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Music
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Holy Ship! Coachella Is Heading To The Sea
19 Jul 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Just in case you thought that two weekends with identical lineups wasn’t enough for the avid music fan, Coachella has something else up their sleeve. Get ready to set sail on the SS Coachella, heading into the Caribbean twice this December.
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Is Richard Branson Buying Back Virgin Records?
18 Jul 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Billionaire Richard Branson, founder of the Virgin Group, has expressed his interest in buying back the business that started it all, Virgin Records.
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Google’s Awesome Online Orchestra [VIDEO]
17 Jul 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
In its latest display of awesome, Google has unveiled its Universal Orchestra Experiment, built by Google Creative Lab. The online experiment is the beautiful lovechild of science-fiction and high art and will allow multiple visitors to play real instruments in London’s Science Museum in real-time via the Internet.
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Check Out The Jack Parow & Gazelle Music Video For Hosh Tokolosh [VIDEO]
13 Jul 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
For months now we’ve all been hearing that “die tokoloshe gaan jou vang-elang-elang as jy hardloop in die gang-elang-elang”. Finally the day is now upon us where we can see what the music video look like for Jack Parow and Gazelle’s radio hit, “Hosh Tokolosh”. But is it any good?
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Bloc Party To Headline New Jozi Music Fest
12 Jul 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Capetonians were extremely pleased with the news that Bloc Party are to be headlining Rocking the Daisies this year, but with that, comes today’s announcement that the four-piece act will headline a brand new festival in Jozi called In The City.
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Revealed: Mylo Xyloto Refers To New Coldplay Comic Book Series
12 Jul 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
When quizzed about the name of their last CD, Coldplay only said it was a “concept album” and that the title referred to a boy and a girl named Mylo and Xyloto. Turns out it is actually also the name of a new comic book series based on the album. It will be launched at Comic-Con this weekend and was created by The Simpsons writer Matt Groening’s Bongo Comics Group.
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2oceansvibe Radio Partners With The South African “Switchfoot” Music Tour
03 Jul 2012 by Seth Rotherham / 3 Comments
Grammy Award winning Band “Switchfoot” will perform in South Africa for the first time in August, and 2oceansVibe Radio is proud to announce we’re on board as a partner! Switchfoot are all-round nice guys who love to surf, have sold millions of records, and are known for their incredible energetic live performances during their sold-out […]
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Samuel L. Jackson Performs “Beez In The Trap”, As Nicki Minaj [VIDEO]
28 Jun 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
To promote this year’s BET Awards, host Samuel L. Jackson did an amazing impersonation of popstar Nicki Minaj. His groundbreaking performance casts the traditionally typecast badass in a whole new light and is a must-see for any fan. Click through for Jackson’s award-worthy performance.
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Cape Town Mac Thief Dropboxes Pics Back To Original Owner
26 Jun 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 15 Comments
2oceansViber, Fred, got in contact with us recently about his stolen MacBook Pro, which was grabbed by a thief as Fred confronted him in his bedroom. The thief and the MacBook got away, but Dropbox remained installed. Imagine the surprise when pictures from his stolen Mac started appearing in his DropBox. They tell quite a story. Full (hilarious) gallery inside.
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Check Out Patricia De Lille Rapping Against Drug Abuse [VIDEO]
26 Jun 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Check out Cape Town Mayor, Patricia de Lille, recording a rap tune in a bid to curb drug and alcohol abuse. Non-kids (especially those in advertising and politics) trying to be as cool a real kids normally just looks awkward. So does De Lille manage to not look like a fool doing this? Check it out and decide for yourself – after the jump!
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R.I.P. Fleetwood Mac Guitarist Bob Welch
08 Jun 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Bob Welch, formerly Fleetwood Mac’s guitarist and succesful soft-rock soloist of the 70’s, was found in his Nashville home yesterday, dead of an apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound. He was 65. Police reports say that Welch’s body was found by his wife in the mid-afternoon, along with a suicide note.
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They’re Making An Elvis Hologram Too
07 Jun 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
In news that you want desperately to be surprised by, but just can’t, the creators of the Tupac-ogram have announced that they’re working on an Elvis Presley hologram, for making film and television appearances – and, depending on how unsettling they can get the reincarnated star to look, on tour.
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Second Bee Gees Member, Robin Gibb, Passes Away
21 May 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The world lost a great musician when Bee Gees singer, Robin Gibb passed away last night. His passing follows shortly after a 12-day coma resulting from intestinal surgery intended to battle colon and liver cancer. He was aged 62.
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The Best Cover Of “Sexy And I Know It” You’ll Ever Hear [VIDEO]
16 May 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 3 Comments
Redfoo: “I’m sexy and I know it.” There, it’s done. Whether you’re a fan of the song or not, LMFAO’s chart-topping hit is now on infinite repeat in your head. It’s one of those typical, infectious beats that seems to worm its way into your mind, even after just reading the title. Well, YouTube sensation “Noah” is about to change that, for the better. Click through for his awesome cover.
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South African Songwriter Sues Elton John For Plagiarising “Nikita”
08 May 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 6 Comments
You know that Elton John song, “Nikita”? According to Capetonian, Guy Hobbs, he actually wrote the lyrics in the early 80s following a relationship with a Russian waitress called Natasha. But when he submitted it to several publishing companies, he got turned down. In 1985, the song suddenly popped up on the radio as a new Elton John single.
