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Photo Album: The Black Cat Bones @ Arcade Empire

Nov

2011

On the 5th of November I made my way to Arcade Empire in Pretoria to catch the Gunpowder Plot gig. The Black Cat Bones, Aidan Martin and The Smoking Mojos were part of the line-up on the evening. It was an awesome gig. The Black Cat Bones were the first band to perform on the ...

Photo Album: Park Acoustics – 16 October 2011

Oct

2011

On the 16th of October I made my way to Park Acoustics at Fort Schanskop (on the Voortrekker Monument grounds) in Pretoria. Captain Stu, Two Minute Puzzle, Stefan Dixon and Tumi & The Volume were part of the line-up. The vibe was very chilled out (as usual). Cape Town based band Captain Stu kicked off ...

Photo Album: Oppikoppi Unknown Brother (by AJ Van Niekerk) 2

Sep

2011

There is a live band photographer living the lower part of South Africa in the Eastern Cape province… AJ van Niekerk is a Fine Art student from Uitenhage. He’s currently studying in Port Elizabeth at NMMU. Studying Fine Art gives him the opportunity to study photography, painting, drawing and print making to uses it to ...

Photo Album: Die Heuwels Fantasties & Dance You’re On Fire @ Pretoria National Botanical Gardens

Aug

2011

Yesterday I made my way to the Pretoria National Botanical Gardens to catch Dance You’re On Fire and Die Heuwels Fantasties live. The concert was part of the Old Mutual Concert in Gardens series. The atmosphere was very chilled out. The capital city came out in full force. About 4,000 people made their way to ...

Photo Album: Prime Circle at Walter Sisulu Gardens

Jul

2011

This past Sunday (the 24th of July 2011) I attended the Prime Circle show at the Walter Sisulu Botanical Gardens (in Johannesburg). It was the biggest show ever at the gardens, rocking out at well over 4000 people. Ross and the band got the people on their feet with their great energy, and they also ...

Photo Album: Prime Circle @ Old Mutual Concert in the Gardens in Pretoria 2

Jul

2011

Yesterday I made my way to the National Botanical Gardens in Pretoria to catch Prime Circle live. I only arrived at the venue after 2 PM (thanks to an Arcade Empire enduced hangover – more about that later in the week on SA Music Zone). I was greeted by a very chilled and warm atmosphere ...

Who the f%ck is Haezer?

Jul

2011

Haezer and Pelussje at Arcade Empire a while back (15 June to be exact) took me back to my happy, hippy, dancing days. This Electro-Trance-Lazer party (hosted by the artist management/event design company Griet) reminded me of a drum and bass club called Fabric, where people took all sorts of happiness substances and tranced the ...

Zebra and Giraffe @ Arcade Empire

Jul

2011

Don’t ask me why, but Oxymoron by Zebra and Giraffe takes me back to nostalgic memories of below zero degrees, cherry vodka pops and Sedgwick Road, London. In August 2008, I got the chance to experience this band live for the first time. Of course, being all sorts of happy (high on life, drunk on ...