Delivering roaring riff heavy rock, Bleeding the Summer is the scorching debut single from South African band Betty’s Nuklear. This song sounds like the birth of a new superpower, commanding melodies belted into your ears with a husky gritty voice. Relentless guitars provide a rich bed for these vocals to bounce off. Established in 2021, the guys deliver groovy…
South Africa’s Hardest working blues-rock jamboree, The Black Cat Bones make a startling return with the release of Quit It; a song waring of the pitfalls of excess. Written for Miriam Makeba by her daughter Bongi, the song features on the classic Caiphus Semenya produced, A Promise (Released in 1974). The Black Cat Bones deliver…
Basson Laubscher & the violent free peace’s ‘ old town’ is a nostalgic drive down memory lane and the carefree comfort of youth. The track sees chief songwriter, Basson Laubscher, reminiscent of the days and nights of his youth, entering adulthood and his coming-of-age story in the sleepy, student town of Stellenbosch, South Africa. Basson…
Written during the peak of lockdown in South Africa – Ready To Die is The Tazers most cut-throat, honest and heaviest offering yet. The single starts off slow and smooth, with echoing guitar and vocal melodies for a brief introduction – but the beauty doesn’t last long as the song abruptly turns filthy &…
SonofOld is the project of South African singer songwriter, Nic Olsen. Olsen is best known as one of the front men for early 2000‘s alternative rock band Perez. The band enjoyed success with songs like ‘Picture Perfect’, ‘Dreams and Troubles’ and ‘Wasted Out’. Nic was a member of chart-topping indie rockers Parlotones for a short…
SonofOld is the project of South African singer songwriter, Nic Olsen. Olsen is best known as one of the front men for early 2000‘s alternative rock band Perez. The band enjoyed success with songs like ‘Picture Perfect’, ‘Dreams and Troubles’ and ‘Wasted Out’. Nic was a member of chart-topping indie rockers Parlotones for a short…
“The Cosmic Horror! infuses real existential questions with fictional stories and explores what constructs our drives, thoughts and desires. Whether it be a god, meaning or a little bit of both” – Crash and The Void Crash and the Void is an experimental heavy rock band from Pretoria, South Africa. Founded in 2019 the quartet…
Today sees the release of Thinking Too Hard, the new single from South African heavy rock visionary and multi-instrumentalist Evert Snyman. The track is the first to feature his full band The Aviary and is taken from their upcoming full-length album Pruning In The Dark which is set for release on the 1st April 2022…
Amsterdam is the second single from Lucy Kruger & The Lost Boys upcoming album Teen Tapes (for performing your own stunts) and tells the story of an evening that would inspire the album. More tender than the first single, Play, the song serves as a bridge between the previous record Transit Tapes (for women who…
South Africa’s premier punk rockers FUZIGISH drop their powerful new single Believer today. Celebrating their 25th Anniversary as a band the track is taken from their upcoming self-titled, 6th studio album which releases on Mongrel Records on 29th April 2022. A heavy guitar groove & an equally fat horn line, intertwine to form the main…