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Oppikoppi 21: Fantastic Mr Vos Vos Day 3

Posted on: August 25, 2015

Sunday 9 August 2015 With Women’s Day being observed on Monday, Oppikoppi 2015 ended on a Sunday, which I must confess felt a little weird as festival Sundays are usually used to recover from the weekend’s biggest acts the night before. Friday … Continue reading →

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Oppikoppi 21: Fantastic Mr Vos Vos Day 1

Posted on: August 22, 2015

Friday 7 August 2015 Now in its 21st year, Oppikoppi is legendary among South African music festivals. Its status and distance from Cape Town have always intimidated the hell out of me but attending has always been something I’d hoped … Continue reading →

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Ben Howard at the Grand Arena

Posted on: August 3, 2015

Wednesday 22 July 2015 It was freezing outside on Wednesday night – luckily the queue outside GrandWest, though very long, was moving pretty swiftly. Inside it was equally full – it was still early Cape Town had shown up in its masses for Ben … Continue reading →

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Tagged atmospheric, ben howard, british, bye beneco, cape town, crowd, evenings, events, favourites, gigs & festivals, grand arena, grand west casino, guitars, international act, joburg, light, lights, long hair, music, photography, seed experiences, singer-songwriters, south africa, south african, stage, texx and the city, winter

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Infanteria – Where Serpents Conquer album launch at ROAR

Posted on: July 7, 2015

Friday 3 July 2015 I’ve been fending off flu for the last few months but unfortunately it got the upper hand on me last Friday. I got to ROAR early, found a dark corner (which wasn’t hard) and zoned out till … Continue reading →

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Tagged album launch, all guns full ammo, cape town, gigs & festivals, guitars, infanteria, launch, long hair, metal, music, obs, observatory, photography, roar, rock, south africa, south african, texx and the city, weekends

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Psych Night: Sakawa Boys, Mind Pool & Sol Gems at Manila Bar

Posted on: July 6, 2015

Friday 26 July 2015 A while back I checked out Sol Gems, Mind Pool and current favourites of mine Sakawa Boys at Psych Night at Manila Bar. It was a really cool night, here are some shots.