Back in October last year I was mindlessly enjoying some terrible videos on MK (a hobby of mine) when a strange, new one came on. The track’s unusual, organic percussion grabbed me immediately and before the video had gotten halfway I’d already decided that I needed to buy Bittereinder’s album ‘n Ware Verhaal.
Fast forward to the present and the band have really begun making a name for themselves. As their hometown of Pretoria is pretty far away, I was really excited when I heard their Bitter Begin Toer included a few venues in Cape Town. The first was Ramfest – as I mentioned previously, it really wasn’t a great timeslot and generally didn’t feel like it was being taken too seriously as the band were putting a lot more emphasis on their second CT gig, their album launch happening that Wednesday in Stellenbosch.
Bittereinder at Ramfest 2011
Die Klein Libertas Teater is a really cool venue, I hadn’t been there before but it’s the kind of place I’d gladly go back to if it wasn’t so far away…Happily, the locals came out in their droves for a much better crowd than at Ramfest. But that was to be expected – it was Bittereinder’s night and the people who were there had come for them.
