Acclaimed South African ‘Folk Roots’ Guitarist/Singer/Songwriter Nibs van der Spuy releases his first solo album, ‘Maiden of the river’ in seven years today, 4 May 2022. Written during lockdown along the Lisbon coast, the album’s ten intimate songs convey a deep message of hope, deliverance, and healing in a world off balance. Where Lisbon’s Tagus…
With its Electric, psychedelic cowpunk guitar riff to set the tone, this track transcends into a shoe gaze experience with Alex’s dreamy vocals taking you on a psychedelic space adventure through the verses. Lyrically, she takes you on a journey through her own experiences with psychedelics and the rest is for your interpretation, as the…
Iconic South African punk rockers FUZIGISH release their commanding self-titled album today. Marking the foursomes 25th anniversary, platinum-selling producer Matthew Fink (Anna Wolf / The Medicine Dolls / Black Cat Bones / WONDERboom) stacks the bands 6th full-length release with a potent velocity that breaks powerful new ground. Lined with their signature horns, pounding drums,…
Basson Laubscher & his band of blues-rock bandits brings you a hard-hitting, raw, garage-rock salvo on his latest single Shoot Me Down. Shoot Me Down takes lyrical inspiration from the frustration and defeat from the end of a relationship and inevitable breakup and blends it musically into blissfully dirty, heavy, psychedelic, fuzzed-out rock n’ roll.…
Cape Town based; upcoming singer Alex Solomon has released the video for her new single EX-GIRLFRIEND. The pop inspired track embodies all things egoistic, deranged, plastic and pink. The song tells the story of a deranged girlfriend consumed by their ‘superiority’ over their lovers ex. “It’s a song you can scream along to with your…
Renowned South African guitarist Albert Frost joins forces with longtime friend, bandmate and Springbok Nude Girls vocalist Arno Carstens for his new single Storms are Breaking. The track is taken from Alberts recently released album Sacred Sounds. “Storms Are Breaking is an African rock song that embodies my love of West African music fused…
Outer Space is the new EP from South African psych-rock band The Tazers. The band has its roots stuck in the ‘70s while incorporating modern sounds and structures. This trio packs a high-octane performance that enthrals their audience with fuzz tones, vocal harmonies, and powerful drum rolls. You can expect fans to dance, jump, shove,…
Best Album Ever is the debut album from South African’s The Devil’s Party Band. Hailed as their home countries first Hard Rock Supergroup, all the members have made massive strides within the local and global music industry. Consisting of Anthonie van der Walt (ex. Thysis and Jack Hammer) on Vocals, his brother and bassist Chris…
The Amblers release their long-awaited live studio ep, Live at High Seas today via Mongrel Records. A blistering live collection of the bands minimalist blues-rock style. Fuzzed-out guitar lines, and austere drum-work frame the bands skeletal, high energy, balls-to-the-wall rock and roll foundation. Distorted, quiet, fuzzy, and thunderous the amblers effortlessly juxtapose between these counterpoints…
The final record in Lucy Kruger & The Lost Boys series of tapes is a love story of 10 songs that are intimate, poetic, beautiful, at moments compellingly carnal and always teeming with the starkest of feelings. Titled Teen Tapes (for performing your own stunts) the album releases today, April 8th via Unique Records, it…