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Van Coke Kartel: Farewell show at Mercury
Fri 28 July 2017 Van Coke Kartel were always my favourite of the whole Van–Fok–King–Tasties school of bands. I first saw them in 2009 or 10 and have thoroughly enjoyed their shows over the years. Saying goodbye is never easy … Continue reading
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Tagged afrikaans, backstage, cape town, crowd, crowd surfing, evenings, events, farewell, favourites, final show, francois van coke, gigs & festivals, jumping musicians, long hair, mercury, music, photography, retro dizzy, rock, south africa, south african, stage diving, sweet resistance, texx and the city, van coke kartel, weekends
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QOTSA Tribute 2017 at Mercury
Thurs 6 April 2017 Last year’s Queens of the Stone Age tribute show at Manila was one of the standout gigs of the year for me, great energy and vibe and loads of fun. Unfortunately this year’s edition just wasn’t … Continue reading
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Tagged backstage, bam bam brown & the wild professors, caelo, cape town, de wallen, dirty south, ensemble, gigs & festivals, guitars, jumping musicians, long hair, loveglove pyrotechnics, mr cat & the jackal, music, photography, qotsa, queens of the stone age, rock, south africa, south african, stage diving, taxi violence, texx and the city, the sleepers, tribute, weekends
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Leftöver Crack (US) at Mercury Live
Fri 10 February 2017 American crust punk veterans Leftöver Crack played a highly sweaty and energetic show at Mercury at the beginning of Feb, with support from The Shabs (formerly the Shabeen), Monday Morning Justice and Half Price, who were … Continue reading
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Tagged accordion, alive at midnight, american, cape town, crowd surfing, double bass, evenings, folk, gigs & festivals, guitars, half price, hog hoggidy hog, international act, jumping musicians, leftover crack, long hair, mercury, monday morning justice, moshing, music, photography, punk, rock, ska, stage diving, summer, tattoos, texx and the city, the shabeen, the shabs, weekends
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Shortstraw, Grassy Spark, Young Hands & Veladraco at Manila Bar
Fri 29 July 2016 Balloons, a pinata, crowd-surfing and not least of all a formidable line-up of high energy bands came together at Manila the last weekend of July, where the space got so packed with sweaty revelers it was really tough … Continue reading
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Psych Night: Dangerfields, Tazers, Black Math at Manila
Fri 1 July 2016 Psych Night kicked off the month of July with their ‘Riders on the Storm’ edition, featuring bands from 3 SA cities – Dangerfields from Cape Town, Joburg’s the Tazers and Black Math from Durban. Here are … Continue reading
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