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Magix Music Maker MX – Saving You From A Summer Of Bad Music
26 Jan 2012 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
It’s summer time in South Africa. There are a few angles of attack that you can employ to defeat the summer heat. The first, is loose fitting clothing. The second, is a chilled beverage. And the third, and most critical component, is music. “BUT,” I hear you say, “we’ve heard LMFAO’s Party Rock Anthem so […]
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Rupert Mellor & The Thunderbirds – LIVE 27 January – Pedigree Rock ‘n Roll
25 Jan 2012 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
Only the coolest of hipsters will be aware of THE THUNDERBIRDS. People like Passion from The Dirty Skirts – he will know most of these names. And if you aren’t aware of these guys, then please ask anyone over 45 who spent time in Cape Town in the 70s and 80s. Your parents probably made […]
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The Real Reason Why MegaUpload Was Shut Down?
24 Jan 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
So! The shutdown MegaUpload and charging of founders with piracy ostensibly started with a copyright scuffle between the filesharing site and the Universal Music Group. Except the shut-down was also timed to scupper MegaBox, a venture to sell artist’s work directly to consumers while letting artists keep 90 percent of earnings. Raised eyebrows all around.
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Die Antwoord Drops Teaser For New Album [VIDEO]
24 Jan 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
As if they haven’t scared us enough with the release of their latest album cover and music video for its first single, “Fok julle naaiers”, check out what Die Antwoord is up to next. They’ve just released a very graphic teaser trailer for Ten$ion, which is set to release in February. Check it out after the jump.
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8-Year Old Aussie Metal Head Goes Viral On Youtube, Number One On iTunes [VIDEO]
23 Jan 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
This is little Juliet. She’s eight years old, and she and her mummy recently posted a video to Youtube where she sings about her pet dog Robert, whom she loves, and her stinky fish tank. All set to thrash metal. Odd doesn’t quite cover it, but who can argue with 12 million hits on YouTube. Take a look.
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Dan Patlansky On 2oceansvibe Radio Today
19 Jan 2012 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
Dan Patlansky will be in to chat about his new album called 20 Stones, which is being launched this Sunday at Kirstenbosch. For those of you who haven’t heard him, he’s a 30-something blues-musician with legend status! His epic talent as a Blues-musician aside, a little-known fact about the man is that he can sing…. Tune […]
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Wearing Headphones Could Kill You
18 Jan 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
If you’re anything like me, going even a few minutes without music can seem like torture. However as it turns out, a few minutes without music blaring in your ears could actually save your life.
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Fine Wines, And The Music They’re Made For
18 Jan 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
This week I’ll be pairing some wines to three albums that have been occupying my earballs lately. It’s a tad facile. But then it has been shown that music can affect the way we taste wine. Drink, listen, be told a story.
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Jay-Z To Stop Bitching After Birth Of B.I.C.
18 Jan 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Less than a fortnight since Jay-Z and Beyoncé dropped their chart topping little nugget, Blue Ivy Carter, on the world, a mysterious poem started doing the rounds online, apparently penned by papa Hov himself. In it he swears to treat women better, and stop using the “B” word in his lyrics.
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Elton John’s Husband Punishes Madonna Following Golden Globes Win [VIDEO]
17 Jan 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Which set of global music artistes are locked in a post-awards death match following a trophy shocker that saw one win best original song for her “Masterpiece”, and saw her rival scowl so deeply, his face appeared to eat itself?
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Album Review – “Ceremonials” By Florence + The Machine
12 Jan 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
To all the guys out there, if you’ve ever sat through p.s. I Love You starring Hilary Swank and Gerard Butler, you’ll know that the movie makes listening to Slipknot played backwards at maximum volume for 12 hours straight seem more fulfilling. It’s the story of a charming Irish lad who falls in love with […]
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Digital Music Sales Surpass Discs For The First Time Ever
06 Jan 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Your CD collection has officially become outdated, because 2011 was the year that digital music sales finally surpassed their plastic disc-based counterparts, and the trend doesn’t look to be over.
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Fire Breaks Out At LMFAO Concert [PICS]
30 Dec 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Partyrockers LMFAO are currently touring through Latin America, and had a show in Honduras last night. This show unfortunately had to be stopped after a fire broke out, right in the middle of their set. Click continue for the full gallery of the devastation.
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Epic Pop Mashup With All The Top Hits From 2011 [VIDEO]
30 Dec 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Every year, DJ Earworm releases an epic mix of the top Billboard tracks for that year’s pop tracks. This is known as the “United State of Pop”, and 2011’s version is nothing short of incredible. This year sees no less than 25 songs mashed together, in what is being called “World Go Boom”. Full video and track listing after the jump.
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Watch The Awesome Complexity Of Electronic Music [VIDEO]
29 Dec 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Due to the proliferation of easy-to-use software and affordable digital equipment, electronic music is often side-lined as a sub-par musical genre, lacking complexity and technical prowess. This video for C2C’s “F.U.Y.A.” demonstrates exactly how far from the truth that is.
