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2013 MK Awards Nominees Announced

by Henno Kruger on February 4, 2013 · 0 comments

in Music, Music News

MK Awards 350x331 2013 MK Awards Nominees Announced2013 is off to a rocking start! The 2013 MK Awards Nominations were announced last week. SA’s hottest music talent will be competing in 10 categories. Viewers votes will determine who will come out as winners at the finale event to be held at The State Theatre in Pretoria on 24 March 2013.

I’m very glad that there are no pop categories for this year’s MK Awards. Thank goodness for that. No more possibilities of being tortured by a performance by Bobby van Jaarsveld or Kurt Darren at the Awards Ceremony.

MK has changed things up a bit for this year’s awards though. They’ve introduced the Best SA Music Festival and Best Solo categories. Phase one of the 2013 MK Awards took place between 10 and 25 January. People had the opportunity to nominate who they felt best deserved to be in the Best Live and Best SA Music Festival categories.The artists and festival who came out with the most nominations by the 25th of January were included as official nominees.

On Friday the full list of 2013 MK Awards nominees were announced. Viewers have between 1 February and 8 March 2013 to vote for their favorite artists on MK’s website and MK Facebook page.

Check out the list of the 2013 MK Awards nominees below. In true Running Wolf’s Rant fashion, I’m going to give you my predictions for each category. Let’s see if I can be spot on for this year’s awards.

Best Video

  • Die Heuwels Fantasties – Verraadplaas
  • Tailor – Wolf
  • The Frown – The National
  • The Parlotones – Honey Spiders
  • Van Coke Kartel – Tot Die Son Uitkom
  • Zebra & Giraffe – I’ll Blame you

This is a tough one to call, but I’m going to go with Van Coke Kartel in this category. This song was definitely one of my favorites of 2012 and the video was just bloody awesome. ‘Tot Die Son Uitkom’ has also established itself as one of the best live songs that Van Coke Kartel plays at their shows

Best Newcomer

  • Gangs of Ballet – Hello Sweet World
  • Goodnight Wembley – Time Machine
  • Spoegwolf – Lenie Blou
  • Tailor – Wolf
  • Toya DeLazy – Pump It On
  • Woodstock Mafia – Electric Light

All the nominees in this category deserve to win this MK Award in this category, but my favorite out of them all are Goodnight Wembley. These Cape Town boytjies will be one of the bands to watch in 2013. I can’t wait to get my music loving paws on their album (which is hopefully coming out later this year).

Best Group

  • Die Antwoord – Baby Is On Fire
  • ISO – Destiny
  • The Plastics – Stereo Kids
  • Van Coke Kartel – Dis ‘n Land
  • Zebra & Giraffe – I’ll Blame You

Like most of the categories in the 2013 MK Awards, this is a tough call. I’m leaning towards giving The Plastics this award, but I’m also leaning towards ISO and Van Coke Kartel. If you ask me, one of these three bands will win this award. 

Best Rock

  • Jack Parow ft. Francois van Coke – Hard Partytjie Hou
  • Taxi Violence – Unholy
  • Van Coke Kartel – Dis ‘n Land
  • Woodstock Mafia – Electric Light
  • Zebra & Giraffe – I’ll Blame you

Just when I thought that my predictions would become easier, this category comes along. I will be glad if any of the nominees wins this award, they all deserve it. I’m thinking that it’s going to be a battle between Van Coke Kartel and Taxi Violence though.

Best SFX/Animation

  • Absinthe – Love Will Tear US Apart
  • Haezer ft. Lark – Brave
  • Mr Sakitumi – Jungle Jimmy
  • The Frown – The National
  • The Parlotones – Honey Spiders

I’m rooting for Haezer featuring Lark for this award. The song and the music video is just epic. I might a little biased, but I’m a huge fan of Lark and Haezer and I really don’t want the Parlotones to win an award this year.

Best Indie

  • Ashtray Electric – Bittersweet Manipulator
  • Black Handed Kites – Up
  • Mug-Shot – Bare Bones
  • Shortstraw – One Long Day
  • The Plastics – Stereo Kids

Like I’ve said earlier, the folks from the 2013 MK Awards don’t always make it easy. I am thinking that this is going to be a 4 way battle between Ashtray Electric, Shortstraw, Black Handed Kites and The Plastics. It will be damn interesting to see who wins this award in the end.

Best Dance

  • Die Antwoord – Baby Is On Fire
  • Double Adapter – Eat You Alive
  • Goodluck – Harlem
  • Johnny Neon – Hearts
  • Pascal & Pearce – Disco Sun

I’m not a huge fan of Dance music, but having seen Die Antwoord and Double Adapter live, I’m thinking that it will be a battle between them and Goodluck.  Only time will tell who walks away with this MK Award.

Best Solo

  • Bouwer Bosch ft. Jaco van der Merwe – (K)anker
  • Chiano Sky – Sick Sick Sick
  • Jeremy Loops – Howling
  • Shotgun Tori – Sweet Weather
  • Toya De Lazy – Love Is In The Air

This is between Jeremy Loops and Shotgun Tori for me. Both of these artists blew me away with their live performances and made their mark in the SA Music industry in 2012. It will be interesting to see who walks away with the honours, though.

