{"id":11580,"date":"2013-01-21T10:24:00","date_gmt":"2013-01-21T08:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/?p=11580"},"modified":"2013-01-21T13:14:24","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T11:14:24","slug":"earkiller-presents-black-lung-shaman-tannhauser-gate-dj-at-mercury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/2013\/01\/earkiller-presents-black-lung-shaman-tannhauser-gate-dj-at-mercury\/","title":{"rendered":"EARKILLER presents: Black Lung, Shaman & Tannh\u00e4user Gate (DJ) at Mercury"},"content":{"rendered":"
Friday 18 January 2013<\/div>\n

Always keen for something new, I’d been looking forward to last Friday’s gig at Mercury for a while – the first of a series that will run one Saturday every month<\/a>, EARKILLER #1 featured live performances from Black Lung and Shaman and DJ sets from Tannh\u00e4user Gate<\/a>, The Ants and DJ Sick Days. And all for R20.<\/p>\n

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The turnout was modest (a welcome contrast to the claustrophobic chaos of the week before<\/a>) but the vibe was cool, even though things took a while to start (in typical Cape Town fashion). Sonja Myburgh, AKA DJ Sick Days<\/a>, set the tone for the night with a great collection of alternative and punk classics.<\/p>\n

Bizarrely and hilariously billed as ‘Shawn’ on the sign outside Mercury<\/a>, the first band up were (in fact called) Shaman. They weren’t bad at all, just lacking something for me. Though to be fair the rap-like vocals from the guitarist came out of nowhere and were quite a surprise…I’m just not a big fan of their brand of psychadelic-tinged rock.<\/p>\n\n\t\t