most Read this Month
- Bikini Beach Books in Gordon’s Bay
- Manny Walters at the Blah Blah Bar
- Visiting the owls and other feathered friends
- Jagger Lounge opening: Flat Stanley & Ard Matthews
- Spring up the west coast
- Some birds on Table Mountain
- Oppikoppi 2016: The unsea Day 2
- Little friend in a golden web
- South African HorrorFest: Makabra Ensemble’s Faust at the Labia
- Oppikoppi 24: Nomakanjani 2018 – day 3
Archives
Categories
- Animation & video (9)
- Archives (2)
- Art (15)
- Birds & Animals (8)
- Entertainment (1)
- Events (17)
- festivals (18)
- friends (2)
- Gardening (2)
- Gigs/Live Music (335)
- Milnerton Market (2)
- Music (16)
- Out & about (26)
- personal (23)
- Photography (117)
- Plants (2)
- press conference (1)
- press shoots (20)
- pretty things (4)
- Ramblings (8)
- Random (5)
- Rants (1)
- Reviews (12)
- Travel (32)
-
Thank you for the features…
-
Texx and the City: Behind the Noise
-
Red Bull Social Club
-
Fstoppers: 11 Tips to Become a Better Concert Photographer
- TechSmart Interview Pt1
- TechSmart Interview Pt2
- TechSmart Interview Pt3
- Canon Click Magazine (issue 63) - interview
- The Sharpest Lives - interview
- Canon Click Magazine (issue 47) - interview
- Loseyoursoultorockandroll - interview
- One Small Seed - Selected Creatives
- Texx and the city - profile
- All About Cats Magazine - purrsonality profile
-
Texx and the City: Behind the Noise
Currently listening to:
Tag Archives: lights
Rudimentals, Voodoo & Los Tacos at Mercury
Sat 19 September 2015 From not going in months I found myself at Mercury two nights in a row – this second time it was for the Rudimentals‘ screening of their Rudeboy Styles music video and live set, with support from … Continue reading
Posted in Gigs/Live Music
Tagged brass, cape town, evenings, gigs & festivals, guitars, launch, lights, long hair, los tacos, mercury, music, music video, photography, reggae, rock, rudimentals, saxophone, ska, spanish, texx and the city, trombone, trumpet, voodoo
Leave a comment
Tagged brass, cape town, evenings, gigs & festivals, guitars, launch, lights, long hair, los tacos, mercury, music, music video, photography, reggae, rock, rudimentals, saxophone, ska, spanish, texx and the city, trombone, trumpet, voodoo
Leave a comment
Verona Walls, Black Moscow, Dukes of Note & Room of Phonics at Mercury
Friday 18 September 2015 Like a lot of people, I was really sad when Mercury announced it was closing. Then, seemingly out of nowhere, it was saved from the brink and is now back up and running. I’ve been slack in checking … Continue reading
Posted in Gigs/Live Music
Tagged alternative, battle of the bands, black moscow, cape town, competition, contest, costumes, dressing up, dukes of note, evenings, family, gigs & festivals, guitars, hats, injuries, lights, long hair, mercury, music, photography, rock, room of phonics, south africa, south african, texx and the city, verona walls, weekends, zombie fest, zombie walk
Leave a comment
Tagged alternative, battle of the bands, black moscow, cape town, competition, contest, costumes, dressing up, dukes of note, evenings, family, gigs & festivals, guitars, hats, injuries, lights, long hair, mercury, music, photography, rock, room of phonics, south africa, south african, texx and the city, verona walls, weekends, zombie fest, zombie walk
Leave a comment
Oppikoppi 21: Fantastic Mr Vos Vos Day 1
Friday 7 August 2015 Now in its 21st year, Oppikoppi is legendary among South African music festivals. Its status and distance from Cape Town have always intimidated the hell out of me but attending has always been something I’d hoped … Continue reading
Posted in Gigs/Live Music
Tagged acacia, aking, bitches brew, british, bye beneco, camping, catherine grenfell, cortina whiplash, costumes, crimson house, crimson house blues, crowd, curious incident, danish, december streets, doring, dressing up, dust, facing the gallows, farm, favourites, festival, filth, gigs & festivals, guitars, hilltop live, hokum, kameeldoring, lanterns, les javan, lights, limpopo, long hair, metal, mr vos vos, new academics, northam, oppikoppi, out in the country, outdoors, parlotones, photography, portraits, powersolo, red bull, red helen, rian malan, rock, rockabilly, singing bassists, slashdogs, smoke, south africa, south african, stage, stoker, sunset, tents, texx and the city, thorns, uk, winter days
Leave a comment
Tagged acacia, aking, bitches brew, british, bye beneco, camping, catherine grenfell, cortina whiplash, costumes, crimson house, crimson house blues, crowd, curious incident, danish, december streets, doring, dressing up, dust, facing the gallows, farm, favourites, festival, filth, gigs & festivals, guitars, hilltop live, hokum, kameeldoring, lanterns, les javan, lights, limpopo, long hair, metal, mr vos vos, new academics, northam, oppikoppi, out in the country, outdoors, parlotones, photography, portraits, powersolo, red bull, red helen, rian malan, rock, rockabilly, singing bassists, slashdogs, smoke, south africa, south african, stage, stoker, sunset, tents, texx and the city, thorns, uk, winter days
Leave a comment
Ben Howard at the Grand Arena
Wednesday 22 July 2015 It was freezing outside on Wednesday night – luckily the queue outside GrandWest, though very long, was moving pretty swiftly. Inside it was equally full – it was still early Cape Town had shown up in its masses for Ben … Continue reading
Posted in Gigs/Live Music
Tagged atmospheric, ben howard, british, bye beneco, cape town, crowd, evenings, events, favourites, gigs & festivals, grand arena, grand west casino, guitars, international act, joburg, light, lights, long hair, music, photography, seed experiences, singer-songwriters, south africa, south african, stage, texx and the city, winter
Leave a comment
Tagged atmospheric, ben howard, british, bye beneco, cape town, crowd, evenings, events, favourites, gigs & festivals, grand arena, grand west casino, guitars, international act, joburg, light, lights, long hair, music, photography, seed experiences, singer-songwriters, south africa, south african, stage, texx and the city, winter
Leave a comment
Protest The Hero at Klein Libertas
Saturday 2 May 2015 I like metal… I mean, I’m not a massive fan and I don’t know much about the local scene, but every time I shoot a metal gig I really enjoy it. There’s just always a great energy … Continue reading
Posted in Gigs/Live Music
Tagged all guns full ammo, canadia, cape town, costumes, crowd, crowd surfing, dressing up, favourites, fun, funny, gigs & festivals, guitars, ill system, instrumental, international act, klein libertas, lights, long hair, loud, metal, mosh pit, moshpit, music, ohgod, photography, protest the hero, rock, self portrait, selfie, south africa, south african, stage, stellenbosch, sweaty, texx and the city, weekends, zombies, zombies ate my girlfriend
4 Comments
Tagged all guns full ammo, canadia, cape town, costumes, crowd, crowd surfing, dressing up, favourites, fun, funny, gigs & festivals, guitars, ill system, instrumental, international act, klein libertas, lights, long hair, loud, metal, mosh pit, moshpit, music, ohgod, photography, protest the hero, rock, self portrait, selfie, south africa, south african, stage, stellenbosch, sweaty, texx and the city, weekends, zombies, zombies ate my girlfriend
4 Comments
