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Tag Archives: gigs & festivals
Shortstraw, Grassy Spark, Young Hands & Veladraco at Manila Bar
Posted on: August 6, 2016
Fri 29 July 2016 Balloons, a pinata, crowd-surfing and not least of all a formidable line-up of high energy bands came together at Manila the last weekend of July, where the space got so packed with sweaty revelers it was really tough … Continue reading →
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Tagged balloons, brass, cape town, crowd surfing, evenings, favourites, gigs & festivals, grassy spark, guitars, jumping musicians, kloof street, long hair, manila bar, music, photography, pinata, pop, rock, shortstraw, ska, south africa, south african, stage diving, texx and the city, veladraco, weekends, young hands
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Tagged balloons, brass, cape town, crowd surfing, evenings, favourites, gigs & festivals, grassy spark, guitars, jumping musicians, kloof street, long hair, manila bar, music, photography, pinata, pop, rock, shortstraw, ska, south africa, south african, stage diving, texx and the city, veladraco, weekends, young hands
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Rotting Christ (Greece) at the Assembly
Posted on: July 9, 2016
Sat 2 July 2016 Greek black metal band Rotting Christ faced a fair amount of resistance to their South African tour, but for all that the Cape Town show at the Assembly went down (rather disappointingly, I must say) without any interference … Continue reading →
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Tagged assembly, cape town, chains, fallen prophets, favourites, gigs & festivals, greek, headbanging, international, international act, long hair, metal, music, photography, rotting christ, south africa, south african, spikes, the assembly, witchdoctor productions
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Tagged assembly, cape town, chains, fallen prophets, favourites, gigs & festivals, greek, headbanging, international, international act, long hair, metal, music, photography, rotting christ, south africa, south african, spikes, the assembly, witchdoctor productions
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Psych Night: Dangerfields, Tazers, Black Math at Manila
Posted on: July 8, 2016
Fri 1 July 2016 Psych Night kicked off the month of July with their ‘Riders on the Storm’ edition, featuring bands from 3 SA cities – Dangerfields from Cape Town, Joburg’s the Tazers and Black Math from Durban. Here are … Continue reading →
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Tagged black math, cape town, crowd, crowd surfing, dangerfields, durban, evenings, gigs & festivals, guitars, joburg, jumping musicians, long hair, long street, manila bar, music, photography, psych, psych night, rock, south africa, south african, stage diving, texx and the city, the tazers, weekends
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Tagged black math, cape town, crowd, crowd surfing, dangerfields, durban, evenings, gigs & festivals, guitars, joburg, jumping musicians, long hair, long street, manila bar, music, photography, psych, psych night, rock, south africa, south african, stage diving, texx and the city, the tazers, weekends
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Infanteria’s 10 year anniversary with Wargrave at ROAR
Posted on: July 6, 2016
Sat 25 June 2016 This time last year I attended my first Infanteria show (which also happened to be their album launch) and it was epic. Since then I’ve become a big fan of the band and always enjoy being … Continue reading →
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Tagged anniversary, favourites, gandalf's, gigs & festivals, guitars, headbanging, infanteria, long hair, metal, mosh pit, moshpit, photography, roar, rock, south africa, south african, texx and the city, wargrave, weekends
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Tagged anniversary, favourites, gandalf's, gigs & festivals, guitars, headbanging, infanteria, long hair, metal, mosh pit, moshpit, photography, roar, rock, south africa, south african, texx and the city, wargrave, weekends
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Subject to Slaughter EP launch with Mezzanine Floor and Bulletscript at ROAR
Posted on: June 29, 2016
Sat 17 June 2016 After the chilled gig I’d attended the night before, I relished the intensity and energy of Subject to Slaughter‘s EP launch at ROAR. I always get hair envy watching the band – seriously, they should have … Continue reading →
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Tagged album launch, cape town, ep launch, favourites, gigs & festivals, guitars, hair envy, headbanging, long hair, metal, mezzanine floor, mosh pit, music, obs, photography, roar, rock, south africa, south african, subject to slaughter, tattoos, texx and the city, weekends, winter
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Tagged album launch, cape town, ep launch, favourites, gigs & festivals, guitars, hair envy, headbanging, long hair, metal, mezzanine floor, mosh pit, music, obs, photography, roar, rock, south africa, south african, subject to slaughter, tattoos, texx and the city, weekends, winter
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