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Music: Tape Hiss and Sparkle – The Winter Switch (2015)

Posted on: May 14, 2016

MUSIC I don’t post many album reviews, mostly because I struggle to find the time to put them together. As it is I’ve been sitting with this one since the end of last year, and though I really enjoyed it, … Continue reading →

Posted in Music, Reviews
Tagged acoustic, autumn, coal, favourites, folk, gigs & festivals, indie, music, oh cruel fate, review, rock, south africa, south african, tape hiss and sparkle, winter

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Music: 2015 in review

Posted on: January 2, 2016

MUSIC Another year has evaporated and it is now 2016, and my 9th last.fm anniversary. Last.fm’s implemented a whole load of changes most of which I don’t really like but the improved graphs are interesting – looking back on mine … Continue reading →

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Tagged 2015, best of, canadian, cape town, charts, coal, de rosa, favourites, grimes, julian redpath, last.fm, music, new year, norwegian, oppikoppi, review, sakawa boys, south african, susanne sundfor, tape hiss and sparkle

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The Darkest Hour at Assembly

Posted on: December 28, 2015

Sun 20 December 2015 Many an international metal act has graced our shores this year courtesy of Witchdoctor Productions, and the last of them for 2015 was Washington’s The Darkest Hour. Originally scheduled to play Cape Town first, an incident … Continue reading →

Posted in Gigs/Live Music
Tagged american, bulletscript, cape town, crowd, darkest hour, evenings, events, gigs & festivals, guitars, international act, long hair, metal, mosh pit, moshpit, music, photography, rant, review, rock, south african, summer, tattoos, texx and the city, the assembly, weekends, witchdoctor productions, zombies ate my girlfriend

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Music: 2014 in review

Posted on: January 2, 2015

MUSIC It’s my 8th last.fm anniversary and the beginning of another year, so scary how fast twelve months can just fly by… It’s been a bit of a strange one for me musically – my trusty old ipod gave itself amnesia halfway … Continue reading →

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Tagged 2014, beatenberg, british, cape town, favourites, kent, last.fm, music, new year, review, south africa, swedish, wild beasts

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Music: 2013 in review

Posted on: January 2, 2014

MUSIC Happy 2014! Today marks my 7th anniversary of joining last.fm and though I normally claim the listening data on there doesn’t necessarily reflect what I’d say my favourite music over the last 12 months has been, this time round I’d … Continue reading →