Rhythm Music Store’s Valentine`s Day gift to you.

Rhythm Records have complied a selection of 10 free tracks for Valentine`s Day. It’s for “all you happy couples, closet romantics, long distance lovers and secret admirers out there…” Whatever your mood, these songs will fit right in.

Chris Chameleon – All of Me (Made Available)

aKING – Shine your light (Dutch Courage)

Eden Brent – Aint gonna be your lonely fool. (Something Cool)

Delta Blue – I`ll always be in love with you. (Heaven)

Ashtray Electric – When Sex Becomes a Sport (Bonjour)

Valiant Swart – Duisend Myl Blues. (Mystic Myle)

Fokofpolisiekar – Ek dink aan jou as dit reën (Monoloog in Stereo)

Peter Mitchell –Top Secret (Hamlet by Night)

Lara Frances – Kiss Me (High on Life)

Luna Paige– Right kind of love, duet with Gerald Clarke (Wonderful life)

You can grab the compilation here. Enjoy.

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yours in musical madness

Popskarr feat. Spoek Mathambo – The Light.

Popskarr just released a treat for all the fans, the song is called ‘The Light’ and it features Spoek Mathambo of  Sweat.x and Playdoe.

Enjoy it!

MP3: Popskarr Feat. Spoek Mathambo – The Light

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yours in musical madness

Listen to this.

Rambling Bones has a new album entitled “Watching & Waiting” which was released in January of last year and ‘Baby Shoes’ is the second single off it.

This song will make your day. Promise. The above track features Angela De Klerk from Japan and I.

It’s simple, sweet and catchy. Enjoy!

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yours in musical madness

Time for Up The Creek.

So it’s 2 days until Up The Creek. Are you packed and ready to go? You had better be. They even made a check list for you so you won’t forget to bring things like: your ticket, ID Book, tent, mattresses , camping chairs, torches, sleeping bag, duvet, sun block, insect repellent, toilet paper, camera, cap or hat, something warm, towel, pillow, headache pills, money, sunglasses, condoms, swimming kit, anything that floats – lilo, paddle, boat – and lastly, your friends and a good attitude.

For Three hundred die-hard Creekers, you  can pull in on Thursday, 4 February for a chilled out preview gig at the bar stage. For R100 extra, you can choose the best spot for your tent and kick-start the weekend’s carousing so that the place is cooking by the time the rest of your friends arrive.

You can look forward to performances by a selection of some of the best in the entertainment industry: The Dirty Skirts, Taxi Violence, The Rudimentals, Bed on Bricks, Flat Stanley, Dan Patlansky, Ashtray Electric, The Pretty Blue Guns, Dave Ferguson, The Black Cat Bones, Piet Botha,  Andra, Ryno Velvet, the Boulevard Blues Band, Akkedis, Van Coke Kartel (acoustic), Hot Water, The GODS, Willim Welsyn en die Sunrise Toffies and many more, who will be joined on stage by a selection of some seriously funny comedians, like Corné and Twakkie, Martin Evans and Dave Levinson. Are you excited yet?

This year they offer a special bus service to Up the Creek and back. The bus will depart from Cape Town and arrive at Up the Creek on the Friday afternoon at about 16h30. It will leave Up the Creek again on the Sunday afternoon at 15h00, giving you enough time to still chill out and catch all the amazing bands on the Sunday. Now how cool this that?

Visit www.upthecreek.co.za for more information, alternatively, phone the helpful people at Red Hot Events (021 510 0547) or e-mail info@upthecreek.co.za if you are confused about life in general or more specifically, any details of the Up the Creek Music Festival.

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So-So Fresh.

Saturday’s ‘So-So Fresh’ at The Assembly promises to be an all out amazing show with a drool inducing lineup that consists of Ashtray Electric, New Holland, Thieve, Haasbroek and The Modes.

If you don’t know the 3 main bands, Ashtray Electric, New Holland and Thieve all hail from Bellville, a suburb that has spawned many of the greatest bands that have been seen of late.

Ashtray brings the “dreamy, moody music that is packed with riffs that resonate”. New Holland brings their brand of “irresistible and contagious brand of pop-laced rock” and Thieve will bring their rather unique motto that “everybody steals.” Now does that sound like a good show or what?

