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		<title>Idealistic Animals</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 05:50:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Whilst I saw Harris Tweed (Dear Reader singer Cherilyn Macneil’s previous band) live back in the day and was aware of the waves Dear Reader’s first album made, I only ever really listened to that album (2009’s Replace Why With Funny) properly after Idealistic Animals had already been spinning in my car for weeks. In a way then, Idealistic Animals arrived in my ears with very little pre-story or expectation.
Once you brush over the ‘concept’ of the album (the]]></description>
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		<title>One on One &#124; The Roots</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 06:12:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bianca</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Driven by their street-corner beginnings and dreams to one day make it &#8216;big&#8217;, The Square Roots started off in earnest in 1993 as a five-piece formation. In the years which have elapsed since then, they have managed to inhabit a corner in hip hop that is distinctly theirs, while toying with music that is heavily-layered and rife with social commentary. Do you want more, their debut on the then rock-only label Geffen records, went by largely ignored, but they introduced]]></description>
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		<title>Oh Snap!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 11:12:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bianca</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Christian Tiger School were already playing when we arrived. He had wanted to get there earlier, but had lost track of time, watching YouTube videos and hitting bongs. On the way to the bar he takes off my lens cap and switches me on, making sure everything is still set to ‘Auto’. He turns on the flash, and takes a few crowd shots. Little hipsters in training, none older than 22. The flashing catches the attention of two chicks in]]></description>
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		<title>Where The Jazz Cats Graze</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 11:32:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bianca</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[He could watch Kesivan Naidoo play the drums for hours. He would get stoned and surrender to the careless but precise flicks, the blistering snare rolls, the myriad of movements that somehow conjured a unified sound. He did not understand this music, his closest references being Weather Report and Miles Davis. The atmosphere itself was alien &#8211; the audience still, no smoke hanging in the air, no tussles at the bar – yet, as he sat in the small room]]></description>
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		<title>Bass in the Background</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 11:59:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bianca</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It was late afternoon, but the sun still hovered high in the sky, avoiding the horizon like a child wanting to stay up for the late night movie. Francois was leaning against the bar, drinking his double brandy and coke in large gulps in an effort to keep cool. He brushed his fingers through his straight, black hair, combing it to the left, partially covering the undercut on that side, while examining the people strewn out across the rooftop. Sitting]]></description>
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		<title>The Wrong Idea</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 06:03:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bianca</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Between 2006 and 2008 Fokofpolisiekar was probably the most influential rock band in South Africa. People of every race have listened to, and enjoyed their music. Their lines were powerful, filled with depth, challenging conventions within traditional Afrikaans culture, and South African culture at large. They took a critical look at concepts such as Tradition, Angst, Despair and the Christian Faith. But more importantly, their lyrics supported the idea that Afrikaaners, and whites in general, are “African”. Being African transcends]]></description>
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		<title>Root for the Villain</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 07:48:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bianca</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A couple of years ago Queen&#8217;s rapper/producer J-Zone&#8217;s 2002 release &#8220;Pimps don&#8217;t pay taxes&#8221; became the soundtrack to my life. Complete with stories of failed attempts at macking, cock blockers and dissing judgemental headwrap chicks, who were all too prevalent at hip hop parties on Long Street. The album spoke to my younger self more than any of the so-called conscious raps that were still popular at the time. With the exception of a few colabs I heard over the]]></description>
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		<title>Album Round-Up</title>
		<link>http://www.mahala.co.za/music/album-round-up-5/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 05:35:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bianca</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here at Mahala albums tend to pile up and clog the trestle tables. Mostly, they’re not exactly worth a full review but definitely a mention. Occasionally we compile a selection of music you should know about, either as a recommendation or a warning.

Truth and Recession/ Brendon Shields/ RY
Ahh, the over-earnest troubadour, the plaintive longing of the loner, the thinker, the man with the guitar and ideas, and the doggone hurt, man. How often it fails, how often it]]></description>
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		<title>Be Original, Don&#8217;t Be Dismal</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 08:30:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Toya Delazy is a busy, young woman. I’ve been given twenty minutes to talk to her, over the phone, while a minder from Sony Music listens in on the line. She sounds excited, if not a little overwhelmed. For people who haven’t been in and around the Durban music scene, Toya Delazy’s jump to South Africa’s musical mainframe may seem a little sudden. From relative nothingness, this young jazz student now has a music video “Pump It On” on high]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>18</slash:comments>
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		<title>Duel with Peach</title>
		<link>http://www.mahala.co.za/music/duel-with-peach/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 05:48:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bianca</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Peach Van Pletzen has produced Van Coke Kartel, Kid Of Doom, is one third of Bittereinder and, as Yesterday’s Pupil has the dubious honour of once being banned from MK for using the word cocaine in a song. He has chosen to release his new album in fragments and for free. The second part of the album, DUEL!, releases today, <a href="http://www.yesterdayspupil.com/" target="_blank">here</a>, we had a brief chat to him about Queen, vinyl cutters and 5FM listeners who suffer from diarrhoea.]]></description>
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