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My Delayed Goodbye To The White Stripes
25 Nov 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 3 Comments
The other day I bought Icky Thump, almost begrudgingly. I didn’t think it would be that good. It didn’t get the commercial attention (by that I mean our radio stations only played the single Icky Thump off it) of albums like Elephant and Get Behind Me Satan, leading me to think that perhaps it was a bit of a dud. If you haven’t bought the last album – do. It really is that good.
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The Brothers Streep On The Protection of Information Bill [VIDEO]
24 Nov 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The Brothers Streep were recently seen on Idols, where they poked a bit of fun at some of the show’s more controversial moments and characters. And before that they performed live for Anna Paquin on the Graham Norton show. This time they tackle the ANC’s steamrolling of the Protection of Information Bill in parliament this week. Check out “The Secrecy Bill” after the jump.
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Album Review : SuperHeavy
24 Nov 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
If you’re a legendary aging rock star who has fallen out with his band mates… or a talented soul singer whose career has taken a nose-dive… or a thoroughbred reggae artist who produced an amazing album a few years ago but hasn’t been able to follow it up… or if your band was a huge […]
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Rolling Stone Declares Jimi Hendrix Greatest Guitarist of All Time
24 Nov 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
In what can only be described as glaringly obvious, Rolling Stone Magazine (which launched locally this month) has declared Jimi Hendrix to be the greatest guitarist of all time. I don’t think there will be too many arguments here.
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Liam Gallagher Resumes Lawsuit Against Brother
22 Nov 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Earlier this year, Liam Gallagher sued his brother, Noel after he (Noel) stated in a press conference that Liam pulled out of a headline show at the V festival in England due to a hangover. He later dropped the suit, but he now appears to have sobered up and the two are back at it again.
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Courtney Love Sees Pic Of Kurt Cobain In Audience, Storms Off Stage [VIDEO]
15 Nov 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
On Saturday night, someone held up a picture of Kurt Cobain at a Courtney Love concert. She saw it and went into a tirade about having to live with both Kurt’s ghost and his kid every day of her life. She then zapped the audience and left the stage – only returning after the crowd chanted: “The Foo Fighters are gay!” Video after the jump.
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Drinkify: The Website That Lets Your Music Dictate What You Drink
10 Nov 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
If you’re bad at choosing both your music and your beverage, drinkify.org will help ease the burden by telling you which drinks go best with your music of choice. And if this isn’t what the internet was made for, well then I have been mislead.
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TEN$ION At The Top: Die Antwoord Drop Interscope
08 Nov 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Afrikaans zef rap sensation, Die Antwoord, have released a statement on their website indicating that they have parted ways with their record company, Interscope – and that’s putting it diplomatically.
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Pete Townshend Calls Apple “A Vampire”
01 Nov 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
World famous guitarist, Pete Townshend, of one of the greatest rock bands ever, The Who, has taken Halloween as the perfect opportunity to make a statement. He has lashed out at Apple, calling their model of selling music – iTunes – “a vampire.”
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Quite A White Ou Drops Ndingumlungu Taxijam [VIDEO]
27 Oct 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 3 Comments
Watch self-described “crazy Xhosa white boy,” Quite A White Ou in the latest Taxijam, making a short taxi ride from Kloof Street down town so much greater with Ndingumlungu.
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Goldfish Signs With EMI
25 Oct 2011 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
I’m just going to kick off the article with a reminder picture I took in 2004, of everybody’s favourite SA band, Goldfish. Please enjoy Dom & Dave quietly dominating an entire corner at Baraza – a Camps Bay bar which subsequently closed down. This was back in the day when Blues restaurant was actually good. […]
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Get Ready: The Christmas Albums Are Coming
24 Oct 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Prepare yourselves. This year may be the first time that we won’t be confronted by Boney M when grabbing that last minute gift as we rush through the V&A in mid-December. So far, two Christmas albums have already been released by prominent pop stars, and there’s more to come.
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New Die Antwoord Album To Drop In January 2012
21 Oct 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
That famous band that still gets pronounced awkwardly, Die Antwoord, is preparing to release a follow-up to their 2010 debut, $0$. They announced as much in an interview with Spin, saying that the new album – named Tension – is scheduled for a January 2012 release; they’ve also released the names of a couple of new tracks.
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Album Review: “Mine Is Yours” by Cold War Kids
21 Oct 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 3 Comments
You know the way a lot of professional “critics” seem to be incredibly satisfied with every word that emanates from their non-smiling mouths? Well, I reckon the reason for this is that deep down inside they know their role in society is, in fact, quite menial. Nothing they say really matters when all is said […]
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Rihanna Raises Eyebrows With Shocking New Video
20 Oct 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
You may remember that a little while back Rihanna got into some hot water with an Irish farmer for being topless in one of his fields. That video is now out, and is showing all the signs of some possible brain damage, most likely induced by Chris Brown.
