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Stoker, One Eight Seven, The Dirty South & Blynd Tyger at Mercury
Sat 20 February 2016 Another great night at Mercury: here are some shots from ‘Mother city madness’ featuring Stoker, One Eight Seven, The Dirty South and Blynd Tyger.
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Tagged blynd tyger, cape town, dirty south, evenings, gigs & festivals, guitars, headbanging, long hair, mercury, music, one eight seven, photography, rock, stoker, summer, texx and the city, weekends
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Punk’s not dead at Mercury
Fri 12 February 2016 Half Price, The West Coast Wolves, Monitor and the energetic show-stealers Swatting Bats put on a good old fashioned (read: sweaty) punk show at Mercury last Friday. There was loads of moshing, stage-diving and frantically-paced music … Continue reading
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Tagged acoustic, black and white, brass, cape town, circle pit, crowd surfing, guitars, half price, headbanging, jumping musicians, long hair, loud, mercury, monitor, monochrome, mosh pit, moshpit, music, parents in the crowd, photography, punk, rock, saxophone, sepia, ska, south africa, south african, stage diving, swatting bats, sweaty, texx and the city, trumpet, weekends, west coast wolves
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M4A SummerFest 2016
Sat 30 January 2016 Last Saturday I attended the first of Metal4Africa’s 2016 bi-annual festival events, the M4ASummerFest. Since the usual venue (Stellenbosch‘s Klein Libertas) is still under reconstruction, the fest was held at a new venue: a warehouse/langarm dance … Continue reading
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Tagged brackenfell, burlesque, cape town, crowd, diva disastar, dressing up, evenings, events, favourites, fuera, gigs & festivals, hardcore, headbanging, imperial destruction, jumping musicians, langarm hall, long hair, m4a, megalodon, metal, metal fest, metal4africa, mosh pit, moshpit, rock, south africa, south african, subject to slaughter, subvers, summer, summerfest, take hand, texx and the city, the drift, wargrave, weekends, wildernessking
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Tagged brackenfell, burlesque, cape town, crowd, diva disastar, dressing up, evenings, events, favourites, fuera, gigs & festivals, hardcore, headbanging, imperial destruction, jumping musicians, langarm hall, long hair, m4a, megalodon, metal, metal fest, metal4africa, mosh pit, moshpit, rock, south africa, south african, subject to slaughter, subvers, summer, summerfest, take hand, texx and the city, the drift, wargrave, weekends, wildernessking
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Mumford & Sons at the Grand Parade
Fri 29 January 2016 The first month of 2016 ended on a bang with Mumford & Sons’ massive show last Friday. The first of the band’s three packed Cape Town shows saw thousands at the Grand Parade to watch the headlining ‘gentlemen of … Continue reading
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Tagged acoustic, baaba maal, banjo, beatenberg, brass, british, cape town, double bass, gentlemen of the road, gigs & festivals, grand parade, guitars, hilltop live, international, international act, john wizards, long hair, malawian, mumford and sons, music, outdoors, photography, rock, south africa, south african, summer, swedish, texx and the city, the very best, violin, weekends
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Tagged acoustic, baaba maal, banjo, beatenberg, brass, british, cape town, double bass, gentlemen of the road, gigs & festivals, grand parade, guitars, hilltop live, international, international act, john wizards, long hair, malawian, mumford and sons, music, outdoors, photography, rock, south africa, south african, summer, swedish, texx and the city, the very best, violin, weekends
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Operation T Dog Day Fest Fundraiser at The Great Wizoo
Sun 17 January 2016 Last Sunday a bunch of great bands got together at the Great Wizoo to raise money for Nic Gaud‘s dog Tuj’s medical bills. Artists included Matt Vend, 7th Son, Grassy Spark, West Coast Wolves, and Half Price. … Continue reading
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Tagged 7th son, acousitic, animals, cape town, dogs, double bass, fundraiser, gigs & festivals, grassy spark, great wizoo, guitars, half price, hippies, long hair, matt vend, music, party, photography, punk, rock, ska, south africa, south african, summer, texx and the city, weekends, west coast wolves
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Tagged 7th son, acousitic, animals, cape town, dogs, double bass, fundraiser, gigs & festivals, grassy spark, great wizoo, guitars, half price, hippies, long hair, matt vend, music, party, photography, punk, rock, ska, south africa, south african, summer, texx and the city, weekends, west coast wolves
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