(Photo Credit – OneSmallChange) South African singer-songwriter Arno Carstens has kicked off 2019 by heading back into the studio with Fred den Hartog and Dane Taylor, the same production team that he worked with on his 2016 multi award winning debut Afrikaans album, ‘Die Aandblom 13’. This time they bring you his new single Lift…
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(Photographer – Jacques Schutte) Hailing from the vibrant and diverse music industry in South Africa, folksy blues-rock duo The Amblers have unveiled a live video for the track Sometimes, taken from their debut EP The Dustling Man. An album that www.puregrainaudio.com described as, “Carrying a sound that leans towards the heavier side of things, fans…
South African alt-prog rockers will return to the UK this July on the Phronesis Summer Tour Continuing their ascension into the international touring market, it has been announced that Johannesburg stalwarts Deity’s Muse will be main support for UK prog-metal pioneers, Monuments on their Phronesis UK Summer Tour. The tour sees Deity’s Muse returning to…
(Photographer Jacinda Barker) Today sees the release of Rogue, the new EP from Pretoria based South African rock band Stones & Gold. Formed in 2015 by Stephen Kosterman (Guitars and Vocals) SL Leroux Minnaar(Bass), Duncan Potgieter(Drums) and Raziela Kosterman(Violin). Stones & Gold have played all over South Africa during their existence from small clubs and…
(Photographer Adam Donnelly) Cape Town’s self-proclaimed aggro-pop band Ethyl Ether have released their album Museum of Human Error and a video for the first single Dead and Buried. The album is a collection of dirty riffs, snarling vocals and pounding drums. The video was shot on location in Southfield, Cape Town, directed by the bands…
(Photographer – Jacinda Barker) Pretoria based rock band Stones & Gold have released a live video for their track Nightmares and Dreams. Recorded at Misty Waters Festival by Dizzy Khaki, who is fast becoming the go to guy for live music videos. Nightmares and Dreams is taken from the bands new EP Rogue which is…
(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…