TOURE’S THAT KINDA COOL

by Tseliso Monaheng / 29.01.2015 Tseliso Monaheng speaks to award winning, Eastern Cape born musician Nakhane Touré about growing up, influences and authenticity, his new EP and the complexities of violence. Catch this Afro-folk-soul master

TROMPIES JIVA ON

by Sabelo Mkhabela / Images by Andiswa Mkosi / 27.01.2015 Trompies, the name is enough to make any South African 1990s kwaito lover nostalgic. The revered Soweto-bred kwaito group are back on the scene with their new album, Delicious. Their

DREAD ON THE ROAD

by Matt Vend / 26.01.2015 Matt Vend joins a musical caravan with three indie bands on a tour traversing Arizona, New Mexico and Texas. But the roadtrip seems doomed from the start, as winter and

ROLLINS GETS ON WITH IT

by Karel Kopbeen / 22.01.2015 "I think that humans are the perfect and ultimate conflict creature. Too weak to live without a lot of drugs, healthcare and destruction to the earth and too cowardly to

DONUT PANIC

by Matt Vend / 09.01.2015 This episode of Matt Vend's American adventures sees him heading to southern California and finding a home away from home in San Diego – where the waves are cold, hobos

BEST OF 2014| OH BAAS |THE LAST NUB

by Alastair Laird / 03.01.2015 All the cool kids were quick to fuel the Dookoom fire... because it was edgy, exciting, evocative. But was the hype just a storm in a teacup? Al Laird hints

BEST OF 2014 | DOOKOOM FURORE

by Rob Cockcroft / 02.01.2015 We talk to Dookoom about the furore surrounding their song 'Larney Jou Poes', a revolutionary anthem that calls for farm workers to revolt against exploitation. "The whole world must fucking

BEST OF 2014 | WHAT YOU MISSED AT ROCKING THE DAISIES

by Hugh Upsher / 31.12.2014 Get your frame-by-frame illustrated account of Rocking the Daisies right here... fashion, music, best/worst, fun quotes and service delivery issues. If you can't have the time of your life

BEST OF 2014 | SOWETO PUNK!

by Matt Vend / 30.12.2014 We arrive in Jozi like a couple of coastal country mice, salt water still fresh in the ears, eager for the big city and slightly oblivious to the fact that

BEST OF 2014 |ROSKILDE ROARING

by Kevin Goss-Ross / Images by Kevin Goss-Ross & Christoffer Rosenfeldt / 23.12.2014 After giving Mahala the finger a few years back, I approached the Ed for tickets to Roskilde with my tail between my legs, a day before press accreditation closed, thinking