June 29th, 2010 - sarahp -
From Cape Town’s Afrikaans suburb Bellville, punk-rock band Fokofpolisiekar is Francois Van Coke, Hunter Kennedy, Johnny De Ridder, Wynand Myburgh and Jaco ”SNAKEHEAD” Venter.
Fokofpolisiekar kicked off 2010 with a high-energy show in Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens, the second time they played the Gardens after their by-now legendary performance there in 2005. This show seems to have set the pace for a jam-packed year, which will keep the band in the local music spotlight as much as ever before.
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Get in touch with your medieval roots this weekend at the Collingwood Children’s Farm Winter Solstice.
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June 16th, 2010 - sarahp -
Four days ago, the only sound you could hear throughout South Africa was the sound of the Vuvuzela. As the countdown reached 0 and Fifa World Cup kick off was screened world-wide… it was a moment of pride and chaos. And it seems that June will be remembered as milestone month for those also off the field, where the piercing sounds of Vuvuzelas are instead the heart, soul and mind bending beats of filthy drum n bass. June 3 2010 was the night that Cape Town celebrated four years of drum n bass pandemonium – it was the fourth birthday of It Came From The Jungle – an weekly party driven by the prolific DJ Niskerone – Mark Stevens – who started these now legendary nights back in 2006 at Fiction night club on Long Street.
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June 15th, 2010 - Marisa -
New York crowds are notoriously hard to please. It’s a byproduct of the dynamism of the city, and works as both a blessing and a curse; on any given night there will be at least three things worth going to, so as an artist you have to work hard, if not harder, than you would in any other place. But once you win us over, oh how we will reward you. And in Dam-Funk’s particular case, we will even pop, lock and break for you (as exhibited by five dudes taking up at least one third of the dance floor with their crazy moves).
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June 15th, 2010 - jessicah -
New Opera Hero, a dance, opera and artistic collective, have just completed a four week residency at Shunt, a theatre group and performance space based in the tunnels underneath London Bridge Station.
New Opera Hero are led by Steff Ungerer and Michael Wilson, a powerful creative duo who have worked on the National Opera in London, Tokyo and Hamburg, as well as working on live shows for big names such as Pet Shop Boys, Asian Dub Foundation and most famously, Lady Gaga, for whom they created 3D elements for her live tour.
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Five months ago, the idea of the Tote ever reopening its doors seemed as likely as Bon Scott singing on the next ACKA record. However, through some miraculous turn of events, the iconic venue is set to defy the odds and dust off the taps this month for a grand reopening.
Prior to its untimely closure in January, the venue had been up against every brick wall imaginable.
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