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Better Red than Ded - I Remember You Well, From The Chelsea Hotel

Singing The 6-string Blues: A Conversation With Jimmy Dludlu

Trouble Will Always Find You: Introducing The Anti Retro Vinyls

Zonke: The Ascent Of Glory

The Chevelle Interview

Farryl Purkiss Is Home

jezebel's VPL: A Spoonful Of Frost

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rtists and musicians have been told for some time now not to expect to make money out of album sales, but to look rather at performance as a means to earn their living from Amusic. Now we all know that people simply do not buy

music like they used to, although I am still a firm believer that at the right price, through the right medium we do all intrinsically want to own our favourite artists’ albums and will pay for them. This of course is a debate for another day, but the recent launch of iTunes SA, coupled by such streaming sites as Simfy must surely have helped turn a buck or two for artists, both local and international?

The question may still be asked though; why are there not way more international artists passing through sunny South Africa each month? A quick gander at a country such as Australia’s weekly list of top international concerts will soon reveal the vast difference between their ‘live’ circuit of events and ours. Every week in Melbourne or Sidney (and a few other cities too I am sure) you’ll see a relatively strong list of shows going on at any given time. It’s pretty normal in Oz for someone interesting to be playing each weekend [or during the week too, actually].

Now in South Africa it is also true that there is always something on the go, but most of this ‘something’ is very often the ‘oldies’ we’ve been referring to. Right now on Computicket these are the ‘international’ shows they offer; Bonnie Tyler, Mike and the Mechanics, R Kelly, Kings of Chaos, Rihanna, Spyro Gyra and Chevelle. No prizes for picking out how many of those can be called current...

So, although I am heartened by the generally positive and philosophical outlook most of our writers have toward the subject, the facts don’t lie. Indeed, our journos do collectively and correctly point out that we’ve had a reasonable balance in the past 24 months between more current ‘indie/alternative’ bands and the older, more established mainstream cohorts but it’s still a trickle isn’t it?

To be honest, aside from a handful of major festivals that are doing their bit to bring out some cool and [reasonably] current bands, coupled with a smattering of ‘brand activations’ that do same, we’re pretty screwed down south. Add to that the less than stellar handful of decent venues - sorry I hate events at the casinos - Grand West is one of the saddest places to visit - and the obvious economic challenges of a country divided in its music preferences and one can see a part of the problem.

You see economically one needs 2 to 3 generations of fans to guarantee a good turnout for a large event (stadium or concert arena). Think U2 (massive), The Eagles, RHCP, etc. and you get just that; 3 (or more) generations of fans, predominantly white middle class.

Well then why not bring out artists that appeal across the race demographic you may ask? Rihanna hasn’t sold out yet! Lady Gaga did, but again predominantly a white audience. It seems the ‘big’ concert (pun intended) promoters are not prepared to risk a show aimed squarely at the black market. Why?

Simple really; ticket prices are too high and right now the only dumbasses prepared to pay these premium prices are the white middle class. Sadly there is no quick fix for this problem. Even sadder is that the problem has this knock on effect of less new and unique bands/artists emerging, locally, as we exist in semi-isolation from the international music circuit. [The internet, as wonderful as it is, cannot have the same effect on young musicians as a real live concert performed by their heroes].

The truth is that the real problem is lack of world class venues and a world class live gigging circuit. Introduce this and we’d see 3 times more international shows (hopefully at more reasonable prices) coupled with a steady trend of local artists too. And with this a culture of watching live shows would return, rather than be isolated to casinos and brand activations.

Ironically in this edition we seem to have featured a somewhat older generation of artist across a range of genres, so are we perpetuating the problem? Well... thanks to our cover feature - The Anti Retro Vinyls hold up the youthful side quite admirably. Watch out for these guys... they’ve got something special! Enjoy.

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JEZEBELIt's less about 'old' and 'new' and more about markets and promoters that attract a diverse talent base that gives rise to higher calibre acts. e g. few promoters would risk R1 million to bring The Black Keys out, yet the show would probably sell out (albeit with smaller profit margins). What we need is fresh ideas about short- and long-term business strategy based on past lessons and new inspiration. And to enable that we need to listen to more live music.

SERGIO PEREIRANo. We’re receiving a good mix of bands lately: from legendary acts, such as Metallica and Red Hot Chili Peppers, to the more current and relevant, such as Every Time I Die and Bring Me The Horizon. Although, it does seem like it’s the “smaller” events companies which are bringing in the new breed.

MICKDOTCOMI think we've long moved into the latter terrain, especially in the Jazz, R&B and Rap areas. Die Antwoord even played here last year!! But, in all seriousness, more and more non-retiring, on the up-and-up artists and bands are gracing our live applause nowadays. We're becoming all hip and shit.

PAUL BLOMWhile Africa is surely on the bucket lists of many bands and performers, I am certain it would not have been a consideration if it wasn't financially viable for them. Not all parts of the globe can get covered, so if it takes someone decades before they reach a place like SA, and they still have fans to support them, why the hell not?

ELIZA DAYA decent mix. Sure, Bon Jovi and this new motley crue of has-beens, Kings of Chaos, like to tour here but that doesn't take away from the fact that last year we saw EODM, Grand Master Flash, Kid Cudi, Bloc Party etc. This year is going to be even better.

JOHANN M SMITHWhen considering the really big bands that are coming down, like Linkin Park, Metallica (et al.) then yeah, definitely. Where are all the recently discovered heavy-weights like The Black Keys or Mumford & Sons? But when considering your more cult-status favourites like The Drums or Alt-J, then no. Either way, we’re getting better and more imports than last year and way more than before that. Most importantly, we’re the fans. Don’t tell us what to go and see, let us tell you. Black Keys anyone?

IS SOUTH AFRICA STILL THE GRAVEYARD FOR 'OLD BANDS' TO COME AND

PLAY BEFORE THEY DIE?

Better Red than Ded | I REMEMBER YOU WELL, FROM THE CHELSEA HOTEL | words: Eliza Day 5

“...licking wounds was so 2012, something I did a lot of last year, in a self-prescribed rehab environment”

I REMEMBER YOU WELL, FROM THE CHELSEA HOTEL

hen that and integrity. I like Nancy inevitable very much but wounds question are wounds and they're of 'What made for licking. Whave you That being said,

been up to?' comes licking wounds was so around to your side of the 2012, something I did a social scene, it's usually lot of last year, in a self-the automated, banal prescribed rehab response that is expected. environment (folks house) Often something about that consisted of a working too much, reclusive address, the drinking too much and not internet and some good having time for your quality speakers. passion. Travelling the electric

But lately, since landscape of Cyberia moving back to Cape acquainted me well with Town, after taking a much all the music that is made needed sabbatical in the in the in-between middle of nowhere, I find dimension of the on and it makes more sense to offline worlds. Sea Punk, just think about 'what I've Chill Wave, New wave been up to' as a track witch house and listing of several songs. everything A$AP Rocky Basically, taking each five ever touched, took up all minutes as they come and my non-working hours remembering them and turned me into a because of the song that bona fide geekazoid, was playing at the time. albeit a very happy, well-

It's been a weird fed (thanks mom) one.A new offer and an old bluesy

couple of months (years). Transitions are eminent in life, reminder of how fun things can be in

If you have a very selective especially if you're trying to make a this city was just what was needed.

memory, as I do and prefer to forget career out of creativity and sometimes Moving into a tall, pink Art Deco

your mistakes, then music can become things are peachy, pink and cloudy, a la building in town and taking an overly

the only hinge that holds you to a Daisy Buchanan and other days it's arty and underly appreciated job on

certain time. Staring blankly at more like watching an episode of Girls the spur of the moment, just to lose it

questions that refer to what country, (HBO) unroll in life-sized celluloid and the next, means only one thing:

planet, universe I was living in last year projected through your bathroom listening to Lana Del Rey's cover of

is very likely. But, I remember exactly mirror. The move from my reclusive Chelsea Hotel on repeat for a very long

what song I was obsessed with, at any hilltop in KZN bush to CBD Cape Town time. Edie Sedgwick may be a kindred

given time. was somewhat soothed by the fact spirit but I certainly don't want to be

Take today for example, that Nick Cave And The Bad Seed's her.

transported back to my three year long released their much awaited new At the same time there are eras

stint of listening only to Muddy Waters, album, Push The Sky Away which, at which should just be done and never

Buddy Guy and Nina Simone (2008 - my moving time, was comforting. A dusted off. For instance, I recently

2011), when I was asked to work for a dark room and new melodic material crashed my already abused car into

new company. The boss played some from my beloved Nick was always on my new boyfriend's, boss's red BMW.

aggressive blues guitar to me on his standby, should things become too Classy. Nancy Sinatra ceases to sound

iPad while I walked towards the intense. quite so fabulous after that considering

elevators - an excellent gesture, I So now that the eye of the storm her sassy tones serenaded the

thought. The last time I'd heard that isn't looking at me (for the time being), disaster. I hope time will heal the hole

song was a few years ago during a when people ask what I've been doing she left behind because insurance and

bout of insomnia when I was painting with myself, I just say, "Well, I've been a weirdly understanding partner are

my living room wall, Rolling Stone red listening to music. And some other the only thing that are helping my car

at three in the morning. stuff was happening too."

Artist Q ‘n A | SINGING THE SIX STRING BLUES | words: Mickdotcom | photo: Rashid Latiff (Courtesy ESPAfrika)6

“...I'd say my all-time favourite is Wes Montgomery. He plays the

most beautiful blues.”

SINGING THE SIX STRING BLUES: A CONVERSATION WITH JIMMY DLUDLU

he very first What have been some of time I your favourite musical experienced experiences?the joy- “Well, I must say, the one brimmed which stands out is Bebe Tmusic of Winans. I also did

Jimmy Dludlu was something with Ronny around 2002, at that Jordan. Then sharing the year’s Moretele Jazz stage with the likes of Pat festival, in Mamelodi. I Metheny. I was on stage was the white guy. It had with Al Jarreau and been my first excursion George Benson. Al into a township. Excuse Jarreau invited me to jam the silly formality of the onstage with him and that latter lexeme, but it’s was something else. I also sincere - at that time love collaborating with waltzing into a township musicians who have a conceptually conjured style different from mine, very dangerous vibes, like Bongo Muffin. It helps even in the liberated one to step away from minds of such idiots as one’s comfort zone.”myself.

