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    #SpotlightOn SunMan: a band intimately attune with each other and channelling that into their music

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    Ziggy Alberts talks the power of cross cultural collaboration and his segue into poetry ahead of his return to South Africa

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    Relive The Album: The Strokes’ Comedown Machine pushed the boundaries of what indie-rock could be

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The countdown to #SAMA29 begins with 2 weeks remaining for entries

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  • Greenpop’s Reforest Fest returns for 11th edition of partying for the planet, with Jeremy Loops set to headline

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Allow Phil Higgins to reintroduce herself on her funk-tinged video for “Philippa”

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  • Cindy-Louise cuts to the quick with dark country strains on her new single “Can’t Own Me”

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@HolographBand take their final bow before @WarrentFisher & @Inesoo head off to Amsterdam and @Dr.Lovefield is mad cut up about it.Link in bio to read his final farewell to a band much loved and swipe for @Pierre_Rommelaere's moody pics.
@HolographBand take their final bow before @WarrentFisher & @Inesoo head off to Amsterdam and @Dr.Lovefield is mad cut up about it.Link in bio to read his final farewell to a band much loved and swipe for @Pierre_Rommelaere's moody pics.
@HolographBand take their final bow before @WarrentFisher & @Inesoo head off to Amsterdam and @Dr.Lovefield is mad cut up about it.Link in bio to read his final farewell to a band much loved and swipe for @Pierre_Rommelaere's moody pics.
@HolographBand take their final bow before @WarrentFisher & @Inesoo head off to Amsterdam and @Dr.Lovefield is mad cut up about it.Link in bio to read his final farewell to a band much loved and swipe for @Pierre_Rommelaere's moody pics.
@HolographBand take their final bow before @WarrentFisher & @Inesoo head off to Amsterdam and @Dr.Lovefield is mad cut up about it.Link in bio to read his final farewell to a band much loved and swipe for @Pierre_Rommelaere's moody pics.
@HolographBand take their final bow before @WarrentFisher & @Inesoo head off to Amsterdam and @Dr.Lovefield is mad cut up about it.Link in bio to read his final farewell to a band much loved and swipe for @Pierre_Rommelaere's moody pics.
@HolographBand take their final bow before @WarrentFisher & @Inesoo head off to Amsterdam and @Dr.Lovefield is mad cut up about it.Link in bio to read his final farewell to a band much loved and swipe for @Pierre_Rommelaere's moody pics.
@HolographBand take their final bow before @WarrentFisher & @Inesoo head off to Amsterdam and @Dr.Lovefield is mad cut up about it.Link in bio to read his final farewell to a band much loved and swipe for @Pierre_Rommelaere's moody pics.
@HolographBand take their final bow before @WarrentFisher & @Inesoo head off to Amsterdam and @Dr.Lovefield is mad cut up about it.Link in bio to read his final farewell to a band much loved and swipe for @Pierre_Rommelaere's moody pics.
@HolographBand take their final bow before @WarrentFisher & @Inesoo head off to Amsterdam and @Dr.Lovefield is mad cut up about it.Link in bio to read his final farewell to a band much loved and swipe for @Pierre_Rommelaere's moody pics.
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@HolographBand take their final bow before @WarrentFisher & @Inesoo head off to Amsterdam and @Dr.Lovefield is mad cut up about it.Link in bio to read his final farewell to a band much loved and swipe for @Pierre_Rommelaere's moody pics.
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Our #SpotlightOn artist for March is Cape-Town based indie-pop trio SunMan.From recording tracks on GarageBand, they’ve gone on to release two dazzling EPs, amassing over 500k streams, and inking a distribution deal with @umgsa.Link in bio to discover a band intimately attune with one another.
Our #SpotlightOn artist for March is Cape-Town based indie-pop trio SunMan.From recording tracks on GarageBand, they’ve gone on to release two dazzling EPs, amassing over 500k streams, and inking a distribution deal with @umgsa.Link in bio to discover a band intimately attune with one another.
Our #SpotlightOn artist for March is Cape-Town based indie-pop trio SunMan.From recording tracks on GarageBand, they’ve gone on to release two dazzling EPs, amassing over 500k streams, and inking a distribution deal with @umgsa.Link in bio to discover a band intimately attune with one another.
Our #SpotlightOn artist for March is Cape-Town based indie-pop trio SunMan.From recording tracks on GarageBand, they’ve gone on to release two dazzling EPs, amassing over 500k streams, and inking a distribution deal with @umgsa.Link in bio to discover a band intimately attune with one another.
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Our #SpotlightOn artist for March is Cape-Town based indie-pop trio SunMan.From recording tracks on GarageBand, they’ve gone on to release two dazzling EPs, amassing over 500k streams, and inking a distribution deal with @umgsa.Link in bio to discover a band intimately attune with one another.
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We sat down with @ZiggyAlberts to chat everything from collaborations as a tool for change, to the importance of humour in creativity, ahead of his return to SA next week.⁠
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Link in bio for the full feature - AND TO WIN TICKETS TO HIS SHOWS IN CAPE TOWN & JOZI. DO IT!
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We sat down with @ZiggyAlberts to chat everything from collaborations as a tool for change, to the importance of humour in creativity, ahead of his return to SA next week.⁠ ⁠ Link in bio for the full feature - AND TO WIN TICKETS TO HIS SHOWS IN CAPE TOWN & JOZI. DO IT!
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"I was surrounded by my friends. And strangers surrounded by their friends. Warm embraces met by elation. At their purest, moments like these happen rarely, but when they do, they can linger on for a lifetime, and that is the power of live music." - @alessndrogueli⁠
