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Retro Dizzy, Runaway Nuns & Dangerfields at Mercury
Fri 23 September 2016 Retro Dizzy played a packed show in Mercury back at the end of September and, I must say, Mercury looked better than I’d seen it, well probably ever – balloons, lanterns and streamers abounded and a … Continue reading
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Tagged balloons, cape town, cbd, crowd, dangerfields, decoration, favourites, fireworks, gigs & festivals, guitars, long hair, mercury, music, photography, post-punk, retro dizzy, rock, runaway nuns, south africa, south african, sparklers, streamers, surf, surf rock, texx and the city
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Tagged balloons, cape town, cbd, crowd, dangerfields, decoration, favourites, fireworks, gigs & festivals, guitars, long hair, mercury, music, photography, post-punk, retro dizzy, rock, runaway nuns, south africa, south african, sparklers, streamers, surf, surf rock, texx and the city
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Oppikoppi 2016: The unsea Day 2
Sat 6 August 2016 Oppikoppi gets cold at night… But like really, really cold. So the fact that I spent Friday night sweating in my bed made me rather concerned… Yup, the flu finally got me, and it made the rest … Continue reading
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Tagged academie, acoustic, adelle nqeto, adventureman, aking, boxer, brass, british, cape town, choir, costumes, crowd, dressing up, duo, dust, easy freak, events, favourites, femi koya, fevertrails, fishwives, fokofpolisiekar, gangsterdam, gerald clarke, gigs & festivals, grassy spark, guitars, hip hop, horse, hot, international act, jerry and the bandits, joburg, johannesburg, jon savage, jumping musicians, lights, little simz, long hair, made for broadway, man as machine, marching band, music, naked, nature, new academics, nonku phiri, ok22, oppikoppi, outdoors, photography, plants & flowers, portraits, prime circle, rambling bones, rap, reason, red bull, riky rick, rock, sannie fox, satanic dagga orgy, shortstraw, shotgun tori, ska, sketchy bongo, south africa, south african, stone jets, sunset, texx and the city, the hip replacements, the kiffness, the mitten fits, the sextons, the unsea, thorns, tidal waves, urban village, we are charlie, weekends, werner von waltsleben
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Tagged academie, acoustic, adelle nqeto, adventureman, aking, boxer, brass, british, cape town, choir, costumes, crowd, dressing up, duo, dust, easy freak, events, favourites, femi koya, fevertrails, fishwives, fokofpolisiekar, gangsterdam, gerald clarke, gigs & festivals, grassy spark, guitars, hip hop, horse, hot, international act, jerry and the bandits, joburg, johannesburg, jon savage, jumping musicians, lights, little simz, long hair, made for broadway, man as machine, marching band, music, naked, nature, new academics, nonku phiri, ok22, oppikoppi, outdoors, photography, plants & flowers, portraits, prime circle, rambling bones, rap, reason, red bull, riky rick, rock, sannie fox, satanic dagga orgy, shortstraw, shotgun tori, ska, sketchy bongo, south africa, south african, stone jets, sunset, texx and the city, the hip replacements, the kiffness, the mitten fits, the sextons, the unsea, thorns, tidal waves, urban village, we are charlie, weekends, werner von waltsleben
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Oppikoppi 2016: The Unsea Day 1
Fri 5 August 2016 It’s taken me longer than it should have to post about Oppikoppi. The truth is that I fell in love with the fest last year (my first time) and couldn’t wait to go back, but sadly … Continue reading
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Tagged acoustic, afrikaans, art snakes, bittereinder, boargazm, bye beneco, cape town, chambers, costumes, crowds, de wallen, dressing up, dust, events, favourites, folk, follow me follow you, gigs & festivals, guitars, hilltop live, johannesburg, jumping musicians, limpopo, long hair, memories, music, nakhane toure, nature, newtown knife gang, northam, ok22, oppikoppi, out in the country, outdoors, photography, plants & flowers, pollinator, portraits, rap, rock, satanic dagga orgy, south africa, south african, texx and the city, the acateurs, the dandies, the narrow, the plastics, the unsea, thieve, thomas krane, thorns, weekends
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Tagged acoustic, afrikaans, art snakes, bittereinder, boargazm, bye beneco, cape town, chambers, costumes, crowds, de wallen, dressing up, dust, events, favourites, folk, follow me follow you, gigs & festivals, guitars, hilltop live, johannesburg, jumping musicians, limpopo, long hair, memories, music, nakhane toure, nature, newtown knife gang, northam, ok22, oppikoppi, out in the country, outdoors, photography, plants & flowers, pollinator, portraits, rap, rock, satanic dagga orgy, south africa, south african, texx and the city, the acateurs, the dandies, the narrow, the plastics, the unsea, thieve, thomas krane, thorns, weekends
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Infanteria, Peasant & Ohgod at Club Med
Sat 3 September 2016 I love Club Med, it’s just a great venue (especially for heavier bands) and gigs there are always loads of fun. Last Saturday was no exception, with a great show courtesy of Infanteria, Peasant and Ohgod. … Continue reading
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Tagged cape town, cbd, club med, evenings, gigs & festivals, guitars, hardcore, infanteria, long hair, metal, music, ohgod, peasant, photography, rock, south africa, south african, weekends
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Compound Underground: Dustland Express, Past Haunts & Atlantic South at Mercury
Sat 27 August 2016 It was a really quiet night unfortunately but in spite of that the bands all put on great shows and the intimacy of the small crowd actually made everything feel pretty casual and relaxed and jokes … Continue reading
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Tagged atlantic south, cape town, cbd, dustland express, gigs & festivals, guitars, long hair, mercury, metal, music, past haunts, photography, rock, south africa, south african, texx and the city, weekends
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Tagged atlantic south, cape town, cbd, dustland express, gigs & festivals, guitars, long hair, mercury, metal, music, past haunts, photography, rock, south africa, south african, texx and the city, weekends
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