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Rock bands playing original material and covers, from classic and alternative through to heavier contemporary sets. Suited to festivals, launches, year-end functions and venues with the volume tolerance and staging to carry it.

Amor Amor

Cape Town
Amor Amor are an indie rock-pop duo formed in 2020 by ChianoSky and Sasha Righini, with the debut single Pieces Of Summer. Based in Cape Town.

Ann Jangle

Cape Town
Ann Jangle is a singer, songwriter and producer whose dark folk and eclectic rock has earned substantial airplay in South Africa. Based in Cape Town.

Ard Matthews

CapeTown
Ard Matthews is the singer-songwriter and Just Jinjer frontman behind the double platinum debut album All Comes Round. Based in Cape Town.

ARK

Domestic / International
ARK is a South African rock collaboration uniting Arno Carstens, Ross Learmonth and Kahn Morbee of Springbok Nude Girls, Prime Circle and The Parlotones.

Arno Carstens

Cape Town/London
Arno Carstens is the Springbok Nude Girls frontman and solo artist with 7 albums, 18 top ten singles and 5 SAMAs. Based in Cape Town and London.

Ben Dey and the Concrete lions

Cape Town
Ben Dey and the Concrete Lions are an afro-indie pop rock trio whose single Easy Love reached the 5FM Top 10 and number one on Tuks FM. Based in Cape Town.

Beukes & Delaney

Johannesburg
Beukes & Delaney are Christoff Beukes and David Delaney, a duo playing an eclectic mix of folk, Irish and rock they call Irish-Boereblues. Johannesburg.

Daniel Baron

Johannesburg
Daniel Baron is a singer-songwriter whose pop anthem So Much More peaked at number two on the Kia Take 40 SA chart. Based in Johannesburg.

Desmond and The Tutus

Johannesburg
Desmond and The Tutus have played an infectious blend of rock ‘n roll and indie kwela pop since forming in December 2005. Based in Johannesburg.

Dixie Hillbillies

Johannesburg
Dixie Hillbillies formed in 2009 and fuse Nashville flat-picking, bluegrass, jazz, funk and rock with unusual vocal harmonies. Based in Johannesburg.

Elvis Blue

Johannesburg
Elvis Blue, Idols SA winner and platinum-selling songwriter behind Things My Father Said, brings soulful original material. Based in Johannesburg.

Grassy Spark

Cape Town
Grassy Spark are a Cape Town band fusing ska, reggae, rock and pop, with influences from Sublime and No Doubt to Cat Empire.

Indecisive Inc

Cape Town.
Indecisive Inc are a multi-genre band from Retreat in Cape Town, blending funk, pop, rock and soul into energetic sets since forming in 2020.

JESSE CLEGG

Johannesburg
Jesse Clegg is a SAMA-nominated, platinum-selling rock singer-songwriter and the son of Johnny Clegg. Based in Johannesburg.

Jimm Harisson Project

Cape Town
The Jimm Harisson Project is a cover band with a strong original twist, founded when Jimm Harisson won a contract from BrightIdeasStudio. Based in Cape Town.

Karen Zoid

Cape Town
Karen Zoid is a South African rock artist and TV presenter whose solo album Poles Apart was an instant success. Based in Cape Town.

KHAN

Netherlands
KHAN is the solo project of Kahn Morbee, who fronted South African rock band The Parlotones for 12 years. Based in the Netherlands.

Lost & Found

Johannesburg
Lost & Found pairs Glen Hodgson of the Parlotones with Jason Oosthuizen of Black Cat Bones for guitar-driven pop-rock. Based in Johannesburg.

Lunatic Wolf Band

Johannesburg
Lunatic Wolf are a folk-rock band whose debut To the Adventure won nationwide radio play, with sets at Oppikoppi and Splashy Fen. Based in Johannesburg.

Mark Haze

Cape Town
Mark Haze is a Goodwood-born rock singer raised on Springsteen and Queen, performing covers and his own songs. Based in Cape Town.

Matthew Mole

Johannesburg
Matthew Mole is a singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist whose album The House We Built topped the iTunes chart in 2013. Based in Johannesburg.

Original Swimming Party

Cape Town
Original Swimming Party is the experimental Afrobeat project of SAMA-winning composer and singer Jeremy de Tolly. Based in Cape Town.

Prime Circle

Johannesburg
Prime Circle are SA rock icons: seven multi-platinum albums, multiple SAMAs, sold-out tours and a growing international following. Johannesburg.

Richard Stirton

London
Richard Stirton is a South African singer from Rondebosch in Cape Town with an iTunes number one single, now based in London.

Samson Brothers

Cape Town
Samson Brothers are self-taught South African musicians raised on African beats and soulful rhythms, sons of Grammy-nominated Cedric Samson. Based in Cape Town.

Shaun Jacobs Band

USA
Shaun Jacobs Band is led by the Johannesburg multi-instrumentalist whose track Love Can reached number two on the 5FM Top 40. Based in the USA.

South Jersey Pom Poms

Durban
South Jersey Pom Poms are a themed rock band available for corporate events, weddings, functions and private parties in Durban.

Southern Wild

Cape Town
Southern Wild are a four-piece rock band who have played OppiKoppi, Up The Creek and River Republic. Based in Cape Town.

Springbok Nude Girls

Cape Town
Springbok Nude Girls are the indie rock band behind 15 releases between 1995 and 2007, starting with Neanderthal 1. Based in Cape Town.

Sunset Sweatshop

Cape Town
Sunset Sweatshop are a feel-good South African rock band with reggae and folk influences who won a Bokkie for best English song. Based in Cape Town.

The Albert Frost Trio

Cape Town
The Albert Frost Trio is led by blues-rock guitarist Albert Frost, who has recorded with Arno Carstens, Koos Kombuis and Blues Broers. Based in Cape Town.

The Congo Cowboys

Cape Town
The Congo Cowboys mix bluegrass with Kwassa Kwassa rhythms and Soukous guitar, fresh from a European tour of Germany and Holland. Based in Cape Town.

The December Streets

Johannesburg
The December Streets are a pop-rock band mixing reggae-ska trumpet, layered guitars and vocal harmonies, together since 2009. Based in Johannesburg.

The Graeme Watkins Project

Johannesburg
The Graeme Watkins Project are a rock band whose 2011 debut album Corridors of The Mind produced three top 10 hit singles. Based in Johannesburg.

The Kongos

Johannesburg/USA
The Kongos are a rock band of four brothers, sons of British singer-songwriter John Kongos, raised in London and South Africa. Based in Johannesburg.

The Parlotones

Johannesburg
The Parlotones are Kahn Morbee, Neil Pauw and brothers Glen and Paul Hodgson, twice winners of a SAMA for Best Rock Album. Based in Johannesburg.

The Plastics band

Cape Town
The Plastics are a live-focused rock band formed in 2007 by the Righini brothers, with two self-released EPs and a Red Bull Radar win. Based in Cape Town.

The Rockabilly Ravens

Johannesburg
The Rockabilly Ravens are a themed rock and roll band bringing a real taste of rockabilly music, complete with pinup-era styling. Based in Johannesburg.

The Shadowclub

Johannesburg
Shadowclub are a dirty blues-rock band whose Guns and Money drew Mail & Guardian comparisons to The Black Keys fronted by Jeff Buckley. Based in Johannesburg.

Watershed

Johannesburg
Watershed are South Africa’s leading acoustic rock group, with a SAMA for Best Pop Album for Wrapped In Stone. Based in Johannesburg.
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