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Best of 2023
My 2023 albums and tracks of the year featuring Slowdive, Health, PJ Harvey, Fever Ray, Brutus, bar italia, Sigur Ros, Morena Leraba, Daughter, Boygenius, OXN, Mitski, Rev. Kristin Michael Hayter, Bonnie Prince Billy, Dengue Fever, Lankum, Lucy Kruger, Chelsea Wolfe, Crow Baby, and others Read more
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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 music out there, and it’s getting harder to find the good stuff. Easy to navigate playlists on Spotify and Deezer links below.… Read more
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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. Williams was a new find in the vein of Sharon Van Etten. Agnes and Anna deliver their welcome signature sounds while another… Read more
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Some Christmas songs are not just for XMAS
Two Christmas albums you’re not likely to hear at the malls. Ever Low – Christmas (1999) In typical Low style, this is a haunting album with a surprisingly upbeat opener. A.V. Club’s Josh Modell described it as “the religious album even heathens can love”. Apple Music Deezer Spotify Phil Spector – A Christmas gift… Read more
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The Junction
The Junction, originally on the corner of Bree and Claim Street, was owned by Shayne Leith who previously owned Decodance in Market Street (which eventually became Le Club). The Junction opened in 1988 and closed sometime in 1991 before moving to a short-lived run at Ponte. It had two dance floors. One was dark with… Read more
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Reform Soundsystem is back
It’s been a year since our last Reform party and how things have turned upside down in that time. No matter. On 22 April at Kitcheners in Braamfontein, we get down to the notorious sound of the Reform Soundsystem brought to you by DJs Charles Leonard and Marc Latilla along with specials guests DJ Jun… Read more
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Scants Laserdrome
Scants opened on the 19th August 1983 at 180 Fox Street. The owners, Stan Herson and Bruce Kennedy would later go on to open Heaven, but this was the pair’s first foray into the nightclub business (although in the 1970s, Stan was involved with the first incarnation of Mandy’s in End Street when he converted… Read more
Marc Latilla 