Jon Shaban is a singer songwriter based in Cape Town, South Africa. Shortly after quitting his job and committing to music full time in 2015, Jon has released 3 full-length albums and has toured relentlessly both nationally and internationally with his solo material and his band, The Shabs. Fortune has favoured the brave as Jon…
Prisoner’s Cinema is Merauder on meth, Leviathan off the anti-depressants and your bulldozing soundtrack to society’s collapse. Today sees the release of Prisoner’s Cinema, the long-awaited debut album from American bruisers Burning Tongue out on Aqualamb Records. With chainsaw guitars, pummeling double-bass and a barking prophet preaching an end times message, Burning Tongue is here…
“Latex Grenade’s music is straight forward Pennywise-style punk melodies roughed up with some thrash metal riffs”. – San Diego Citybeat Rockers out of San Diego, CA, Latex Grenade, is a band that brings boundless passion and energy. Attracting the adrenaline seekers in action sports, this power trio inspires the listener through fast upbeat melodies and…
“The scene is much-changed since Springbok Nude Girls crashed onto it in the ’90s, but they’re still a potent voice in hard rock,” Texx And The City South African rock icons Springbok Nude Girls have just released their new, highly anticipated album Partypocalypse. The first new studio recording in 13 years, has already been…
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…
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 /…
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,…
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…
The times are changing… and so is Caution Boy, what began as a demented, alternative punk rock “karaoke from hell” solo project; has metamorphosized into a monstrous trio, who’s only mission is to destroy stages, ear drums & the normalized standards of society. Andi Cappo on the strings & screams, Treveshan Pather on the oh so…
Born from the gutters of the Mother City, Alive At Midnight are the product of a world gone bad. Today is the release of A House Divided, their new single and first with Mongrel Records. Drawing inspiration from dive-bars, crashed cars and back ally conversations. There is no shortage of mind numbing and stomach-churning narrative…