Best Live Act

  • Bittereinder
  • Fokofpolisiekar
  • Gangs of Ballet
  • Jeremy Loops
  • The Black Cat Bones
  • Van Coke Kartel

This is toughest call of them all. I’m a huge fan of all the bands on this list. It will be pretty awesome if Van Coke Kartel wins this MK Award again, but I’m also secretly hoping for a new winner this time around. Bittereinder played some awesome live shows, Jeremy Loops blew audiences away all over the country, the Black Cat Bones are one of the hardest working acts and Fokofpolisiekar hasn’t disappointed me with a live show in 2012. Let’s just wait and see what happens here.

Best SA Music Festival

  • Oppikoppi 2012
  • RAMfest 2012
  • Rocking The Daisies 2012
  • Synergy 2012
  • Up The Creek 2012

Having been to Up The Creek, Synergy Live, RAMFest and Oppikoppi last year, this is a tricky choice for me. I liked Up The Creek because it was such an awesome chilled out vibe, I liked Synergy Live because The Prodigy were there and the sound was bloody awesome, I iked RAMFest because In Flames and AWOLNATION were there and the Narrow played a kick-ass show and I like Oppikoppi because the festival was better organized than 2011 and it broke attendance records. Maybe all five these festivals are going to share this award, who knows?

For exclusive updates on the 2013 MK Awards 2013, make sure that you @mktv_ on Twitter. The official hashtag is #MKAwards.

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SamZone Podcast #40: Kotsputicket, RHCP en die Pous se Voël

by Baas De Beer on January 30, 2013 · 0 comments

in Podcasts

redhotchillipeppers 350x262 SamZone Podcast #40: Kotsputicket, RHCP en die Pous se VoëlSA Music Zone se podcast het geskuif na Running Wolf’s Rant toe.  Die naam sal egter SamZone bly, want dis cool. Indien jy enige bydrae, opinie, vraag of voorstel het oor die podcasts, laat weet ons asseblief.

Die week bring Ilze-Marie Meintjies en Christo Baas de Beer vir jou die coolste entertainment nuus… tot in jou ore.

Hul gesels oor onbekende bands wat uitstaan by RAMfest, awesome gigs, Park Acoustics, Up The Creek en nog sommer baie meer.

Volg ons op Twitter:

Soos belowe, hier is ‘n paar videos om na te kyk:

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3 reasons why I’m sad that I’m missing Up The Creek 2013

by Henno Kruger on January 22, 2013 · 0 comments

in Music, Opinion

Up The Creek 2012 350x233 3 reasons why Im sad that Im missing Up The Creek 2013Up the Creek 2013 is happening on farm next to the Breede River near Swellendam in the Western Cape at the end of January. Last year I made way to this festival and I thoroughly enjoyed myself. Sadly I won’t be able to make it this year, mostly thanks to increased airfares.

Just because I’m missing out this year, isn’t a reason that you should. Up the Creek 2013 is going to be awesome. Today I’m listing 3 reasons why I’m sad that I’m missing Up The Creek 2013. Hope this inspires you to go this year.

Reason One: It’s the best festival in the Western Cape that I’ve been to…

Make no mistake, I thoroughly enjoy going to festivals which are attended by thousands of people, like Oppikoppi and RAMFest, but I have a special spot in my heart for tiny festivals in South Africa, especially for Up The Creek and Mieliepop. It may be scorching hot during the day at Up the Creek, but it’s damn well worth being there and returning with a real sunburn afterwords. It’s also one of the best organized festivals that I’ve been to. And let’s not forget the crazies in the river during the Anything that Floats contest on the Saturday, the Titanics and the Icebergs, the chilled out vibe, the delicious food and parties in the bar into the early hours of the morning. I can’t look forward to all of this at Up The Creek 2013, but you can.

Reason Two: The Line-Up for Up The Creek 2013 is bloody awesome….

This year’s Up The Creek line-up may not have KONGOS on the line-up, but it looks pretty damn awesome if you ask me. Saintfearless, The Swingsetters, Piet Botha, Tombstone Pete, Dave Ferguson, Crimson House Blues, Ballistic Blues, Long Time Citizen, Nik Rabinowitz, Tailor, Machinery, Karen Zoid, BEAST, The Mysticcs, Goodnight Wembley, Lucy Kruger, Shotgun Tori, Trenton and Free Radical, No One’s Arc, Nomadic Orchestra, Grassy Spark, YOAV, Peachy Keen, Jeremy Loops, December Streets, Desmond and The Tutu’s, Black Cat Bones, Woodstock Mafia, Taxi and Friends Janie and the Beard and Siv Ngesi will be performing on the weekend this year. If you’re in the Western Cape and love SA Music, you’re an idiot if you don’t attend Up the Creek 2013.

Reason Three: No Mojito Slushies on the banks of the river for me…

Last year I had an ice cold Mojito Slushy or five at Up the Creek during the Saturday on the river bank. We don’t get those at the festivals up North. Nothing cools you down and gets you semi “dag dronk” like an ice cold Mojito slushy or thirteen in the shade on the river bank at Up The Creek – mark my words. Have a few for me this year at Up The Creek 2013, please.

If reading all these reasons has put you in the mood to book tickets for what is one of the Western Cape and South Africa’s premier music festivals, make sure that you check out the official Up The Creek website, the Up The Creek Facebook page or that you follow @UpThe_Creek on Twitter.

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