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aKING wants you to know they can be larny too

aKING wants you to know they can be larny too

Our beautiful reporter Elizabeth Sioux / Smit attended the CD launch for aKING’s “Against All Odds” at Chevelle in Cape Town. Here’s what she had to say:
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aKING had their music video launch for “Against All Odds” at Chevelle on Thursday, and I was there. Yes, I found the place, even though it has no sign [...]

Southern Pulse Winter Tour

Since it’s inception in June 2009 – born out of a merger between OK Artists (Oppikoppi Productions) and Roadshock – Southern Pulse has been actively involved in South African music, and taking on a leading role in the industry at large. Boasting a agency roster of some SA’s most influential artists, Southern Pulse have been [...]

RAMfest 2010: JHB 6 March: Ticket sales now open

RAMfest 2010: JHB 6 March: Ticket sales now open

 

RAMfest 1V 2010
RAMFEST JOHANNESBURG: Ticket sales now open at Computicket
SATURDAY 6 MARCH, EMMERENTIA DAM.
RAMfest has grown over the past three years to be a highlight on the annual Music Festival calendar in the Western Cape. Thanks to all the dedicated followers, RAMfest is Cape Town`s number 1 alternative music festival and is now also teaming [...]

aKING in December - on the road with Roof (and live in Kirstenbosch Gardens in Feb)

aKING in December – on the road with Roof (and live in Kirstenbosch Gardens in Feb)

“aKING, through their intricately-spun stories of suburban survivalism, give profundity to blue collar life in a South African context.
It doesn’t hurt that they’re brilliant at it.”

-Xavier vd Sandt, Cape Town Independent Newspapers
2009 saw aKING releasing their second full-length album “Against all Odds”, described as “a rare and beautiful thing that shifts our collective pop [...]

Beste Breyten - Word meegevoer deur die mantriese metrum van Breyten se woordskilderye

Beste Breyten – Word meegevoer deur die mantriese metrum van Breyten se woordskilderye

BESTE BREYTEN
Various Artists
Rhythm Records
Breyten Breytenbach is vir dekades reeds een van Suid-Afrika se mees revolusionĂȘre digters. Talle literĂȘre toekennings, volgehoue internasionale publikasies en ook wĂȘreldwye mediabelangstelling in sy werk spreek daarvan. Breyten woon sedert die vroeg sestigs nie meer in Suid-Afrika  nie – met die uitsondering van die sewe jaar wat hy, weens sy opponering [...]