Doc Maclean is a blues vagabond, a weathered, wily, but infinitely likeable storyteller/performer. Writing from the dark side of the blues highway. Doc explored and resided in the American rural south at a time when it was much less visited than it is today, and had mentors like Son House, Peg Leg Sam, and Sam…
The 1st of March 2019 sees the release of Can You Hear Us at the Back the highly anticipated new album from seminal Cape Town based folk punk band The Shabs. To celebrate the release the band have announced dates for their European launch tour which kicks off at the end of February and will include shows in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and the Czech Republic. Vocalist…
(Photographer – Andre Badenhorst) Hellcats is a stripped down, bare knuckle rock ‘n’ roll two-piece from Johannesburg, South Africa. With Alessandro Benigno on drums and vocals and Warwick Rautenbach on guitar, they’ve created a sound that is hard and fast – with driving riffs, wailing vocals and a clear ‘70s rock influence. Today sees the…
Alternative four-piece Ethyl Ether has just released a video for new single Cold Black Soul, taken from their forthcoming 3rd album Chrome Neon Jesus set for release later this year. Their sound is a mish mash of genres: not quite punk, not quite pop, not quite rock but something in between, which they have coined…
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Today sees the release of Question Everything, the new single and video from Swiss melodic metal giants Dreamshade. The band are about embark on a European tour along with Don Broco and Emarosa, they’ll be heading down to South Africa in February for their second nationwide with hardcore heavy hitters Truth and Its Burden. The…
Join Sharon Katz & Nonhlanhla Wanda’s 25th Anniversary Creating Music Together Musician/humanitarian Sharon Katz (originally from Port Elizabeth, South Africa) and singer/teacher, Nonhlanhla Wanda (from Durban, South Africa) celebrate 25 years of worldwide touring and musical collaboration. Some of the celebration includes duo shows in South Africa with performances in Johannesburg, Durban and Cape…
16 year old Johannesburg based singer-songwriter Josh Middleton has announced dates for his European tour in conjunction with Sofar Sounds. The tour kicks off on the 16th January 2019 in the UK and will see him play shows in Germany, France and Switzerland. The news comes off the back of the release of his debut…
(Photographer Luke Daniel) Can You Hear us at the Back is the second full-length album by Cape Town based folk punk collective The Shabs, set for release on the 1st March 2019. This comes off the back of a very successful year which saw them performing in 7 different countries around Southern Africa and Europe…
Today sees the release of Georgia, the new single and video from Johannesburg’s post-hardcore heroes OneDaySky. Written during a short hiatus, the song has a special place in their journey. As a band, it matured their writing process and let them venture into an area they have barely scratched the surface of. The track carries…