 | 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. ...read more |
Album Round-Up
Friday, January 13th, 2012
Love is What I Got
Wednesday, January 11th, 2012 by Daniel Neville, images by Laura McCullagh
 | The first rumours of a Sublime tribute gig rumbled almost 6 years ago, sometime while sipping on ice-cold beer on the sands of the now defunct Cool Runnings in Obs. This was when the now tsunami-like wave of indie bands that dominate the Cape Town stages were but recently fertilized fetuses. A time when bands like Hog Hoggidy Hog, 7th Son, LP Show, The Rudimentals and Half Price were counted amongst the bigger bands the local scene had to offer. ...read more |
Sold Turkey
Tuesday, January 10th, 2012 by Themba Kriger
 | “We should throw our own party!” is most often a schnapsidee, literally an idea born at the bottom of a bottle of booze, that much like “we should open our own bar” or “let’s start our own magazine”, tends to get forgotten as the initial excitement wears off and the reality of such an endeavour kicks in. ...read more |
What Goes On The Boat…
Tuesday, January 3rd, 2012 by Paul Smenis
 | What do you get when you put a few thousand (mostly) wealthy, (mostly) very attractive revellers onto a floating hotel packed with booze, DJs, bands, more booze, comedians and vibes of tropical debauchery for three days? According to our man, Paul Smenis, the answer is straight out of Rome in its glorious, debaucherous heyday… ...read more |
One On One | The Blood Brothers
Friday, December 23rd, 2011 by Max Barashenkov
 | I woke, a fool of fools, folded into a couch at a familiar’s house. I was nineteen and smelled of piss and beer. Someone’s caring hand had drawn a red moustache and beard on me with a fat magic marker. I was, then, coming down from a street punk high, slowly phasing out the patched shirts and leather boots, flirting with the then-popular wave of screamo and, predictably, searching for a new flag to fly. ...read more |
One On One | THOTS
Friday, December 16th, 2011 by Roger Young, images by Kevin Goss-Ross
 | It was the 19th of January 2009, I was at Zack’s in Durban to review a gig for the Levi’s Online Music Magazine, a job I had only recently started. I had approached the work I had done so far with enthusiasm; I was, after all, after a long stretch of unemployablity, working again. I hid my dismay with the Durban music scene with puff pieces and hyperbole. Overall I had very little faith in the local music scene. That ...read more |
Mzansi United
Wednesday, December 14th, 2011 by Roger Young, images by Sydelle Willow Smith
 | It didn’t seem like anything was happening at the Gugulethu Sports Complex, the parking lot was strangely empty. But there was something happening, Freshlyground had come to the end of a nationwide tour celebrating a career of ten years; 28 gigs, 6 of which were free, including this one. ...read more |
Lil Weezy Comes to Bellville
Wednesday, December 14th, 2011 by Rob Cockcroft, images by Luke Daniel
 | Telling my friends that I was covering the Lil Wayne concert was a touchy subject. “Fuck that. I wouldn’t even go if I got a free ticket. Any rapper with Lil or Young in their name is wack,” one of them told me. That’s a shame, because tonight’s opening act is Youngsta, a local mc from Wynberg who won an online voting contest to open up for Weezy. At 19 years-old, Youngsta boasts a 23 mixtape repertoire, has released a ...read more |
Viva Unit 11 Viva
Monday, December 12th, 2011 by Sihle Mthembu, images by Erin Wulfsohn
 | When I asked my friend Thulani what’s the most memorable night he has had at Unit 11 he summed it all up in a three word phrase: “the sequel bru”. Our second night at the venue. It was the launch of The Dead Alphabet’s album The Kill. The second time we went to Unit 11 we were determined to have an epic time. Our first night there could at best be described as a sausage fest. ...read more |
Last Sunday
Sunday, December 11th, 2011 , images by Sydelle Willow Smith
 | Last Sunday, Lievland Wine Estate, Stellenbosch, 14h18. ...read more |
