The End of a URL.

We Are Indie Scum is no longer although im not going to delete the current content, there will be no adding to it and in essence is has been dead for a long time now. This is me making it official.

But don't worry its going to much more fun over at We-Are-Awesome Blog. Which has now been birthed, as of a few minutes ago.

do go look and enjoy.

thank you.

okay.

So go vote here. vote for we-are-awesome.
it makes sense. also tell your friends.

Things to do in Cape Town. 19-21. 09.

Kid of Doom/Yesterdays pupil. Yet again the good old Pretorian boys head done to the Kaap to bash some joyfully lyric-less melodies through the hearts and souls of the mother city's youth.


Fokof are playing their first gig in a while, I certainly am eager to see what the boys have been up to since their last gig. Let's hope the weather warms up and all us temperamental Capetonians are able to get ourselves out from the warmth and comfort of our homes. I will be there.

Dear John Love Emma are a talented group of musicians, playing there first gig on Saturday night. This is not a gig to miss. If you can, be there.

Girls Attire. Steven Allen.

Steven Allen. So these clothes are really nice. Girls all over the world should be dressed like this. Not for me, but for themselves.

I would also like to point out the nature or more precisely the look of the model. I know I might be a little slow to point this out but I really enjoy how some clothing labels have moved away from your typical model look to your more folk-like, Chan Marshall/Feist type girls. She is real, well at least it seems that way more now than ever before.

Things you should be looking at.

picture for the day.

Untamed Youth Heritage day Party. this is bound to be good just look at the set list.
Style Guide Cape Town. this is just so you know what others feel.
Chew the Magazine. this is just rad.and if you click on this link quick enough you will get access to the first copy. no adverts. i suspect the second one will have commercial filth spread over it like peanut butter on white bread.
The Publics. a nice little blog. pity about the delay in posts. not that im one to judge.
Cheap Monday. go look. quality jeans at a reasonable price.
Hipster Runoff. the greatest blogger of 2k7-8.

A is for awesome.

The guys at astore have joined forces with us over at We Are Awesome to bring you a much needed indie gathering. The party will be held at Reception, the new kid on the block in terms of venues, it is located behind the 24h Engen in Orange street at 129-131 Hatfield st. Be there.

event page

24th post. Sovereign Academy.

"Sovereign Academy is a massive party that travels around South Africa featuring loads of exciting outfits with similar musical interests. Sovereign was launched in December 2005 and has since grown from strength to strength. Creators, Ben Rausch and Matt Suttner had a dream to expose Pretoria to the "disco punk" that Joburg kids had been grooving to for 2 years. Luckily (for Cape Town) this dream was realised quickly and has exploded to all parts of South Africa. Since its inception Academy has attracted acts like Kidofdoom, King of Town, Jonny Neon and many others who fit the bill.

Cape Town's The Final Field Trip marks the last party on the road for the Academy year before heading back to the Highveld for The Academy Graduation Party later this year.

Come the 30^th April, The Final Field Trip will hit Assembly with violent insolence! Kidofdoom are deemed to be one of the very first dance-rock acts in South Africa and have played at almost every Sovereign get together since the beginning. They played not too long ago at Evol and awesomed the jol!

Perhaps, to Cape Town, one of the most exciting acts in this very distinguished line up is the ever impressive Jonny Neon who played to a very receptive Assembly crowd in February. The only purely electro act of the night Jonny Neon is a two piece art punk synth pop act who work exclusively with analogue synths and loads of never ending visuals. They have just shot and released their first music video.

Other exciting acts for the Final Field Trip include King of Town (said to be the "godfather" of the dance-punk scene in SA) and Sassquatch. (Aka Ben Rausch and co-founder of Sovereign, Sassquatch presents half of Jonny Neon and an exciting DJ mixing music and visuals like no one's business. In celebration of The Final Field Trip, Sassquatch has put together an ecstatic mix well worth downloading.) Data Takashi and Cassioheart are two other well known acts promising to rip up the Assembly floor boards.

