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Punk’s not dead at Mercury

Fri 12 February 2016 Half Price, The West Coast Wolves, Monitor and the energetic show-stealers Swatting Bats put on a good old fashioned (read: sweaty) punk show at Mercury last Friday. There was loads of moshing, stage-diving and frantically-paced music … Continue reading

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Finntroll at Mercury

Fri 27 November 2015 Last Friday eccentric Finnish metal band Finntroll graced Cape Town with their highly entertaining presence last Friday, it was a great show thoroughly enjoyed by all at Mercury.

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Tweak’s 10 year reunion show at the Assembly

Saturday 22 August 2015 I was never a big fan of Tweak back in the day and kinda skipped the whole high school punk/ska phase in general, but I do remember them, as do a whole lot of other people who packed … Continue reading

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Hog Hoggidy Hog’s 20th birthday in honour of George Bacon at the Assembly

Saturday 15 August 2015 George Bacon‘s untimely death was made even more tragic by the fact that it came just a few months shy of the band’s 20th anniversary. On Saturday August 15th the Hogs got together with a long … Continue reading

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Sublime Tribute Show 2015 at Mercury

Friday 13 February 2015 Featuring an assortment of great Cape Town musicians and a setlist that runs near 4 hours, The Sublime Tribute show is always a crazy party…here are some shots of the madness that went down last Friday at … Continue reading

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