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Tag Archives: gigs & festivals
Karnivool and Ohgod at Mercury
Fri 22 April 2016 Australia’s Karnivool graced the mother city with a show at Mercury at the end of April with the support of local instrumental metal trio ohgod. I’m not a big fan of Karnivool and to be honest was … Continue reading
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Tagged alternative, australian, cape town, gigs & festivals, guitars, instrumental, international act, long hair, mercury, metal, music, ohgod, photography, prog, rock, south africa, south african, texx and the city, weekends
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Tagged alternative, australian, cape town, gigs & festivals, guitars, instrumental, international act, long hair, mercury, metal, music, ohgod, photography, prog, rock, south africa, south african, texx and the city, weekends
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Queens of the Stone Age Tribute show – QOTSA 2016 at Manila Bar
Sat 9 April 2016 I haven’t been to a show as sweaty, intense or downright fun as the QOTSA Tribute 2016 in a very long time. Say what you will about tribute shows but when they’re as good as this one … Continue reading
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Tagged african survival kit, bam bam brown & the wild professors, blynd tyger, cape town, crowd, crowd surfing, dangerfields, de wallen, evenings, favourites, feverstone, gigs & festivals, guitars, headbanging, julia robert, jumping musicians, kloof street, long hair, loveglove pyrotechnics, manila bar, mr cat & the jackal, music, photography, qotsa, queens of the stone age, rock, slow jack, south africa, south african, southern wild, stoker, sweaty, taxi violence, texx and the city, the sleepers, tribute, weekends
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Jungle & Goodluck at Kirstenbosch
Fri 1 April 2016 British electro-soul outfit Jungle’s Kirstenbosch show has been hotly anticipated by Cape Town for the last few months, and it didn’t disappoint. Even though it rained (like, a lot) during the end of opening act Goodluck’s … Continue reading
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Tagged autumn, british, cape town, electro, favourites, gigs & festivals, goodluck, guitars, international act, international artist, jumping musicians, jungle, kirstenbosch, long hair, mountains, nature, outdoors, photography, pop, rain, rock, south africa, south african, texx and the city, uk, weekends, winter
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Tagged autumn, british, cape town, electro, favourites, gigs & festivals, goodluck, guitars, international act, international artist, jumping musicians, jungle, kirstenbosch, long hair, mountains, nature, outdoors, photography, pop, rain, rock, south africa, south african, texx and the city, uk, weekends, winter
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Behemoth at the Assembly
Sun 27 March 2016 Polish metal legends Behemoth returned to our shores over the Easter weekend (in spite of much opposition from dismayed religious protesters over the last few months) and put on a fantastically theatrical and polished show at the Assembly. … Continue reading
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Tagged assembly, behemoth, black metal, blood, cape town, crowd, death metal, dressing up, facepaint, fake blood, favourites, fire, gigs & festivals, guitars, harrington street, headbanging, international act, long hair, metal, mosh pit, music, photography, poland, polish, pyro, skit, texx and the city, the assembly, witchdoctor productions
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Tagged assembly, behemoth, black metal, blood, cape town, crowd, death metal, dressing up, facepaint, fake blood, favourites, fire, gigs & festivals, guitars, harrington street, headbanging, international act, long hair, metal, mosh pit, music, photography, poland, polish, pyro, skit, texx and the city, the assembly, witchdoctor productions
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Zebra & Giraffe’s farewell show with Monark at Kirstenbosch
Sun 20 March 2016 Like many I was surprised and saddened by the news of Zebra & Giraffe‘s indefinite hiatus. I’ve always liked the band, and watching them over the years they’ve grown from strength to strength and their final … Continue reading
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Tagged botanical garden, cape town, crowd, evenings, farewell, farewell show, favourites, gigs & festivals, guitars, kirstenbosch, long hair, monark, mountains, music, nature, outdoors, photography, plants & flowers, pop, rock, south africa, south african, summer concert, texx and the city, weekends, zebra & giraffe
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Tagged botanical garden, cape town, crowd, evenings, farewell, farewell show, favourites, gigs & festivals, guitars, kirstenbosch, long hair, monark, mountains, music, nature, outdoors, photography, plants & flowers, pop, rock, south africa, south african, summer concert, texx and the city, weekends, zebra & giraffe
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