If this sounds like your kinda jol, hop along to the Facebook invitation for more info!

See you there…"

by Richard King

33rd post. cool things to do. dance.

next weekend.


tonight.

32nd post. Vice.

do.

"Remember the kid who was a grade ahead of you in junior high who listened to MDC, knew Watchmen by heart, and smoked pot out of an apple? He hasn’t changed at all, and he’s still putting the rest of us to shame by not giving one flying f$#%."

here is a little example of the stuff vice are producing in their do's and don't's section. very entertaining.

31st post. far over due. Smack Talk.

so i know its been a while since a last posted.
i have been pretty busy.
this is what i've been busy with...


but here are a few things that i have discovered or that have birthed
while i have been in silence: go look.

pnau. this is a cool little aussie duo.
lots of fun. 'music you can dance to with your kids'. i dont have kids but liked the quote never the less.
liam lynch. here is a talented
south african. go look at his photos. they are nice.
smack talk. a friends blog. he writes about bands i like. go read.
nice tees.
computerlove. design archive.
vice: do's and don'ts.
designiskinky. it really is.

the 30th post. happy new year. things to look at and listen to during 2008.

look.
the party.
72dpi.
i love typography.
swissmiss.

listen.

















the fashion. myspace.
the fashion. not myspace.


















kissy sell out. myspace.

the 29th post. local. we are awesome.

Ok so there is this really cool new site. My friend, Sean, and I started it and basically it is awesome.

We Are Awesome aims to reflect the artistic side of Cape Town's nightlife and the creativity of Cape Town's street fashion.
Wherever there is art in the form of fashion,
design, music or people, we plan on being there to capture it.

I really hope you guys enjoy the site.

the 28th post. local events rollercoaster.

17 December

Next on this weeks agenda was Rollercoaster, which also had a undeniably amazing line-up. Poor lift organisation on my behalf meant I only caught the later end of The Dirty Skirts last song, but more about them later. Desmond and The Tutu's, in my opinion, owned the show, with their handsome good looks and child like melodies. It's only a matter of time before you catch yourself falling asleep to their guitar riffs and choruses. Sweat X once again delivered, although sound difficulties did plague their entire set. The heavy big rock sound that had obviously been set up for preceding bands didn't favour either. Another band which stood out were Howard Roark, although they did seem to be more interested in the array of teenage girls which flocked to their attention. Typical rockstars.

So all-in-all it was a good gig/festival, but one has to point out the seemingly poor organisation and choice of bands. Although the line-up was mainly dominated by independent non-mainstream artists of the indie-rock genre, there were a few interesting additions to the composition which made very little sense to me and those i conversed with. Neither 340ml or Obita seemed the part, but maybe I am naive and close minded. One last complaint, why did one of the top acts play last? Surely it would have been more beneficial to have Sweat X earlier when people were still present and concentrating.

All that said, it was a good show and i will definately pay 100 bucks to experience it again.

local stuff to enjoy. the tutu's.
Desmond and the Tutu's - Good and Guilty
Desmond and the Tutu's - Kiss You on the Cheek

the 27th post. local events. arcade.

16 December
Arcade, with its amazing line-up, once again delivered in terms of entertainment,
unfortunately numbers were lower than one would expect at such a attention capturing event. Some blame it on the weather others on the fact that Sunday is not usually a party day for any one. But what ever the reason for the poor attendance, those who did go definately didn't regret it. The evening was kicked off with some heavy electro beats, which were followed by the genius that is Lapse, he songs are 'so fresh and so clean' not jiving to them would seem a crime. Marcus then took over the wheel and played a slightly more electro set, which was enjoyed by all. Be sure to catch the next Arcade.

the twenty-sixth post. charts. top 5's.

Indie scum's top 5's of 2007.

Album's
1. Kings of Leon - Because of The Times.












