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Music
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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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Jax Panik Wants You (To Write The Next SA Music Hit) [VIDEO]
09 Sep 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
That’s right, Jax himself has taken to Youtube to beg, no literally plead with young South Africans to collaborate with him on a musical project, and he’s not alone…
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Album Review: Queen’s Entire Back Catalogue… Re-Mastered
09 Sep 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
I learned something new about the world the day Freddie Mercury died. Firstly, that there was a new way to die, and its name was AIDS. Secondly, that one of my heroes was, in fact, gay. As a young teenager I had never given either topic much thought. Queen rocked and that’s all that really […]
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Today’s Google Doodle Is The Greatest Doodle That Ever There Was [VIDEO]
05 Sep 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 3 Comments
Do you know what day today is? Google knows what day today is – which is why their latest animated doodle pays tribute to the legendary Freddie Mercury, who would have turned 65 today, had he not made an early exit. Click through to take a look. Please insert your favourite Queen song title here.
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Foo Fighters Made A Fake Gay Porn Video To Promote Upcoming Tour [VIDEO]
30 Aug 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Foo Fighters don’t actually have to promote anything to get people to shell out cash for their upcoming North America tour, but because they had a fat wad of cash to spend on advertising and some guy in marketing wouldn’t stop saying the word ‘viral,’ they’ve put this video together for you. Take a look.
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China Not Gaga for Gaga, Bans Song Downloads
26 Aug 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
The Chinese government, in a not-unusual display of authoritarian petulance, has banned the download of over a hundred music titles from popular online music sites in China.
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New Video: OK Go Do ‘The Muppet Show Theme’ [VIDEO]
25 Aug 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
OK Go did a rendition of the theme song from The Muppet Show in their Green Album. Now they’ve made a video; it’s sort of like all of their other music videos, except it features Muppets. I don’t like suggesting that something going viral is a foregone conclusion, but this thing going viral is a foregone conclusion.
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Watch This White Girl OWN Chris Brown’s ‘Look At Me Now’ [VIDEO]
24 Aug 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 5 Comments
Meet Karmin, a duo from Boston in the States who are doing things to RnB tracks that make the original artists sweat in their Ice Creams. Take a listen below! I’m prepared to bet you’ve never heard Chris Brown’s ‘Look At Me Now’ done this way before.
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New Icelandic Video For Bon Iver’s “Holocene” [VIDEO]
19 Aug 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Bon Iver does nice music, and Bon Iver does nice music videos. It’s Friday, it’s raining, you really ought to be at the bar by now anyway, so take a look at their latest offering. Be prepared for big ol’ Icelandic vistas, volcanic terrain, and some kid doing stuff that may or may not pertain to the song lyrics.
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Katy Perry And The Broken Record [VIDEO]
19 Aug 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
In news certain to make the Kloof Street set spit up their Vida all over their vintage Converse, Katy Perry has become the second artist in music history to send five singles from an album to the number one spot in the US.
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Liam Gallagher Looks Back In Anger – And Sues Noel
19 Aug 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The love-hate relationship between former Oasis frontmen Liam and Noel Gallager has been entertaining us since the 90s. Now Liam has taken his apparently rampant distaste for Noel one step further and has brought a law suit against him for lying about the reasons for the band’s split. And he wants a public apology too.
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Mommy, That’s Not Santa Claus! Lady Gaga Does Christmas At Barneys
18 Aug 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Barney’s in New York has announced that this year’s festive spectacular will feature a month-long holiday installation from the Empress of Weird, Lady Gaga. Get ready for some Christmas fear…
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Anne Hathaway Raps About Paparazzi’s “Dark Knight” Obsession [VIDEO]
18 Aug 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Anne Hathaway decided she should show off one of her hidden talents to Conan O’Brien on his show: rapping. She was on the show to chat about her latest film, One Day, but of course she will also feature as Catwoman in the next installment of Batman. The “Paparazzi” rap proves that Hathaway is not just a pretty face.
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Mr. Cat And The Jackal: Do The Roots Matter?
17 Aug 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
As I stood there, mouth slightly ajar, listening to Bittereinder spew out lyrics of defiance and love at Oppikoppi, it suddenly hit me that what I truly loved about this eccentric band was its fearsome Afrikaans-ness. This was an unapologetic and proud Afrikaans band. What’s more, Bittereinder aren’t idiotic about it. They’re angry without being bitter, and they are proud without being supremacist about it. You don’t get that very often. And it got me thinking about the “roots” of the band that followed.
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Things I Wish They Had Told Me Before Oppikoppi
11 Aug 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 11 Comments
This year was my first Oppikoppi. I went as press, but I had a lot of fun. I can’t believe what I’ve been missing all these years. I know you’re dying to know, so these were the best performances that I saw: Bittereinder, Michelle Shocked, Sipho “Hotstix” Mabuse, Not My Dog, and Mr Cat and the Jackal.