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"I was surrounded by my friends. And strangers surrounded by their friends. Warm embraces met by elation. At their purest, moments like these happen rarely, but when they do, they can linger on for a lifetime, and that is the power of live music." - @alessndrogueli⁠ ⁠ Link in bio for the full feature. 📸 @laura.mcc_za
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@si_Bonobo live in Cape Town was a night of sublime, love-fuelled electronica.Swipe for some epic shot from @laura.mcc_za and hit the link in bio for the full gallery.
@si_Bonobo live in Cape Town was a night of sublime, love-fuelled electronica.Swipe for some epic shot from @laura.mcc_za and hit the link in bio for the full gallery.
@si_Bonobo live in Cape Town was a night of sublime, love-fuelled electronica.Swipe for some epic shot from @laura.mcc_za and hit the link in bio for the full gallery.
@si_Bonobo live in Cape Town was a night of sublime, love-fuelled electronica.Swipe for some epic shot from @laura.mcc_za and hit the link in bio for the full gallery.
@si_Bonobo live in Cape Town was a night of sublime, love-fuelled electronica.Swipe for some epic shot from @laura.mcc_za and hit the link in bio for the full gallery.
@si_Bonobo live in Cape Town was a night of sublime, love-fuelled electronica.Swipe for some epic shot from @laura.mcc_za and hit the link in bio for the full gallery.
@si_Bonobo live in Cape Town was a night of sublime, love-fuelled electronica.Swipe for some epic shot from @laura.mcc_za and hit the link in bio for the full gallery.
@si_Bonobo live in Cape Town was a night of sublime, love-fuelled electronica.Swipe for some epic shot from @laura.mcc_za and hit the link in bio for the full gallery.
@si_Bonobo live in Cape Town was a night of sublime, love-fuelled electronica.Swipe for some epic shot from @laura.mcc_za and hit the link in bio for the full gallery.
@si_Bonobo live in Cape Town was a night of sublime, love-fuelled electronica.Swipe for some epic shot from @laura.mcc_za and hit the link in bio for the full gallery.
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@si_Bonobo live in Cape Town was a night of sublime, love-fuelled electronica.Swipe for some epic shot from @laura.mcc_za and hit the link in bio for the full gallery.
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COMPETITION TIME!We're giving one person the chance to win an epic night at the @YndianMynah, @BlackMathZA & @Peasant.HC show happening at @District_CT on 31 March.The winner will receive 4 tickets and a t-shirt from each band. And to sweeten the deal @Suncamino_Rum has also thrown in one of their awesome cocktail kits. To enter you have to:🍹 Make sure to follow each of the bands & Suncamino Rum
🍹 Tag three of your friends who you'd take with you
🍹 Extra points if you share the post in your storyYou can enter as many times as you like and we'll announce the winner at 10am on Friday 31 March. Link in bio for all the event deets.
COMPETITION TIME!We're giving one person the chance to win an epic night at the @YndianMynah, @BlackMathZA & @Peasant.HC show happening at @District_CT on 31 March.The winner will receive 4 tickets and a t-shirt from each band. And to sweeten the deal @Suncamino_Rum has also thrown in one of their awesome cocktail kits. To enter you have to:🍹 Make sure to follow each of the bands & Suncamino Rum
🍹 Tag three of your friends who you'd take with you
🍹 Extra points if you share the post in your storyYou can enter as many times as you like and we'll announce the winner at 10am on Friday 31 March. Link in bio for all the event deets.
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COMPETITION TIME!We're giving one person the chance to win an epic night at the @YndianMynah, @BlackMathZA & @Peasant.HC show happening at @District_CT on 31 March.The winner will receive 4 tickets and a t-shirt from each band. And to sweeten the deal @Suncamino_Rum has also thrown in one of their awesome cocktail kits. To enter you have to:🍹 Make sure to follow each of the bands & Suncamino Rum 🍹 Tag three of your friends who you'd take with you 🍹 Extra points if you share the post in your storyYou can enter as many times as you like and we'll announce the winner at 10am on Friday 31 March. Link in bio for all the event deets.
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#ReliveTheAlbum: On the 10th anniversary of @TheStrokes’ #ComedownMachine, we look back on an album that pushed the boundaries of what indie-rock could be.⁠
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Link in bio to rediscover a record that lives on as a kind of cult-classic.
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#ReliveTheAlbum: On the 10th anniversary of @TheStrokes’ #ComedownMachine, we look back on an album that pushed the boundaries of what indie-rock could be.⁠ ⁠ Link in bio to rediscover a record that lives on as a kind of cult-classic.
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@WavescapeSA did the most last week raising R712,000 at their annual surfboard auction with 100% of the proceeds going to charity. ⁠
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Link in bio to have a look at the gorgeous surfboards that were auctioned off.
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@WavescapeSA did the most last week raising R712,000 at their annual surfboard auction with 100% of the proceeds going to charity. ⁠ ⁠ Link in bio to have a look at the gorgeous surfboards that were auctioned off.
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@teddysphotos takes viewers on an intimate journey behind his life in new @disneyplus original docuseries titled Ed Sheeran: The Sum of It All.Link in bio to watch the trailer, spotlighting how an unlikely child with a stutter rose to fame.
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@teddysphotos takes viewers on an intimate journey behind his life in new @disneyplus original docuseries titled Ed Sheeran: The Sum of It All.Link in bio to watch the trailer, spotlighting how an unlikely child with a stutter rose to fame.
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