I came away from it Who are some of your suffused with Vusi favourite guitarists, and Mahlasela’s beautiful, why?haunting tune of the same “Man, I’d say my all-time name. Ma-melodi. Mother favourite is Wes Melody. Montgomery. He plays

Dludlu’s set was the most beautiful blues. central to my newly re- Then Jim Hall... Pat vamped notion of Metheny too. But I also ‘townships’, that and listen to a lot of horn teeth - I had never before players, that’s where I get seen so many grinning my inspiration from.”teeth: Everyone was grinning, expressing their What single album love of life via music and changed the way you gleaming molars. It - the thought about music,

Mr. Dludlu, you’ve been playing guitar whole experience - affected me and what can be done musically?since forever - what prompted you to intrinsically. “An album called Modern Days by Wes become a musician?Jimmy Dludlu has a way of affecting Montgomery. He took some classic Pop “Well, I grew up around a lot of the crowd. At CTIJF 2013 he was songs, and lent them his voice. He did musicians. But it was also all the music I conducting said crowd consciously, to (Miriam Makeba’s signature) Pata Pata on heard, like Jimi Hendrix... I mean, he’s the same degree that retro-R&B the album, some Beatles.., it reshaped still the man. Of course, there was a lot of songstress Jill Scott was doing sub- the way I thought about guitar playing. guitar music coming in from Central consciously. The man is a master of Also an album by Ernest Ranglin, the Africa as well... I can also remember back inducing howls and whoop and merry Jamaican guitarist.. Man! He’s a mind-then I was listening to Top Ten, and I gyration into his audiences. His flowing, blower!” heard a track by George Benson and singing guitar lines feed into one’s soul thought to myself, ‘Man, I’ve never heard and wakes a sense of peace and love. Dludlu, who’s been slinging beaut guitar anyone play guitar like that...’ It was like Modest and erudite in person, he lights melodies with the likes of McCoy his guitar was singing, and I thought, up onstage, sharing his gifts with all that Mrubata, Hugh Masekela, Busi Mhlongo, ‘Alright, let’s try that.’ So you’ll hear, in have ears to listen. Al Jarreau, George Benson and others, my lines, they’re like vocals, but on the We caught up with him for a fun, creates gorgeous lines that seem to guitar. I was using my own African revealing chat about life, Wes celebrate life itself. melodies, and when I heard it I thought Montgomery, and the esoteric narratives Six strings, eloquently celebrating ‘Ah, I can’t believe it!’” of certain fret-boards. happiness.

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Cover Feature | TROUBLE WILL ALWAYS FIND YOU: INTRODUCING THE ANTI RETRO VINYLS | words: Johann M Smith | 8

“...music has been taken too seriously and at the same time it’s not being taken

nearly seriously enough. For a long while now.”

INTRODUCING

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TROUBLE WILL ALWAYS FIND YOU:

ave you heard? The Dance You’re on Fire amongst others and Sounds honest enough. The way the season of retro has a licensing deal for South Africa with story starts is like this: hipsters are done for. indie lords Rough Trade (part of the In 2007 The Otherwise formed, Yup, that’s right. New Beggars Group) - and if you don’t know toured and by 2010 released a 9 track and in vogue: 90s them, they’re the ones who carry the flag album, She Doesn’t Care, She Wants To pierced punk rebel for The Libertines, The Smiths, the Yeah Dance. The album sported a tender circa new-wave Yeah’s and many more, and who also

teenage blond next to a disco ball, with H1979. Basically, recently won retail brand of the year red stockings and massive earphones. By

anything that’s not so-called vintage. 2013.most accounts, it was well received with If the name The Anti-Retro Vinyls is Perhaps all that needs to be said significant radio airplay - insomuch that anything to go by, that sounds about about The Anti-Retro Vinyls is in the lyrics their first single went to number 1 on Jon right. Either that or they’re just being that of their single Can I Kiss You? from their Savage’s Local Rock Chart. darn ironic. Who knows for sure these brand new album, Trouble...

days? ‘What’s your name? Do you care? Do After going through the old rusty But surely not four homeless you like me? / Let’s dance, let’s do this rock ‘n roll rollercoaster of being shafted

ambitious boys from Durban, touring the wrong way round / We can go, we by more venues and promoters they care around in a VW Citi Golf, who call can leave, we can grow up / We can stay, to remember, as well as changing themselves The Otherwise? Sounds more we can play, move it our own way’ members a few times, the band signed to like a massive culture faux pas straight …but best we ask the band also.

Just Music - and naturally the dynamic out of teenville. Then again, since they’ve According to frontman Greg Allan,

changed.changed their name, moved to they’re not a Strokes effort on a South

“We moved to Johannesburg in Johannesburg, got recorded by African scale: “I don’t think we can bring

March this year,” explains Greg. “So we legendary producer Matthew Fink, anything back, but we’ll just keep pushing have been able to live here by basing our they’ve been given the official export our rock ‘n' roll into every gap, corner, lives around the band. In Durban the hard stamp by Just Music. opening, speaker, dance floor, ear, heart part is that there isn’t enough for a band You know, the same label that and soul that we possibly can for as long

carries the flag for Tailor, Shadowclub, as we can.” to do, it’s a small town.”

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As everyone knows, in Durban ‘indie collectively supportive of bands that do They’re dedicated to the artists they sign. rock’ isn’t exactly the masala sprinkle of their own thing - regardless of what the To be honest, we didn’t think that record the week. But since the band got played general idea of cool is at the moment. labels could be great people until we met on FM radio as far afield as Oregon USA, But let’s admit: do we really know what’s them. It’s amazing what champions plus they discovered by accident and cool these days? If Justin Bieber and everyone on the label is as people. It’s a much to the band’s surprise, that their social networking taught us anything, it’s great family to be a part of.”video for the single Can I Kiss You? was that the fashion police went out of Recently, The Anti Retro Vinyls strolled being aired alongside the likes of Van commission a while ago. As long as down the yellow carpet at the MTN Coke Kartel on MK, it’s fair to say they are there’s honesty, right? Well, the title of SAMA’s - four poor kids from Umbilo and way more than just a flash in the pan. their next EP, Would You Like To Pretend?, Pinetown who let loose on a free bar and

Greg laughs: “Yeah... well we sent seems more like an invitation than ironic photo bombed some of the biggest the video to MK, not knowing if it would rhetoric. music industry names in the country.get a nice rejection or even a word back Greg admits that the world might be Call it what you will, this is South Africa. about it. At the time none of us were very lacking something inherently And this is The Anti Retro Vinyls. good with checking emails and the like. If entertaining, like the sing-along drunk Read their album review on Pg. 34 and we had, we would have seen the nice party anthem from their single, Can I Kiss grab it on iTunes SA or at one of the few notification telling us the video was going You?. record stores that still exist...to be play-listed. But yeah, we all either “That tune has an honest sense of let-go-

Follow them on Facebook under the saw it or heard about it being shown on and-cool-your-boots that the world could cryptic but somehow easy to understand MK at different times. Never a dull do with being exposed to, yeah.” But name of...moment.” being the ever lost new-romantic punk Facebook.com/TheotherwisedurbandiscAt least history teaches us if you’re odd, rocker, he enigmatically confesses, opunkeither be magical or work hard. “The fact “music has been taken too seriously and

that we have never fitted into any of the at the same time it’s not being taken scenes in Durban and everywhere else nearly seriously enough. For a long while for that matter, sure didn't serve the now.”mission of building a fan base early on, Whether this tongue-in-cheek named but in the long run I think we have made band keep doing what they’re doing, go a dent in the psyche of gig goers and on to change the times or don’t, they’re a music listeners by being the odd one out prime example that it doesn’t matter if for so long.” you’re pro-hipster or just in love with a Obviously everyone in the band is stoked girl and you like chanting about it in a that their tunes seem to be getting punk chorus - it’s all about hard work and attention so far from home and seem dedication.carefree as to whether they sound like a And as the band admits: meeting the mix of Tom Delonge [Blink 182] and right people during the worst times. Stereophonics or anything from “Just Music is the most forward motion yesteryear’s dead rock catalogue. They’re bunch of people we have ever met.

Feature | ZONKE - THE ASCENT OF GLORY | words: Mickdotcom | photo: Rashid Latiff (Courtesy ESPAfrika)10

“CTIJF WAS ON MY WISH LIST - TO BE ASKED TO APPEAR ON ONE OF THESE JAZZ STAGES. CHEEZY

AS THAT SOUNDS!”

ZONKETHE ASCENT OF GLORY

o Zonke purrs lithely onto the stage, in a svelte blue dress - all casually elegant strut. Her entrance is hypnotizing - she doesn't walk so much as glides, S

curvaceously, into the pool of light, where her band has already set up the musical frame for her opening track.

I spy an almost shy smile as she enters said illuminative pool, and the warmly roaring embrace of the expectant crowd. It is, possibly, a crescent moment in her career - and, purely in visual terms - can rightly be imagined as an iconic moment in her life.

Just last year Zonke remarked on Noeleen's 3 Talk show that one of her aspirations was to be invited to grace a aspects of production, arrangement and stage at The Cape Town International marketing. She seems humbly proud of Jazz festival, whose stages, this year her hands-on approach to her music - alone, played grateful host to such very few local bands/artists self-arrange talents as our own Thandiswa Maswai, and self-produce... meaning their work is American retro-R&B icon Jill Scott, and subtly affected by the producer’s taste

journalists seem to do, her ordained Cuba's deservedly revered Omara and whims. future as a major SA musical star. It’s in Portuondo. Her eyes fixed brightly on the her glowing composure, the silken “CTIJF was on my wish list - to be future, Zonke is riding her first proper sheen of her deft modesty. It’s - above asked to appear on one of these Jazz wave as rising African star, she says all - in her composing voice. stages. Cheezy as that sounds!” she’s already busy with various projects

When a very excitable journo asks Over the years these stages have that, “unfortunately I can’t go into detail her when we can expect another house trembled in sheer delight under foot of about… yet.” Rumour has it that one of groove, she indicates that although it such luminaries as Archie Shepp, Adam these has something to do with her was fun, she’s moving on to more Glasser, Wayne Shorter, Youssou N'Dour meeting up with acclaimed R&B/Soul challenging turfs. She recently produced and dozens of other World Music and singer Anthony Hamilton during a recent two other artists’ albums, is on the brink Jazz legends. visit to the States.of scoring an American feature film, and Tonight a stage belongs to her her recent, self-produced, -arranged, alone. And, for the next musically and -penned album Ina Ethe has gone charged hour, she - utterly - owns it. The

Back at the conference Zonke speaks double platinum, no small feat in SA, or crowd moves along to the essences of about the extensive musical nurturing anywhere! her songs - from cheer and delight to she was afforded via her parents’ Born in the Eastern Cape, Zonke romantic, cuddly bliss.musical careers and passion. Asked grew up in a musical household - her about a concept that resonates with her, dad, for whom she has composed a as a kind of life philosophy, she cites a song, was an internationally active

Zonke’s childhood was bathed in music. ritual term, ‘Mimshek’, which she says drummer, appearing on a Simply Red Her current, sleek ascent - I predict she’ll means something like “expansion”. album, and mom Anneline was in the soon be the new Lira, or, more apt, the ‘Dynamic’ sells her short - when group Joy who had the 1980 hit first Zonke - was written in the stars, and asked about her work-ethic, she says: Paradise Road which spent 9 weeks at in the troubled, impassioned soil and “Just keep putting tracks in the vault, just No.1 in South Africa. soul of South Africa. keep putting tracks in the vault...”At the press conference she

During her press conference in the She is staying true to her roots stresses the importance of musical self-Cape Town International Conference even as she intends to cultivate Future, identity, something she has worked hard Centre I sense, as all the other present Afro roots.at achieving, by learning the technical

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THE CHEVELLE INTERVIEWIf You Ever Enter My Mind, Stay There; You’ll Live:

Feature | IF YOU EVER ENTER MY MIND, STAY THERE; YOU’LL LIVE: THE CHEVELLE INTERVIEW | words: Sergio Pereira

go to places where people want you - but it all depends on where your label is going to promote your music, too. Sometimes, you’re able to get a good part of your label in a country, and they say, ‘we’re really behind this band; we’re gonna promote it.’ And I think that is part of what happened, which is great.”

