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Get Ready for Frankie Fire

Jul

2012

Frankie Fire have been recording their full length debut album over the past year and are getting ready to not only release their music, but all the highlights that went down during the process. Here is a teaser of what’s to be expected…

Die Heuwels Fantasties – Heel Te Mal (Music Video)

Nov

2011

Earlier in 2011 Afrikaans Alternative-Pop sensation Die Heuwels Fantasties were invited by the Department of Arts and Culture to act as Arts Ambassadors for the Springboks at the Rugby World Cup in New Zealand. They jetted off to New Zealand to join the Springboks at all of their pre-events and press functions. Die Heuwels Fantasties also did a ...

Bittereinder Live at Hotbox Studios & Firkin Centurion (Video)

Nov

2011

Bittereinder have been making waves in the South African music industry over the last year or so. This Afrikaans Rap outfit burst onto the scene in late 2010. Jaco Van Der Merwe, Louis Minnaar and Peach van Pletzen are not newbies in the industry though. Jaco Van Der Merwe formerly had a solo career as ...

The December Streets New Music Video Premiere

Sep

2011

For those of you who did not know, The December Streets were the 2010 KFC Sessions winners and they have been making waves in the SA Music industry in the past year or so. They’ve played at Hatfield Carnival and Oppikoppi Unknown Brother this year. The December Streets are known to produce some of the ...

Introducing Mechanics of Happiness

Sep

2011

This past weekend, 2 members of the SA Music Zone crew made their way to the FORR (Fellowship of Rock ‘n Roll) festival in Mozambique. More than 20 artists and bands performed at the festival. On the Thursday night the small but growing festival crowd were treated to the fairly unknown awesomeness that is Mechanics ...

Wrestlerish – Bodies of Water (Music Video) 1

Aug

2011

One of the highlights on the Sunday at Oppikoppi Unknown Brother was the Wrestlerish set. They’ve grown extremely popular since the first time I saw them perform at RAMFest 2010 in Johannesburg. The crowd were singing along to many of their songs. Wrestlerish have released their 2nd album, Towns. The band will touring South Africa ...

Ard Matthews and The National Anthem

Aug

2011

Unless you have been hiding under a rock you would have seen or heard about the National Anthem mishap last night. Ard Matthews, founder and lead singer of Just Jinjer has been preparing for weeks for what he calls, “one of the greatest honours of my life”. Ard was requested to sing the National Anthem at ...

Die Heuwels Fantasties – Buitenste Ruim (Music Video)

Aug

2011

Now that I’ve recovered from my Post Oppikoppi Depression I’m realizing that there truly has been a lot happening in the SA Music scene this year. The awesome tunes and brilliantly done music videos just keep on coming. South Africa truly is a hub of creativity. And it doesn’t look like this is ending any ...

Plush – Dancing in a Storm (Music Video)

Jul

2011

Yesterday SA Music Zone featured the Cape Town Timeless Rock band Plush and their song Dancing in a storm. Last night they were supposed to release the music video for their song on the SA Music channel MK, but it didn’t play on air (due to a technical error). Today Plush released the music video ...

“Feet-licking Incident” at Oppikoppi in 2007

Jul

2011

In August 2007 I made my way to Oppikoppi: The Way of the Dassie. Besides being blessed with the presence of international bands like Jimmy Eat World, Violent Femmes and Groove Armada a lot of local bands also blessed festival goers with a presence on the Oppikoppi stages. A lot happened in the camping area ...