How to Top SA’s iTunes Chart

THIS IS 100% ACCURATE.

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This says ‘SA’s iTunes Chart’ – I was under the impression that he’d topped the international iTunes chart, which is why this is newsworthy?

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douche baggery. totally unnecessary.

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Fuck you guys for constantly putting young musicians down.
You people are judgemental fucktards with nothing else to do but bring other people, with amition, down to your level.
Because, you know you are useless cuntholes, you then try and make everyone else look like a dick.
Not everyone’s equal, we have talented young people trying to make something of South Africa, and then we have people like the shitheads who run this overlooked, crapsack of a website.
And, call me a hypocrite for judging this website; I am. But, they fucking deserve it.
Listen, our country will never move forward if we don’t support our local talent, instead of pulling them down, lift them up and encourage them. Because, after all they are doing more than you.

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I am so sick of the negative cynical overly hipster material on this web-site. Who are any of you at mahala, including you Andy to continually slam young talent in this country? What credentials do you have? It is imminently infuriating to read what your juvenile and mediocre web-site considers content. If you want to be taken seriously as media platform, perhaps you should grow out of the “I am 15 and bullied by everyone – its my website and I’ll write what I want to” mentality. Seriously guys, get over your own insecurities and be able to appreciate the successes of others without somehow seeing those success as proof of your failure.

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By all means, attack established bands if you must. But seriously, fucking with up-and-coming local talent reeks of jealousy and spite.

TL;DR

Grow a pair

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mean but true

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I don’t understand why people can get offended by this. I read it felt it was 100% honest.

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Haters gonna hate the haters.

Guys, relax its just music……. each to their own. If Mahala don’t like his music they don’t like it… and I agree with them; to me it’s pretty shit, overly twee , wet and sappy. Just try and enjoy the humour for what it is: humour. South Africans: taking themselves so fucking seriously since … forever. But please peeps stop being so goddamn sanctimonious and self-frikking-righteous. ‘Fer Chrisssakes.

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I’m more concerned by the fact that whoever made this infographic can’t spell harmless.

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Come on guys. You took time out of your life to criticize and bring someone down who is doing what he loves. He’s not harming anybody and all it can do is benefit SA music. I don’t like Matthew Mole’s music personally, but well done to him. This is exactly why SA has a weak music culture. Hi five dudes

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Surprise, surprise Mahala tears down South African Artists yet again. Even bigger surprise they tear down The Arrows. It’s almost bordering on a 5 year old boy/girl school yard crush. Mahala love the Arrows so much they need to throw sand in their face. Just get over it, you may as well be humping their legs.

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Guys, I’m all for the libelous banter online to get attention, sure Matthew is your typical Cape Town Christian hipster with some attributes that may come across slightly generic, but he’s honest, open and authentic. Which is what we’re all looking for. I can only put this crappy info graphic down to jealousy and some sort of vendetta against people with spiritual depth. http://www.adinwalls.com

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And then so what if he sang Christian songs? They aren’t praise and worship songs, and that’s literally the only type of Christian music people buy (and those are only the people who are really passionate about God) so your instant national fan base theory goes down the drain; He looks cool, so who cares what he’s wearing; being a one-man-band isn’t being clever, its being talented; again, what’s wrong with folk? Are you guys waiting for a south African top artist that turns out to be a Lady Gaga demon meat child that only sings to the computer and not the guitar? Stupid pop cultured people. You should list this cartoon under ‘KAK’ ‘cos whoever thought of this obviously doesn’t know real music is supposed to sound like.

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The Christians I know actually examine the content, not just the claims.

So what do you have against Mumford and Sons, teddy bears, Jeremy Loops and The Arrows?

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When I first heard his songs I didn’t even know they were relating to religion. I just love the music- Mumford & Sons vibe which is true. If you don’t like it, that’s OK. But I don’t think it’s necessary to tell the whole of the 40 people who read this page about how terrible you think it is. Ironically I was actually researching “matthew mole & religion” and stumbled on this. Like a year after hearing him for the first time. So Thank you Matthew for filling my ears with happy tunes, religious or not, if you like the music go ahead and buy his album, he’s really very sublte about religion in his songs. And that’s now what I love most about his music:) Thank you mahala very funny that you think most of the country is Christian? That’s not the only religion you know, do the math.

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