A HOP, SKIP AND A LEAP / Noise Ex.
The word “glitch” stems from the German and Yiddish words, glitschen (“to slip”) and gletshn (”to slide or skid”), respectively. It’s quite the young buck…
The word “glitch” stems from the German and Yiddish words, glitschen (“to slip”) and gletshn (”to slide or skid”), respectively. It’s quite the young buck…
“I want people to draw inspiration from the song. In my mind, I feel we don’t have enough voices out there that are projecting the…
Joff is an artist originally from Cape Town that is now based in Port Elizabeth. Coming from an art and film background, this music video…
The Cape Town based instrumental band Yndian Mynah blurs the lines between cinematic and instrumental music. From live stage to experimental floor shows, the attempt…
Antique Spoons explores the black, post-apartheid South African self, this time through the prism of the everyday story. The telling of these stories, as a musical…
One plus one equals three. Herbie Hancock & Kamasi Washington in conversation collaborating with the Los Angeles Philharmonic to bring to life these words from…
A blank page, much like an empty stage, is both unequivocally daunting and infinitely exhilarating. This is mainly because, in their inherent elasticity, both spaces…
Bye Beneco will release their third single and music video Baby I’m Gold on On February 21. It’s the third single from their upcoming EP that will…
‘If you can’t stop being you, I’ll just be a nerd for you too’ / The official animated music video for pH-1, a Korean rapper…
KRAS is a music/art project formed by Brandon Reeff and partner Duncan Gosling. Our idea for the project is to create visual pieces, along with…
I once encountered a meme that said something to the effect of: “Sure the world didn’t end in 2012 but, to be honest, has anyone…
“Everything I went through humbled me, in a personal sense as well as in a musical sense. I was stripped of any pride that I…
“The music industry in Ireland is going through a really exciting time at the moment. When I first arrived it was pretty much band-driven but…
“I understand that being this Afrikaans kid from a small town, and being female on top of that, people don’t necessarily have you in mind…
“People always like to talk about the good old days and the past to try to get to this utopian view of the world and…
I started collecting LPs when my gran handed me a box of my father’s records that she had held onto after his death. Until I…
We are pleased to give you AFROPUNK Battle of the band’s winner Red Robyn’s debut single titled ‘Dust and Iron’ an honestly dazed recollection of…
“When you listen to our thing, it’s hard-hitting and it’s raw.” – STIFFPAP
For people who grew up in the 80s and 90s, Kwaito was the culture so I feel the need to protect that, innovate it and take it to the next level.
“I don’t think that my music is alternative at all. I think people look at how I look and think alternative.”
‘Venue is damn important’- a mantra and stern reminder I’ve had for the past few weeks. Alice Phoebe Lou is amongst some of the local…
It’s not often in Cape Town and the greater Cape area that the music scene expands beyond the usual gig venues. Generally speaking, even when…
Around me, young people are rattling violently. Bodies keeping to the beat of the music in a shivering fashion. Loose arms flailing from shrugged shoulders…
The intensity on the stage reached an all-time high. The crowd became one with our souls and a trancelike sensation bled into the room, filling…
“I firmly believe that I was put on earth to do this – that I was born to do this.” WORDS: DAN CHARLES PHOTOGRAPHY: OLIVER…
I’ve double booked myself. I’ve committed to dinner with a friend, but also promised my editor I would be present for the Nonku Phiri cover…
Bantu Continua Uhuru Consciousness BCUC’s front man, Jovi Nkosi, walks across the front of the stage inspecting fans bobbing up and down with a pulsating…
“‘I feel suspended. I don’t belong anywhere. There’s bits of me that belong here, bits that belong there,’ she says halfway through the interview, in…
Director Adriaan Louw spend a day getting lost in Amsterdam with Andre Leo and Lucy Kruger on their last European tour and made a little…
“I started listening to vinyl because it was the major format when I started buying my own music. I bought tapes and CDs for years,…