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Zebra & Giraffe Slow Motion EP launch at Mercury
Sun 27 December 2015 The last gig I attended for 2015 (and weirdly my second Sunday night gig in a row) was Zebra & Giraffe’s Slow Motion EP launch at Mercury last week. I haven’t seen them in a while and … Continue reading
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Tagged album launch, cape town, evenings, events, gigs & festivals, guitars, indie, launch, long hair, mercury, music, photography, rock, south africa, south african, texx and the city, wear wolf, weekends, yorke, zebra & giraffe
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The Darkest Hour at Assembly
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
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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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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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Finntroll at Mercury
Fri 27 November 2015 Last Friday eccentric Finnish metal band Finntroll graced Cape Town with their highly entertaining presence last Friday, it was a great show thoroughly enjoyed by all at Mercury.
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Tagged cape town, costumes, dressing up, evenings, events, favourites, finnish, finntroll, gigs & festivals, guitars, headbanging, international act, long hair, metal, mosh pit, moshpit, music, photography, rock, south africa, south african, stage diving, summer, swedish, texx and the city, weekends
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Tagged cape town, costumes, dressing up, evenings, events, favourites, finnish, finntroll, gigs & festivals, guitars, headbanging, international act, long hair, metal, mosh pit, moshpit, music, photography, rock, south africa, south african, stage diving, summer, swedish, texx and the city, weekends
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Dusty Rebels & The Bombshells Rockabilly Festival at the Ostrich Ranch
Sat 14 November 2015 Though the Dusty Rebels & The Bombshells festival has been running for three years, this year was my first. It was fantastic, one-day festivals really are great – there was loads to do but the overall … Continue reading
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Tagged all ages, alternative, art, beards, bikes, bombshell betty, burlesque, cape town, cars, costumes, crowd, dan valley & the countrymen, dancers, dancing, dixie pricks, double bass, dressing up, dust, dusty rebels & the bombshells, evenings, events, fairground, fashion, fashion show, favourites, femme fatales, gigs & festivals, graffiti, halloween, leather, long hair, martin rocka & the sick shop, medicine boy, motorbikes, motorcycle, mr cat & the jackal, music, nature, ostrich ranch, out in the country, outdoors, pageant, photography, pinup, portraits, racing, ratrod cats, retro, rock, rockabilly, roller derby, south africa, south african, summer, tattoos, texx and the city, the damned crows, the taros, them tornados, vintage, weekends
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Tagged all ages, alternative, art, beards, bikes, bombshell betty, burlesque, cape town, cars, costumes, crowd, dan valley & the countrymen, dancers, dancing, dixie pricks, double bass, dressing up, dust, dusty rebels & the bombshells, evenings, events, fairground, fashion, fashion show, favourites, femme fatales, gigs & festivals, graffiti, halloween, leather, long hair, martin rocka & the sick shop, medicine boy, motorbikes, motorcycle, mr cat & the jackal, music, nature, ostrich ranch, out in the country, outdoors, pageant, photography, pinup, portraits, racing, ratrod cats, retro, rock, rockabilly, roller derby, south africa, south african, summer, tattoos, texx and the city, the damned crows, the taros, them tornados, vintage, weekends
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Atlantic South EP launch with Facing the Gallows and ohgod at Mercury
Sat 7 November 2015 I was at Mercury two nights in a row last weekend – Saturday night saw Atlantic South launch their EP with support from ohgod and Facing the Gallows. It was a really fun and super energetic … Continue reading
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Tagged album launch, atlantic south, cape town, cbd, crowd, facing the gallows, gigs & festivals, guitars, hardcore, headbanging, instrumental, long hair, mercury, metal, mosh pit, moshpit, music, ohgod, photography, rock, south africa, summer, weekends
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Tagged album launch, atlantic south, cape town, cbd, crowd, facing the gallows, gigs & festivals, guitars, hardcore, headbanging, instrumental, long hair, mercury, metal, mosh pit, moshpit, music, ohgod, photography, rock, south africa, summer, weekends
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