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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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CTEMF 2016: Day 3
Sun 7 February 2016 The 2016 Cape Town Electronic Music Festival finished with a super chilled Sunday evening featuring an epic 3 hour set by DJ EASE of the legendary Nightmares on Wax. Here’s a look at day 3 of the fest.
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CTEMF 2016: Day 1
Fri 5 February 2016 The Cape Town Electronic Music Festival once again delivered with a brilliant lineup packed with some of the best in local and international electronic musicians across a myriad genres. Here are some shots from the Friday … Continue reading
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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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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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