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Desmond & The Tutus, Retro Dizzy & Runaway Nuns at Mercury
Fri 19 May 2017 Handsdown the fullest I’ve seen a venue for a local gig in a long time – from 9:30 the street outside Mercury was totally parked up and by the time headliners Desmond & the Tutus took … Continue reading
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Endless Daze Festival: Friday
Fri 11 November 2016 The team behind Psych Night debuted the first Endless Daze festival at the Silwerstroom Resort up the west coast back in November. The venue was lovely and the small size of the festival meant great facilities … Continue reading
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Tagged aidan martin, american, bateleur sol gems, bcuc, beach, camping, cape town, endless daze, evenings, events, favourites, froth, gigs & festivals, guitars, hippies, hipsters, international act, long hair, music, outdoors, psych, psych night, retro dizzy, rock, sannie fox, south africa, south african, summer, sunset, tents, texx and the city, the deathrettes, weekends, west coast
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Tagged aidan martin, american, bateleur sol gems, bcuc, beach, camping, cape town, endless daze, evenings, events, favourites, froth, gigs & festivals, guitars, hippies, hipsters, international act, long hair, music, outdoors, psych, psych night, retro dizzy, rock, sannie fox, south africa, south african, summer, sunset, tents, texx and the city, the deathrettes, weekends, west coast
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Retro Dizzy, Runaway Nuns & Dangerfields at Mercury
Fri 23 September 2016 Retro Dizzy played a packed show in Mercury back at the end of September and, I must say, Mercury looked better than I’d seen it, well probably ever – balloons, lanterns and streamers abounded and a … Continue reading
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Tagged balloons, cape town, cbd, crowd, dangerfields, decoration, favourites, fireworks, gigs & festivals, guitars, long hair, mercury, music, photography, post-punk, retro dizzy, rock, runaway nuns, south africa, south african, sparklers, streamers, surf, surf rock, texx and the city
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Springbok Nude Girls at the Assembly
Sat 4 June 2016 The Assembly was more packed last Saturday than I’ve seen it ages – people showed up in their droves to watch the Springbok Nude Girls, who played along with Bam Bam Brown and Retro Dizzy.
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Tagged arno carstens, bam bam brown & the wild professors, cape town, favourites, gigs & festivals, harrington street, long hair, music, photography, retro dizzy, rock, south africa, south african, springbok nude girls, texx and the city, the assembly, weekends
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Dangerfields & The Fizz Pops at EVOL
Sat 7 May 2016 I’ve been wanting to check out new post-punk/indie band Dangerfields for a while and finally got a chance when they played EVOL/Hectic on Hope two Saturdays ago along with The Fizz Pops. I have a soft … Continue reading
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Tagged cape town, dangerfields, dark, evenings, evol, fizz pops, future primitives, gigs & festivals, guitars, hectic on hope, long hair, lucy kruger, music, photography, post-punk, psych, retro dizzy, rock, south africa, south african, surf, texx and the city, the very wicked, weekends
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Tagged cape town, dangerfields, dark, evenings, evol, fizz pops, future primitives, gigs & festivals, guitars, hectic on hope, long hair, lucy kruger, music, photography, post-punk, psych, retro dizzy, rock, south africa, south african, surf, texx and the city, the very wicked, weekends
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