| Competition | WIN TICKETS to Skrillex Mothership Tour – DBN, CPT, JHB
Samsung Galaxy Experience and Electric presents The Skrillex Mothership SA Tour powered by 5FM and MK. Arguably the world’s sickest beat-dropper and no stranger to hectic tour schedules, Skrillex will be visiting Johannesburg, Cape Town and Durban for his 2013 tour in South Africa. We have three double tickets to give away, read on to...
#BOTTOMRIGHTCORNER – THE CTEMF EDITION
Electronic music for the win! This week’s #bottomrightcorner is dedicated to electronic music of all denominations and disciplines! With the CTEMF hype, Cape Town is abuzz with new collaborations, workshops and live events. In case you don’t know what you’ll be in for or if you still need convincing, here are a few of the...
TWICE UPON TWO TIMES INDEED: CID RIM & THE CLONIOUS RETURN TO SA
With their main man Lehrl and a handy hip flask full of whiskey in tow, Clemens Bacher (Cid Rim) and Paul Mohamedi (The Clonious) touched down on South African soil for the second time in two years.
#BOTTOMRIGHTCORNER – FEBRUARY WEEK 02
Psychedelic rock is a genre that thrived in the mind-altering 1960s and — although it has survived until today — is often swept off the street by the overpowering mainstream. This is especially true in South Africa, where the music industry has had to fight its way through various historic hurdles. Psych rock is nonetheless...
#BOTTOMRIGHTCORNER – FEBRUARY WEEK 01
Inspiring music is all over the place this week, from the likes of The Strokes, Elaquent, Four Tet, Buke & Gase, Sivey and more. The first week of February has finally come around, and as the days get shorter and the nights colder, we’re all feeling the year really and truly going by. Just after...
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CTEMF 2013 – WIN FULL W/E PASS!
Now in its second year and taking place from the 15th – 17th February at the V&A Waterfront in Cape Town, the CTEMF is an ongoing, comprehensive collection and celebration of the ever-growing electronic music scene both locally and abroad. We have two full weekend passes to give away – read on to see how...
#BOTTOMRIGHTCORNER – JANUARY WEEK 3
January Week 03 and the month is crawling by like a dry snail… Everyone is broke as hell after the festive season and Monday mornings happen to score first place in the list of the worst things that have happened to mankind. Yes, we feel it too. But why sit around and mope? We have...
#BOTTOMRIGHTCORNER – JANUARY, WEEK 02
Make sure your groovin’ shoes are polished, you’ll need them for this week’s bottomrightcorner. Since we interviewed The Ratrod Cats, Th’ Damned Crows and The Vodun Haunts last week and posted a piece on CT’s ’50s revival scene, we decided to make it all about rockabilly, psychobilly, whatever-fuck-a-billy but most importantly move-a-bility! Including tunes from...
#BOTTOMRIGHTCORNER – JANUARY, WEEK 01
This week’s #bottomrightcorner is dedicated to Soul. Soul as a genre, soul as a lifestyle, soul as a state of being, as a representation of life and everything we are… Soul, soul soul. Please enjoy this lovely selection that celebrates the part of you that is moved by good music… after all, for some of...
‘LET’S ROCK THIS PARTY LIKE IT’S 1955′
A lot of us will know Them Tornados. They’ve had many of us swing our body parts about at the one or other Cape Town show. Sadly, their sound — rockabilly — has always appeared to be a rather isolated venture in this city. With more and more bands that loosely fall into the psychobilly/rockabilly...
| Interview | Keeping it Upbeat WITH THE RATROD CATS
K.C. Royal (guitar, vocals), Rickabilly (drums, vocals) and Double Dave (double bass) are The Ratrod Cats. They’ll catapult you back 60 years in a coupl’a strums and, before you know it, your feet tap ADD style. Their EP is in the making, but they play gigs frequently for rhythm addicts. Check their Facebook page for updates. Before...
| INTERVIEW | TH’ DAMNED CROWS: No Ego, All Billy
Th’ Damned Crows are made up of Liam McDevitt (vocals, double bass), Sven Duncker (guitar), Ronnie Belcher (drums) and Zoltan Tibor Szabo-Taylor (harmonica). Being devilish as well as dexterous by nature, they manage to combine buoyant blues with riotous rock ‘n’ roll. They released their first single ‘Blue Eyed Devil’ on Friday 11th, 2013. Click...
| INTERVIEW | Dirty Paraffin: #Shambeez!
With their roots in eThekwini but now based in Jozi, Dirty Paraffin are an art/performance outfit consisting of Okmalumkoolkat (Smiso Zwane) and Dokta SpiZee (Zamani Xolo). With strong influences coming from kwaito and the Zulu culture, their sound is as genre-crossing as the culture they (and us!) are a part of. Dirty Paraffin are aware...
