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I wonder how many audience members have made the same mistake as I did, assuming this was Ibuyambo Ensemble, not Orchestra. I’m glad of the happy accident.
ALL THE REVIEWS EVER BY DATE MFERS
I wonder how many audience members have made the same mistake as I did, assuming this was Ibuyambo Ensemble, not Orchestra. I’m glad of the happy accident.
“Are we sure we’re going the right way?”
This week's round-up of newish releases from Langa Mavuso, Linda Sikhakhane, Fontaines D.C., Warren Justin, Schwabie, and CVBA.
Beer in plastic cups galore, people spilling out onto the pavement. I love that grey area of drinking on the sidewalk. It feels like Stellies, and I never even studied at Stellies. A frat party, or one of those Plumstead house parties back in high school.
I’ve only surfed Dunes twice – logistics and sharks deter me. It’s a heavy, peeling, right-hand slab of a wave by Noordhoek: here it’s a mean-looking mural inside Surfa Rosa. The ceiling is fitted with matte black surfboards, the walls are textured by stickers and posters: “FCK AFD”,skulls, snakes, illuminati-style eyes with thick creepy lashes, “WE MAKE STUPID PEOPLE FAMOUS”, trippy geometric patterns, caricatured lips that frame sharp pointy teeth annotated with “DELICIOUS MONSTERS”, a grotty pigeon, more anime, a QR code advertising someone’s Spotify. A goblin lurks beneath multiple stickers.
This week's round-up of newish releases from Healer Oran, Sisonke Xonti, A Cool Affair, Jay Bones, Matthew Mole, and vuyo viwe.