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Ruth is the production manager at Bizcommunity, as well as a contributor to the entertainment section in the BizLounge.
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Stepping out of the Shadows

[Ruth Cooper] With the title of Best Rock Band under their skinny jeans, courtesy of the 2012 SAMAs, Shadowclub, the "balls of steel band", is confidently climbing the SA musical ladder one rung at a time, with the aim of taking a plunge into international waters once a sufficient local height has been reached. We chat to drummer Isaac Klawansky, one third of the high-energy Jozi rockers about SAMA Drama, Kings of Leon and what it takes to become, and remain, a big fish in the murky overpopulated tiny pond that is SA music.

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Backseat Peachy Keen bingo

[Ruth Cooper] 1950s' throwback rockabilly swing band Peachy Keen certainly live up to their name. It's impossible not to feel a happy stirring in your soul and feet when experiencing this band live. Luckily, if you have yet to experience this rockabilly stir you can do so at their EP launch this Friday at Mercury Live. We chat to singer/rhythm guitarist powerhouse Dominique Otto about what we can expect from the launch (sounds like it's going to be a cracker), new EP "Backseat Bingo" and about not getting lost in translation.

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Unfinished business for Fetish

[Ruth Cooper] Popular 90s band Fetish have recently reunited after an almost 10 year hiatus. With the imminent release of a new album and recent South African tour completed, we find out what else we can expect from this older and wiser version of the band.

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The Kill is Deadly

[Ruth Cooper] Dead Alphabet, recently returned from a European tour, are not ones to take a breath it seems. Next on the to-do-list is a tour of the good ol' US of A. We chatted to the Joburg Rock n' Roll band about their tours, past and future, as well as new EP The Kill, oh, and transvestite vampires.

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Clap Your Hands said dance

[Ruth Cooper] The Wittebome Civic Centre in Wynberg, which played host to über-indie NY band Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, is in a slightly awkward area, nestled in the Wynberg suburbs, but it's an incredible venue. The same can be said for the band and their support line-up; Beach Party and Spoek Mathambo - all three acts awkwardly incredible and incredibly awkward.

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Fresh time artist Spoek Mathambo

[Ruth Cooper] Spoek Mathambo has received a fair amount of exposure, both locally and internationally, but with the recent release of his album "Father Creeper" things are now really starting to move in directions big. We thought it best to capture a few words from the man himself, before his star shoots stellar and phone calls may go unanswered.

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Creepy Spoeky

[Ruth Cooper] If there was one South African artist who should make it big overseas, and make us all proud for doing so, it should be that talented Nthato Mokgata, better known as Spoek Mathambo. Luckily, it seems that those fickle music gods are feeling the beats and moving their tapping toes in that direction. With the release of his second solo album, "Father Creeper", we are beginning to see a much more significant infiltration of Mathambo's brand of "township tech" via airwaves everywhere.

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Long live FTTW

[Ruth Cooper] Happy-go-lucky Durban-based pop band Fire Through The Window are officially releasing first part of their two part EP, "Live Long" on 30 March. We chat to vocalist/guitarist Marc de la Querra about their imminent new release, Star Trek and Bonobo chimps.

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Mothertukking adventures in 3 Wheels

[Ruth Cooper] "A tuk tuk is a magical mode of transport for normal people"; in this case slightly abnormal people for one must be slightly cooked to enter the Lanka Challenge, which has entrants embark on a madcap adventure in a tuk tuk across Sri Lanka. Think a sort of low-budget, but far more fun, Amazing Race (free from annoying, bickering Americans). 3 Wheels is a documentary of said race featuring Team Hallelujah Spaghetti, who entered the 2010 Lanka Challenge, came second last and documented the whole process.

Posted 3 months ago | Like
You are not dead yet

[Ruth Cooper] P.H. Fat don't know much for sure, but they do know this: "You are going to die" and if you are reading this you are not dead yet, congratulations. Nothing to do with doomsday prophesies, the EP title "You Are Going to Die", off P.H. Fat's second musical offering ( hitting webs today) is rather an attempt at something truly honest and certain; a fact that we all know for sure.

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