Opening act announcements turn into hilarious threads, purely because someone will always be butt-hurt that their band, or friend’s band, wasn’t chosen. Sam dispels the rumour that it’s the organisers that pick their buddies as opening bands, as he explains how Chevelle was instrumental in choosing Shadowclub.

“We actually had a pretty good size list of bands to go through, and choosing who would be on the show. Gosh, man, it’s hard to go through a list of fifteen bands and remember every single one as you do - but you have to keep [narrowing down] and figuring out what works best and everything. We’re glad that it worked out, actually. It’s like [South Africa] has rock bands that want to play with our band, and we want to play with them. And that’s very cool.”

Speaking of South African rock, is there any other local artist whom Sam is a fan of?

know. It was pretty difficult, because for n 2011, Chevelle was scheduled to “I don’t know if I’ve ever really the next year and a half, we got every perform in South Africa, but ended checked to see where a band, which I’m other Facebook comment harping on up postponing the dates, in order to a fan of, is necessarily from... I don’t [about why] we didn’t show up complete their 2011 release, Hats know; it’s possible. I guess I’ll have to (laughs).”IOff to the Bull. The social media look at all my favourite bands and figure

trolls rioted with badly worded insults, a out where they’re all from.”few homophobic slurs, and blamed it on What about Seether? the boogie - you know, the usual - yet “Yeah, that’s correct,” he chuckles, Fortunately, Chevelle did show up - and now, all has been forgiven and “there we go. We have a great that was a big thing for many local forgotten, because Chevelle did relationship with those guys.”musicians. When you look back at the reschedule as initially promised.

past decade and consider one of the bands which have significantly shaped the sound of alternative rock in South

In closing, Sam admits that the band did Africa, Chevelle is the name listed by Drummer Sam Loeffler doesn’t give us a try to add another show to their South many local musos as their primary spin doctor’s response about the African tour, but couldn’t work out a influence. postponement, but the truth instead. venue, so that means they’ll have to

Groups, such as Deity’s Muse and “We knew that it was going to be come back again. Blue Bird Theory, wouldn’t sound very close with finishing the record and Naturally, I put him on the spot and anything like they do if it wasn’t for getting out on tour. I think there was a insist that he promise Chevelle will Chevelle. Does Sam even fathom the little bit of a mis-communication with return. influence of his band’s reach in South our agent, because they didn’t [lay] the

Sam laughs, “I promise we will Africa? proper groundwork and tell the people

come back at some point. I just don’t “No. That’s actually kind of new to in South Africa, the promoters, that

know when.” me,” he declares. “We were really there was a possibility that we weren’t

There. It’s now in black and white. surprised at how many people were into gonna be able to do it. What it came

You’re welcome, South Africa.our band in South Africa. We didn’t down to was we said, ‘oh, we’re not know until it came up through some gonna make it,’ so we told them. After

For more information on Chevelle, people contacting us via Facebook, and that, that’s when we found out that it please visit www.chevelleinc.com.just saying that we were having a really had all been announced and everybody

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FARRYL PURKISS IS HOME

“...WE PLAYED THIS SONG AND WITHOUT US KNOWING HE

RECORDED IT AND PUT IT ON THE ALBUM.”

arryl Purkiss is the How has your progress as man wearing red an artist been, since you jeans and glasses first went on tour?in the Black Ram My first trip overseas was to Fon Kloof Nek. His Australia and I went there

dress code is how we very arrogantly. I was manage to find each other playing with a guy I'd never in the crowded room to talk heard of and I didn't care, about his new album, yet I was opening for him! I Home, his recent tour and got absolutely schooled! Yuliya. The level of music in

Australia was like you cannot even imagine. The

You've just got back from a arts and culture fund for the national tour for Home... government is millions of Yes! I forced myself to write dollars. They have super this album so [that] I had to stars in Australia who have perform it with a band. never left there because Usually it's just me or a duo they didn't need to. It's a pity and it was the first time I because in this country you played with my full band in don't have that. For me, ages. Gary Thomas, Guy Buttery,

Nibs Van Der Spuy (who all Home, lyrically sounds like feature on Home), all of you're reminiscing about these guys who are world growing up... class yet ‘struggling’. It's not I remember from the time I fair. I get to travel and play wrote for my first album, but it's not because I'm (please don't ever listen to better. It's just right place it. I paid myself to never and right time; to have listen to it again) as a someone who believed in teenager. I wrote it in a me then. bedroom before I knew I was going to perform or You were recently asked to record it. I'd always said that do the soundtrack for a when this whole thing film, Ways To Live Forever…started happening, that I I was commissioned to write wouldn't be writing for the theme song for this anybody and I'm not. I write movie. It's about a [9 year music that I enjoy singing old] boy who has leukaemia and playing. Of course, and [is] given a year to live. there's influence from the label but my He tries to do all these things that wife and I live out on a farm in the teenagers do: smoke his first cigarette, middle of nowhere and I'm not in the have his first kiss, etcetera. It was a true mix anymore. There's no cell phone story and a huge honour. I was in kind of reception, internet or T.V. The only time I a weird place in my life and it all came come out is to play. I've got good friends together. I did a demo and they used it and an amazing family. They all keep for the movie and then I recorded it you on the straight and narrow. Not that again for the album.We were drunk on red wine and our I'm big headed, I'm talking about making producer knew we played this song music. If Home was looking back, what does when we were drunk. We've got a music

looking forward, hold for you?room in our house, full of drums, One of the tracks on Home is entitled My only goal as far as my music career guitars, piano - everything. Our producer Yuliya. Who is she? is to do it for the rest of my life and raise told us to go jam and just have fun. So She's my wife. She's an incredible a family with it and support them and we played this song and without us person. My biggest inspiration and fan not sell out - then I’ve achieved it. knowing he recorded it and put it on the but also my biggest critic. She was very album. Yuliya did all the artwork for it involved in the songwriting process on Home is out now in all good music too. Just to have her as my team mate is this album and we did a bonus track stores and online. Read our review on the biggest blessing. together where she played drums. Pg. 34

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AT HEART, THE GENIUS IS A TRADESMAN. HE'LL TRADE ANGST FOR AWE, SILENCE FOR SONG, AND EXPECTATIONS FOR EXCLAMATIONS THAT CAN'T BE PRINTED HERE. FAIR GAME, FROST. LET'S PLAY.

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frequent; keeps it interesting for the audience as well as myself!

Is an audience one entity? It sounds like one, but does it respond as one?Every night is different.

What must every Frost show have besides you?Good sound!

You’re a full-time independent artist. In your experience, what does it take to make it? Is Facebook enough?No, you have to go out there and make fans, social networking is an incredible tool but will only get you so far.

Is there an invisible glass ceiling in the solo-artist circuit or can a musician reinvent the deal?There are so many little places to play you could just go on forever! Best is to

presenting a song is such a personal and reacher and player, Albert try reinvent yourself every now and bare act but I have steadily grown in Frost gives a guitar birth, again.confidence and am working on my own breath and death in a single stuff. I tend to jump between genres all song. A session under his What does being a professional really the time so [I’m] trying to focus on one influence washes away the mean in [a] self-regulated industry? feel.worst and leaves room for It is hard sometimes. People still look at P

the rest and a little bruise that’ll bring you musicians as hobbyists or at music as a Did learning to play others' back for more. I guess that’s why they way of life that isn't really part of the real compositions contribute to your song call it the blues, who can blame a boy world. Fact is I have bills to pay and rely, writing or raise your expectations of who grew up with holy fingers and dirty therefore, on being as professional as your own material?chord progressions? Take it away, possible so I know I will be supported by Definitely both, one learns to play by Brother Albert. people. I try to keep my integrity intact as playing others’ songs. That's what's so far as possible.tricky about writing blues, it's so well jezebel: You just about grew up on done already.stage. How has your first and longest- What do you wish journalists wouldn’t

standing professional band, The Blues ask you?Do you think you’d ever want a full band Broers, contributed to your career? “So how long have you been playing for your original, solo material?Al: The biggest thing I got from the Blues guitar?”For sure, things will naturally veer Broers is experience. Not only from towards a larger band. I've survived in playing shows but working with guys What question do you want to ask this industry by keeping things mixed up who have been in the industry for so long journalists?- doing shows as a trio, big band with they gave me a rare education on how to “So how long have you been writing?” The Blues Broers, solo with loop station do it. Hahaha!or shredding acoustics with Arno Carstens for instance.Did it feel natural to go solo or was In my case, long enough to layer it like a

there heartbreak? loop station. Thanks, Al. What have you learnt about audience Wait. What are we talking about?? Haha! expectations?Going solo was a way for me to pay rent Expect improvisations. Expect strings I have a set 'menu' I provide at shows but initially but I have always wanted to do and things sometime. Expect to be blown no two shows are alike so I do tend to my own thing, in a way, so it turned out away. He does mainline Orff and adjust things slightly (sometimes it’s a alright. Rachmaninoff after hours, after all. And more Afrikaans crowd, sometimes it's an he’s not far from the truth when he older crowd). I generally use a bit of While you have albums out, it’s only decodes jezebel as a Very Persistent humour just to lighten things up as well more recently that we’re seeing more of Linguist! Déjà vu, darling? as stories related to the songs I play.your own material stealing the stage. I

love the personal input in your songs Website: www.albertfrost.co.za How often do you change the format of and the scope in your song writing. Twitter: @alfrosta show?How are you feeling about it?I try playing different sets at venues I I've always struggled with the fact that

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Exclusive Interview | GLENN HUGHES - SANITY IN CHAOS | words: Paul Blom18

GLENN HUGHES SANITY IN CHAOS

“... If you look at the history books you'll know that some strange things have happened in my life... But

that's old news, I've been clean and sober for 20 years. The dark stuff got me to where I am today.”

lenn Hughes is a bass player and singer who can boast a history to which not many Rock musicians can lay claim. Besides Ghaving been a part of

legendary acts like Deep Purple (in the '70s) and Black Sabbath (in the '80s), he is also a member of the super-group Kings of Chaos, hitting South Africa in June, also featuring Guns 'N Roses members Slash, Matt Sorum, Duff McKagan & Gilbey Clarke, Velvet Revolver's Dave Kushner, and singers Joe Elliot (Def Leppard), Myles Kennedy (Alter Bridge), and Collective Soul's Ed Roland.

