Hailing from Angola, blackened old school death metal unit Porta Magna have unleashed their fierce new single Cult of the Flesh via South Africa’s Mongrel Records. The band was formed by Frink Sanda, Manel Kav, Edson Ferraz, Ariel Ricardo, and Claudio Henriques during the Covid 19 outbreak in Angola. Bored by the restrictive measures…
Charlie Syntari is a multi-genre producer and composer from Cape Town, South Africa. Today sees the release of his debut single Memories, an easy tempo pop tune with flowing synths and a soft melody. Never too high or too low, the track flows with a subtle build up. “The song deals with insecurity and indecision…
Cape Town based psychedelic art rock trio Filthy Hippies have released the video for their new single Feel It. The track is taken from their upcoming album Animal Farm set for release on the 1stOctober 2021 via Mongrel Records. The new album is the bands second full length release after the well-received Departures dropped in…
What started as a sardonic reference to the cheesy phrase “see you later, alligator”, turned into a ferocious animal, relentless, waiting to tear you limb from limb. A near perfect resemblance to this time of pandemic we find ourselves in – everything is going to shit, but shit is still funny. Somewhere between the highway…
The grit, the grime, the sweat on the walls, the blood on the instruments and callouses on the fingers and hands. Any rock & roll band that’s put the valuable time into fleshing their sound and creating personal chemistry from the garage to the streets wears this badge with pride, and The Amblers have clearly…
As one of South Africa’s most decorated and applauded bands of the last three decades, Springbok Nude Girls’ work ethic has never-ever waivered. 2021 saw the band signing to specialist rock and metal label Mongrel Records for the release of their new album Partypocalypse, and the last to feature original members Adriaan Brand (keyboards /…
Stanley Sibande is a South African based, Zambian born acoustic singer-songwriter. He began his journey as a musician in his formative years singing along to popular music with his siblings in the living room of his childhood home as a pass-time. Joining his first band while taking a gap year in 2013, Stanley picked up…
All This For Nothing are a progressive rock band from Pretoria, South Africa. Formed in 1998, the band fuse elements of punk rock, alternative, metal and prog into a hybrid that is unmistakably their own. Today sees the release of their new single Wander, their second release with mix engineer Scott Hallquist at the helm,…
South African psychedelic folk nomad Ann Jangle releases her new single and video Free To Run today. The track was recorded live at Nautilus Studios in Namibia and features local legend Sagarias Tsam on vocals and guitar. After cycling alone from South Africa to Kenya in 2019 on her African Dream Parade tour Ann has…
Springbok Nude Girls are back!! Today sees the release of Emerging Submarines, the immense new single and video taken from their anticipated new album Partypocalypse out on the 3rd of September via Mongrel Records. Opening with a riff that could only be Theo Crous, the new single is pure SNG magic and showcases why they…