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Sindy Peters (@sindylp) is the Head of New Content Development at Bizcommunity.com and content manager and contributor on the BizLifestyle section. She can be reached at .
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The intimate Road2Rock affair

[Sindy Peters] A number of factors lead to the dismal turnout at the inaugural Road2Rock festival held last weekend at the DKH Estate in Malmesbury. However, those who did brave the icy kiss of winter were kept warm by a quality experience that included two glorious bonfires!

Posted 7 days ago | Like
SA rep takes water challenges to the pole - Access Water 2012

[Sindy Peters] How far are you willing to go to bring awareness to a cause that you champion? Cape Town's Kim Smith is willing to go literally to the ends of the Earth. Led by Liv Arnesen and Ann Bancroft of Bancroft Arnesen Explore, Smith will join five women from around the world this November in an expedition to Antarctica in order to spur awareness on the key water challenges that are faced globally.

Posted 21 days ago | Like
Niskerone says NO... to peanut butter

[Sindy Peters] It Came From The Jungle, but he comes from the Cape Flats; this mischievous "monkey" has swung wildly into the hearts of electronic music fans the world over! Niskerone is a force to be reckoned with on the decks, and on the dance floor, but what gets him going? A home-cooked dinner, apparently...

Posted 23 days ago | Like
Spoegwolf release video for Lenie Blou

[Sindy Peters] In the shadows of a Stellenbosch vineyard lurks a hairy, gleaming-eyed monster called Spoegwolf (Spitting Wolf). The monster, seeking world domination, isn't scary at all - unless, of course, you're terrified of Afrikaans folk-rock. The band of four recently released a video for Lenie Blou and, it being their first video, described the process as incredible, long, and tasting like Powerade...

Posted 1 month ago | Like
Guitar takes limelight on "Breaking Away"

[Sindy Peters] If you're familiar with the works of Eksteen Jacobsz, the man behind alternative rock band The Sick-Leaves, you'll find that "Breaking Away", his fourth contribution to the SA music scene, is nothing to be scoffed at. This album is a slick amalgamation of the sounds of all his previous works.

Posted 2 months ago | Like
Masekela takes on Kirstenbosch - like a Boss!

[Sindy Peters] Celebrating the last Sunday of March 2012 at a mass gathering fronted by Hugh Masekela turned out to be an excellent choice. Considering this was the jazz maestro's first appearance as part of the Kirstenbosch Summer Sunset Concert line-up, it was well worth the wait! Starting us off slowly with some moody jazz, Masekela and his band had Cape Town jiving on its feet by the end.

Posted 2 months ago | Like
KONGOS release video for Escape

[Sindy Peters] The music video for Escape, the third single off KONGOS sophomore album, Lunatic, premiered last night on DStv's MK. Shot mostly in South Africa, a couple wakes up to destruction on the tellie and hit the road to "escape". Naturally, they're headed for Cape Town...

Posted 2 months ago | Like
Stereo Zen releases UnFunky video

[Sindy Peters] Directed by Hugh Dudley, Cape Town funk-rock band Stereo Zen recently released a music video for the track UnFunky. The title is fairly misleading as the song is anything but "unfunky" - which, I suppose, ties into the concept of the video pretty tightly.

Posted 2 months ago | Like
Two Door Cinema Club tick off Africa

[Sindy Peters] Staring out the window of a double-decker bus, we drove along the streets of Nyanga/Philipi, a bus-load of middle-class Capetonians eager to get a gander at the secret venue. We could have peeped at our Twitter feeds to see what the early birds were saying, but the surprise turned out to be well worth the wait: Two Door Cinema Club was to entertain us at a rundown industrial site on the skirts of a township.

Posted 2 months ago | Like
Storm Thorgerson, the last great surrealist

[Sindy Peters] Raised in a home that had Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath and the like, regularly blaring from our record player, I'm not new to the enigmatic album art of Storm Thorgerson. On hearing the opening of the Raging Storm exhibition in Cape Town, I jumped at the chance to meet the man behind the fascinating surrealism, and possibly make an addition to my budding art collection.

Posted 3 months ago | Like

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