Amid a Kings of Chaos rehearsal session in LA, Glenn chatted with us about this exciting project and his life in Rock music, spanning nearly half a century. The first point of departure is naturally Deep Purple and Black Sabbath.

"Yeah, the iconic stature of those bands - not many people have been in two of the top 5 bands in the world," Glenn reflects, "I was very young, I was 21 when I joined Deep Purple (and they became the biggest rock group in the world at that time). Before that I did what I'd call my apprenticeship for several years in the band Trapeze, so I was ready for that jump up, you know?”

While the excesses of Rock stardom did get its hooks into Glenn, he was always in it for the music. "I studied really hard - some people would say you get into music to f*ck all the chicks and drink all the booze, but I really just wanted to play music - that's always been the main ingredient for me, and the art form of writing music. "And then with Black Sabbath, it was a different time for me - let's just say I was 'over-served at the bar' a few times and found myself in a bit of a different situation, but it was still a very good learning curve for me.”

And what a learning curve that must've been! Which brings us to the creation of what Glenn refers to as a

speaking about are now in this band!" he all been in these hugely popular bands band, a proper band, not a project or

beams. (collectively selling almost a billion collaboration. So, how did it all come

But with all of these musicians albums)... The key ingredient here is the together?

surviving the Rock & Roll lifestyle, one fact that we're all such good friends - "I'll tell you exactly how it happened -

may wonder if a collection of such strong there are a lot of personalities involved two Christmases ago, Matt Sorum and

personalities may be a powder keg here, but we leave all the egos at the myself were flying back from New York

waiting to explode... door. There will be no jackasses involved and we started talking about putting this

"Most of the people in our band have in our organization, because we're a well-kind of band together and who we would

known each other for decades - we've oiled machine and really family put in this band. We started making a list,

partied together, got sober together, orientated.”and funnily enough the people we were

laughed and cried together... and we've

19Duff McKagan

Myles Kennedy

Gilby Clarke

Slash

With his talents on both bass and vocals, Glenn will be sharing these duties at the Kings of Chaos shows. "For the Cape Town shows Duff will play most of the bass, while Hughes shares vocal duties, and the Sun City shows I'll be playing bass all night, because Duff won't be available.”

One also expects most of these guys to have passed through South Africa by this time… "No, some of us haven't been down there before, I'm one of the guys that haven't. I know people have been buying my albums there, so now I can come and thank them all for supporting my music," he smiles.

And for those whose tickets are already burning holes in their secure storage locations, the set-list remains undisclosed.

"I can say this," Glenn replies, "it will be really silly if we don't do the big songs everybody knows. "We'll be tipping the hat to Guns 'N Roses, Def Leppard and Deep Purple of course, but then we'll also be tipping the hat to Led Zeppelin and a few other things we think we need to do - because all the rest of the music we'll play was written either by friends of ours or people in the same genre of music.What people can expect is a high performance of classic Hard rock - a tribute to the great '70s and '80s Rock classics. We're really excited to bring that to you.”

In this new digital age, do people have a hunger for good, traditional live Rock music?

"Yeah, today I think it's coming back to an organic feel - not really a lot of Wizard of Oz stuff behind the curtain, like lip-syncing. What you hear with our band is really raw and organic, real playing in real time, no tomfoolery or trickery. It's a good thing.”

With a career of ups, downs and madness, are there any regrets amid the achievements?

"I have no regrets my friend. If you look at the history books you'll know that some strange things have happened in my life... But that's old news, I've been clean and sober for 20 years. The dark stuff got me to where I am today. I'm a responsible man and stand up for my actions and I try to live that way. I don't do this for financial needs, I do it because I really love the art of making music, and my biggest achievement would probably be getting sober and then having success again after I got sober. But most importantly success as a human being - I find myself writing even better music now, I think. Some people have said my voice is better now than in the '70s - that's simply because I'm not getting high. Although my life is pretty fun, I take it quite serious when I'm up on stage.”

For an in-depth summation of the Kings of Chaos tour in South Africa, check out Paul Blom’s Eruption on Pg. 30.

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Featured Interview | HOT WATER | words: Eliza Day20

HOT WATER“You can mention I don't take sugar," he smiles, "I'm just practicing for being really famous. You can

say how ‘He doesn't take sugar with his cappuccino by the way. And he's an asshole!’”

Womad Spain: 2013

eing interviewed during town. People heave buckets of human Our show is a very dynamic, 'event' an interview I am excrement onto the highway in protest sort of project. WOMAD was perfect supposed to be of the fact they have little or no for us. The crowd was heaving hours conducting is not a sanitation (a human right) in their before. We knew this was going to be position I often find townships. I find it incredibly ironic, a hell of a show.”Bmyself in. Ever. One considering this man's music and When I ask about the possibility of

thing you get to learn about creative work is devoted to uplifting an signing with an interested label in the types, after you meet enough of them, essentially proud, South African US, something Donovan has steered is that they never fail to use every culture. What are the odds and what's clear of entirely up until now, he says, opportunity to promote themselves. coming next for this country?

"We've been receiving a lot of interest Yet, Donovan Copely, the heart of He's apologetic, dressed in

from different parties in the US Afro-centric band, Hot Water, insists shweshwe and has just got back from

through our agent in Europe. It's on a two-way discussion as opposed his sixth consecutive overseas stint

exciting. The record label is called to a typical Q and A. What comes to where Hot Water played to 12 000

Putumayo and they're responsible for focus is more than the band's people at WOMAD in Spain. finding artists around the world. prospective new album and is rather "WOMAD was big, about twelve Specifically world music.”the idea of music as a language of to fifteen thousand people in the

To me, 'world music' can mean passion, business and balance in audience. They gave us a Saturday anything but in Hot Water's case, it order to reach fulfilment as a night, on the main stage in a 9pm slot. focuses on reconstructing the essence musician, especially in South Africa. I thought it was going to be pretty of various kinds of roots music that Donovan is late to meet me intense trying to fill that but it was originates in South Africa, into because a literal shit-storm brings the great. I even crowd surfed which

traffic to a standstill on the N2 into doesn't happen in my music genre. something fresh, free and fun.

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t this point the waitress "You can see it with bands like you make a career out of your brings Donovan a Vampire Weekend and other pop creativity and get away without cappuccino, smiles and outfits. They're really incorporating compromising yourself and your removes the sugar he African sounds lately. They're very into finances?Adoesn't need. it overseas and I'm honestly confused “I've got to do the music and I've

"You can mention I don't take as to why South African bands don't got to do the business in order to find sugar," he smiles, "I'm just practicing embrace their roots more, musically. I a balance that will satisfy me. I need to for being really famous. You can say mean who else is really doing what I'm make a career and do well financially how ‘He doesn't take sugar with his doing? Really do you know of anyone but also hit the feeling of artistic cappuccino by the way. And he's an else?” fulfilment personally. I've done asshole! Look how he shouts at the This is where he genuinely seems whatever it meant to make that waiter! Bring me some fucking water interested in what I have to say and for combination work. It's a commitment with that, do you hear me!’" he yells once, I get to talk about what I think. I to making my passion work and doing into the air, far from the waitress's mention that Freshly Ground may whatever it takes. It's a heavy load and earshot. He's kidding. have once been something that you balance is key here. You have to

Hot Water have been hot-to-trot could relate to Hot Water, before they realise that even if you do have a since Donovan began the project on went in a new direction with their manager or a record label, that it's all his own steam, seven years ago. latest work. Clegg is too kitsch but The you at the end of the day. You're all of

"This is the sixth year we've been Brother Moves On harness the same those things and I had to learn to

overseas to tour, consecutively. The vibrant, raw, African energy, Donovan understand that.”

first couple of years, we were up likes to exude musically. So does this mean he is wary of

against big acts and it was very nerve He responds, "Why don't we do it signing with a label, after going it

racking but now we're comfortable out more? We've got something special alone and so well for this long?

there. If I was just a jazz or rock or pop and we're not using it. We're not He replies, "Getting signed could

musician, I would be terrified, because confident enough. Maybe it's uncool easily sink you. You don't hear about it it's breaking into America and the UK to some degree. I've felt that a little bit often but it happens all the time. I've which is where that kind of music before with the thing I'm doing. I've seen it. It will come down to a originated from. But we use South taken the feeling of being South relationship with myself and the African roots to remain authentic. It African and brought it into music. I'm people at the label. It's a level of trust means I can stand next to a major rock English and Afrikaans and African - it's and I'm wary because it needs to band and hold ground comfortably. all in me and how do I bring myself work. I won't do it unless I know that Because I've got something original together? It's an identity crisis. I've it's clearly going to make a big and unique. This makes me confident found through making music, there's a difference. If I give away power, it can't and I've gotten more so as I’ve place that connects those things. That compromise anything. Balance.”understood it over the years." feeling of being 'home' which is the

Wise words from a man who is Hot Water have just finished a name of my first album. That's why I already starting to sound like an old track for a resort in America. Right got into music. To find peace. To uplift soul, despite his relatively short now, they're back in Cape Town, in myself and others. I've worked really career.pre-production for the next album. hard to put this whole thing together.”

Europe seems to love an African That last bit brings me to ask his influence when it comes to music and advice on behalf of other South Find out more at: this is something Donovan agrees on, African musicians and artists. How do www.hotwater.co.za

Artist Q ‘n A | BURNING STRINGS: THE JEAN LUC PONTY INTERVIEW | words: Mickdotcom | photo: Rashid Latiff (Courtesy ESPAfrika)22

BURNING STRINGS:

“...I first started amplifying my violin for no other reason than to play louder than the audience's

conversational volume!”

