Ever wondered what will happen when the New World Order finally takes over? Imagine what will happen to Cape Town, more importantly Capetonians – will they just stare at the mountain and hope for guidance? Woodstock Mafia have taken this … Continue reading →
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Woodstock Mafia – Electric Light
Green Thursdays: Tracing the Money, and the Masterminds, of Illegal Logging
Story from NY Times: Endangered forests and plants don’t get quite as much public attention as endangered animals generally do. Last month the World Bank addressed that deficit by issuing a study, titled “Justice for Forests,” that candidly laid out … Continue reading →
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Green Thursdays: Why Coal Power is bad news for our water
From Greenpeace Africa: Although South Africa has been blessed with amazing natural resources, sadly water isn’t one of them. While we have incredible coastlines and fisheries, fertile lands for feeding the nation, and an abundance of renewable energy sources, when … Continue reading →
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Kyler England (of The Rescues) releases The Spare Key Sessions
Kyler England has had an illustrious career as a songwriter and artist, and she is constantly looking for ways to grow – never doing what is expected of her. Over the course of more than a half dozen releases, she … Continue reading →
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The latest Oppikoppi: Sweet Thing news
Gentlemenz and Ladies: roughly 3 months to go to the annual South African tune driven soul cleansing bushveld brewhaha… Time to get the injectors cleaned and information spread: how to get in so you can properly clutch out/around. Details below … Continue reading →
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Watch this video with the sound off
Because I accidentally did at gym the other day and it cracked me the hell up. And then watch it again, really loudly, since it is, after all, Mick and David:
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Download the ATG May/June Mixtape ft Band Of Skulls, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
Despite this new mix featuring some serious indie stalwarts like Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Band Of Skulls and St Lucia, the track I recommend you pay particular attention to is the delightful little ’60s rock-throwback, “Wild Desire” by King … Continue reading →
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FREE ALBUM: The Static Jacks – Spray Tan EP
The Spray Tan EP was born right off the streets of Jersey City in an unassuming storage facility near Journal Square. Drive over the Pulaski Skyway towards Manhattan and check out the right hand side. See those empty monstrosities? That’s … Continue reading →
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Green Thursdays: The Future of Wind Power – 9 Cool Innovations
From TreeHugger: TreeHugger/Screen capture Our economy has an insatiable appetite for energy, and because of the negative side effects of fossil fuels, the quicker that we can supplement and/or replace petroleum-based power sources, the better. Wind power is a great … Continue reading →
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Green Thursdays: 10 reasons why Arctic drilling is a really stupid idea
From Greenpeace International: 1. It’s extremely dangerous. The Arctic environment is one of the harshest in the world, and everything you do there is more complicated than anywhere else. 2. Our climate can’t afford it. As the impacts of climate … Continue reading →
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Perfect hooks, dark undertones and anthemic vocals – meet Fun.
Gospel rock Indie pop-rock Electro Rock Anthemic indie funky folk rock? Goddammit, it’s hard to define where fun. falls in the grand scheme of musical things. But wherever they fall, it’s a pretty freakin’ great place. Listen to this: Neneh-style … Continue reading →
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My Favourite Things: May
I’ve liked a lot of things this month (as one does every month really – that was a stupid opening sentence), but here is the best of the best: - This Fratellis song. - Ron Pope’s new Americana record. And … Continue reading →
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Free Music Monday: Damon Albarn, Pixies, The Phenomenal Handclap Band
I saved up a whole lot of free awesomeness to make your Monday better. Here we go: Brigg Fair – You Know Who You Are Six60 – Forever Damon Albarn – The Dancing King Pixies – Coachella ’04 EP The … Continue reading →
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The Fratellis – Chelsea Dagger
One of the greatest songs of my whole time at university. Turn it up loud and have a great weekend!
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Green Thursdays: Successful Young Americans Drift Away From Car Culture
Story from TreeHugger: Robert Couse-Baker/CC BY 2.0 Lost art of the driveway tune-up. DC StreetsBlog documents a major car culture tipping point in: U.S. PIRG Report: Young Americans Dump Cars for Bikes, Buses . Though there are few real surprises, … Continue reading →
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Green Thursdays: Google Street View Offers Virtual Tour Of Amazon Basin
Story from Yale360: Google this week expanded its popular Street View feature to the forests of the Amazon basin, posting more than 50,000 photos that allow online users a virtual tour of the world’s largest tropical region. The photos, taken … Continue reading →
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DOWNLOAD: Van Coke Kartel and Zebra & Giraffe – ‘Siener’
To thank their fans for the support, Van Coke Kartel is giving away their and Zebra & Giraffe’s new colab track, SIENER on their website. Download the Siener here: www.vancokekartel.co.za. Short and sweet and full of great local music!
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Sexy, sultry rock and roll from England’s Scoundrels
Occasionally (way less often than I’d like), I score a lot of street cred with my friends. And the night I said, ‘Just trust me and come to this Scoundrels gig’ was a high-ranking street cred night. You see, a … Continue reading →
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Free Music Monday: Alabama Shakes, Best Coast, The War On Drugs
Free and legal downloads for you this week: Alabama Shakes – 4 Track HearYa Session (I dig this band big time, DEFINTELY download this) Best Coast – The Only Place The War On Drugs – Your Love Is Calling My … Continue reading →
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Letterist – 100mph
Press info from The Musebox: Brooklyn darlings LETTERIST have just premiered their debut video for “100mph”. The band who has started generating attention lately, are taking it to the next level with a gorgeous new video that features singer Pamela … Continue reading →
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