Music Archive

Captain Stu Live & Unplugged

Captain Stu has never had a full mention on these pages, and that is a great failing of ours. They are local Capetonians, and they’ve been going for around eight years. In that time Captain Stu have carved themselves a new genre, and a place in the hearts those of us who go to their [...]
Hogs Nominated for a SAMA

The SAMAs claim to be South Africa’s version of the Grammys. Thus it makes sense that they are overly politicized and out of touch with what the people actually think of the music the judges seem to enjoy. This, the 16th year of the SAMAs is sponsored by MTN and this year there seems to [...]
‘Enter the Ninja’ Translated

If you haven’t seen the video for ‘Enter the Ninja’ by Die Antwoord you have most likely been living under a rock, in space, with no communication whatsoever. I’ve embedded it at the bottom of the post for you if that that’s the case. That’s not what this is about though. This is about the fact [...]
Ramfest Recalled Electronically

Due to the nature of the event in question my recollections are somewhat foggy. I and many of my camping companions only became aware of our attendance of various acts when we browsed through our photographic records. With this in mind instead of trying to write some fractured summary of the weekend I shall simply [...]
Ramfest 2010

This is the big one, the party that defines and embraces the rock spirit. And in that spirit I’m telling you about it last minute. In the current party season the hippies had their Rocking the Daisies with zero environmental impact. Next up Synergy brought things to a more rocking, devil may care level, unfortunately it was [...]
Hogs Record a Live Album

There have, in the past, been attempts to capture the unique sound of a live hogs gig. Thus far though every attempt has been a failure marred by booze, studio’s or 5fm. Anyone who has listened to their albums and attended their live shows can attest to the fact that the albums fail to capture [...]
Preview: A B Turbo ‘Carry Me Away’ Music Video

Well, a few weeks back I mentioned that myself and Kyle Ecks spent some time hanging out on the set of the debut A B Turbo music video for their song, ‘Carry Me Away’ – and they’ve just released a teaser! The video is due to be released some time around March, but in the mean [...]
Interview: Shaun Holiday – Mixed-up Productions

Author’s Preface: A couple of months back I stumbled across a Trance podcast by the name of ‘Come Down Monday‘. If you don’t know how this works, basically it’s a free MP3 of about an hour and a half of the most progressive and entertaining dance music around. You can listen to it live on [...]
The Punk Ska Pioneers Tour

I’ll bash this one out quickly as there not much that needs to be said. (Not that kind of bashing one out, you sick fucker) On Friday Night (11th December) Fuzigish, Hog Hoggidy Hog and Captain Stu will be playing a show at Mercury. That’s pretty much all you need to know. If that information isn’t [...]
Synergy Live in Stills: Part 1

Author’s preface: My colleague, Kyle, has already given his partially lucid account of Synergy Live, 2009. So I thought I would let our staff photographer, Cameron, tell you his story. He doesn’t talk much, but he takes pretty good pictures. These are some of them. They are just a few of the hundreds of images he took [...]