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2022 – Music in review
MUSIC Year 3 of the New Normal™ has come to a close and it’s time again for year-end lists and reflection. Today marks my 16th anniversary on last.fm and I confess I still greatly enjoy the data and charts it collects and … Continue reading
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Tagged album, art, covid, end of the year, eurovision, favourites, fontaines dc, ghost, infanteria, international act, interpol, mccully workshop, mccully/mackay, memories, metal, music, new year, painting, review, rock
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Tagged album, art, covid, end of the year, eurovision, favourites, fontaines dc, ghost, infanteria, international act, interpol, mccully workshop, mccully/mackay, memories, metal, music, new year, painting, review, rock
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NervoChaos (BR), Peasant, Facing The Gallows & Thread of Omen at Mercury
sat 12 Oct 2019 Brazil’s NervoChaos visited Mercury on Saturday supported by local acts Peasant, Facing the Gallows and Thread of Omen. Here are some shots from the night.
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Tagged brazilian, cape town, evenings, facing the gallows, gigs & festivals, guitars, hardcore, headbanging, international act, jumping musicians, long hair, mercury, metal, music, nervochaos, peasant, photography, rock, south africa, south african, texx and the city, thread of omen, weekends, winter
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Tagged brazilian, cape town, evenings, facing the gallows, gigs & festivals, guitars, hardcore, headbanging, international act, jumping musicians, long hair, mercury, metal, music, nervochaos, peasant, photography, rock, south africa, south african, texx and the city, thread of omen, weekends, winter
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Peasant, Yndian Mynah & The Loose Ends at Mercury
sat 05 Oct 2019 Freshly returned from their European tour, Peasant celebrated the launch of their album ‘Unrest Eternal’ at Mercy last Saturday, with the support of Yndian Mynah and The Loose Ends. Here are some shots from the show … Continue reading
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Tagged album launch, black and white, cape town, garage, gigs & festivals, guitars, hardcore, headbanging, jumping musicians, long hair, mercury, metal, monochrome, music, peasant, photography, post rock, punk, rock, south africa, south african, texx and the city, the loose ends, weekends, yndian mynah
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Tagged album launch, black and white, cape town, garage, gigs & festivals, guitars, hardcore, headbanging, jumping musicians, long hair, mercury, metal, monochrome, music, peasant, photography, post rock, punk, rock, south africa, south african, texx and the city, the loose ends, weekends, yndian mynah
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Oppikoppi 24: Nomakanjani 2018 – day 2
Fri 10 August 2018 Enduring a freezing night in a tent before being woken by bagpipes and a dust-induced coughing fest – it could only be Oppikoppi! Day 2 of OK24 looked like this:
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Tagged acoustic, albert frost, bagpipes, bam bam brown & the wild professors, bongeziwe mabandla, costumes, crash car burn, crashcarburn, crowd, darkie fiction, dawn brothers, dj invizable, dressing up, evenings, events, favourites, gigs & festivals, goodluck, grassy spark, guitars, hip hop, jumping musicians, long hair, metal, music, nature, ohgod, oppikoppi, out in the country, outdoors, photography, retro dizzy, rock, sho madjozi, south africa, south african, spoegwolf, stone jets, texx and the city, van pletzen, weekends, wisdom of movement, wonderboom
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Tagged acoustic, albert frost, bagpipes, bam bam brown & the wild professors, bongeziwe mabandla, costumes, crash car burn, crashcarburn, crowd, darkie fiction, dawn brothers, dj invizable, dressing up, evenings, events, favourites, gigs & festivals, goodluck, grassy spark, guitars, hip hop, jumping musicians, long hair, metal, music, nature, ohgod, oppikoppi, out in the country, outdoors, photography, retro dizzy, rock, sho madjozi, south africa, south african, spoegwolf, stone jets, texx and the city, van pletzen, weekends, wisdom of movement, wonderboom
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Fit For a King (USA) at Mercury
Thurs 28 June 2018 Jam Packed Productions continued their impressive international concert series (and drive to raise R1 million for rhino conservation) with Christian metal-core Texans Fit For a King. They were joined by a crammed local line-up featuring Treehouse … Continue reading
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Tagged american, as time divides, black and white, cape town, charity, crowd surfing, evenings, events, fit for a king, gigs & festivals, guitars, hardcore, headbanging, international act, jam packed productions, jumping musicians, long hair, mercury, metal, metalcore, monochrome, mosh pit, moshing, moshpit, music, onedaysky, photography, rock, rocking 4 rhinos, south africa, south african, stage diving, summer, texx and the city, treehouse burning
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Tagged american, as time divides, black and white, cape town, charity, crowd surfing, evenings, events, fit for a king, gigs & festivals, guitars, hardcore, headbanging, international act, jam packed productions, jumping musicians, long hair, mercury, metal, metalcore, monochrome, mosh pit, moshing, moshpit, music, onedaysky, photography, rock, rocking 4 rhinos, south africa, south african, stage diving, summer, texx and the city, treehouse burning
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