I’m concocting a cheesy plan with @sad_ivan to use our SGs in the upcoming #deathofpop show we’re doing with @krakatoa_band. They need a bit of stage time, even if they’re not what you think of as surf guitars. On the other hand, Link Wray used one for a long time so…
Return Of The Fly. We got to warm up a really great crowd @mercurylivect last night for fantastic performances from @coriander_colin and headliners @emergermusic. This was the show to be at this weekend in Cape Town. And I don’t know what they’re putting in the water now but the members of those bands were wonderful, warm people as well as skilled, talented musicians. We’d play with them again any time.
Surprise show with smooth and synthy headliners, @emergermusic, at Mercury live on Sat, 18th May. Also @coriander_colin. Strange bedfellows make for strange and magical nights. This isn’t the official event thingy, obvs. We just wanted to make sure you Krakatoa people got a heads-up.
#mondaymonster! This is something our @sad_ivan has wanted to do since we set up our @krakatoa_band account (and a big part of why we’ve not done much with it so far.) But it’s here! And it’s going to be every Monday to banish the monsters of ennui and capitalism with #monsters! Tell yer mates!
I literally got every detail of our weekend gig wrong - except the venue. It’s on SUNDAY the 3RD at 3PM. To be fair it wasn’t all my fault. Plz pass on to interested parties. . .
I don’t know what time it’ll be and I misspelled Muizenberg. But it’ll be a reverb-soaked spectacle.
This Saturday afternoon at SurfaRosa in Cape Town. We commence the summer at a braai session. Our most exciting show of the year. Start the summer right. Braai on the pavement. Craft-beer, cocktails, pizza, and blood-stirring live music inside.
I had to wait half an hour for a train. But I ducked into the Observatory library and it wasn’t all wasted time.
In Krakatoa’s first year, @sad_ivan left to live in England for a while on September 11, 2001 (I remember the exact date for some reason). So now I had to play all the guitar and he thoughtfully tabbed our this beautiful surf instrumental called, Roamin Bison, for me - and even added some helpful advice at the bottom. Good thing too, since both of us have long since forgotten how to play it. It’s on our soundcloud though if you want to search and listen.
So pumped to be playing with The Ratrod Cats at The White Rabbit on Sunday afternoon on the 29th. Surf and rockabilly go together like fire and dynamite.🔥 . .