2. Babyshambles - Shotter's Nation.
3. The Wombats - The Wombats Proudly Present..A Guide To Love, Loss and Desperation.
4. The Maccabees - Colour It In.
5. The Klaxons - Myths Of The Near Future.

Song's
1. Kings of Leon - On Call.
2. Peter, Bjorn and John - Young Folks.
3. Babyshambles - UnBiloTitled.
4. The Wombats - Moving to New York.












5. Sunset Rubdown - They Took a Vote and Said No.

websites/blog's
1. The Hype Machine.
2. The Cobra Snake.
3. FFFFOund.
4. Spray Glue.
5. lastnightsparty.

Local Acts
1. Desmond and the Tutu's.
2. Sweat X.
3. New Loud Rockets.
4. Lark.
5. Eat This, Horse!

the twenty-fifth post. local talent. local events. arcade

So it's time for another arcade. This now the third of what seems to be a very successful monthly party held at mercury. The first one was mad, this I can say from first hand experience; the second I only heard good things about. So if I was you, I would head down to mercury on Sunday the 16th, remember there is a public holiday on the Monday. This party is bound to be a super slice of cool with a line up that includes names such as Markus Wormstorm, an old member of club cool, and Lapse, a newer member of the society but not lacking of that indie wisdom.

Photo's of the event will be taken by We Are Awesome.

the twenty-fourth post. local talent. events. rollercoaster.

17 DECEMBER (Monday) - OLD BISCUIT MILL
Woodstock, Cape Town: ROLLERCOASTER TOUR

With a line-up that will 'rock your socks off'...
The fathers of Cape Town's rock scene, THE DIRTY SKIRTS who always manage to please the crowds. LARK with their merge of electro, rock, and all things beautiful. Then we have UNIT-R who have been credited with possibly the best electro song to come out of Cape Town with 'Clap'. HOWARD ROARK who will please us with a dash of indie rock 'n roll; the new kids on the block. Finally we have, in my opinion, the two best acts to come out of South Africa, DESMOND & THE TUTUS and SWEAT X. Both class, both very original; the tutu's know how to disco and jive, while Spoek and Markus, from sweat x, are the kings of busting and grinding.
If you think you can miss rollercoaster and still be a cool kid you are definitely mistaken.

the twenty-third post. local talent. new loud rockets.

you know that feeling when you start losing hope, your heart seems to beat
erratically, nothing really seems to be working out, you start losing
hope in music all together. that feeling where not very much makes you happy
and you kinda think living more primitively would be cool, making fires, killing boars
that vibe. but then you hear something so sweet, so melodically beautiful, something
fresh, something cool, something new , something loud, like a rocket.

i heard the new loud rockets, and yes they do sound a lot like the strokes, maybe too
much, but i like them and they are awesome. they go against the common stream of local
bands, they are happy, done to earth fellows who are flippen talented and know
the ingredients for a sweet little disco jive. and im sorry but how can they not be awesome,
have you seen philip's, the drummer's, mustache. exactly.

they have an Ep "Let's Play House" it's available.
email newloudrockets[at]gmail.com for more details.

the twenty-second post. party. nu-flex.

so if you want to have fun, and it must be assumed
that even the most glum of people, at least somewhere
in their miserable existence, want to have fun, then
head down to old trusty disco k on the 8th. not only
is Nu-flex fun, its fresh, tasty and full of all that stuff that
doesn't exist at your average Saturday night hang out, and
by 'all that stuff' i really mean debauchery, indecent
exposure and the like. so i guess i will see you there.

dress code and details here

a taste of that is Sweat. X.
Sweat.X - Sweat X

the twenty-first post. mix-tape 2.o.

The Wombats - Backfire At The Disco
The Futureheads - Broke Up The Time
Sibot (feat. Spoek)- Bang on the drum
Babyshambles - Delivery
Girl Talk - Bounce That