COSMIC SOUNDS

by Matt Vend / 21.07.2014 Entering the Pinetown taxi rank after dark is comparable to entering a post-apocalyptic warzone. Litter and debris is scattered throughout the streets as the last surviving humans loiter and wander

THE KOOLEST KAT

by Tseliso Monaheng / 18.07.2014 It was only a matter of time before a European label scooped Okmalukoolkat. He tested international waters with 2010s collaboration with Hyperdub’s L.V (entitled Boomslang) and always projects the image

Roskilde Roaring

by Kevin Goss-Ross / Images by Kevin Goss-Ross & Christoffer Rosenfeldt / 17.07.2014 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

ROCK, ART, PHUZA

by Hugh Upsher / Images by Dirk Steenkamp / 16.07.2014 With the amount of sophisticated wine drinking going down, the First Thursdays art happening can now claim the title 'Phuza Thursdays For White People'. I carved out a manageable schedule

Talkin’ Desert Blues

by Matt Vend / 08.07.2014 Vieux Farka Touré, the Malian blues legend, will be back in South Africa next week after his sold out performances last year. He describes his latest album Mon Pays (My

Progress Through Plunder

by Hugh Upsher / Images by Stephen Bester / 04.07.2014 Releasing three full length albums as a South African rock band is generally reserved for legends like Springbok Nude Girls or Fokofpolisiekar. So how did The Slashdogs get three great

THAW THE COLD NIGHT

by Matt Vend / 03.07.2014 Cool Runnings, the old Rasta den never really changes… rude boys and girls are drinking and boogying as Bob Marley blasts through damaged speakers. “I wanna looove and treat you

The Music of Roots Grown Deep

by Tseliso Monaheng / 30.06.2014 JKE, originally hailing from the States (born in Kansas, raised in Indiana), has been living on-and-off in Limpopo for the past six years. He currently tills the soil in GaMphahlele

The Makaveli Theory

by Mooketsi Nthite / 24.06.2014 Tupac’s ‘fake death theory’ is something of a taboo topic on contemporary hip hop forums. It's a forbidden subject to be kept on the hush unless you want the hip

SONAR NAVIGATION

by Zoë Henry / 23.06.2014 The moment I arrive at my hostel in Barceloneta, Barcelona, I’m reminded that racism and xenophobia know no borders. “Avoid the Moroccans, Algerians and Tunisians,” are the welcoming words issued