At the top of their game
Cult band The Buckfever Underground launched their seventh album, Verkeerdevlei, over two nights. Lloyd Gedye celebrated the milestone with them.
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Warm squishy viral video of the week: Feel Inside and Stuff Like That
Comedy duo Flight of the Conchords took absurd suggestions from the mouths of babes to raise funds for a New Zealand-based charity Cure Kids.
Bands break out of the box set
Musicians have started challenging accepted ideas about the state of the music album.
Hot Water is building up steam
They have a growing local and foreign fan base and music critics say they are the next big thing.
Life as a work of art
<b>Paul Riekert</b> pays tribute to his Battery9 collaborator and friend, Huyser Burger, who died this week.
Toast a cult band that works magic
Four Buckfever Underground gigs in four
nights. <b>Lloyd Gedye</b> joins the punk-poetry
band as they warm up for a stint in the studio.
Machineri cranks up the ante
It’s a curiosity of the live music scene in SA that a band can gig in Cape Town to rave reviews for two years and never make a trip north to Jo’burg.
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Knowing when it’s time to leave: REM call it a day
REM, once dubbed "America’s Best Rock & Roll Band", said on Wednesday they had decided to "call it a day" after more than 30 years of hits.
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Far from a garden-variety band
There was much on-stage flailing of hair, crashing about and mayhem at Fruits and Veggies’ launch of <i>Ndaa</i>, the Afro-punk-ska outfit’s debut.
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Photos of Beatles’ first US concert to be auctioned
Photos from the Beatles’ first US concert in Washington in 1964 will be auctioned as silver gelatin prints.
Back into the light
How Shadowclub returned from the dead to record one of the finest South African rock albums of 2011.
Seduced by the histrionics
Think Gogol Bordello meets the Tiger Lilies with a touch of Beirut and you will have a fair idea of the wacky world sound of Mr Cat and the Jackal.
Coming along nicely
Taxi Violence have taken their early material and given us a masterclass in how a band can grow, learn and become best of breed.
Fleshing out the Bones
Although true to his punk roots, Jay Bones has embraced some pop influences on his new album.
Feelin’ free to talk trash and have musical fun
There seems to have been something that has always stopped the Beastie Boys from operating on the timescale to which most bands stick.
Monster album from the Beasties
<i>Hot Sauce Committee Part Two</i> hit the streets last week to much fanfare and justifiably so.
Lips smacking
The band is living up to its promise — pumping out new numbers — and breaking new ground
Unconventionally punk to the end
Poly Styrene, who has died of cancer at the age of 53, was one of the punk era’s true original talents.
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Making waves
This year’s Splashy Fen music festival was a revelation because of the quality of Durban’s unpretentious new crop of bands.
Black Hotels dish up sombre beauty
There are very few wasted moments on a Black Hotels album.
Welcome return of a calmer sutra
Juliana Venter, legendary Mud Ensemble’s singer, has made a comeback after 10 years in Europe.
Warpaint puts on a friendly act
Seven years after it formed, the Los Angeles band has released its debut album — and the critics love it.
From folk to funk
Iron & Wine’s major label debut <i>Kiss Each Other Clean</i> adds a metallic-funk veneer to Sam Beam’s gorgeous songwriting skills.
Corruption is the biggest killer
U2’s lead singer speaks to the <i>Mail & Guardian</i> about transparency and Africa’s 21st-century moment.
Bono says no support for ‘shoot the boer’ song
Irish rocker Bono on Wednesday said it was "barking mad" for people to think he supported the "shoot the boer" song.
10 South African songs that rocked my world in 2010
<strong>Lloyd Gedye</strong>’s 10-song crash course on what happened in South African music in 2010.
Magazine publishes Lennon’s last print interview
<i>Rolling Stone</i> magazine is publishing an interview with John Lennon, conducted three days before the former Beatle was gunned down in New York.
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Beatles ‘coming to Apple’s iTunes’
The Beatles on Apple’s iTunes? Let it be. The Fab Four’s music is expected, finally, to be available for sale at Apple’s online music store.
Grand National
Long-time underdogs make a play for rock ‘n roll glory, and it’s very convincing, says <b>Lloyd Gedye</b>.
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Cold current
Cape Town’s post-rock outfit Benguela have made a cold, angular, menacing album of improvisational music. <b>Lloyd Gedye</b> takes a listen.
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Aussie band Men At Work told to pay for song rip-off
Australian band Men At Work were ordered to pay 5% of profits from iconic hit <i>Down Under</i> for ripping off Girl Guide ditty <i>Kookaburra</i>.
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Live and direct
We review the latest music DVD releases, with offerings from The Black Crowes and Calexico.