THE JEAN LUC PONTY INTERVIEW

he composition was entering Muse: You’re the godfather of electric this year [at the CTIJF] I’m using my its fifth mood, a diabolical, violin, and eventually employed an array European band, which includes the gleeful, lurching rhythm, led of electronics in your compositions. French pianist William Lecomte, who’s by deep-ploughed violin. How did this electrification come about? been with me for 17 years, the bassist The song was Revised Jean Luc Ponty: “Well (laughs), I first Guy Akwa, from Cameroon, who I met in TMusic for Violin and Low started amplifying my violin for no other 1991, when I did a special project with

Budget Orchestra, it was written for Jean reason than to play louder than the West African music, and a phenomenal Luc Ponty by Frank Zappa. A new audience’s conversational volume! Later, drummer, Damian Schmidt - I don’t say instrument dawned into my framework when I was in Zappa’s band, we were he’s phenomenal because he’s in my as that composition wheezed and approached by all these young, crazy band (chuckles) - he does drum clinics all moaned and ranted and spun - that inventors, like Robert Moog, who would over the world.”classic, demure, genteel pansy of an bring their latest prototypes to us to instrument had been plucked from its experiment with, so Zappa got Wah-Wah You’ve collaborated with everybody staid Old European stand and forged into pedals, and I think he got the first Phaser from Stephane Grappelli and The a complex, eloquent and savage beast. A – it was the boom of electronic gadgets Modern Jazz Quartet through to Chick potent instrument of sound that could in Jazz and Rock, especially in California, Corea and John McLaughlin.. What have howl piercingly and stagger drunk and so that was great! Because I could play been some of your favourite ominous, and still weave elegant swathes keyboard I could access all these collaborations?of pure, shining sound... synthesizers coming out, and “It’s always hard to say. Okay, Frank

Ponty started out playing violin as a immediately experimented with them, Zappa was the furthest away from my contemporary of the great Stephane and on and on. Experimenting with initial musical world. I feel a lot closer to Grappelli, who was the pioneer of Jazz sound started to trigger my imagination, Chick Corea in style, but the violin. In the late Sixties he moved to because sound - new sounds - stimulate improvisational approach in Zappa’s America, and became profoundly new compositional perspectives. There band was just so much higher, I mean he affected by the shimmering electricity of actually were other electric violinists in was such a brilliant composer, some of Rock, Funk and the still embryonic Fusion America at the time, but I guess I was the his pieces were very impressive, very genre. By the mid-Seventies he had first one to push as far with original. He was just way ahead of his recorded several compositions and LP’s experimentation.” time, and really a pioneer of fusion with Zappa’s Mothers of Invention and music, in general. I was already a mature worked with seminal Fusion outfits - the How do you compose? musician when I worked with him, so my supersonic Mahavishnu Orchestra, with “Well, I’m a pianist too, I played piano in little inputs were also there, it was a real John McLaughlin, and Chick Corea’s my youth. That strongly guides my collaboration.” Cosmic Medieval group Return To composing, I compose my main ideas Forever, moving on to release acclaimed through piano. If I had only played violin Ponty went on to blow some hats off with solo work over the next two decades. my composition would not be as his eloquent, rapid-fire solos and lucid

We caught up with him the morning strong...” compositions at the Basil ‘Mannenberg’ before his ear-blazing set at this year’s Coetzee stage, alongside his lean, hungry Cape Town Jazz festival (CTIJF), where What band are you here with, what is band of virtuosos. Proof you can still he spoke about working with Zappa, your current set-up? swing, and Rock, at 70-something!turning up the volume and the beauty of “I have a band, mostly European, I use sound. American musicians too, of course, but

Artist Q ’n A | TOMBSTONE PETE: 21ST CENTURY VAGABOND | words: Johann M Smith24

“THERE'S A LOT TO BE SAID FOR WRITING MUSIC ON DRUGS, TRASHING HOTEL ROOMS AND FISTING HOOKERS.”

TTOMBSTONE PETE 21ST CENTURY VAGABOND

s 21st century Sunshine who’ve been in the local And there will always be a time and a musician and industry for decades - and there’s place for it. There are unfortunately some vagabond, definitely a drive and vision. It’s all about of us who don’t have an off-switch, and Tombstone Pete, rising out of the cockroach circuit where refuse to accept that there is also a time defies the perpetual everyone’s a “manager” and everyone and a place for co-operation, concept of the thinks they’re owed something. Our compromise, and daily exercise. For us travelling guitarist. industry’s a lot better off than it looks there is much pain and heartache until He talks frankly about from the bottom. There’s a lot of work to we are ready to learn.A

his music and life, makes jokes about be done, and there are good people balls and gyms quite often and proves willing to do it. I’d like to hear less Do you think the songwriter and his solo musicians have social skills too... complaining and more working from the guitar will ever be replaced by a 21st

musicians I encounter every day. century incarnation - the DJ and his What’s the weirdest place (where few Success takes hard work, and that seems decks? have gone) that you’ve played? to be an alien concept to a lot of people. No the songwriter and his guitar will In New Zealand I played a show at the Trenton Birch and everyone else that put never be replaced. In fact the internet has headquarters of a gay and lesbian that conference together, exemplify the made it possible for ever more people to political action group for one of their kind of work ethic I admire in an SA find someone who will like what you do. monthly soirees. It was bizarre. muso. The mainstream charts only reflect the

lowest common denominators.You’ve often made frank references to Do you think the name Tombstone Pete balls. What’s the best one so far? has become solidified as proudly South Have you managed to make contact I used to call my Aussie bandmate’s African? with your old artistic foil and friend girlfriend “DogBalls”. She was fun. Certainly proudly Capetonian. I’m Blake?

working on the rest of the country. This is Blake and I remain in contact and will Do you find that the modern-day guitar where I belong. Maybe I’m getting old, hopefully one day jam together again. His toting troubadour is a better vagabond but I like having roots now. The dream is solo effort is going well over in Seattle, online than in real life? of course to spend SA’s low season over Washington, where he is now based.When I was hopping from place to place in the UK and Europe, but SA will always with my guitar I just arrived, started be where I come home to. Before we have to love and leave, give busking and hitting open mics to get us a report on your latest recordings.peoples’ attention, but that was because I Having been around the block with I haven’t recorded in a while. The never really had enough cash to spend substance abuse and now that the times percussive, instrumental stuff is a visual much time in internet cafés. I reckon, had have gotten greener and more socially show and while it will be represented on I used it more, it would have made my responsible; do you think it’s high time anything I release, it is more suited to a wanderings a little less aimless. we change the tagline of our culture - live concert DVD, so I have been writing

sex, drugs and rock ‘n’ roll? more lyrical works of late and just putting You were at The Breathe Sunshine No Way! There’s a lot to be said for down rough ideas on the home PC. I’ve African Music Conference. You’ve writing music on drugs, trashing hotel been exposed to so much blues since I experienced more than one music rooms and fisting hookers. And the began co-hosting the Blues Zone on industry, what can you say about South Greens can shove their carbon footprint Zone Radio that it has inevitably Africa’s? right up their ass. That is the rebellious influenced these new works, but I will be I met lot of good people at Breathe passion of youth that fuels rock ‘n roll. sure to retain the balls.

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Inside the MACHINEKIDOFDOOM IS BACK

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performances with visuals, strobe lighting, live synths, triggered samples and beautifully effected vocals. Their debut album Dumb Dumb is out now on Just Music. FOR MORE: FB - Death by Misadventure

TERMINATRYX TO FINISH NEW ALBUM “SHADOW”This June Terminatryx will wrap recording for their offering Shadow at Bellville Studios with Theo Crous. To go with the digital times, Theo is adding some analogue magic with his SSL desk and 2-inch reel to reel tapes which will be used to record the drums - adding some life and motion to the sound quality.

artists received a record 11 nominations Pre-production on a new music fter a near three year for the 19th Annual MTN South African video will be in motion, and the title track hiatus, Kidofdoom returns Music Awards (SAMA). The independent of the new album (and other recordings) to the stage. The unique label, that’s nearing their 10th can be found for free at the band’s soundscape hipsters from anniversary, were absolutely thrilled and PTA are set to tour South extremely proud to be representing Africa this June. The Athese fine and diverse South African band, currently consisting of members talents. Richard Brokensha (from ISO fame), Ryk

Some of their nominations Benade, Matthieu Auriacombe and included: The Muffinz (Have You Heard) - Johan Auriacombe, have expressed their Album Of The Year, Newcomer Of The excitement and said they’ve missed Year, Duo or Group Of The Year, Best playing and making music together. And R&B/Soul/ Reggae Album; Tailor (The thus came up with the reunion tour. Dark Horse) - Best Alternative Album, According to the official press Newcomer Of The Year; Zebra & Giraffe release, they’ve been working on set (The Wisest Ones) - Best Rock Album; lists and dusting off old tracks which Yoav (Blood Vine) - Best Alternative have not been played in a while - not Album; Fetish (Little Heart) - Best even on their last album launch tour. Alternative Album. Real question is; what can fans expect? FOR MORE: justmusic.co.za A new track, or two, perhaps? Their sets

will comprise of a good balance between their first and second album - here it TAMARA DAY STARTS ELECTRONIC comes - including unreleased tracks.

DANCE DUO WITH SHADOWCLUB “Fans can look forward to loud and energetic shows accompanied by a MEMBER celebration of lights. It will be a nostalgic Soundcloud page. The new album cover They’re called Death by Misadventure or couple of shows but we are most excited will be designed by Dr-Benway and DbyM (pronounced dee-by-em), and to see our friends from all over the features vocalist Sonja. The photo shoot they have a new album out that was country.” was in mid-May and Dr-Benway is mixed by none other than LA’s Dave The official dates for the Red Heart Rum wielding his creative magic to produce Cooley - the very same who worked on presents: KIDOFDOOM Reunion Tour something dark, something sexy, M83 and The Presets. The new 2-piece 2013: something phenomenal. Fans can electronic dance outfit made up of 14 Jun @ The Assembly, CT become part of the creation of this new producer/songwriting team - Isaac 15 Jun @ Town Hall, JHB album with IndieGoGo (featuring some Klawansky (Shadowclub) and Tamara 12 Jul @ Arcade Empire, PTA great contributor perks, from downloads, Dey (Flash Republic) describe their 13 Jul @ Live the Venue, DBN CDs and DVDs, to exclusive T-shirts, sound as alternative electronica with 9 Aug @ OppiKoppi custom Terminatryx coats from Wolf influences ranging from hip-hop and FOR MORE: kidofdoom.co.za Clothing, WildFire Tattoos and Body electro to pop and techno. The pair’s

Piercing, Jackson electric guitars and dark dynamic resonates through songs more. A CELEBRATORY SAMAS FOR JUST driven by soaring synth lines and FOR MORE: soundcloud.com/ Tamara’s moody vocals. MUSIC Terminatryx | igg.me/at/terminatryx-Fans can expect to dance to

