New Music Review: Deepgroove & DJ Clock
In the last of our feature reviewing Soul Candi’s latest releases, Dawn Penny gets strict and demands the most from our beats. Sharpile for the words as always! Truth presents In the Club mixed by Deepgroove 6 Beats out of 10 The first time I listened to “Truth presents In the Club” I was at home on a Saturday night, making supper with a friend. Needless to say, we didn’t finish cooking and ended up going out instead. The two producers Lee Pattison and Grayson Shipley have always made it their mission to get you on the dance floor. And do they do it this time with “Truth presents In the Club” you ask? Well, in a word, yes. Their latest club mix has this nice mix of different subgenres of house; hip house, vocal house, acid house, deep house, funky house and a touch of hard house as well. It most certainly is a moving club mix and can get you revved up for a night out on the town. Get it or not? I’d say yeah, get it. The First Tick – DJ Clock 3 Beats out of 10 As I sat and listened to DJ Clock’s “The First Tick”, I gazed at my watch and it was 5 past his career. You laugh but I’m being serious. Firstly the name DJ Clock just isn’t ‘big time’ material, but that’s beside the point. His music has a monotony that would put you to sleep if it wasn’t so disruptive to listen to. He lacks individuality, originality and downright listenability – which I have on good authority as being the main ingredients to having musicality. And really I think if you’re gonna sample a track, you need to either make it as good as the original track or better, there’s no room for ‘ok’. He did a rendition of Mika’s “Relax, Take it easy” and he killed it! No, not in that head bopping kinda way, he actually put it six feet under ground. DJ Clock needs to go back in time and rethink releasing something this below...
Levi’s Young Guns goes Boxing
When last did you get your musical kicks in a boxing gym??? We’re giving you nearly a month’s notice about the Levi’s Young Guns event in July featuring the awesome Japan and I and The Kicks… Jozi’s getting colder and colder, except for the first floor of a corner in Norwood where, on Thursday the 24th of July, the heat’s going to be turned up until it reaches boiling point. This is not a fire warning, it’s an invitation to check out the next Levi’s® Young Guns show as it blazes into town, complete with two hot young acts that are going to let off some steam by going straight for the jugular. Japan and I are joined by The Kick in a Boxercising Gym for another evening of fierce rock and rolling. It’s another instalment in the infectious wildfire of independent music that’s been engulfing the country since the tour got started in May. Come get burned. In less than three years Japan and I have made an indelible mark on the local scene with an infectiously uncompromising approach to making music. They’ve put the grrr back into grrrl rock and continue to push boundaries with their indescribable, upbeat blend of ska, punk and do-wa-pee-do. Comprising of three high school friends who share a taste for musical deviance, stylish outfits and big performances, they’ve won hearts and blown minds with mesmerising live shows that combine up-tempo antics with exquisite compositions. Inspired by life, Japan and I have already made a global mark, winning an LA Music Award. But they’re most at home, at home. So don’t miss out on this opportunity to dance to a new sensation. The Kick are good. They’re better than television and UFOs, are violence and sex rolled into one and sound like life…and death. This manic foursome are 100 percent Jozi and totally original. Blessed with the rare ability to build crowds up and then tear them down with distorted guitars, screaming feedback and rich, dark writhing rhythms, they leave a trail of exhausted fans and post-party chaos wherever they perform. Theirs is a psychedelic mix of infectious grooves, blues rock fury and experimental jazz, all mashed together, mixed up and thrown back at ya with a fury and venom that will knock the hardest hardballs back. It’s a rough ride rocking with The Kick, but it’s so, so worth it. Date Thursday, 24 July Venue Boxercising Gym Address 1st floor (on top of Spar) Corner Grant and William Streets Norwood Time Doors open round 20:00 Price R20.00 Contact Annelie Hoffman @ 012 327 6601 / 6163 Tickets are available from the Levi’s®...