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US Music Sales Break Twelve Year Slump
29 Dec 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The 2000s haven’t been kind to the US music business, with year on year shrinkage in sales since Y2K leading to the longest slump this side of the Second World War. In 2011, three artists managed to turn the slide around, while many others floundered in mediocre sales. Care to guess who?
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Your MP3 Player May Be Deafening You: Study
28 Dec 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Peace and quiet can come at a premium, especially if you live and work in a busy urban environment. However, a new study shows that the biggest actual threat to our hearing is one we deliberately expose ourselves to every day.
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Die Antwoord Reveals New Album Cover [GRAPHIC IMAGE]
21 Dec 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Die Antwoord will drop their second album on 7 February. Called “TEN$ION”, the LP will be released on their own label, ZEF REKORDZ. The cover has been revealed and features an angel-winged, demonic-faced Yolandi Vi$$er eating what appears to be a human heart. See this graphic image after the jump.
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Voice Synthesizer Resurrects Dead Singers’ Voices
21 Dec 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Score one for creepy technology. Vocaloid, a voice-synthesis brand owned by Yamaha, has come up with a process by which to “resurrect” any singer’s voice for use in synthesized songs, without requiring the vocalist to build up a painstaking voice library first – so they could be doing that Kurt Cobain/Michael Jackson duet album pretty soon.
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Gabriel Shai – Best Video Ever – An Early Xmas Gift From 2oceansvibe
19 Dec 2011 by Seth Rotherham / 16 Comments
I’ve been holding this footage back from you but am now publishing it as an early Christmas gift for all of you. This is literally one of the most incredible things I’ve ever seen. You are about to witness footage of a guy called Gabriel Shai who is a covers artist on the scene in […]
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Indonesian Police Arrest, Shave And “Cleanse” Punk Rockers [PICS]
15 Dec 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
After being arrested at a punk rock concert in Banda Aceh, Indonesia, enthusiasts were forced to have their heads shaved, “cleanse” themselves in a lake, change their clothes and pray – because being a punk rocker in parts of Indonesia soils the Islamic image they want to uphold.
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Science: Loud Music Makes You Drink More
15 Dec 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 4 Comments
It’s always nice when researchers employing a loosely scientific method produce results you were more or less expecting. Folks at the University of Portsmouth have determined that loud music makes people want to drink alcohol in greater quantities and at a much faster rate because the music makes it taste sweeter. Science!
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Classic Old School Music Acts Heading For SA In 2012
14 Dec 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Last week, Justin Bieber almost ruined the collective festive cheer of the entire world by announcing he was working on a dubstep album, but thankfully it’s still the season for giving, and a handful of awesome classic rock outfits have announced their plans to tour SA in 2012, effectively cancelling out the horror aftershocks of the Lesbieber’s awful, awful news.
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Lyrics For Jack Parow’s New Hit – ‘Eksie Ou’
08 Dec 2011 by Seth Rotherham / 5 Comments
Somewhat controversial, is old Jack Parow’s latest single entitled ‘Eksie Ou’ off his new album. It seems our boy is at it again, having a go at a number Cape Town institutions and people. From gym bunnies and hipsters to Kauai and Ice Models, nobody is safe from the sharp tongue of Parow’s favourite son. […]
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Jack Parow’s New Album Has Just ‘Dropped’
07 Dec 2011 by Seth Rotherham / 3 Comments
So Jack Parow appeared out of nowhere at the 2oceansvibe Media compound last week, sporting a new afro. I can’t be absolutely certain, but I have a feeling his new look could be defined as “zef.” We flew radio control helicopters around The Compound for a while, during which time he explained to me that […]
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New Duran Duran Music Video Banned From MTV [Video]
07 Dec 2011 by Seth Rotherham / 1 Comment
Wow, who would have thought MTV would ban a music video by Duran Duran! The new music video, Girl Panic!, which stars supermodels (as you do) performing as the band, has been released some 30 years after another music video of theirs (also starring supermodels) Girls On Film suffered similar controversy in 1981. I was […]
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Aussie Band Makes Music Video With iPhone Games [VIDEO]
06 Dec 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Hey Geronimo is a relatively unknown indie band in Australia, but they’ve been getting some global props as their latest music video goes viral. In the video for single “Why Don’t We Do Something?”, the band recreates some of iPhone’s most popular games in real life, including Angry Birds, Plants Vs. Zombies, Flight Control, Cut The Rope and Fruit Ninja.
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Far Right Christian Blog Prays For George Michael’s Death
01 Dec 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
In a glowing display of Christian charity and respect for others, a religious blog in America, Christians For A Moral America, has issued a statement to its followers via Twitter, calling on them to pray for pop singer, George Michael’s death.
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Western Union Brings Back The Singing Telegram
01 Dec 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Back in the day, people used to send each other messages using something they called the telegram. For the singing telegram, a real person actually used to call you up or come to your home and sing to you. Money transfer giant, Western Union, is bringing the singing telegram back and plans to get users involved: karaoke-style.
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