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• Teargas: Album Release - Wafa Wafa

  Electromode Music and G Management are proud to announce the release of the long-awaited second album from the cream of Hip Hop’s – TEARGAS’S WAFA WAFA!! After taking a much needed 8 months’ break, TEARGAS returns to the scene with their sophomore album... Posted Apr 01 2008, 11:40 AM by OppikoppiKrew with | with no comments Filed under: Album_Reviews, Buzz

• Album Review: Tidal Waves - Afrika

  Tidal Waves is Afrika ! This band should raise the South African reggae flag worldwide. They will surely follow in the late South African Reggae father Lucky Dube’s footsteps with their uniquely African Reggae s ound and they’ve already started giving... Posted Jan 21 2008, 09:18 AM by OppikoppiKrew with | with no comments Filed under: Album_Reviews, Tidal_Waves

• Chris Letcher Tops Most Downloaded Album Charts

  South African rock stalwart Chris Letcher’s debut international offering, Deep Frieze , is this month’s #1 most downloaded Progressive Rock album , #1 most downloaded Commercial Alternative album and the #10 overall most downloaded album on eMusic.com... Posted Dec 10 2007, 09:51 AM by OppikoppiKrew with | with no comments Filed under: Album_Reviews, Buzz, Chris_Letcher

• Classic Collection - Hip Hop Love Movement

  The Classic Collection – Hip Hop Love Movement is a compilation of the Classic Love tracks by South Africa’s major hip hop superstars. H20 starts off the love theme by serenading the ladies with “Isoka Lakho” , and then Tuks carries on with “Off The Planet... Posted Dec 07 2007, 02:24 PM by OppikoppiKrew with | with no comments Filed under: Album_Reviews

• Henry Ate: 96 – 03 The Singles

  It’s hard to believe that it’s more than a decade ago that 21-year-old singer and songwriter Karma-Ann Swanepoel offered up her broken-hearted folk pop for audiences in Jo’burg to fall in love with. When Karma-Ann first stood in front of a mic people... Posted Dec 05 2007, 06:16 AM by OppikoppiKrew with | with no comments Filed under: Album_Reviews, Buzz

• 3 Nov: Tidal Waves Album Release at Tings'an Times

  The Tidal Waves are no newcomers to the South African music industry or public and through their hard work have become the country’s best loved reggae band. On Saturday 3 November they will launch their 4th album, titled “Afrika ” at the Tings’an Times... Posted Nov 01 2007, 06:36 AM by OppikoppiKrew with | with no comments Filed under: Album_Reviews, Tidal_Waves, Tings_an_Times

• Ernestine Deane’s debut solo album Dub for Mama

  Affectionately known to her fans as ‘ Ernie’, Ernestine Deane gained huge popularity in South Africa as lead vocalist for live hip-hop supergroup, Moodphase5ive . Having released two albums with the band, Steady On and in Superdeluxe Mode , she independently... Posted Oct 29 2007, 10:23 AM by OppikoppiKrew with | with no comments Filed under: Album_Reviews, Buzz

• Youngblood Brass Band: Is that a riot?

  Brassy hip-hop is the new cool. And since we at OppiKoppi pride ourselves in being the trendsetters of good music, we think you should consider listening to these boys. Youngblood Brass Band is a whole bunch of Americans blowing their horns and being... Posted Jun 12 2007, 10:24 AM by OppikoppiKrew with | with no comments Filed under: Album_Reviews

• Ella Fitzgerald: Live at Montreux

  I just discovered something I don't really want to give back to its rightful owner. "Ella Fitzgerald - Live in Montreux 1969" the DVD. Black and white footage of Swiss jazz lovers wearing arty glasses and fur to the beats of Fitzgerald is... Posted May 21 2007, 09:01 AM by OppikoppiKrew with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: Album_Reviews

• Menage a Trois: These are birthmarks

  Nice and folky, with some toe-tapping rhythms - and at times, an instrument you didn't really expect will join the party with his cousin Roy. This sort of sums up Menage a Trois' debut album These are Birthmarks (2007). Expect a lot of social... Posted May 16 2007, 10:21 AM by OppikoppiKrew with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: Album_Reviews, Menage_a_Trois

• Ollie Viljoen and Valiant Swart: Vuur en Vlam

  Boeremusiek legend Ollie Viljoen and blues rocker du jour Valiant Swart joined forces to produce an album that is way to lekker and sort of addictive. The 17 tracks are as colourful and upbeat as some tie-die hippy shop from Tennessee and it will definitely... Posted May 11 2007, 07:55 AM by OppikoppiKrew with | with no comments Filed under: Album_Reviews, Valiant_Swart

• Vusi Mahlasela: Naledi Ya Tsela

  Music that provokes goose bumps I tell you. Mr. Mahlasela's newest treat is like a memoir discovered in a time-capsule - the pages scribbled with ink stained emotions of years gone by, but with an awareness of "Hey guys, we've made it. It's... Posted Mar 15 2007, 07:27 PM by OppikoppiKrew with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: Album_Reviews, Vusi_Mahlasela

• Springbok Nude Girls: Peace Breaker

  With heaps of fanfare, jubilee and excitement we opened the new Springbok Nude Girls studio album, "Peace Breaker" . No Lenny, rock and roll isn't dead, but fairly beating to the rhythm of Mr. Kruger's war drums. Ha. You thought the... Posted Mar 06 2007, 02:22 PM by OppikoppiKrew with | with 7 comment(s) Filed under: Album_Reviews

• Kasabian: Empire

  The eclectic combination of indie and electronica never sounded so good. We should all thank Kasabian for making 2006 a bit more memorable than the antics of our politicians with the release of "Empire", their second studio album . Tom Meighan's... Posted Feb 20 2007, 11:05 AM by OppikoppiKrew with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: Album_Reviews

• My Morning Jacket: "Z"

  A foolproof approach to discovering innovative jingles is to pick a CD with a really peculiar cover. And this is it. The artwork on My Morning Jacket's 2005 album "Z" is as happy/retro/eclectic as their music. Which brings me to my next... Posted Feb 08 2007, 01:19 PM by OppikoppiKrew with | with 3 comment(s) Filed under: Album_Reviews