A FRESH BREATH OF BUSHFIRE

by Scone Malone / Images by Candice Chaplin / 13.06.2016 "Bushfire is a festival like no other in Sub-Saharan Africa, and perhaps even anything in the universe..." Photographer Candice Chaplin and writer Scone Malone explore the 10th MTN Bushfire 2016

SISTERS KILLING SETLISTS | #MAHALA MIXTAPE

by Robyn Perros / 12.04.2016 New female-fronted music festival – Zakifo – hits South Africa this May. From Mali to Reunion Island, this is what's in store from one of the most diverse festivals to

ON SAFARI #MAHALA MIXTAPE

04.03.2016 Kif. New wave SA beat-makers Quit Safari and UK's Rival Consoles on tour in SA – plus a banging Mahala Mixtape on the house...

A GENT NAMED JIMMY

by Dave Glover and Duncan Park / 11.12.2015 New psychedelic-folk-blues duo Dave & Duncan have just released their second demo album from the Grahamstown gulleys. It's about an unfortunate gent named Jimmy and it goes summin' like this...

DARLING, YOU’RE NOT THAT MAINSTREAM

by Scone Malone / Images by Candice Chaplin / 12.10.2015 "A lot of people these days are faffing about Rocking The Daisies... that it should be left to the kids and the jocks. I beg to differ. Firstly, what kind

NEW FROM ZU

by Tseliso Monaheng / 09.10.2015 This October, Jozi based musical army, Zuko Collective, will be releasing their debut album titled 'Relationtrips'. We hit up ZuCo front-lady, Nozuko Mapoma, for a short 'n sweet chat about

MELDING WORLDS

by Rob Scher / 06.10.2015 Born and bred in Jozi, Andrew Orkin is an internationally acclaimed composer and film-scorer now living in New York City. Rob Scher catches up with the young South African re-defining

WHICH SA MUSICIANS ARE ACTUALLY FAMOUS?

by Hugh Upsher / 16.09.2015 It seems like every other month a local act threatens to crack the elusive international market, but how close do they really come? Hugh Upsher and Google Trends tell us

GUGZ AND THE BAM BAM

by Robyn Perros / 07.08.2015 "We all need some place to escape to, when the city grabs a hold of our ankles and starts to pull us into the concrete. And sometimes a rooftop is

VISIONS OF EVE

by Franky Blank / Images by Nina Zillah Bekink / 06.08.2015 The Frown’s launch of their new album, We Are Not Dead, shot rivers of enigmatic voltage through my veins. Every detail was mesmerising, from the delicately folded origami swans to