Australian Deathcore heavy weights to play once off show in South Africa. (photographer – Jake Owens) Legendary Australian deathcore band Thy Art Is Murder are set to play a once off show in support of their 4th studio album Dear Desolation on the 4th November 2017 in Johannesburg at the Newtown Music Factory ( 10…
Johannesburg’s alternative folk rocker Trevor Rebello is back with a new single and full length album. Marilyn Monroe is the first single from “Roadhouse Royalty” set to be released on 11 October 2017. The album has 12 tracks all recorded sporadically from March to August 2017 with Jacques Du Plessis and Adrian Erasmus at High…
Cape Town Blues Rocker Aidan Martin is launching his highly anticipated album REFUGEE on the 30th September at the Mercury Live. With special guests Stoker and African Survival Kit this promises to be a night to remember! 10pm – Stoker 11pm – Aidan Martin 12pm – African Survival Kit R50 gets you in, R100 grants…
Doc MacLean’s second African tour, “Cross Bones Blues,” finds him returning to many of the places he visited on his previous, “Zulu Skies” adventure. As if that Tour wasn’t big enough, Cross Bones includes nearly 50 shows. From the gala Tour launch at the Canadian High Commission to the massive OppiKoppi Festival, to theatres, cafes,…
We’re very happy to announce that we’ve added Pelagic Records to our roster for South Africa and Africa. “Founded in 2009 by THE OCEAN guitarist Robin Staps, Pelagic Records has become an increasingly vital outlet for modern progressive metal, post-metal and beyond “, ROCK-A-ROLLA wrote last year in their PELAGIC RECORDS label feature, and German…
It’s been a while since South Africa enjoyed that familiar rumble that shakes the ground whenever The Narrow are up to something. Lately, though, murmurs have been building into tremors, as rumours of new music and a new SA tour have begun to circulate… and not without good reason. The Narrow will indeed be releasing…
JamPacked Productions is a South African events company whose focus is bringing international music acts to the country. Currently, there are three music festivals in the pipeline which will run seven months apart over the course of 2018, with shows in Johannesburg, Pretoria, Cape Town and – possibly – Durban. Most recently, in 2017, JamPacked…
Cape Town’s CRIMSON HOUSE have just released their brand new single TAKE A CHANCE. Take A Chance This is a festival love story, when two people meet in the moment they are feeling their best, when they are the best versions of themselves. They stand still in their tracks when their eyes meet, and they…
Local hard rock icons, The Narrow, announce September 15th as the release date of their fourth full-length album, “Dream of Perelandra”, along with a seven-stop nationwide tour. It’s been a while since South Africa enjoyed that familiar rumble that shakes the ground whenever The Narrow are up to something. Lately, though, murmurs have been building…
Savage Lucy is a Johannesburg based instrumental trio, formed in April 2011. Arranging dynamic movements of melodic phrasing in elegant cadences over eccentric rhythms, shadowed by darkly textured breakdowns, the trio create emotional and erotic soundscapes that leave audiences pleasantly aghast. Savage Lucy are made up of Austen Lewis on guitars, Steven Bosman on drums…