Tag Archives: music

Oppikoppi 21: Fantastic Mr Vos Vos Day 2

Posted on: August 24, 2015

Saturday 8 August 2015 As mildly traumatic as it is waking up in 5 layers of clothes in a state of humid confusion surrounded by a tent and the nonsensical conversations of your neighbours outside, there’s something reassuring about the situation: you know … Continue reading →

Posted in Gigs/Live Music
Tagged afrikaans, aka, al bairre, american, bagpipes, black cat bones, brass, british, camping, circle view, costumes, crowd, dance, dancers, dancing, desmond & the tutus, desmond and the tutus, dirty hippies, doring, double bass, dressing up, drummers, drums, dust, favourites, felix laband, full swing, gigs & festivals, guitars, hilltop live, international act, jumping musicians, kameeldoring, kid x, kilts, konrad kuechenmeister, light, livingston, long hair, marching band, memories, mordor, music, nature, nomadic orchestra, nonku phiri, okmalumkoolkat, oppikoppi, original swimming party, outdoors, ph fat, photography, portraits, red bull, reunion, rock, sannie fox, saxophone, sibot, south africa, south african, southern wild, spring, stage, summer, sunset, tatran, tattoos, taxi violence, tents, trumpet, tuin, tweak, weekends, werner von waltsleben

Leave a comment

Ben Howard at the Grand Arena

Posted on: August 3, 2015

Wednesday 22 July 2015 It was freezing outside on Wednesday night – luckily the queue outside GrandWest, though very long, was moving pretty swiftly. Inside it was equally full – it was still early Cape Town had shown up in its masses for Ben … Continue reading →

Posted in Gigs/Live Music
Tagged atmospheric, ben howard, british, bye beneco, cape town, crowd, evenings, events, favourites, gigs & festivals, grand arena, grand west casino, guitars, international act, joburg, light, lights, long hair, music, photography, seed experiences, singer-songwriters, south africa, south african, stage, texx and the city, winter

Leave a comment

Infanteria – Where Serpents Conquer album launch at ROAR

Posted on: July 7, 2015

Friday 3 July 2015 I’ve been fending off flu for the last few months but unfortunately it got the upper hand on me last Friday. I got to ROAR early, found a dark corner (which wasn’t hard) and zoned out till … Continue reading →

Posted in Gigs/Live Music
Tagged album launch, all guns full ammo, cape town, gigs & festivals, guitars, infanteria, launch, long hair, metal, music, obs, observatory, photography, roar, rock, south africa, south african, texx and the city, weekends

Leave a comment

Manny Walters at the Blah Blah Bar

Posted on: June 19, 2015

Saturday 13 June 2015 Manny Walters launched his EP Anecdotes to a packed Blah Blah Bar last Saturday. It was my first time at the venue and I really enjoyed it, plus the music was great. Here are some shots from the night.

Posted in Gigs/Live Music
Tagged album launch, blah blah bar, cape town, kloof street, launch, manny walters, music, photography, rock, soul, south africa, south african, weekends

2 Comments

Desmond & The Tutus, Grassy Spark, Early Hours & Make-Overs at the Assembly

Posted on: June 8, 2015

Saturday 6 June 2015 I don’t remember the last time I was at the Assembly…but I had a great time there last Saturday watching Grassy Spark, Early Hours and Pretoria favourites of mine Desmond & The Tutus and Make-Overs.