Best of 2022
My personal musical loves of 2022. These lists are not for everyone, but if you know me and have some crossover in taste, you’re sure to find something interesting. There’s a lot of… Continue reading
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Tokyo Star Melville DJ Mix
Between 2007 and 2010 I played countless Thursday night sets at the Tokyo Star in 4th Avenue Melville (plus later, a few in Greenside) and was privileged to share those with some amazing… Continue reading
Best of 2021
My annual roundup of new music discovered throughout the year in the all familiar two-list fashion: one uptempo, and the other one leaning more to…well…let’s just call it ‘sad bastard’ music. I managed… Continue reading
Best of 2020
My annual round-up of music that did it for me. This year was a decent split between heavy post-punk, shoegaze, and imaginary soundtrack music. Neubauten made a stylish comeback this year. A. A.… Continue reading
Fat Franks Southern Diner
Fat Franks Southern Diner was a cajun restaurant in Braamfontein where I worked between 89-91. The music was a huge part of the experience. The shift always started with Ella &… Continue reading
My 20 albums of the Decade 2010-2018
Decade lists have never been my thing, but since I have around 9 concurrent years’ worth of BEST OF lists, it was relatively simple going back and picking the 20 albums from 2010-2018… Continue reading
Best of 2019
Another year and another few hundred albums and a few thousand songs listened to and filtered into this concise list of brilliance. 2019 was the first year in a long time that dancefloor… Continue reading
Music of 2018
2018 was a great year for new music. Picking 20 was a struggle. Even trying to limit the playlists to a reasonable length was harder than I anticipated. My top 3 from the… Continue reading
Some Christmas songs are not just for XMAS
Two Christmas albums you’re not likely to hear at the malls. Ever In typical Low style, this is a haunting album with a surprisingly upbeat opener. A.V. Club’s Josh Modell described it as… Continue reading
Johannesburg Then and Now
My first book has been launched and is finding its way into the stores. Penguin approached me in late 2016 to research and write this edition of the book for them (A Cape… Continue reading