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JANA GREYLING Cape Town based singer-songwriter Elle E is a self-taught musician who initially started her solo career as a side project to her two already existing bands – Two Stroke and Catwalk Trash. Now that Ellenie Eloff, aka ElleRead More
ROXANNE MOONEYS Now that Stellenbosch is finally experiencing some spring weather it seems like the perfect time to embrace change. That is exactly what Grassy Spark have done. The band is releasing a new single,‘The Candy’ and an accompanying music videoRead More
LISA DE CLERCQ With the year drawing to a close, the somewhat ‘crazy’ aspects of student life seem to increase with every assignment that is squeezed in. The Spirituality, Philosophy and Yoga Society (SPYS) of Stellenbosch University provide students withRead More
WILLOW-RUBY VAN DER BERG After the September ‘holiday’ many find themselves in an overworked slump. With essays and predicate tests bearing down on us, and exams looming in the distance, it may be difficult to catch a breather and findRead More
Courtney Williams SecondNature is a project started by South African music producers Sebastian Kühne & Emil de Beer. The SecondNature sound is accustomed to a combination of aggressive basslines and driving drum work in their genre of club focused, Avant-Garde Electronic music. They have enveloped themselves in undergroundRead More
S.Z Minnaar Diegene wat verlede week verby die Thom geloop het, sou ’n paar kleurvolle karakters gewaar het. Dit was egter nie ’n weeklange huisfondsdans nie, maar die US drama-departement wat Raponsie op die planke gebring het. Raponsie is ’n kinderteaterstuk wat losweg op die verhaal van dieRead More
Alhoewel hy nog net twee jaar in die musiekbedryf werksaam is, maak Almero reeds groot golwe. Carla Visagie het met hierdie liedjieskrywer, digter en sanger gesels oor, onder andere, mense wat te min oor belangrike goed praat en sy toer met Bouwer Bosch.Read More
Piet Botha is een van Suid-Afrika se grootse rock- en blueslegendes. Sy nuutste album, Die Middernagtrein, is in April bekendgestel en daardie einste middernagtrein dreun nou al vir die afgelope paar weke kliphard deur Suid-Afrika. Piet het ’n tydjie in sy besigeRead More
Willow-Ruby van der Berg and Marie Mjacu sat down with South African music scene veterens Desmond and the Tutus to discuss the music industry, good old sweaty clubs and pre-gig rituals. Known for their laid-back style and funky dance moves, Desmond and the TutusRead More
Luke Smith PXLS take the shape and form of a five-piece permanently-evolving psychedelic punk band that is a little rough around the edges, but that is how they like it. The band is made up of Ruan Vos (lead guitar),Read More
Lian van Wyk Daar doen ’n sêding die rondte dat Afrikaanse musiek in twee kategorieë verdeel kan word: dit wat voor Anton Goosen daar was en dit wat na hom gekom het. Piet Botha se nuutste album, Die Middernagtrein, kom dalk jareRead More
George van Dyk Contrary to the lung disease their name references, Black Lung is breathing fresh new material into the South African psychedelic rock scene and aims to continue doing so for the foreseeable future. Birthed in 2012, the bandRead More
Lian van Wyk Somtyds stel ’n album aan sy resensent ’n uitdaging: aansteeklike ritmes laat ’n voet, dalk twee, op ’n monotone maat onder ’n tafel tik, maar die lirieke weerspieël dieselfde soort onbesonne sentimente waarmee so baie Afrikaanse kunstenaars deesdae hul “lekker sokkie treffers” vul. DieRead More
George van Dyk Social reform and sincerity drive The Steezies to success. It’s not every day you find a band that blends isiZulu hip hop with European trumpet lines within Afro song structures. Hout Baybased musical group, The Steezies, is successfully bringing this stark degree ofRead More
Jana Greyling Medicine Boy has been part of the South African music scene for some time now. Last week Aandklas was rocked by this Cape Town-based band. This Dream-Noise duo consists of Lucy Kruger and Andre Leo. Apart from having toured South Africa several timesRead More
Willow-Ruby van der Berg Terrace decided to temporarily move upstairs to the old Tollies location due to Cubana’s renovations that are pushing forward. Cubana started with their renovations in June 2017 and hit a few problems with their plans andRead More
George van Dyk After watching Haezer stylistically switch to a bass house-driven set with banging, rolling basslines that teared Wilgenhof’s quad apart, we sat down to chat with him. Haezer, otherwise known as Ebenhaezer Smal is arguably one of SouthRead More
Willow-Ruby van der Berg Bittereinder is die dinamiese trio van Pretoria, met Jaco van der Merwe, Louis Minnaar en Peach van Pletzen. Hulle laat ons al vir ’n dekade rond bons op treffers soos “Slechte Mensen” – wat die eersteRead More
Lian van Wyk Anthelia; the ancient ability to see angels. In the words of the Bottomless Coffee Band, “The ability to see the beauty in the people around us.” In their latest full-length release, Anthelia, the South-African folk-rock duo offersRead More
Jana Greyling Die nuwe Afrikaanse film Meerkat Maantuig deur bekende regisseur en skrywer Hanneke Schutte, word op 16 Maart 2018 in Suid-Afrika vrygestel. Dit is al voor sy amptelike debuut in Suid-Afrika by 12 verskillende internasionale filmfeeste aanvaar en dieRead More