In the urban wilds of Brooklyn, a young musician was about to unleash something extraordinary into your life. Originally from Johannesberg, Jean- Philip Grobler spent majority of his childhood singing with Drakensberg Boys Choir School…
It’s admittedly a bit of a letdown to be at a very under-sold show. No matter how good the band on stage, it’s an uphill battle for them to energize (and they themselves feed off)…
During the lead up to this year’s Oscar’s on March 2nd I will be covering a lot of the nominees for the upcoming Academy Awards. This will not be your usual Oscar primer, but in…
As soon as the first chords to ‘Mystery Man’ were strummed, you couldn’t help but bop around and dance along to the classic rock n’ roll sounds of Irish band, The Strypes. It was the…
Her (2013) is a film starring Joaquin Phoenix and Scarlett Johansson, the voice of Samantha. It also features the likes of Amy Adams, Rooney Mara and Olivia Wilde. This masterpiece is by directed, produced and written…
Over the course of the next six weeks I will be covering a lot of the nominees for the upcoming Academy Awards. This will not be your usual Oscar primer, but in fact more of…
In April 2013, London shoegazers Yuck announced two pieces of news via their Facebook page: they were about to record their second record and, in a surprising twist, frontman Daniel Blumberg was leaving the project…
Jean-Philip Grobler is a musician based in Brooklyn, New York City but was born in South Africa. Andreas and I talk about the success of his latest album and his upcoming North America tour with…
I arrived at The Phoenix about ten minutes before the doors opened, and I noticed that the crowd skewed a bit older than most of the shows I normally attend. It seemed like the average…