Tickets are just R40 (pre-sale) and R60 (at the door) how reasonable is that for 3 of the most exciting bands plus some?

p.s. If you need want to win tickets for Saturday night click here.

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yours in musical madness

D is for delightful. Free tickets to Discotheque.

If you have any doubts as to where you should be partying this weekend after reading this you shouldn’t. The acts speak for themselves.

I have 3 double tickets to give away for Discotheque at The Assembly this Friday. Playdoe, PHfat, Richard the III and quite a few  more will be playing.

Want tickets? All you have to do is comment and include Disco in it.

p.s. If you need want tickets for Saturday’s  ‘So-So Fresh’ with a drool inducing  lineup that includes Ashtray Electric, New Holland, Thieve, Haasbroek and The Modes click here.

Ready? OK. Go.

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yours in musical madness

AC/DC and Iron Man 2.

Iron Man 2 director Jon Favreau is such a fan of AC/DC that they are responsible for the entire soundtrack for the film. Yes. The entire soundtrack.

This all came about through a unique collaboration between Marvel Studios and Columbia Records. AC/DC:  Iron Man 2, features 15 classic AC/DC songs selected from ten of the band’s studio albums, ranging from 1976 to 2008. The soundtrack has been said to be something akin to a collection of the bands greatest hits. The soundtrack will be released on April 19, 2010.

The debut video from AC/DC:  Iron Man 2 is the AC/DC’s classic album cut “Shoot To Thrill,” which was filmed live last month in Buenos Aires during the band’s highly acclaimed Black Ice World Tour.

“Jon Favreau’s vision and passion for AC/DC’s music blend seamlessly into this incredible film” said Steve Barnett, co-chairman of Columbia Records.  “The music really underscores the high energy and excitement of the film.”

“Music is an integral part of the Tony Stark and Iron Man experience, and we are pleased that Columbia and AC/DC are taking part in the franchise’s phenomenon. Through this relationship, the band is delivering fans supercharged Iron Man branded music through all our combined consumer touch points, from the movie to retail outlets and even virally with the debut of the new video,” said Tim Connors, Chief Operating Officer, Marvel Studios.

If the soundtrack isn’t exciting enough, the cast should be with Robert Downey Jr. reprising his starring role as the larger-than-life leading character, along with Gwyneth Paltrow, Don Cheadle, Scarlett Johansson, Sam Rockwell, Mickey Rourke and Samuel L. Jackson. The film opens internationally beginning on April 28, 2010 and the U.S.release date is May 7, 2010.

AC/DC:  Iron Man 2 Track Listing:

1. Shoot to Thrill
2. Rock ‘N’ Roll Damnation
3. Guns for Hire
4. Cold Hearted Man
5. Back in Black
6. Thunderstruck
7. If You Want Blood (You’ve Got It)
8. Evil Walks
9. T.N.T.
10. Hell Ain’t a Bad Place to Be
11. Have a Drink on Me
12. The Razor’s Edge
13. Let There Be Rock
14. War Machine
15. Highway to Hell

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The Watermark High.

The Watermark High is a band from Gauteng, South Africa. The Watermark High started out as the acoustic solo project of Paul van der Walt, back in 2003. The band since went through various incarnations and line-ups and have independently released two EPs to date, “(What) Are You Thinking?” (2003) and “Disappear With Me” (2008).

Currently their line-up comprises of Paul van der Walt (electric guitar, acoustic guitar, lyrics, bass and vocals), Robin McDonald (acoustic drums, keyboard and live electronics) and Adrian Erasmus (bass, electric guitar, keyboard and backing vocals).

The band’s sound reflects their wide variety of influences ranging from post-rock to electronica to ambient and everything in-between.

Their aim is to “create music that is evocative and experimental, dabbling in and merging the down-tempo and beautiful side of both rock and electronic music. ” Paul explains “It’s very much an experimental band. We play pretty, dreamy music that’s instrumental and semi-instrumental – A mix between rock and an electronic element…” The band also embraces the use of various instruments, with each member often switching roles from song to song.

The band recently released their debut album, “Loneliness As An Art Form”, as a free download from their website. You can get it here.

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yours in musical madness