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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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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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Zombie Fest 2015
Sat 31 October 2015 The official after party to the annual Cape Town Zombie Walk, the inaugural Zombie Fest took place last Saturday (Halloween) at the end point for the Zombie Walk, the Lookout at the Waterfront. Aside from market … Continue reading
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Tagged art of play, blynd tyger, brass, cami chaos, cape town, costumes, double bass, dressing up, dukes, dukes of note, evenings, facepaint, favourites, gigs & festivals, guitars, halloween, long hair, lookout, market, music, outdoors, photography, ratrod cats, reburn, rock, rockabilly, rudimentals, saxophone, ska, south africa, south african, summer, texx and the city, the damned crows, trombone, trumpet, waterfront, weekends, zombie fest, zombie walk, zombiegamer, zombies
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Tagged art of play, blynd tyger, brass, cami chaos, cape town, costumes, double bass, dressing up, dukes, dukes of note, evenings, facepaint, favourites, gigs & festivals, guitars, halloween, long hair, lookout, market, music, outdoors, photography, ratrod cats, reburn, rock, rockabilly, rudimentals, saxophone, ska, south africa, south african, summer, texx and the city, the damned crows, trombone, trumpet, waterfront, weekends, zombie fest, zombie walk, zombiegamer, zombies
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Rocking the Daisies 2015: Saturday
Sat 3 October 2015 Day 2 of Rocking the Daisies 2015 featured the biggest crowd I’ve ever been stuck in (for German headliners Milky Chance – it honestly took me the majority of their set to get from the far end of … Continue reading
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Tagged accordion, acoustic, afrikaans, aking, al bairre, australian, bongeziwe mabandla, brass, british, cape town, card on spokes, cloof wine estate, costumes, crowd, dancers, dancing, darling, derek gripper, dirty hippies, dressing up, electro, evenings, fairy lights, fire, flowers, george bacon, german, gigs & festivals, grassy spark, guitars, hipsters, hog hoggidy hog, hula hoop, international act, jack parow, jon shaban, jumping musicians, landscape, long hair, milky chance, mountains, music, nature, nu world, out in the country, outdoors, parade, peter bibby, photography, plants & flowers, portraits, rock, rocking the daisies, saxophone, scuba, seed experiences, ska, south africa, south african, stage, suitcase hearts, summer, sunset, tattoos, texx and the city, the brother moves on, the kooks, the shabeen, touchwood, trees, tribute, trumpet, weekends, wild lettuce
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Tagged accordion, acoustic, afrikaans, aking, al bairre, australian, bongeziwe mabandla, brass, british, cape town, card on spokes, cloof wine estate, costumes, crowd, dancers, dancing, darling, derek gripper, dirty hippies, dressing up, electro, evenings, fairy lights, fire, flowers, george bacon, german, gigs & festivals, grassy spark, guitars, hipsters, hog hoggidy hog, hula hoop, international act, jack parow, jon shaban, jumping musicians, landscape, long hair, milky chance, mountains, music, nature, nu world, out in the country, outdoors, parade, peter bibby, photography, plants & flowers, portraits, rock, rocking the daisies, saxophone, scuba, seed experiences, ska, south africa, south african, stage, suitcase hearts, summer, sunset, tattoos, texx and the city, the brother moves on, the kooks, the shabeen, touchwood, trees, tribute, trumpet, weekends, wild lettuce
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Rocking the Daisies 2015: Friday
Fri 2 October 2015 Celebrating a #DecadeOfDaisies, Rocking the Daisies‘ 10 edition saw their biggest ever crowd (some 22 000 people) and featured a wide array of local and international artists across many stages. Always an entertainment jam-packed festival, this … Continue reading
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Tagged 340million, 340ml, acoustic, afrikaans, art, australian, bateleur, bed on bricks, brass, camping, cape town, cat empire, cloof wine estate, costumes, crowd, crowd surfing, darling, decadeofdaisies, dirty hippies, dressing up, electro, felix laband, flowers, fokofpolisiekar, forefront, funk, gigs & festivals, guitars, haezer, hula hoop, international act, jeremy loops, john wizards, jumping back slash, kings down south, krafty kuts, lights, long hair, majozi, medicine boy, monark, mr sakitumi, music, nature, nu world, outdoors, paige mac, people, ph fat, photography, plants & flowers, portraits, rock, rocking the daisies, sannie fox, seed experiences, sibot, ska, south africa, south african, summer, swingsetters, tents, texx and the city, thor rixon, trombone, trumpet, vukazithathe, weekends, werner von waltsleben, your LMG
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Tagged 340million, 340ml, acoustic, afrikaans, art, australian, bateleur, bed on bricks, brass, camping, cape town, cat empire, cloof wine estate, costumes, crowd, crowd surfing, darling, decadeofdaisies, dirty hippies, dressing up, electro, felix laband, flowers, fokofpolisiekar, forefront, funk, gigs & festivals, guitars, haezer, hula hoop, international act, jeremy loops, john wizards, jumping back slash, kings down south, krafty kuts, lights, long hair, majozi, medicine boy, monark, mr sakitumi, music, nature, nu world, outdoors, paige mac, people, ph fat, photography, plants & flowers, portraits, rock, rocking the daisies, sannie fox, seed experiences, sibot, ska, south africa, south african, summer, swingsetters, tents, texx and the city, thor rixon, trombone, trumpet, vukazithathe, weekends, werner von waltsleben, your LMG
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