A few months ago, I joined over 100 others in backing Red Huxley on Kickstarter to help them record their debut album with Dave Catching of Eagles of Death Metal in the USA. Their crowdfunding effort proved successful and the band headed off for the states in July. Fast forward to November and they’re back with their completed album, Nothing More, which they launched last Friday at the Assembly supported by the Dollfins and Goodnight Wembley.
I had my first music photo published in LMG magazine in mid 2011, and did my first editorial shoot for them in November the same year. In the 2 years since then I’ve covered loads of gigs for the mag, had the privilege to shoot 3 covers and met some great people in the LMG family. So, like many, I was really sad to see October’s issue of LMG had a gravestone on the cover and the headline Rest In Print.
It’s the end of an era, a bittersweet sign of the times – LMG will now exist solely online. Going out in style after 5 years and 77 issues, the printed mag was laid to rest at an epic 3-stage party at the Dragon Room on Friday.
On the first weekend of November the Zandvlei nature reserve in Muizenberg once again played host to the CT International Kite Festival. Sunday was a beautiful summer day with a good wind: perfect kite-flying conditions for both the public and the professionals.
Last year’s Cape Town zombie walk was the first I attended and I had an awesome time. Back again for the fourth time, this year’s walk took place in the city centre – from Thibault square to the museum, along St. George’s Mall and the Avenue in the Company’s Garden. Though town was a bit quiet the urban setting was fantastic and the zombie horde managed to successfully scare a bunch of unsuspecting citizens…
The combination of the bitter cold and my inability to find a comfortable position meant I hardly slept on Friday night. Still, I woke up feeling surprisingly energised. It was the big day of Rocking the Daisies with all of the big internationals on the bill: Skunk Anansie, Boys Noize, The Hives and Alt-J. If I’d been feeling unconvinced of my enjoyment of the festival on Friday, Saturday would lay those feelings to rest – the headliners smashed my expectations and blew my mind.
