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One Eight Seven, Alive at Midnight, Peasant & Bolleria Industrial at Club Med
Fri 25 September 2015 Last week One Eight Seven, Alive at Midnight, Peasant and touring Spaniards Bolleria Industrial put on one of the most insane shows I’ve been to in a long, long time. Everything from the venue (the undeniably … Continue reading
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Tagged alive at midnight, beer, cape town, club med, favourites, gigs & festivals, glitter, guitars, hardcore, headbanging, international act, leather, long hair, long street, mcpx, mosh pit, music, one eight seven, peasant, photography, punk, rock, south africa, south african, spanish, spilled beer, texx and the city, weekends
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Verona Walls, Black Moscow, Dukes of Note & Room of Phonics at Mercury
Friday 18 September 2015 Like a lot of people, I was really sad when Mercury announced it was closing. Then, seemingly out of nowhere, it was saved from the brink and is now back up and running. I’ve been slack in checking … Continue reading
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Tagged alternative, battle of the bands, black moscow, cape town, competition, contest, costumes, dressing up, dukes of note, evenings, family, gigs & festivals, guitars, hats, injuries, lights, long hair, mercury, music, photography, rock, room of phonics, south africa, south african, texx and the city, verona walls, weekends, zombie fest, zombie walk
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MAX Presents: Take a Stand! at ROAR
Saturday 29 August 2015 I’m not very involved in the metal scene so hadn’t heard of the MAX Campaign until recently – a great local initiative, Metalheads Against Xenophobia raised over R9000 last weekend alone when they hosted a huge … Continue reading
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Tagged all ages, animus fall, beeldenstorm, cape town, charity, corsets, dressing up, fake blood, fallen prophets, farewell, farewell show, final show, fundraiser, guitars, headbanging, ill system, instrumental, jumping musicians, leather, long hair, max, max campaign, metal, metalheads against xenophobia, mosh pit, moshpit, music, obs, observatory, ohgod, photography, roar, rock, shredding, south africa, south african, subject to slaughter, suiderbees, weekends
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Tagged all ages, animus fall, beeldenstorm, cape town, charity, corsets, dressing up, fake blood, fallen prophets, farewell, farewell show, final show, fundraiser, guitars, headbanging, ill system, instrumental, jumping musicians, leather, long hair, max, max campaign, metal, metalheads against xenophobia, mosh pit, moshpit, music, obs, observatory, ohgod, photography, roar, rock, shredding, south africa, south african, subject to slaughter, suiderbees, weekends
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George Ezra at the Durbanville Racecourse
Saturday 29 August 2015 George Ezra recently played an all-ages show at the Durbanville Racecourse with the support of Beatenberg, Hot Water and Bongeziwe Mabandla. The northern suburbs venue made a nice change from the city, and gave what could’ve been … Continue reading
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Tweak’s 10 year reunion show at the Assembly
Saturday 22 August 2015 I was never a big fan of Tweak back in the day and kinda skipped the whole high school punk/ska phase in general, but I do remember them, as do a whole lot of other people who packed … Continue reading
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Tagged assembly, black and white, cape town, cbd, costumes, crowd surfing, dressing up, events, farewell show, final show, gigs & festivals, glam, half price, inflatables, jumping musicians, last show, long hair, loveglove pyrotechnics, monochrome, photography, pop, punk, reuinion, rock, ska, south africa, south african, stage diving, texx and the city, tweak, veladraco, weekends, werner von waltsleben
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