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When PowerPlay asked us to “Find and interview a South African who has overcome their fears using tenacity, heart, desire, determination, courage, belief or commitment.” It was an easy choice. We’ve wanted to chat to one of our favourite photographers Thanda Kunene for a while and as you’ll see in the interview below, he fits [...]
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The music video for Umlilo’s second single is a high fashion funeral. Yesterday City Press dropped this stunning video for Chain Gang by Umlilo, formerly Siya The Anarchist, which, “reveals this genre and gender-bending artist’s lush alter ego Rita and, in his/her own words, it is absolutely “to die for”.” Who is Rita? Well [...]
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Holy shit, this is so overdue. Bob Perfect finally gathers his thoughts on Oppikoppi. They say Oppi-flu will get you, but I never expected it to have me this long. I left Oppikoppi with a sense of zen and general excitement about life. I was going to do things, I was going to [...]
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Holy unexpected miracles Batman! A comic exhibition in Durban and a one day turn around on this post. The times they are a changing! Last night the new(ish) Open Plan studio off Umgeni road hosted Kablam! A Comic Art Exhibition and Book Sale. I was never a major comic book reader as a [...]
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“An ethereal and pretty ditty” If you missed Thor Rixon at Cool Runnings on Friday, you fucked up. I’m sorry, there’s just no other way to put it. It’s okay though, luckily for you, Thor is rather prolific and is constantly working on new music and putting it out on the web so [...]
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If you’re at a jol, and they don’t play this song, it is officially a shit jol. With all the hype Boyz N Bucks have created for their latest single, Mswenkofontein, they had to deliver something big and unfortunately, they didn’t. Instead, they delivered something HUGE. It’s hard to describe this track as anything but [...]
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A stunning visual feast of trippy desert trekking. We introduced you to the “futuristic nu-wave African ish” of Fantasma back in October and since then Spoek Mathambo and crew have released their debut EP and now, their first music video. The video for “Eye of The Sun” is a stunning visual feast of trippy desert trekking [...]
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Been sleeping on South African rap this year? Here’s your wake up call courtesy of Spoek Mathambo. If you’re looking for the soundtrack to turn the fuck up to this summer, Spoek Mathambo has you covered with Cava The Combo II, his second mix of South African rap music. There’s no doubt that this [...]
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Get a tattoo, everybody’s doing it. Tattoos mean different things to different people. Mine mean I like having tattoos, yours might mean you like being reminded to have faith every time you look at your wrist. Some tribal tattoos might say you’re from a proud tribe with deep traditions others say you’re an unaware [...]
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We’re 7 days into the new yea so now’s probably a good time to carry on posting our top 10s from 2014. This time DJ Bhashkar shares his highlights and some sage like advice. My list is not about looking back and pondering over what happened this year, but its more to look [...]
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While we were on holiday, this happened… You see, this is why we should never go on holiday. Turn off email notifications for a week and come back to find out those fresh cats at naas are featured on fucking Noisey. Oh, and they launched this gorgeous “sophistipop” love song by Card On Spokes, [...]
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It’s elementary. Sightings of Raheem Kemet on stage have been sparse lately because Durban’s OG rap master has been in the studio working on new material. Raheem put out the Wind EP right at the end of last year and we only had to time to give it’s soulful goodness a listen now [...]
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Here’s hoping there’s no backlash. You can follow Sheldon on twitter @SheldonBengtson and you can peep more of his work on his blog.
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He’s got the power! Powerpoint that is. Here are DJ Fuego Heat’s top 10 Powerpoint creations of 2014. So this year I had a lot less to be angry about. Yes, the white middle class are still up in arms about stupid shit, Steve Hofmeyer is still polluting our skies with a handful of [...]
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MOSH! THERE’S NO TIME TO EXPLAIN, JUST WATCH THE VIDEO AND MOSH! Okay, cool, now that you’ve seen what’s on offer, here’s the low down as best as we know it: The band is called Life Below and it’s made up of some dudes who grew up in the Durban hardcore scene [...]
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Accurate as always. You can follow Sheldon on twitter @SheldonBengtson and you can peep more of his work on his blog.
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Top 10 of 2014 – DJ Fuego Heat
He’s got the power! Powerpoint that is. Here are DJ Fuego Heat’s top 10 Powerpoint creations of 2014. So this year I had a lot less to be angry about. Yes, the white middle class are still up in arms about stupid shit, Steve Hofmeyer is still polluting our skies with a handful of [...]
Tess And Snowy Use Facebook
Accurate as always. You can follow Sheldon on twitter @SheldonBengtson and you can peep more of his work on his blog.
Win Double Tickets To Shortstraw’s Album Launch
In just seven years (yup, they’ve been going that long), Shortstraw have climbed to upper echelons of South Africa’s live music circuit. They’ve come a long way since singing about Keanu Reeves, they now sing about taking drugs and making money, that sorta thing. Anyway, they’re releasing their third full length album, Youthless, at [...]
Durban Has A New Hardcore Band (Finally!)
MOSH! THERE’S NO TIME TO EXPLAIN, JUST WATCH THE VIDEO AND MOSH! Okay, cool, now that you’ve seen what’s on offer, here’s the low down as best as we know it: The band is called Life Below and it’s made up of some dudes who grew up in the Durban hardcore scene [...]
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Get a tattoo, everybody’s doing it. Tattoos mean different things to different people. Mine mean I like having tattoos, yours might mean you like being reminded to have faith every time you look at your wrist. Some tribal tattoos might say you’re from a proud tribe with deep traditions others say you’re an unaware [...]
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