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Amanda Palmer Is Crowdsourcing Her New Album [VIDEO]
07 May 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
You guys have heard of Kickstarter – that site that lets people pitch their projects for funding to the internet at large, and which has led to new apps, art projects, and a Robocop statue in Detroit. All of which stopped mattering when Amanda Palmer raised $500 000 in four days on the platform – with 24 days of funding remaining.
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Tenacious D’s First Video For “Rize Of The Fenix” Has Dropped
04 May 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
It’s here people. The D is back. We broke the news last month that Tenacious D was training with Josh Groban and Dave Grohl, and the fruits of their labour has arrived. Here is the first video from the band, as well as details for the ENTIRE album on Soundcloud.
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The Expendables 2 Trailer Released [VIDEO]
04 May 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Because what last year’s homage to excessive, overblown action movies needed most of all was a sequel. Starring even more overhauled action heroes – like Chuck Norris and Jean-Claude Van Damme, Bruce Willis and Arnold Schwarzenegger – and, at a guess, more slow-motion explosions and weapon puns, it looks like something you guys should probably watch.
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Iron Maiden’s Frontman Opens Aviation Business In Wales
03 May 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
See, this is what happens when you’re a rock star who fails to die young: you end up doing something in aviation, or in Wales. Or, if you’re Iron Maiden frontman Bruce Dickinson, I guess you do both, and depress everybody who remembers when you were still cool.
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Dirty Skirts Frontman, Jeremy De Tolly Launches New Album
18 Apr 2012 by Seth Rotherham / 11 Comments
Congrats to our randomly selected winners, Darryn van der Walt and Denise Montanari! 2oceansvibe friend and famed entertainer/frontman of one of SA’s biggest bands, Jeremy de Tolly is launching his debut solo album, and you can be a part of it. The album is nothing even remotely close to the Dirty Skirts sound we all […]
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Damon Albarn Retires Gorillaz, Hints At Disagreements Within Band
10 Apr 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
In an interview over the weekend, Damon Albarn has said it is “unlikely” that there will be any more new material from Gorillaz. He has not given a specific reason, but implied that disagreements between him and his Gorillaz collaborator, artist Jamie Hewlett, could be at the core.
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Lollapalooza Lineup Leaked, Includes Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Black Keys, Black Sabbath
10 Apr 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Take it with a pinch of salt, but over the weekend this pretty convincing Lollapalooza internal memo hit the internet. I mean blurry photographs of lineup lists aren’t set in stone, but it looks pretty legit – and includes headline acts by The Black Keys, Black Sabbath, and The Shins. Check out the full thing after the jump.
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Round-Up Of 2012’s Better April Fools’ Jokes
02 Apr 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
April Fool pranks played by people tend to be either cruel or embarrassing. April Fool pranks played by tech companies, however, are charming and endearing attempts at being funny for one day every year – and this year’s haul of PR stunts is actually pretty good. Check them out after the jump.
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Smashing Pumpkins To Release “Album Within An Album” In June [VIDEO]
28 Mar 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan has spent the last three years slaving away at a massively insane internet-only, 44-song concept record, called Teargarden By Kaleidyscope. That album now includes an “album within an album” called Oceania, which will be released via traditional record-label channels, with EMI on June 19. Check out the epic title track below.
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Madonna Responds To Deadmau5 [PIC]
27 Mar 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
This morning we told you about Deadmau5 taking on Madonna via Twitter. He mistook her asking the crowd at a recent concert if “they’ve seen Molly?” for disguised drug use promotion. It turns out she was actually referring to one of her new singles, “Have you seen Molly”, and took to Twitter to correct the electro artist. She even used a pic! Awkward.
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Marshall Is Selling Mini-Fridges That Look Like Guitar Amps [VIDEO]
27 Mar 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Iconic amplifier company Marshall has expanded into selling people drums and headphones over the past couple of years – and now they’ve announced a mini-fridge that looks like an amp on the outside, but has an inside made to hold dozens of cold beverages. Shut up and take my money.
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EXCLUSIVE – Official Music Video For New Ard Matthews Single, ‘Bolder’
27 Mar 2012 by Seth Rotherham / 1 Comment
Ard Matthews outdid himself with the music video for his latest hit, Bolder. You would have heard the track on 2ov.fm and Radio 5, but this is the first time you will see the video. Shot entirely on his iPhone 4S (courtesy of Digicape) in India, Ard not only performed in the video, but he […]
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Chubby Contestant Stuns Simon Cowell On Britain’s Got Talent [VIDEO]
26 Mar 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Inevitably, at some point during reality TV talent show auditions, a heavyset and/or ugly contestant will walk onto stage and be greeted with ridicule and laughter. But then said contestant opens his/her mouth, and everyone – including Simon Cowell – starts to cheer and cry hysterically. Step inside for that magical moment.
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Walk Off The Earth Return With New Viral Video [VIDEO]
20 Mar 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
Remember when we all freaked out over that video of five people playing and singing on one guitar? The band’s name is Walk off the Earth, and they’ve just uploaded a new video onto YouTube. This time they cover the song, “Little boxes” from the TV show “Weeds”. Expect loads of cardboard box awesomeness – after the jump!
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Genevieve Morton Stars In Sexy New Gavin Degraw Music Video
19 Mar 2012 by Seth Rotherham / 2 Comments
Former 2oceansvibe Weathergirl Genevieve Morton stars in the music video for Gavin Degraw’s HOT new single, Sweeter. Things get quite steamy, as Gen gets down to some basic lingerie and gyrates on the table, in the bed and against a piano. It’s nicely done and the video also features a HOT red MINI Countryman! Check it […]
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