Zebra and Giraffe Roaming the Boardwalk |
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 www.MyPE.co.za: As
part of Rocktober 2009, Johannesburg-based band, Zebra and Giraffe is
set to take to the stage at the Boardwalk Amphitheatre on Friday, 30
October 2009.
The unusual band is the brainchild of Greg Carlin and their interesting
taste in style and fashion comes across in their eclectic music which
has elements of Muse, Mutemath and My Chemical Romance.
At the 15th annual SAMA awards, the band won "Best Rock Album" award
for their debut album, "Collected Memories". They also won an award for
the "Best Alternative Music" at the MTV Africa Music Awards (MAMAs) in
Nairobi, Kenya this year.
The album was put together almost entirely by Greg Carlin who put
together all of the tracks himself except for the drums. For live
performances, Carlin puts together a highly talented band of musicians
to perform with him. However, he switches easily between instruments
during live performances and is equally proficient on each one.
Don’t miss out on this unique live performance by Greg Carlin and his
"herd" of muso's.
The show is live at The
Boardwalk Vodacom Amphitheatre on Friday, 30
October. Tickets cost R60 and can be purchased from Go
Experiences. The
show starts at 21h00.
Zebra and Giraffe is the 12 lettered pseudonym of Johannesburg
musician, Greg Carlin.
 Online Magazine, Mahala, wrote
this of Zebra and Giraffe: "When they unveiled an as-yet unnamed new
song, it was vintage Zebra
& Giraffe, starting quiet and getting suddenly, expansively
loud. That song seems to draw a line around the pattern that has pushed
this band to this point: intensely layered, wavering guitar effects,
swirling keyboard areas which steady and soar, spiking synth lines
which burst from nowhere to nowhere, and a signature vocal attention to
the intricate spaces between howling and brooding. In turn, Carlin can
croon and cry, Alan Shenton's guitar can be both prosy and overwrought,
Darren Leader's drums can tick and tremble and terrorise; together,
they dance through the set-list with an ease and enthusiasm that even
made a Chris Isaak cover sound cool."
Related Links:
Zebra
and Giraffe | Purchase Collected Memories by Zebra and
Giraffe.
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| | Posted by: mype on Sunday, October 25 @ 13:16:37 SAST
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