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TO HOST SEVERAL EVENTS for which they needed to raise $25 000 Following the success of the Sound on through the support of friends, family Screen festival that features movies and, most importantly, you the fan. If you celebrating music, comes another few wish to support them further check out indie film festivals from the same their Kickstarter webpage. makers. The exciting 6th instalment of X FOR MORE: Fest is set to take place in the first week http://www.redhuxley.com/of June at Cape Town’s Labia Theatre and focuses on alternative subjects and DANS DANS LISA & GLASKAS TO documentaries; the Celludroid Sci-Fi / Anime / Fantasy Film Festival will take TOUR SOUTH KOREA?place in July; and the proudly South PTA favourites Dans Dans Lisa and African Horrorfest in August, that will Glaskas are planning to tour South Korea host a special pre-release sneak preview this July. Together with the group, South of the new remake of Sam Raimi’s Evil Africans In South Korea (SAFFA), they’ve Dead! Oooh! come up with a unique crowd-funding FOR MORE: celludroid.net | xfest.org | project which encourages Korean fans horrorfest.info and South Africans in South Korea to

buy tickets beforehand for 30 000 Won per ticket to ensure that the tour can take MAJOR INDIE ACT TO PLAY DAISIES reciprocate, Joburg’s post-hardcore/rock place.

group Climate Control is ready to justify AND VODACOM IN THE CITY The proposed tour will happen on hype and assert their place at the They’ve have been blowing up on British 5th July in Busan and the 6th of July in forefront of the South African alternative charts with their debut album An Seoul and the bands are positive. Should music scene, with the release of their Awesome Wave, playing sold-out shows the goal ticket sales not be reached by much anticipated debut album, Preludes. across Europe and America at some of 15 June 2013 and the bands do not The full-length offering is described as a the world’s top festivals like Coachella, gather enough money to cover their love affair between melody and Glastonbury, Lollapalooza and Reading flights, any ticket purchasers will be fully aggression – the Underoath and The and are now making their way to South refunded. Good luck and break a leg Used kind. Africa for the very first time. guys. GET IT HERE: They’re called alt-J and were FOR MORE: FB - Glaskas and Dans cdbaby.com/cd/climatecontrol2nominated at this year’s Brit Awards for Dans Lisa in Korea

‘Best British Group’, ‘Best British Album’ and ‘British Breakthrough’ and winning RIAAN NIEUWENHUIS DROPS HARD the Mercury Prize for ‘Best British Album’ of the last year. The most impressive bit ROCK INSTRUMENTAL ALBUMabout alt-J is how they’ve risen to fame Guitarist, drummer and pianist Riaan with little to no record label promotion. Nieuwenhuis, has released his latest Catch them live at Rocking The Daisies album Instigator. A solid, bold and and Vodacom In The City. deliberate Hard Rock Instrumental, with FOR MORE: rockingthedaisies.com | the guitar as premier and instigating inthecityjhb.co.za/ instrument. It’s the first album of its kind

in South Africa consisting of clever constructed hard rock riffs as themes, RED HUXLEY TO RECORD WITH accompanied by well directed lead

EAGLES OF DEATH METAL breaks. Currently Riaan is also the drummer of the fresh and sensational GUITARISTrock outfit The Parlor Vinyls (see

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with Dave Catching from Eagles of Death will be recording an album later this year.

Metal in his Rancho de le Luna studio, During the course of next year, Riaan will

record yet another more involved hard rock Instrumental album. FOR MORE: riaanmusic.com HABIT TO BUSY WITH 3RD ALBUM

AND CHINA TOURNEW HARDCORE Durban’s new age rock band Habit To

have signed up with Sheer Publishing ALBUM BREAKS and are currently working on their third

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GEORGE CLINTON AND FUNKADELIC'S

'ONE NATION UNDER A GROOVE’‘BoWoWow/ Yippy yo/ Yippy Yay.’ But George Clinton

and his extended family ip-Hop would be of friends and unthinkable without Hip- accomplices took that shit Hop would be unthinkable to the next level, or to the without the slabbed next extra-terrestrial backbone of Funk. stratum, to be more Without the massively H accurate.

kinky influence of George Clinton’s P-Funk canon, Hip-Hop would’ve sounded like a 'boredroom' meeting. The Red Hot

Clinton, who founded and Chili Peppers would’ve been The Stale scored both Parliament Slices Of Bread, and The Artist Formerly and the more muscularly Known As Snoop Dogg would have funky Funkadelic, created sounded like a grey-haired, white his own little universe of magistrate, politely asking for some tea. music - where aliens and Prince would’ve sounded like Kenny G bountifully bosomed shaking hands with Eric Clapton, in slow ladies and Jazz cats and motion. rocket-riding guitarists and the occasional elf co-exist in mutually

Sex be the shit. All up creating us and keeping us warm and glowing and hungry and burning. Sex, outside of birthing all us complex organisms, also bequeathed Funk unto the world of Music.

Sure, Rock’s always had Nookie; Rock ‘n Roll was Named after the Horizontal Rumba; the Blues

It is also Clinton’s most stammers and moans about it/not consistent political statement, not getting enough of it, but Funk? Funk only of African-American concerns, dug deep into sex and set rhythm and but a general, boogylicious rhyme to the beat of self-delighting declaration of independence - in sleaze. Not cheap-ass, B-Grade sleaze, mind, in spirit, and in derriere. more like the Slink, the Kink, of the

Funkadelic churned out several sexual beast. Arranged entire albums other albums before sticky record around her rhythms, her tablature of label and copyright issues forced moans and cries. And combined it Clinton to continue, with mostly the with sci-fi imagery. Because they same band members, under his own satisfying, nubile harmony. But he also could.

name, or as the P-Funk All-Stars; but this, addressed Black Consciousness, just in a Like Jazz, Funk got its name from a riotously chugging LP was the pinnacle slightly less… stern… way than The Black slang reference of a sexual nature. Jazz of Clinton and his bands’ fun, careening Panthers and Malcolm X did.came from (ahem, so to speak) ‘jizz’, genius.Their inarguable masterpiece, and meaning meaningless noise, like the little

In the words that intro the title track most popular album thanks to the radio-universes of cancelled lives whitely spent off Funkadelic LP Maggot Brain, which ready hooks of the title cut, One Nation into a hand; while Funk came from a track is Funk’s most affective, elegantly Under A Groove, collects all of the term referencing BO, or the heady haze wailing and meandering guitar solo, eclectic elements that make P-Funk of musk. courtesy of Eddie Hazel, who, according groove as hard as it did: Benny Worrell’s Funk was spearheaded by Mr. Sex to legend, was instructed by Clinton to writhing, out-there keyboards, guitar-Machine himself, in James Brown’s “play like you just heard your Momma’s meister Eddie Hazel’s sinuously scalding urgently and unendingly stomping right passed away/then play like you just lines, sex and politics and merciless foot. It was picked up and given a heard she’s still alive” : rhythm. Another key track acts as motto, colourful rearrangement by pioneer Funk

“Mother Earth is pregnant for the and sonic distillation of Funkadelic’s outfit Sly & The Family Stone, whose third time/ for y'all have knocked her up/ I flavours, Who says a Funk band can’t legendary Woodstock performance have seen the maggots in the mind of play Rock? – all crunchy guitars and slipped the new genre into White folk’s the universe/ and I knew I had to rise raucous rhythms.radar. above it all/ or drown.../ in my own/shit.”

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HAIL TO THE KINGS!

he clichés hang heavy in the air and is of little consequence when Which brings us to when something like this looking at the vast interest local Tglimmers on the horizon: audiences have for bands established Kings of Chaos.

many decades back, but still at the top Devised by drummer Matt Sorum

“Rock dinosaurs giving it of their game - recent examples (Guns N' Roses, The Cult, Velvet

one more try”… including Metallica, Red Hot Chili Revolver), this Rock & Roll all-stars

Peppers and Bon Jovi.idea was created as a way for

“Has-beens vying to attain Far be it for me to force you into legendary rock peers to go out there

former glory”… liking something that doesn’t resonate and have fun with their music around

with you - but whatever snide remarks the world and give the audience

“Mid-life-crisis rockers may flow from the safety of on-line something they never thought they

flogging a dead horse”… anonymity, no amount of spitting, could experience. What makes Kings

fuming and condemnation will thwart of Chaos so amazing is the fact that

But then, these whispers and blatant fans of real Rock music to see living you get around a dozen classic rock

condemnations may very well come legends perform on stage (having bands in one!

from (non-prescription) Larry King been deprived of so many bands glass-rimmed hipsters or Skrillex touring our distant Southern tip back worshippers with no concept of real when they exploded onto the world musical instruments or songwriting scene - so it’s catch-up time!).

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About Paul Blom:With a strong leaning towards all things Alternative, for decades Paul has been involved with music, movies, gaming and writing. Bands have included V.O.D (Voice Of Destruction), F8, K.O.B.U.S., The Makabra Ensemble and Terminatryx. Movie productions include short films, music videos, DVD releases, and half a dozen film festivals. Entertainment writing on music, movies and gaming kicked off in '97 for a wide range of publications, plus the creation of various web portals like Flamedrop.com. His work is far from done here.Have some SA Metal news to share? Email Paul: EruptionMuse@gmail.com

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With the line-up fluctuating around you pretty much the entire Guns N' few covers. Who knows what the world (in addition to Sorum, Guns Roses (excluding a certain prima happens when you throw this much N' Roses guitar god Slash, Duff donna ego-maniac on vocals). Duff talent onto a stage together - McKagan and Gilby Clarke), alumni has played in many bands throughout impromptu jam sessions...? Anything from other platinum selling and award his tumultuous lifetime, and besides is possible!”winning bands to make the SA line-up Velvet Revolver with Slash, also has For the calibre of bands will include Joe Elliott (Def Leppard), his band Loaded. combining for this unique Rock Glenn Hughes (Deep Purple), Dave With the bulk of the former experience, one would expect this to Kushner (Jane's Addiction, Wasted members coming together here, the be a stadium event and then some - Youth), and Ed Roland (Collective GN'R signature throaty squeal will be but to tell you the truth, I’m not really Soul). absent, but I was actually quite in the mood to get soaked if the Cape

