New video: Arno Carstens | Highway to Hell (AC/DC cover)

Arno Carstens has released a cover of AC/DC's "Highway to Hell" as the first single off his new solo album, Lightning Prevails. Carstens tones it down for his take on the classic rock 'n' roll track, a clever move that puts the focus on his gravelly voice which has a beautiful depth to it.

The song has also been covered by the likes of Marilyn Manson, Green Day, The Darkness, Pink and, strangely, Maroon 5. I'm guessing it was before Adam Levine acquired moves like Jagger and his Sexiest Man Alive title.

    

New video: Gangs of Ballet | Don't Let Me Go

Gangs of Ballet have released a new music video for their track "Don't Let Me Go". Sure to be a bit of a tearjerker, it tells the story of an elderly couple who go on a joyride.

 

New video: Shadowclub | Melanielectriclove

Shadowclub have released a music video for "Melanielectriclove", the first single off their new album, Goodbye Wild Child. It's a short, quick song that packs in a lot of energy making this live performance setup directed by Mark Middlewick perfect.

New video: Bittereinder ft. Chris Chameleon | Kulkuns

Bittereinder released their music video for "Kulkuns", their track featuring Chris Chameleon and easily one of the best on their album, Die Dinkdansmasjien. The video was shot by Louis Minnaar, who, in an interview with Underground Press, explained how it's different to his previous work.

"The edit is less rhythmical and slower paced than what I normally do. I felt the performances were so strong that I almost wanted to not interrupt any of the main shots with cutaways and so forth. In the end that rarely happens when you enjoy the editing process as I do."

New track: Arctic Monkeys | 2013

The cover art for Arctic Monkeys' upcoming album, AM.

"2013" is a brand new track off the b-side to Arctic Monkeys', "Do I Wanna Know?"  The song won't feature on the band's upcoming album AM, but with a deliciously psychedelic guitar solo, it's definitely worth a listen.

AM, will be released on 9 September. 

Listen to "2013" below: 


Listen to the first single off AM, "Do I Wanna Know?":

New track: Kings of Leon | Supersoaker

Kings of Leon have just released "Supersoaker", the first single off their upcoming album, Mechanical Bull which will be out on 24 September.

It's the Caleb Followill we haven't heard in a while and might just be enough to return the band to its former glory.

What do you think?



If you like what you hear, "Supersoaker" is available for purchase on iTunes and Amazon.

New video: PHFAT | House of Clashes

Electronic rap trio PHFAT will be dropping their new album Happiness Machines in five days. Today they released the first single off the album, "House of Clashes" and in true PHFAT style, they've made the track available to download for free.

Download "House of Clashes" below: 
 
Watch the "House of Clashes" music video below:



PHFAT are also embarking on their Happiness Machines album launch tour at the end of this month too.

26 July Cape Town | The Assembly | With Felix Leband, Seafood, Mr Sakitumi, Hyphen & Button  Bashers

27 July Pretoria | Arcade Empire | With Felix Leband, Fuzigish, Hawkword, Michael Lesar, King   Rat, David and Goliath, Tympa, Destrukto, DJ Mammi Watta

Hard copies of the album will be on sale for R170 on the night if you are feeling generous. It comes with a 16-page booklet designed by Jason De Villiers. Otherwise, you can download the album for free. Easy as that. 

New video: Man As Machine- Control

Man As Machine have released a new single called "Control". Here's the music video, directed by Hanro Havenga and edited by Hanro and Marc De La Querra.

"Mr Mandela" re-released

Cape Town band Trenton and Free Radical have re-released their tribute track "Mr Mandela" in honour of Mandela Day which takes place on 18 July. This time round it features the Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra and the South African Youth Choir.



Best news is that the track has been made available to download for free from now until 6.7 days after Mandela Day. Afterwards, a portion of the proceeds go to the Nelson Mandela Children's Fund.

New video: Desmond & The Tutus- The Future

The talented Hanro Havenga has put together this music video for "The Future", easily the most serious song you'll ever get out of Desmond & The Tutus.

MiNNAAR release new EP

Sibling duo MiNNAAR are making some very interesting music indeed. Today they released their second EP, Safe and Sound, which is like the eerie score to an intergalactic epic.

Download Safe and Sound for free by visiting MiNNAAR's website.

New video: Al Bairre | We Move On

                    Al Bairre at Park Acoustics                               PHOTO: Christelle Duvenage                    

My favourites, (I have no qualms about saying that on my blog) Al Bairre, have released a music video for their track "We Move On". It's the perfect example of how to make a super cool video with a small budget. Food fight, anyone?

 

Also watch Al Bairre's Splashy Fen video. It's good laugh: 

  

New video: Goodnight Wembley | Bad Reputation

Goodnight Wembley have released a music video for their latest single, "Bad Reputation". The video is made up of footage from live performances, which really just makes me more bummed that I missed them the last time they were in Pretoria.

 


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Good Morning, Sunshine- Shortstraw (Official video)

The lovely Shortstraw have released their music video for "Good Morning, Sunshine", the title track off their second album.

I interviewed the band on Friday, so watch this space for the article (and a review of their album) which will be out in Perdeby next week.

New music: Jeremy Loops- Down South (Live)

Jeremy Loops opening for Xavier Rudd at Parklife Joburg.

It's been a wondrous year for Jeremy Loops so far. He opened for Australian musician Xavier Rudd in both Joburg and Cape Town, he nabbed the award for Best Solo Act at the MK Awards last Sunday and then, this week, he announced that he's off to tour the UK and the States in May. With every reason to be in a celebratory mood, Mr Loops decided to release his track, "Down South", for free. It was recorded live for Balcony TV in Joburg.

This one, he's going places alright.

Download "Down South" below.  



Watch "Down South" being played live at on Balcony TV.

 

Gil Hockman releases new EP

Gil Hockman at Park Acoustics                                                                                                  PHOTO: Christelle Duvenage                                        

Gil Hockman has released a 5-track EP called All The Little Things. Take a listen below to it below and then download the EP on Bandcamp, where you can name the price you want to pay for it. Be generous, okay? It's a pretty cool collection of tracks.
 

New music: We Move On by Al Bairre

TRACK ART: Kent Andreasen

My beloved Al Bairre have released a new single called "We Move On." 

Check it out!

New music: Al Bairre release "Solid Gold"

My favourites, Al Bairre, have released a brand new song, "Solid Gold". Can't wait till they come visit us in Pretoria. I'm told it's going to be soon, very soon.

Bittereinder- Die Dinkdansmasjien (Official video)

 Bittereinder at Arcade Empire                                                                                                   PHOTO: Christelle Duvenage

Bittereinder's video for "Die Dinkdansmasjien" was released this morning. It's a wonderful live video, which kind of looks like it has an Instagram filter on it. Here's what the electronic rap trio had to say about it:

Bittereinder lovingly dedicate this video to TUKS FM 107.2, Pretoria's finest radio station, who made this song #1 in February 2013 before anybody else even had it on a chart. All 3 of us grew up listening to TUKS FM: respect to Elvis Hitler, The Preacher, Stav, Jaco Smit amongst many others. Pretoria in ons hart.

No, Bittereinder in ons hart.

Jet Black Camaro- Pass it on John (Official video)

Jet Black Camaro at Arcade Empire                                                                                          PHOTO: Christelle Duvenage

Jet Black Camaro have finally released another music video, and this time it's for "Pass it on John". It's a rather odd one that follows the day of car mechanics. Take a look!

 

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