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Cockles Debut Album
In November 2017 Shortstraw went on a short hiatus. Instead of slipping on some sweats and watching every Keanu Reeves movie ever made, frontman Alastair started a new solo projects Cockles. Earlier this year we had a chat with Al about the making of Cockles and his new pre-show rituals. Cockles beautifully dissect the balance…
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Top 5 Things To Look Forward To At Up The Creek
Since it is the eve of Up The Creek 2016, I thought we should look at The Grind Radio’s Top 5 Things to look forward to at Up The Creek this year. I have been to two Up The Creek festivals and I have to say that it is one of my favorite festivals to…
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Up The Creek 2016 – Final Line-up Announced
Up The Creek 2016 will take place on the last weekend of January in 2016 and will be held a few kilometers outside Swellendam, on the Breede River in the Western Cape, from the 28th to the 30th. The line-up will include local heavyweights such as Shortstraw, Grassy Spark, Gerald Clark and the…
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Park Acoustics November 2015
09:00 – PARK ACOUSTICS JUST TOPPED ITSELF – By Coly Verdelli Wayne, a fellow disk jockey, and I got to Park Acoustics bright and early on Saturday to set up the streaming equipment so that all our lovely listeners who couldn’t be there could curb the FOMO and catch residual good vibes leaking off…
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Sounds Wild 2014
Eat your heart out Indie fans! The bicycle club who are more than likely NOT from Bombay will be performing live for the Gauteng crowd, (who are hands down the best crowd in the country) on the 28th of November Now EVEN if you don’t know who Bombay Bicycle Club are, in which case your…