Music

SPOEK MATHAMBO’S ONE SMALL SEED VIDEO INTERVIEW

Spoek Mathambo has been super busy, as usual! His new band #FANTASMA played at Oppikoppi Festival this past weekend, while his doccie Future Sound of Mzansi has premiered internationally and is now making its way around SA. We interviewed Spoek pre the release of his 2012 album Future Sound of Mzansi… We feature it again...

The Revolution will not be Televised

‘The Revolution Will Not Be Televised’ has left a permanent mark on our modern lexicon. This song by legendary musician and spoken-word artist Gil Scott-Heron – who sadly passed away in 2011 – is a social message advocating equity and justice and the direct action needed to bring them about.          ...

Another amazing cover of AC/DC’S ‘THUNDERSTRUCK’ goes viral!

Croatian cellists Luka Sulic and Stjepan Hauser of 2Cellos played their arrangement of the legendary AC/DC track ‘Thunderstruck’ in early 2014 and now Finnish band called Steve’n’Seagulls gives us their own version. AC/DC released in 1990 on their album The Razors Edge. As they say, the rest is history. We also know that history has...

Are you ready for the biggest party of the year!?

Forget Christmas, because on 16 December Sónar festival hits the Mother City, and hits it hard. The electronic music and new media festival from Barcelona will hands-down be the biggest party of 2014!(Length: 1:02)

JUST RELEASED | MR SAKITUMI’s SWEET & SOUR VOL. 2 NEW EP & VIDEO

Friday — 7 July, 2014 — saw the official release of a brand new EP by MR SAKITUMI entitled Sweet & Sour Vol. 2.. It follows the release of Vol. 1 (in December 2013), which was the first in his Sweet & Sour Series.

Jonny Joburg Is off to Light up LA

Meet Jonny Joburg: a name that pays tribute to a city that is captivating the world with a fresh creative explosion from some brazen and ambitious individuals. Known in the early ’90s simply as Luthando, Jonny is the force and face behind his label Renaissance Rock Recordings, former member of the band SPAZA$HOP BOYZ and...

Little Dragon Release New Single ‘Pretty Girls’

The new video to Little Dragon’s single ‘Pretty Girls’ is the fourth off their acclaimed studio album Nabuma Rubberband released earlier this year. It shows a young lady being dragged off a graveyard to a beauty contest scene set in the Brazilian underground. She’s initiated into the world of white-toothed smiles, pink lip stick and...

First Seeds For First Times

Every action is creative and every passionate action is art – Matthew Stone (I.D. Magazine) So, for every passionate action there should be a passionate reaction, right? From planting a seed to forming a movement, here’s a look back at first thoughts on one small seed, first encounters with the magazine and some first ‘creative...

Haezer’s Minted WINS Cannes Lions Award

Wim Steytler, director of Haezer’s music video for Minted, won the Young Director (Silver) Award at the Cannes Lions Award Ceremony in France on Thursday. Cannes Lions is the world’s biggest celebration of creativity in communications. Benchmarking innovation in anything from mobile and billboards to design and branded content, it’s the home of the great...

The Sound of Nature: A Vinyl Made of Wood

Life is made up of a series of ones and zeros – these sets of data are fundamentally what connects us. Especially when they form a symphony and tell a story like no other. Bartholomäus Traubeck makes a record player that can interpret the data in tree wood into music! Human beings have communicated and...

It’s official! Foo Fighters are coming to South Africa!

There’s something huge lined up this summer in South Africa – The Foo Fighters will be making their way to play two shows in December, alongside international band Kaiser Chiefs and supported by Jozi band Blk Jks. With their self-titled debut album released almost 20 years ago, it’s a perfect match as SA pays tribute...

Richie Hawtin releases new Plastikman album EX, live at Sónar by Day, in a worldwide exclusive show

On 12 June the new Plastikman album EX will premier exclusively at Sónar Barcelona with a special adaptation for SónarVillage. And, the Sónar 2014 app to check up all you need to know about the line-up is available now. More info below! The exclusive show featuring the new Plastikman album EX is the eagerly anticipated...

FIRST PEEK AT HBO DOCUMENTARY SERIES FOO FIGHTERS: SONIC HIGHWAYS

Viewers watching the 29th Annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony this weekend on HBO were treated to a surprise teaser preview of the new HBO series Foo Fighters: Sonic Highways. The sneak peek features an exclusive Dave Grohl mission statement accompanied by the first passage of music to be unveiled from the...
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