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Desmond & The Tutus, Retro Dizzy & Runaway Nuns at Mercury
Fri 19 May 2017 Handsdown the fullest I’ve seen a venue for a local gig in a long time – from 9:30 the street outside Mercury was totally parked up and by the time headliners Desmond & the Tutus took … Continue reading
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Tagged cape town, crowd, crowded, desmond & the tutus, desmond and the tutus, evenings, events, favourites, gigs & festivals, guitars, long hair, mercury, music, photography, pop, punk, retro dizzy, rock, runaway nuns, south africa, south african, surf, texx and the city, weekends, winter
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Lo Ghost at Cafe Roux CT
Tues 21 February 2017 I’ve been keen to check out alt electronic soul (for lack of a better description) duo Lo Ghost for a while, and when I finally did I wasn’t disappointed – their show at Cafe Roux, while … Continue reading
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Tagged cafe roux, cape town, duo, electronic, evenings, favourites, gigs & festivals, guitars, lo ghost, long hair, long street, music, photography, pop, rock, soul, south africa, south african, summer, texx and the city
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Tagged cafe roux, cape town, duo, electronic, evenings, favourites, gigs & festivals, guitars, lo ghost, long hair, long street, music, photography, pop, rock, soul, south africa, south african, summer, texx and the city
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Stelth Ulvang (US) and Stone Jets at Cafe Roux
Fri 6 January 2017 Funnily enough, the last band I shot in 2016 was also the first band I shot in 2017 – and at the same venue too! The Stone Jets were the perfect opening act for quirky American … Continue reading
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Tagged acoustic, american, barefoot, cafe roux, cape town, cbd, evenings, favourites, gigs & festivals, guitars, indie, international act, long hair, long street, lumineers, music, photography, pop, singer-songwriters, south africa, stelth ulvang, stone jets, texx and the city, trio, violin, weekends, werner von waltsleben
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Tagged acoustic, american, barefoot, cafe roux, cape town, cbd, evenings, favourites, gigs & festivals, guitars, indie, international act, long hair, long street, lumineers, music, photography, pop, singer-songwriters, south africa, stelth ulvang, stone jets, texx and the city, trio, violin, weekends, werner von waltsleben
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Music: 2016 in review
MUSIC And just like that it’s 2017, and even more scarily, my 10th last.fm anniversary. I honestly can’t believe I joined it a decade ago. Though I don’t spend much time on the site these days I still find the stats and … Continue reading
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Tagged best of, british, cape town, favourites, gigs & festivals, guitars, international act, kent, last.fm, memories, music, pop, reflecting, review, rock, swedish, tiger lou, wild beasts
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Stone Jets at Cafe Roux
Wed 28 December 2016 My last gig shoot of 2016 was really lovely – the Stone Jets put on a great show at Cafe Roux in Shortmarket street. It was my first time at the recently opened city counterpart to … Continue reading
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Tagged acoustic, cafe roux, cape town, cbd, lightbulbs, lights, long street, music, photography, pop, singing bassists, soul, south africa, stone jets, summer, trio, wood
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Tagged acoustic, cafe roux, cape town, cbd, lightbulbs, lights, long street, music, photography, pop, singing bassists, soul, south africa, stone jets, summer, trio, wood
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