This happened to a lot of people at Rocking the Daisies 2008, and it may have happened to you. You’re lying there, perhaps taking a recharging power-nap at 3am, when you hear a rustling at the door of the tent, followed by a careless zipping sound. Then, an unfamiliar voice grunts and you feel a ‘WHUMP!’ as some stranger collapses into your tent, and responds to your surprised ‘uh…excuse me?’ in one of two ways: blind terror or blind oblivion.
Despite the unique appeal to South Africans, Botswana’s Wrust were overshadowed by Carcass
I was in touching distance of one of the founding bands of death metal, and I honestly did not know what to do with myself. The band had just walked on stage with a presence that made you forget about your numb feet and hands from standing in the cold and just heat up instantaneously. With a songs from their third album Heartwork, like Buried Dreams and No Love Lost, the time that every serious metalhead in South Africa had travelled to see had arrived: Carcass.
For the purposes of deflating an already too-self-congratulatory music environment, I’m gonna be trying to beat my own personal high score at Devil’s Advocate for this one. The SA DMC DJ Champs. A last-minute media hookup through Quake from Choice Records (you’re my my mom’s other son, bro). A 5pm pickup and handshake at the newly redeveloped Mercury Live and a few choice four-letter words for some drunken tit who’s promising to watch my car (which I’m selling back at my place in Woodstock in exactly ten minutes — better make this quick). And disco — we’re good to go for Overtone media coverage of the DJ event of the year, right up there alongside the African Hip Hop Indaba. Badabing. That’s how I roll, bitches.
Weekend events guide for Cape Town for the 1st-3rd Aug 2008. Published every Thursday evening. Please contact the venues or bands for confirmation.
FRI 1st AUGUST
Restless Natives
SABC Studios 8pm R60
Monkeysfist presents Shift
Saul’s The Venue, Greenpoint
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=35948910848
Skyeclad + Tall order
The Edge, Parklands
9pm R20
Black Market Riots + Elzahn Rinquest Band + Cold Hand Chemistry
Cornerbar
8pm
R40 / R30 with flyer
Karen Zoid
Zula Sound Bar
8pm
Mercury Live & Lounge
Kidofdoom, Magnum HI-FI and Unit.r
Mark Schellhas + Julia Jakobsen
Obz Cafe
The Dirty Skirts
The Assembly
9pm R50 / R130 wCD
Gio Ricca, Josh Borril & Pascal
The Bang Bang Club
9pm
The Jack Mantis Band
The Booze Room (old Cafe Vespa)
8pm
Rhythm Is My Bitch: Bangers & Mash
Gravity
9pm R20
SAT 2nd AUGUST
Restless Natives
SABC Studios 8pm R60
Freddy The Tulip
Bang Bang Club
Azrail + The Horrorcast + A Walk with the Wicked + V.O.L + Nevermine + Notm + Revenge by Dawn
Cornerbar
R40
White Light: Battle Of The Bands
Simon Van Der Stel Hall, Wynberg
Kidofdoom, Unit-R And Guest Dj’s
Klein Libertas Theatre
The Sleepers + The Plastics + Fight With Fire + The Julii
R.O.A.R.
9pm
Ej Von Lyrik
Zula Bar
9pm
SUN 3rd AUGUST
The Onion Project
Cafe Sofia, Rondebosch
8.30pm
Every Thursday evening, Overtone publishes a weekend national gig guide complied from over 30 different guides, venue websites, Facebook events, press releases and band pages! Post your gig guides and event listings to guide@overtone.co.za so we can cover other cities like Port Elizabeth, Nelspruit, Bloemfontein, Umtata and Kimberley!
Promoters and Organisers Adele Lucas Promotions (ALP) recently announced that the first Khayelitsha Festival is scheduled to take place on the 24 ? 26th of October 2008, at the OR Tambo Hall in Khayelitsha. The festival marks Khayelitsha?s 25th anniversary, and will be a celebration of the community?s wealth of talent in arts, culture, youth and entrepreneurship.
Says Managing Director, Adele Lucas: ?The Khayelitsha Festival is set to be an annual event creating opportunities for local businesses to expand their horizons and interact with the wider Cape business community.?
Modeled on the highly successful Soweto Festival, now in its fourth year, the Khayelitsha Festival will run over three days and feature a leisure and lifestyle exhibition, a vibrant music programme, fashion shows, arts and crafts, a youth zone, dance, competitions and a host of other activities.
The magnitude of the event is unprecedented in the Western Cape, and highlights intergovernmental efforts to promote social cohesion and drive local economic development. The festival is supported both by the Western Cape Provincial Government and the City of Cape Town in association with the Khayelitsha Development Forum.
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