Cape Town’s SIDEPIECE are a punk band with a sense of humour and something to say, and Faux Confidence is their first proper statement. It’s a title that tells you something about what you’re in for: sardonic, self-aware, and not particularly interested in taking the long way around.
There’s an immediate clarity to NANI?!’s latest EP, Everyone’s Lookin’ At Me, before a single note is played. The artwork is striking and memorable,…
It makes sense that Champion Trees’ latest releases feel more like autumn than spring, since they’re now singing to us from the northern hemisphere.…
The thing about slow-burn R&B is this: it can drift into background music fast. Pretty melodies, a moody beat, and suddenly you’re three tracks…
A band like Face Jackson was never going to bow out quietly. One of the first bands featured on Let’s Get Local, their farewell…
There’s a certain kind of hush that falls over a beach crowd when Bongeziwe Mabandla sings — and at Feastival this past Saturday, you…
Cape Town winters can be brutal — cold, wet, and all too good at convincing you to stay home. But the lineup on 23…
If a band delivers a world-class set to a crowd that could comfortably fit in your lounge, does it still count? At Trenchtown on…
Doors opened at 8 PM, and by 8:10, I was contemplating my options: stay at home or venture out solo to the Fokofpolisiekar show…
