An Ode to South African Music Part 3(years too late)

Holy shit, it has been like almost 3 years since my last "An Ode to South African Music".

I'm sorry.

Okay I'm not really. I actually don't care about you, the reader's, feelings (I'm lying, I kind of do). I do, however care about music so lets just get straight to that.

Up first is Jozi disco duo - Pop Art Live. Saw these guys at sub_urban state and fuck, these guys killed it. They produced what was my favourite set that day by far - which was really apparent in the massive crowd that formed. These guys were banging out house anthems and dropping nu-disco heaters that moved the feet of both young and old.

For those who like their electro with a little soul:



Next up, Sol Gems. I'm so excited that a band that is not Shortstraw, or sounds like Shortstraw or has anything to do with Shortstraw is getting some notoriety in the SA music scene.

This is not a jab at Shortstraw either, they're great. I'm just so fucking over Bikini Weather.

These guys were around for like 5 minutes and scored opening for the Allah Las. That's crazy. This also may come across as favouritism since it's basically The Stella's who were in the last Ode but they're back with a new psychedelic sound, bring on the boogie.

Finally, I don't really know much about this artist so I'm not going to thumb-suck, but wow I love this album.



Love always,
Nicole

Track Of The Week

I always find that at this time of the year, everything gets noisy. The office is noisy, traffic is noisy, life is noisy. This isn't noisy.