But just how did a high profile looking forward to seeing what Skid Town weather decides winter has now collaboration like this make it to our Row’s Sebastian Bach would add to officially kicked in…shores? Enter Amp Events’ Andy the legendary songs these guys Demand also resulted in an extra MacPherson (whom you’ll also know created in the ‘80s and ‘90s - however show added for Cape Town, so, the from the band MacStanley (formerly he has been replaced by Myles Grand West Arena and the Sun City Flat Stanley): “I brought Ed Roland Kennedy from Alter Bridge (and Superbowl will do just fine. Andy’s from Collective Soul out to perform Slash’s solo group). reasoning is this: last year in my annual ‘Heineken I had anticipated that the Bach “I’m a firm believer that the Symphonic Rocks’ concerts. One addition may even have surpassed concert-going experience in a good night backstage he told me about this the GN'R of old, but Kennedy will indoor arena is way better than a all-star project that he’d toured with. surely bring it, being the man chosen stadium. Plus with the unique nature When I heard names like Duff to sing with Guns N' Roses at their of this super-band, I really wanted to McKagan, Matt Sorum, Joe Elliott, I Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame induction - bring a unique experience to the SA just knew I had to try and get the band so it is unlikely to be disappointing. audiences. I mean the opportunity to over here.” With combined album sales of a see these ‘stadium act’ musicians

And Rock fans will be eternally dizzying 300 million, I wouldn’t dare jamming together in an intimate arena indebted to Andy for this effort! calculate the accumulative hours / is part of the allure of the show for

“Ed introduced me to the band’s years / miles amassed by these nine me.”management and after a couple guys over many decades in rehearsal As with music of any kind, it is months of negotiation we made it rooms / in the studio / on stage and certainly the soundtracks to our lives, happen.” on tour, let alone the spins of their and for many whose formative years

And just how easy is it getting a music on cassettes, LPs, CDs, mp3, or memorable parts of their lives super-group like this together? VHS, DVD and Blu-ray, in homes, cars, happened to the tune of Welcome To

“It wasn’t as easy, because all of and from DJ booths and radio / TV The Jungle, Smoke On The Water, or these individual musicians are stations around the globe - still rolling Pour Some Sugar On Me, this is incredibly busy with their own touring as we speak. bound to be a momentous and bands, so to find dates to get them This however also places quite a matchless occasion not to be missed.together for a Kings of Chaos tour can burden on the Kings to live up to their be a challenge! Add to that I really title and reputations, and impress the Catch Kings Of Chaos 7 & 8 June at wanted to get guys like Slash who audience with their conglomeration of GrandWest Grand Arena (R375 to have never played with KOC before, total Rock excellence. R700), and 15 &16 June at Sun City to join for the SA line-up - which came “The great thing about the show,” Superbowl (R375 to R560). Book at with new challenges and obviously Andy remarks, “is that it’s Computicket.greater costs. unashamedly a ‘hits’ show. So you

“But I prevailed, and I can now can expect a handful of the big hits say with complete honesty that South from each of the bands these guys Africa is getting something the likes of have helped make famous. I’ve had a which the rest of the world has never peek at the set-list so it would be seen before... and might never get to unfair to pretend I don’t know what’s again.” coming!”

Indeed! For this June Any hints? configuration, Cape Town also gets a “What I can say is that it’s going killer coup by being the only South to be any rock lover’s perfect show! African location to feature Mr Duff Everyone will be able to sing along to McKagan on bass guitar! Thus giving 90% of the set-list. All the hits plus a

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ERUPTION Album ReviewsFEATURED

ALBUMTHE OCEAN Pelagial

INTRONAUT Habitual Levitations (Instilling Words and Tones)

VOIVOD Target Earth

FINSTERFORST Rastlos

FLOTSAM & JETSAMUgly Noise

minutes! With a big Metal sound and with and more than likely may still revisit. songs that run the gamut of different That aside (and besides wondering how tempos, speeds, hardcore pounding, the band's career would've turned out had shredding, lighter shades, nature sounds, Jason not left), the band fought on to and chill moments with catchy folk- become respected in their own right. In flavoured ditties, this is supplemented by many ways this brand new album choirs, and instruments like the accordion continues the classic Thrash era from This epic offering by and horns. The harsh, heavy vocals are where they first rose in the '80s alongside European Metal band sometimes relieved with clean singing as Metallica and the other pioneers. The Ocean is a literal trip down to the they explore subjects like nature and Persisting with their Metal craft, Flotsam & depths. With great riffs, moods and various myths. But, coming from the Jetsam has produced a steady flow of energy wrapped in a stellar production, Black Forest area they hold true to their releases every several years since the the progressive nature of the music takes roots and sing in German, a factor that mid-'80s (albums, EPs & DVDs), and don't you on a literal trip. No strangers to the will attract many, but also unfortunately try to be the heaviest or fastest, instead notion of concept albums and releases deter some to explore. delivering energetic music with going beyond a mere random dozen

songwriting craft as opposed to a pissing tracks, this gelled purpose-built creation contest. Traditional flavoured, memorable runs the gamut of emotion with the riffs, lead breaks when needed, audible, cohesive piece of music devised as a melodic old school vocals and a blend of single 53-minute performance, diving the paces from slow and steady to fast listener through the ocean’s pelagic depth thrashers - what you get here is good zones (epipelagic, mesopelagic, music that doesn't seem preoccupied with bathyalpelagic, abyssopelagic, pretence (even with the inclusion of hadopelagic) as a psychological journey modern elements and occasional synth through the inner-self: Initially the album For those into bits). was going to be an instrumental release Progressive Metal,

(due to the vocalist having health issues). Intronaut may just be But, what they ended up doing was make your new find if they it available as both an instrumental album haven't crossed your path as yet. The and one with vocals. Personally I prefer band's music is an intricate experimental the instrumental rendition with the music web of musical exploration with the non-strong, diverse and expressive enough to abrasive vocals sometimes drifting

From the mid-80s into do the talking (and allowing your own through Alice In Chains-style territory the 90s this Canadian mind to fill in the meaning of each piece (which is not a bad thing). Some consider act stood apart from and the whole). For those who want that this kind of Metal with its polyrhythms, the other bands of its extra slice of intensity and lyrical input complex structures and mathematical time. The period was (including clean and mean singing), the guitar riffs to be a bit too intellectual - a richly exciting blast vocal version will do just fine. But, if you sure, if you want to let rip and just have a

of Thrash, Death and Grindcore bands want the best of both worlds, you know blast, this may not be for you, but one and the rise of Black Metal, resulting in what to do! Another cool part of this also needs to sometimes sit, listen and some great music coming from that project is the expanded concept flowing experience heavy musical forms that take period. But amid this rich mix Voivod into the artwork, like a 10-panel digipack you down a different path of escape (and could not really be compared to any of design, and a special CD and vinyl release be open enough to bands like these who their contemporaries. They weren’t trying in an acrylic box illustrating the various may incorporate Jazz principles). I can to be the fastest, heaviest or go to any depth levels. These sets also contain the understand if someone finds this genre of particular extremes. As a cult band Voivod Pelagial movie DVD (by Craig Murray, music a bit schizo or self-indulgent, but found an identity that was very much their known for Nine Inch Nails). isn't that what most music is? - sound own with albums like Dimension Hatross created by people who want these songs and Nothingface, which we knew well to mean something to them, and translate back in the day. The progressive style that intent to an audience and listeners they had during that period has open to take that ride with them. resurfaced in Target Earth, with three of the original members, Away, Blacky and Snake joined by Chewy, (replacing Piggy The output for fans of who passed away in 2005). Piggy’s Folk Metal seems to distinct guitar style has been retained with be rather prolific. its dissonant flow and prog riffing, (Formerly on Einheit together with the bands erratic but Produktionen) this Unfortunately for distinct time signatures. What I fear is that sixth release by Flotsam & Jetsam, not while this will be a joy for old fans, it may German band Finsterforst is also their first many reviews will be be difficult to win over new ones, for Napalm Records. As with The Ocean it written without the especially many in the current heavy is a good period for epic German Metal mention of bass music generation who may want the releases, as Finsterforst packs in audio player Jason drums to blast and the vocals to roar. experiences that cover a vast expanse in Newsted. This was of course the band he

expression, in no hurry to get the songs was a part of before he took the fateful out of the way - the majority of the seven job of playing for Metallica (with some tracks clocking in at between 10 and 14 emphasizing the "for" as opposed to using minutes each, the closing one hitting 22 "with"), but those are issues they've dealt

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Album ReviewsTHE ANTI RETRO VINYLS - TROUBLE

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Palma Violets Vampire Weekend The National 180 Modern Vampires of Trouble Will Find MeAnother Rough It’s easy to draw a the CityTrade Records gem comparison between Vampire Weekend proudly brought to The National’s music are clever boys and you by Just Music. and their career as a they write clever Despite having band. At no point has songs. However, it’s managed to capture either been impaired taken them until now, and update that real by haste or the their third album, to

sloppy pub-rock 1970’s sound coveting of instant gratification. shake off their preppy college via Richard Hell, Television or “A sense of urgency” has never image. While their afro-infused anything from London, Palma been a term used to describe debut made them hugely Violets actually sound the way The National. Trouble Will Find popular amongst well-to-do

they feel - down and wishing things were up, Me is possibly their most sombre collegiates, it also drew strong (unjust?) but knowing it’s probably not going to and certainly their most restrained release to criticism from detractors who suggested they happen very soon. At times you literally see date. While their albums have always been were just privileged white kids Sam Fryer falling into a chair with melancholic and heavyhearted, there’s misappropriating African music. Whatevs. hopelessness, only to get up again for a always been a wry joke to be found in Matt Graduation Day has long gone and Vampire chorus. Even though, for the most part, the Berninger’s writing. This time round he’s not Weekend have grown up and written their lyrics are (appropriately) barely audible and grappling with issues of loss and tortured best album yet. Obvious Bicycle sets the immaturely enigmatic. The album starts with relationships as much as accepting them, pace for the album and it’s immediately Best Of Friends, hailed as 2012’s Track of The and he seems comfortable with that. The noticeable that they’ve allowed more space Year by NME, and gradually increases in same could be said for the rest of the band. into their rhythms and the songwriting is speed and tempo along the way - much like Years spent refining their sound has made more measured. Step and Diane Young are you would expect them to do if they were them complacent - almost too comfortable in back-to-back highlights. The former is a doing this live. In that sense they do come what they do. While it would be too harsh to wonderfully wistful track with its dulcet across as a real lad-gang of English pub-rock. suggest “they’ve phoned this one in”, there melody and clever wordplay. The latter is an The only snag - call it a pro or call it a con - is is an element of predictability; or to put a energetic rock ‘n roll number, with the catchy that they’re still really young. Whether you more positive spin on it - reliability. Some of “baby, baby, baby…” refrain that’s not decide to look past it or wait it out is entirely the tracks are as emotionally beautiful as entirely unreminiscent of George Michael’s up to you. | JS anything they’ve done before. Slow-burning Faith (in a good way). Along with their well-

guitars, lush orchestration, intricate drum crafted songs, they’ve also excelled in the art patterns and Berninger’s smooth baritone of studio production, mastering that tricky voice allow us to also take comfort in that balance between creatively using the reliability. | SOtechniques available and not overproducing

their sound until it becomes lifeless. In fact, it’s Modern Vampires of the City’s vivid illustration of life that is its true strength. | SO

pbeat anthemic punk play.” It’s as vulnerable chant albums are only as as it is careless. One good as the spirit that moment they shout love, they are injected with the next instance they don’t give a Uand with this debut damn. All the while the songs yearn

offering, The Anti Retro Vinyls give it for something that seems impossible a good stab and polish. The lack of to obtain, but impossible to let go off: anything new is substituted with “Last day as lovers and I don’t want to something familiar: being young, and say goodbye” (track 4, Last Day As as a result, being an enduring lost- Lovers). The emotions keep romantic. By no means does it seesawing over the edge, then, at the display pop-punk melodrama; it last moment, it falls into adolescent rather offers you the opportunity to narcissism and refuses to reach a jug down bitter-sweet moments with solution - never mind absolution. It’s an easy melody and memorable exactly what you’d expect, and often lyrics. Text book case and point with wish for, from a punk band of their track 3 (Just A Game I Play): “Like calibre: the best of times and the you say I’m not worth the price you worst of times all rolled up into one pay / I don’t care it’s just the game I (fucking!) exciting youth drama. | JS