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Album Review: Frank Sinatra – Best Of Vegas
08 Aug 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Sinatra. Ol’ Blue Eyes. The Chairman of the Board. It’s hard to know where to start with Frank Sinatra. There’s the young Frank of the 1940’s, the Oscar winning movie star, The Rat Pack years, with his old pals Sammy Davis, Dean Martin and the boys. Then there’s the manic depression, the equal rights activist […]
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Blink-182 Rewards Fans For Pirating Their Music [VIDEO]
05 Aug 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Regardless of which side of the fence you sit on when it comes to pirating music, you have to respect the guys from Blink-182. For their latest single, they used several unauthorized fan clips that appeared on YouTube to make a music video for their latest single.
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OK Go Is Better At The Internet Than You Are [VIDEO]
02 Aug 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
You’re going to want to watch this. OK Go have put out a new experimental music video for their new track, All Is Not Lost. You remember that one video with the treadmills? Or with the Rube Goldberg machine? Yeah, this is better than that.
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Taxidermist Preserves Lady Gaga’s Meat Dress
01 Aug 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
A California taxidermist has preserved Lady Gaga’s now-famous meat dress she wore at the 2010 MTV Music Awards. The dress is now on display at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
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Dirty Skirts Album Launch Party – ‘Lost In The Fall’ On Friday [Win Tickets]
20 Jul 2011 by Seth Rotherham / 1 Comment
The Dirty Skirts long awaited third album, Lost In The Fall, is finally hitting the streets, with the first launch party happening this Saturday 23rd July at Zula Bar, Cape Town. Durban, Johannesburg and Pretoria will be after that. 2oceansvibe has personally had a taste of the new album and we can categorically state that […]
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James Stewart Live At Cafe Roux On Friday
20 Jul 2011 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
James Stewart plays at Cafe Roux on Friday, 22 July. Joined by the seasoned and versatile Morne & Maresa, this trio will journey through some really, really good songs! Listen at www.jamesonline.co.za. This is a night for life-lovers, friends, family, good times, good wine and fantastic food. Paul, Bern & Lindi Le Roux REALLY know […]
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Bette Midler Outs Lady Gaga On Twitter For Mermaid In A Wheelchair Routine [VIDEO]
19 Jul 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
It is a well-known fact that Lady Gaga “draws inspiration” from various sources. And a lot of times she actually receives positive feedback from those she openly imitates. But Bette Midler is certainly not one of those people. The famous redhead recently took to Twitter to berate Gaga for copying her mermaid in a wheelchair routine. “Keep the firecracker tits – the mermaid’s mine!”
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Music Appreciation : A Re-look At Matt Goss From Bros’ Growl
19 Jul 2011 by Seth Rotherham / 1 Comment
Matt Goss was the lead singer and one of the twin brothers who made up the band Bros. I was 11 years old when the 1988 hit “I Owe You Nothing” dominated the top of the charts and although I was still learning about what was and wasn’t ‘cool,’ I was sure as shit that […]
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Lady Gaga’s Account Gets Pulled From YouTube
15 Jul 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Many of you may know the frustration of having your video removed from YouTube, simply because you used some insignificant part of someone else’s song. Now Lady Gaga knows exactly how you feel, even worse, she’s had her entire account suspended by YouTube.
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Foo Fighters’ Dave Grohl Kicks Fighting Fan Out Of iTunes Gig [VIDEO]
14 Jul 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Anyone who has had the privilege of being at a Foo Fighters concert, actually, anyone who knows their music, will know the energy that this band has. Especially frontman Dave Grohl. On Monday night they performed at the iTunes Festival in London. Some fans had a fight and Dave was not impressed. At all. NSFW by the way.
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Ard Matthews’ Journey: Music, Jeff The Dog, And A Warm Ocean
14 Jul 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Just Jinjer front man and close friend of 2oceansVibe, Ard Matthews, has embarked on a one month, two-man roadtrip with his dog, Jeff, from Cape Town to Durban, where he’ll reside in the comfort of a temperate climate, decent curry and warm, surfable waves, for at least six months. Ard is concentrating on writing and […]
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Freshlyground Responds To “Waka Waka” Punch-Up
11 Jul 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
I wrote earlier this morning about a row over the World Cup anthem “Waka Waka”, in which a musician called Dominic James claims that the song by Shakira, featuring Freshlyground, has been incorrectly credited, and has benefitted Freshlyground unfairly. Here is Freshlyground’s reply, which seems to suggest that Sony is mostly to blame for the saga.
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Musician Takes Sony And Freshlyground On, Over “Waka Waka”
11 Jul 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
According to New York-based musician Dominic James, The World-Cup theme song “Waka Waka” by Shakira and Freshlyground, has been incorrectly credited and has benefitted Freshlyground unfairly. He says that all the original guitar parts of the song were recorded by him and that Freshlyground contributed very little to the worldwide release.
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Homeless Man With An Amazing Voice [VIDEO]
08 Jul 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 3 Comments
I think a lot of us forget that homeless people are actual people with talents just like the rest of us – sometimes it’s just hidden under some rags and dirt. Take this urban camper for instance: if you were to walk past him, chances are you would not even notice him. But click on this video and you’ll hear something you won’t soon forget.
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Charge Your Phone With A T-Shirt [VIDEO]
08 Jul 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
We all have our days when we forget to charge our phones, or simply exploit its battery power to the limit, and then end up offline, as it were. This is soon to become a problem of the past though because a French telecom company, called Orange, has big plans to save us all from the low-battery blues.
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