Community, Culture, Interviews, Music, Punk Rock
Kasi Punks – An interview with Soweto Tribal Rockers Shameless blunt correspondent Nathan Levinrad interviewed the self-described Soweto Tribal Rock band Shameless to talk about the band’s history, the rock scene in Soweto and what’s next for the band. Words by...
Community, Creativity, Culture, Music, Punk Rock, Venues
I’m with the band – Cape Town post-punkers Tough Guy travel north for a weekend of mayhem TOUGH GUY sound like a bar fight in a backwater saloon. A pool cue getting a friendly introduction to cranium. Glass crunching under boot. They’re fierce and fuck-off loud....
Community, Creativity, Culture, Music, Punk Rock, Tattoo Art, Venues
Tattoo Artist Feature: Meet Shelby Downey – Founder of Randburg-based Tattoo Studio ‘SheKnows Ink’ Hailing from the underrated coastal town of East London, Shelby Downey has made quite the splash in the City of Gold, and in SA’s tattoo scene in general. Words by...
Community, Creativity, Culture, Events, Music, Music Festivals, Punk Rock, Venues
That Animal Connection – Music Festival review: That 70’s Fest, 2-3 April, Tweefontein Melkery, Gauteng Natalie Murfin takes a ludicrously lekker tour through an old school style underground rock festival and revels again in the sheer animal human...
Adrenalin, BMX, Community, Creativity, Culture, Events, Girls Skating, Legends, Punk Rock, Skateboarding, Skateparks, Social Activism, Spots, Street Skateboarding
Park Spotlight: Thrashers Skate Park – An always-evolving skate park, creating space for community expression in the heart of Pretoria Deep beyond the boerewors curtain, crossing solidly into two-tone territory and skirting the edge of Blue Bull country, there’s...
Community, Creativity, Culture, Legends, Music, Punk Rock, Venues
The blunt mag Night Crawler Files: Fokof Bar and music venue, Pretoria The first in a series of reviews of popular South African alternative watering holes and music venues – starting with the infamous ‘Fokof Bar’ in Pretoria. By Micheal Bower. Photos by Robert...