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Get A Kings Of Leon VIP Lounge Ticket For Half Price
20 Oct 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Holy kaw! Do we honestly even need to tell you how awesome this is?! We don’t. We shouldn’t have to. You know Kings Of Leon? The critically-acclaimed, four-album, world famous guys who do live shows like this? Yep, those guys. Tickets to the Cape Town gig are basically sold out. Which means that this is […]
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Coldplay Drop Music Video Shot In SA [VIDEO]
19 Oct 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 3 Comments
Yiffers around the world celebrated yesterday as UK-based [insert your preferred style here] group, Coldplay dropped their much anticipated, South Africa-shot, video to “Paradise,” a single on their upcoming fifth studio album, Mylo Xyloto.
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John Lennon’s Tooth Up For Auction
19 Oct 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
A tooth that used to reside in John Lennon’s mouth will be auctioned off next month. It is expected to fetch up to R130 000! Lennon gave it to his housekeeper’s daughter “as a souvenir” after he had pulled it out himself in his kitchen.
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Band Jams Entire Song Live Using Only iPads [VIDEO]
18 Oct 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
Feel free to file this one under “awesome.” Indie band, moe., who I’m sure you’ve never heard of, has performed a live version of their song “Crab Eyes” – using nothing but iPads. See this amazing video after the jump.
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Coldplay Record A Little Cape Town Souvenir
11 Oct 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 6 Comments
Cape Town Tourism chiefs are grinning from ear to ear this week as they smugly proclaimed that just after filling Greenpoint stadium last Wednesday night, UK alt rock sensation Coldplay applied to the City authorities to record a new music video in and around the Mother City, as well as in the Klein Karoo.
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The Worst Song Of The 1980s
10 Oct 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 3 Comments
Readers of Rolling Stone magazine have voted Starship’s “We Built This City” the worst song of the 1980s by a huge margin. The online poll asked readers of the mag to rank the most noxious music of the decade that brought us leg warmers and Sony Walkmans, among other things.
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Belgium Music Label Tracks Trending Bands On Social Media To Find Hits
06 Oct 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
In another case of “Why didn’t I think of that?”, a Belgian record label that goes by the name of SonicAngel, identifies future stars by tracking trends on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube. Not only that, they also allow fans to invest in the artists’ success, with a six monthly return on their initial investment. Brilliant.
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Adele To Wail Bond 23 Theme
05 Oct 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Soulful UK songstress, Adele is heading in to the studio to record the theme for the upcoming 23rd Bond film, according to reports from music industry insiders (read: pizza, flowers, and cocaine delivery people).
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New Book Claims Puff Daddy Ordered Tupac And Biggie Killings
04 Oct 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
A new book by a former Los Angeles Police Department Detective, called Murder Rap, was released today. It alleges that Sean Combs aka Puff Daddy aka Diddy commissioned both the murders of Tupac Shakur and Biggie Smalls. The lyrics to “Every Breath You Take (I’ll Be Watching You)” make a little more sense now.
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New Video From The Brothers Streep Rips On South African Bands
28 Sep 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
In the spirit of not taking ourselves too seriously, please enjoy this new music video by The Brothers Streep, in which they take a gentle stab at a few big South African musical acts. You can catch the Brothers Streep live on their own show, every Friday on 2oceansVibe Radio. Click here, for details.
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R.E.M. Breaks Up After Three Decades
22 Sep 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
R.E.M. has decided to unplug their instruments for good, concluding a career spanning some 30 years and having achieved record sales that topped the 30 million mark. The band made the announcement via a statement on their website yesterday and dished out praise and thanks to all their loyal fans for the years of support.
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Facebook Employee Accidentally Reveals Upcoming ‘Listen With Friends’ Feature
22 Sep 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Look, it’s nice to know Apple isn’t the only company that knows how to create buzz by accidentally leaking information. Ji Lee, Facebook’s creative director, tweeted about Facebook Music, which is set to launch tomorrow. The post was quickly deleted, but not before the Internet had time to get all excited about it.
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Nelson Mandela Is The World’s Most Visible Leader
21 Sep 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Nelson Mandela is a more visible world leader than Barack Obama, the Dalai Lama and the Pope. This is according to the Reputation Institute, which has done a perception assessment of 54 individuals currently considered to be global leaders. Not bad for a man who retired from presidency in the 1990s.
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The Greatest One-Hit Wonders Of All Time
20 Sep 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 3 Comments
This column is really a tribute to Durban’s Number One, East Coast Radio. Thanks to those DJs and their music selection committee, I got the joke when Jay-Z and Mr. Hudson sang Forever Young. I was belting out the tunes like all the white 30-somethings when the Wedding DJs played at Oppikoppi this year. I threw out the question of the greatest one-hit wonders of all time on Twitter yesterday afternoon, and the responses were varied and colourful. This is not a compilation of the five most chosen songs. This is not a democracy. This is my list.
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Die Antwoord’s Record Label Implicated In Cocaine Ring
16 Sep 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Interscope is one of the biggest record labels globally, with artists such as 50 Cent, Dr Dre, Black Eyed Peas, and Die Antwoord. But it would seem they are peddling in more than just music. They have just been implicated in a drug-trafficking bust. Apparently their offices were used as “a transit point for cases filled with cocaine and cash.”
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