MOVE FAST for your chance Muso’s
If you live in KZN, Western Cape, Eastern Cape or Mpumalanga, you’ve still got a chance to enter your band into the Durex Ultimate Battle of the bands competition that’s cruising the country in July and August. Sorry for you Jozi peeps… the auteng and Free State shows are full! But it looks like more venues MAY be added – hold thumbs. Move fast to guarantee your place. Let’s hope that the radio stations pick up on the winners in each region and we push ALL SA music up to where it belongs! See the flyer and below for more. We’ve received such an overwhelming response to The Durex Ultimate Battle Call for Bands; that we are being forced to add even more shows to the list hosted in the Gauteng Province. (More details to be announced shortly for JHB and PTA) There are still a few slots available around SA (outside of JHB and PTA and Bloem) for bands to compete in this amazing contest! Wed 2 July – Stones Edenvale. – FULL Come support Downward Spiral, Iberah, Killing Pablo and Only Forever. Get there by 19h00. Thur 3 July – back2basix, Westdene. – FULL Come Support Empery, Facing the Gallows, Fear of Falling and Solace. Get there by 19h00. Fri 4 July – Black Dahlia, Boksburg. – FULL Come support GlassBeadGame, Kudegra, United Against You, Unseen Hero and Wake To Wonder. Get there by 19h00. Sat 5 July – Foundry Fly Lounge, Swartkoppies PTA – FULL. Come support Better Off Blind, Elaborate Station, Leef, Neontetra, and Silent Siren. Get there by 19h00. Wed 9 July – Stones, Centurion – FULL. Come support 7stukkesilwer, Elivery, Rhutz and Scenery. Get there by 19h00. Thurs 10 July – Roxy Rhythm Bar, Melville – FULL Come support Earl Grey and Croquet, Same Old Story, Straw and TV iv Dogs. Get there by 19h00. Thursday 17 July – Roxy Rhythm Bar, Melville – FULL Come support Fire Like You, Outside The New, Red Letter Sunday and Six Points From Safety, My Untold Legacy. Get there by 19h00. Friday 18 July – Maloney’s Hatfield. – FULL Come support: Alarmhouse, Symphalt, Lyst and Shades of Faith. Get there by 19h00. Sat 6 Sept – Die Mystic Boer, Bloemfontein – FULL Come support All Will Fall, Enakskind, Nuverus, Papercut, Unforbidden and Vulcan Nerve Pinch. Get there by 19h00. WESTERN CAPE / EASTERN CAPE/KZN/MPUMALANGA Friday 11 July – Cliffy’s Pietermartizburg (3 more spaces) Saturday 12 July – Willowvale Hotel, Durban (2 spaces available) Friday 18 July – Tin Cups, Witbank. (4 spaces available) Sat 19 July – Blue Moon, Nelspruit (3 spaces available) Wed 23 July...
Bushfire in Swaziland in August
If you STILL haven’t been to the magical mountain kingdom of SD yet, hurry up! Here’s the perfect excuse to head East. 1st to 3rd August at House on Fire, the Bush Fire festival.
Model C Schoolnight on Saturday
MTKIDU just wanted to invite you to join us for the Model C Album Launch this Saturday at Fuel. We are very proud, as this is the second release from Team Uncool. here are the details… Lilo | Unsound System present Model cat Fuel Cafe in Newtown. No more songs about girls There are more important things I can’t help it that I’ve changed What’s this love anyway? – Model C It’s all important at UNSOUND SYSTEM when Model C join us live for the album launch of their debut ‘no more songs about girls’. This unique project is a collaboration between Kidu (Nicholas Nesbitt) and his sister Robyn who have been making music since 2006, writing songs based on the entries in their shared diaries. Upfront, honest and endearing, these two allow the outside world into theirs with a mixture of sincere songwriting, heartfelt folk and experimental electronica. Supported by Alex Hing on vocals, keys and songwritting. Leighton Powell on drums. This is one of the freshest live acts on the scene – a rare mixture of emotional warmth, keen observations and musical wizardry. Albums will be on sale for R100 but if you come dressed up in your old school uniform you can get the disk for only R80! Go to… http://www.teamuncool.co.za/ free tracks! Check out the myspace… http://www.myspace.com/iammodelc Visit our Facebook to hear a few tracks or be a fan… http://www.facebook.com/pages/model-c/12484581899 or join the group… http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=48829725525&ref=ts Model C u...
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