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Tag Archives: singing bassists
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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Magrudergrind (US), Peasant, Wildernessking & Overhex At Club Med
Fri 10 June 2016 Club Med is fast becoming my favourite Cape Town venue to shoot – it’s just perfect for punk and hardcore gigs and I always have a great time there. It’s also fast becoming the venue of … Continue reading
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Tagged american, band launch, cape town, club med, debut, favourites, foreshore, gigs & festivals, guitars, hardcore, international act, jumping musicians, long hair, loop street, magrudergrind, metal, music, noisefix, overhex, peasant, photography, punk, rock, singing bassists, south africa, south african, texx and the city, weekends, wildernessking
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Belly of the Beast: Hellcats, The Tazers, Retro Dizzy & In Bloom at the Assembly
Sat 6 March 2016 Though poorly attended, Saturday night’s show at the Assembly showcased some first class rock from newcomers In Bloom, surf rockers Retro Dizzy and Joburg’s The Tazers and Hellcats. All of the bands had great energy and didn’t let the poor turnout faze them, … Continue reading
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Tagged assembly, cape town, cbd, dj, duo, evenings, favourites, gigs & festivals, guitars, harrington street, headbanging, hellcats, in bloom, long hair, music, photography, psych, retro dizzy, robfather, rock, singing bassists, singing drummers, south africa, south african, summer, surf, texx and the city, the assembly, the tazers, trio, weekends
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Tagged assembly, cape town, cbd, dj, duo, evenings, favourites, gigs & festivals, guitars, harrington street, headbanging, hellcats, in bloom, long hair, music, photography, psych, retro dizzy, robfather, rock, singing bassists, singing drummers, south africa, south african, summer, surf, texx and the city, the assembly, the tazers, trio, weekends
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Oppikoppi 21: Fantastic Mr Vos Vos Day 1
Friday 7 August 2015 Now in its 21st year, Oppikoppi is legendary among South African music festivals. Its status and distance from Cape Town have always intimidated the hell out of me but attending has always been something I’d hoped … Continue reading
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Tagged acacia, aking, bitches brew, british, bye beneco, camping, catherine grenfell, cortina whiplash, costumes, crimson house, crimson house blues, crowd, curious incident, danish, december streets, doring, dressing up, dust, facing the gallows, farm, favourites, festival, filth, gigs & festivals, guitars, hilltop live, hokum, kameeldoring, lanterns, les javan, lights, limpopo, long hair, metal, mr vos vos, new academics, northam, oppikoppi, out in the country, outdoors, parlotones, photography, portraits, powersolo, red bull, red helen, rian malan, rock, rockabilly, singing bassists, slashdogs, smoke, south africa, south african, stage, stoker, sunset, tents, texx and the city, thorns, uk, winter days
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Tagged acacia, aking, bitches brew, british, bye beneco, camping, catherine grenfell, cortina whiplash, costumes, crimson house, crimson house blues, crowd, curious incident, danish, december streets, doring, dressing up, dust, facing the gallows, farm, favourites, festival, filth, gigs & festivals, guitars, hilltop live, hokum, kameeldoring, lanterns, les javan, lights, limpopo, long hair, metal, mr vos vos, new academics, northam, oppikoppi, out in the country, outdoors, parlotones, photography, portraits, powersolo, red bull, red helen, rian malan, rock, rockabilly, singing bassists, slashdogs, smoke, south africa, south african, stage, stoker, sunset, tents, texx and the city, thorns, uk, winter days
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Mumiy Troll & Long Time Citizen at Ragazzi
Friday 26 April 2013 Arriving and performing on the 92 year old Sedov sailing ship, and recently voted Russia’s “best band of the millenium”, Mumiy Troll, played their third and final Cape Town gig on Friday at Ragazzi, with the … Continue reading
