Roland is a rolling...

Amidst an awesome week of London summer, its a great place to be. But while Bafana have just been knocked out of the group round (in style with a win over France not forgetting), we have South Africa's flag and cities beeming at us from every TV channel you flick through! Its with great pride we see our nation getting such coverage, but not without the occasional tinge of 'I wish I was there'...


Roland Albertson, a singer songwriter from Johannesburg (who also lived the surfer lifestyle in Cape Town for a while), sings a great song - 'There's no place like home'.

He is playing in Camden on Friday, so to feel the sunshine of home amidst the awesome summer of London, get on down to see this talented and genuine songwriter perform his passion!

Rock on Roland,
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Starseed shine bright at Download on Friday night!

Wow, an epic achievement of being invited to play at the UK's biggest metal and rock festival - Starseed play this Friday at Donington Park, near Derby in the middle of the UK!


We can be super proud of UK-based South African melodic rockers Starseed for scoring this amazing spot on the Jaegermeister stage on Friday night, 11 June at Download!

Click here to watch Starseed's first single Shine off their 2010 album Peace Machine.

Rock on SA band's leading the way,
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Cool kom Londen toe... a month today!

'Die taal' is back in fashion as Afrikaans has been given a facelift and a new hat... in the form of Afrikaans rapper Jack Parow!

His songs Die Vraagstuk (the issue) and Cooler as ekke (Cooler than me) have created a buzz with many a South African quoting lines as their facebook statuses...

Jack Parow and electro band Die Heuwels Fantasties will be in London town for one night only a month from today on 8 July.

So get them blerrie tickets and start learning the real words so you can tjoon others at the same pace as this chavvy chap from behind the boerewors curtain!

Jack has also been used as the face of the 2010 Pendorings - the Afrikaans advertising awards in SA. Read more...

Rock on kief Afrikaans rap,
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(Not so) patiently waiting...

Good things come to those who wait they say... and yet we never know who this royal all knowing 'they' is...

Patiently waiting is the case of three SA artists soon to release finally mastered, finished and polished for public consumption albums with pretty artwork:

1. Dave Owens - ex-Lithium who is imminently releasing his debut solo. Hurry up dude - need to hear that Dave vocal depth again.

2. Shen Winberg - a Cape Town muso who after studying music at UCT and playing many CT cover gigs has just recorded his debut. We now await final production and mastering in the UK and then the album is due for August he says...

3. Jack Mantis Band - another one who has been promising an album for a while. At least we have the EP until then. Expect amazing stuff.

You've been warned. Three hot upcoming debut albums to look out for!

Rock on upcoming albums,
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