• The Deadly Bites – A Tipsy Talk

    The Deadly Bites – A Tipsy Talk

      I met up with The Deadly Bites for a drink at a crafty little spot in Greenside. They’re sharing line-up space with a good number of South Africa’s finest, as well as two of San Fransisco’s heavyweights, The Oh Sees and Moon Duo. The Deadly Bites spoke to me about Lindsay Lohan, why Endless Daze…

  • Runaway Nuns – A Few Shots Fired

    Runaway Nuns – A Few Shots Fired

    Runaway Nuns are on the highly anticipated list of artist names that you’ll find on the Endless Daze Festival line-up! The Capetonians are climbing steadily up the Mzansi Music Ladder, and have become a household name in Pretoors! In the build up to the event hosted by Psych Night and Vans, I asked a few…

  • Oppikoppi – Ripe for the Picking

    Oppikoppi – Ripe for the Picking

    I woke up on Friday morning at OppiKoppi 23 – Me Now The Mango Picker, in my kak-hot tent, with a headache, loud music blaring, neighbours loudly talking bullshit and a skrik-vir-niks wet-wipe clasped in my hand. As OppiKoppi rituals go: I first blew my nose, awaiting a small construction site’s worth of dust and brown gunk…

  • The Narrow – A Pre-Launch Interview

    The Narrow – A Pre-Launch Interview

    In case you haven’t heard, and if you haven’t, pray do tell WHY… The Narrow are back! They’re not just all together again to kuier and catch up with old friends and family. They have a much grander mission on their hands. Firstly, there is going to be the launch of a brand new EP, (JAAAA!)…

  • THE LASSO – YOUR WEEKLY MUSIC ROUNDUP – JUNE WEEK 4

    THE LASSO – YOUR WEEKLY MUSIC ROUNDUP – JUNE WEEK 4

    It’s been a wild week in Musicville! We’ve had albums and singles dropping, like rain from the sky in January, (daaammnit, July would have slid of the tongue better). A surprising number of adored musicians, from Radiohead, Queens of the Stone Age, and Portugal. The Man, to Chris Cornell, Fleet Foxes, HAIM and Panama have…