Another Saturday. Sweltering fucking heat in Cape Town. Secret rave time. We jam, jam, jam until the first guys from SANParks rock up to shut the party down.
Another Saturday. Sweltering fucking heat in Cape Town. Secret rave time. We jam, jam, jam until the first guys from SANParks rock up to shut the party down.
I Hardly Remember Their Names
TW | SA
This week’s round-up of newish releases from Darwin Rev, Fog, Coasters, Deeper Beats, and Tape Hiss & Sparkle.
Communities gather around those experiencing death or tragedy. It is a basic expression of our humanity. When a family cannot afford a funeral, friends and neighbours come together to cover the costs, prepare food and comfort those who are grieving.
Tonight, musicians and community members are gathering at Trenchtown in Observatory to support Singabalapha, where a fire killed one resident and destroyed homes earlier this month. About 100 people have lived at the settlement for seven years, among them professionals, cleaners, domestic workers, security guards, military veterans and others who came to Cape Town for work.
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?”
We’re walking up from the parking area, with a bunch of other people following us, including my friend Savannah and a few familiar Cape Town faces. Now we’re questioning whether we’re even heading in the right direction.
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.