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Paramore Death By Farryl Purkiss Misadventure

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iScream & the Chocolate Stix

Prime Circle

Paramore HomeLet’s get the worst First track in and Dumb Dumbout of the way you can tell Farryl Death By upfront: no, they’re Purkiss means Misadventure or not as hardcore as business. Unlike all DbyM (pronounced they used to be. his previous dee-by-em) proves There’s even an offerings that were the flexibility the interlude track called written on tour, drummer has in the I’m Not Angry Purkiss wrote Home on a farm 21st century. On this

Anymore. But then again, this is in Constantia - and you can tell. ten-tracker, Isaac Klawansky Paramore. There’s still an Its intimacy is matched by its from Shadowclub fame lends abundance of angst and attention to detail - not the kind some of his cult status to emotional melody and you do producers pick up, but the kind a Tamara Day’s high mainstream

get 17 tracks in all. They’ve still managed to fan’s heart picks up. Then again, the 12 profile to create something appealing that’s a walk that fine line between pop-punk and tracks contained herein were produced by bit more undergroundish and cool. The melodic hardcore - and managed to sound American Kieran Kelly (Sufjan Stevens, result is a sound that is more consumable for like only Paramore can. We need not call Better Than Ezra and very impressively, the really cool kids. Production on Dumb Avril Lavigne to tell her that she’s got Anthony and the Johnstons), and that you Dumb is slicker than oil spill on a disco floor competition on her hands, yet. Here’s the can also tell. The content deals with a theme and comes loud and proud from the capable most noticeable difference: they’ve grown of three: Purkiss’ home, wife and youth. In skills of a certain Dave Cooley (M83, The up. Perhaps that makes most sense of all. that sense it’s a full colour delight that Presets). The vocals especially, have Track 5 says it best: “Let ‘em have their time resonates with upbeat charms and indie received a certain gleam and polish, / Sit back and let ‘em shine / Let ‘em rise and hooks reminiscent of Mumford & Sons, just something we haven’t yet experienced from rise / Cause one day they’re gonna fall… I more stripped down and simple. But as our most famous blonde minx in her could be angry but you’re not worth the fight expected, the album slows down allowing previous projects. The album’s danceable / Besides, I’m moving on”. The lyrics aren’t the soul to catch breath, wallow and swallow hard synthetic hooks and bleeping stabs are as catchy as they are wiser and better some tears. As you open the CD, behind the countered with its soulful melody and thought-out. They’ve artistically divided the sleeve is written “For Yuliya” - Yuliya intimate moments - that for the die-hard album into two parts, we can only assume Danylyuk, his wife to be exact. This album is dance floor connoisseur is appropriately it’s for the benefit of meditation or perhaps the old, tried tested and golden method of spaced in between and not too much for the they wanted to give you two albums in one. creating something for someone and then entry level beginner. Dumb Dumb often No doubt, this is their most precocious effort giving it to the world. | JSreaches for that moment that drops like a to date - not their most rocking. The last primal force of nature, but without the track is aptly titled Future. It’s the only song fanfare you expect from your more usual whose lyrics aren’t printed on the sleeve. Daft Punk inspired duo out there. The Good Morning And it’s their most personal and revealing contrast and familiarities between Mr. moment to date. | JS SunshineKlawansky and Ms. Day is clear from the

ShortStraw stand a outset, they’re a perfect new-skool match chance of being the between the rocker and the aesthete. | SOnext Fokof. Why? Because they push

Paradox all the right buttons, EvidenceParadox is the debut most noticeably one

album by the quartet Released in South African bands called iScream & the November of 2012, (especially white ones) haven’t Chocolate Stix and Prime Circle’s latest been able to nail, and have been they certainly have album, Evidence, living ignorance of: rock that come out firing on all somehow missed actually sounds like it’s from cylinders, winning a our radar last year. here. There are no rolling American R’s, or

SAMA for the Best Alternative This is their fifth even an overriding sense of post-modern Album at this year’s awards. album and was theft. Good Morning Sunshine is lekka feel Jammed with 17 catchy, edgy produced by Theo Crous - he of good jenga guitar vibes. Their cover is an alt-pop, Paradox flits in and out Springbok Nude Girls fame - but image of a half-consumed breakfast which

of an eclectic mix of electro rock, rap and more importantly Crous has seems to suggest they got it all this morning. pop and is instantly accessible and well, made quite a name for himself Except for track 10 (The Wedding Blues ft. quite frankly, instantly likeable. To my ears, as the go to guy as a producer/ Shane Durrant) and maybe the last track (127 artists such as Beck and Astronautalis engineer. In fact Crous, Matthew Fink and Hours), everything on offer is a happy-go-immediately spring to mind as potential Darryl Torr seem to be the three highly lucky-don’t-worry sunbathed stroll down influences, but with a real 2013 twist, as the productive and influential producers/ Muizenberg beach. Even the trendy topic of music produced is laden with current EDM engineers on the South African rock music drug-taking as discussed on track 2 (Gimme influences from electro to Dubstep and landscape right now But taking no chances, My Fix) is executed with a relaxing spirit - breaks. Add some genuine pop sensibility, a Prime Circle in fact took things one step insomuch you might not notice it the first 5 fair smattering of ‘white-boy’ rap and you further by getting ex-pat, Kevin ‘The times you hear it. Surprisingly, the only have a very current and NOW sound from Caveman’ Shirley to mix down Evidence. So noticeable overseas-inspired effort on this 12 the boys. The band has been making noises what of the music? This 11-tracker (plus intro track debut is the secret track which sounds on the live circuit for a couple of years now and bonus acoustic version of the title track) almost exactly like Art Brut. But the use of an and Paradox is a definite realization of the is vintage Prime Circle. The music sounds over-the-top English accent by frontman promise they showed early on. Sure focused, the songs fully realized and the final Alistair Thomas, and lyrics that take the piss everything sounds and feels very processed mix/production is top drawer. As an existing on “only” using a synthesizer, makes it all the and sequenced which may make some fan, nothing about Evidence will alienate more worth it. ShortStraw could very well be traditionalists in the alternative genre you; in fact the strength of the new album is SA’s draw card for the next decade to come. shudder, but this IS the sound of 2013; a their typically strong songs, presented very Top album. | JSheady mix of genre jumping (sometimes well by a band that consistently delivers for within one song) that never fails to remain their fans. As a presentation of a band’s interesting. | DA music, Evidence has ‘international’ written all

over it; I just hope they haven’t missed the global power rock boat, a sound that may be a little less popular right now. | DA

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ladies with spiked clubs, to clan mode that pits many a hero and villain PS3, X Box, PC, PS2members with bladed fans, while others against each other; here the Joker utilize martial arts, freezing blades and destroys Metropolis, sending Superman

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Having been encountered the exploding into goop! Multiplayer modes around since Pro Evolution include the wild Battle Royale (with up to 2001 on the PS2, Soccer franchise around 2001 and as one 16 on-line participants), Death Match, Tag this PS3 of the top contenders in the football Team, Capture the Flag, and Survival, so exclusive is the gaming market, PES is at the cutting there are plenty of different ways for you tenth title in the edge. The fully licensed leagues include: to do pretty much the same thing – work long running The English and Welsh Premier League, out that excess aggression on screen. franchise of Brazil’s Campeonato Brasileiro, Spain’s character Liga BBVA, Portugal’s Liga ZON Sagres, specific 3D France’s Ligue 1, Netherlands’ Eredivisie,

X Box 360, Wii U, PS3 platform Italy’s Serie, and the fictional PES League adventure and WE League plus many others. So games whether you prefer Manchester United, This winner of the dominated by Ratchet and his robotic Ajax, Bayern Munich or anything in Best Fighting side-kick Clank. Set in a futuristic cartoon between, it’s here (with authentic Game critics universe, while on Planet Igliak with stadiums).You can access 89 award at the 2012 Galactic President Quark, a gigantic International teams from around the edition of E3 (the Z'Grute is unleashed by the villainous Dr. globe too. The new generation football world’s biggest Nefarious. But the beast turns on them all games improve with each new edition as gaming market) and the enemies have to team up to intuitive gameplay is sharpened, realism takes classic DC defeat it. This leads them to discover that expounded and as in this case, 3D also comic book someone is collecting monsters from all coming into play. PES 2013 is the very heroes and over the galaxy with the Ephemeris. With last game title to be manufactured for the villains to another a cunning plan of universal proportions PS2 system, so those gamers not yet level with an naturally hatched for all of these upgraded to PS3 may need to do so soon intense multi-dangerous creatures. From Luminopolis if re-playing their back catalogue doesn’t layered fighting scenario. Marvel often and the Terawatt Forest, to Uzo City and do it for them anymore. Then again, seems to dominate, but people the Polar Sea, there is no lack of many will probably bypass the current sometimes forget that legendary DC imagination when it comes to taking the system in favour of the PS4, hopefully characters include Superman, Batman, basic "collect items and beat the enemy" invading planet earth next year. Wonder Woman, Flash, Aquaman, Green concept of Super Mario Bros. and turning Arrow and Green Lantern on the side of it into an intergalactic adventure with a the virtuous, and villains like the Joker, X Box 360 & PS3whole lot of crash-boom-bang. Collecting Bane, Catwoman and Lex Luthor. These bolts is still essential to buy weapons, as add up to around two dozen playable

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