Texx and the City

10 stories

Texx and the CityScenesLeon Bridges found new rhythms in the language of his Soul “Storytelling is really a way to just kind of give the audience a window into your heart and your experiences,” Leon Bridges tells me.

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Texx and the CityScenesNomfundo Xaluva brings “Ndilapha Unplugged” to the Baxter Studio Acclaimed South African jazz vocalist, pianist and composer Nomfundo Xaluva is set to make her Baxter Studio debut with Ndilapha Unplugged: Songs and Stories , a three-night performance running from…

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Texx and the CityScenesSmoking Kills is ready to SERVICE the Mother City SERVICE has a couple of meanings. It’s what’s offered to you the moment you walk into a restaurant or bar.

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Texx and the CityScenesCistamatic want to rave against the machine When Cistamatic took the stage at The Death Of Glitter, there was a seismic shift in the room. And it wasn’t just because, for one breathtaking moment, the crowd was suspended by the fuzz of electric…

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Texx and the CityScenesKaytranada Returns to South Africa for Milk + Cookies Music Week Grammy-winning producer and DJ Kaytranada is heading back to South Africa this December, with two headline performances set to launch Milk + Cookies Music Week ahead of the festival’s third local…

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Texx and the CityScenesJohn Legend brings The Muse Tour to South Africa in February 2027 Thirteen-time GRAMMY Award-winning singer, songwriter and pianist John Legend is heading back to South Africa, bringing his The Muse Tour to three cities in February 2027.

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Texx and the CityScenesGAYLE’s debut album observes the chaos of growing up “F*** you and your mom and your sister and your job” is perhaps one of the boldest opening lines of a debut single in recent memory, and instantly shot its maker, GAYLE, to viral fame upon the…

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Texx and the CityScenesAt Ramfest 2026, the local lineup rocked hardest The highlights of this year’s Ramfest Halloween were homegrown. Canadian headliners Silverstein delivered a good set, and for those who love the band, it was memorable.

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Texx and the CityScenes5 parties you need to go to: November 2026 I write this in the midst of experiencing some serious post-party blues (all natural, I promise). This is after some truly transcendent shit this past weekend. Like, earth shaking, so gorgeous.

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Texx and the CityScenesKirstenbosch Summer Sunset Concerts returns for a star-studded 34th season One of Cape Town’s most beloved summer traditions is making its return, with the Kirstenbosch Summer Sunset Concerts set to kick off their 34th season on Sunday, 22 November 2026.

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Three pins, and nearly every signal in this business passes through them.

The magazine is named after the cable: the microphone in the booth, the line to the desk, the DMX run that fires the lights. Studio, stage and rig share the same cable. Most magazines pick one of the three. This one covers all of it, because the people we read do too — the engineer mixing a record on Tuesday is on front of house by Saturday.

More than three hundred sources, in sixteen languages: makers and their release notes, reviewers who put a hand on the thing, studios and touring crews, the producers and collectives surfacing this month and the scenes they came out of. Synths and modular, plugins and DAWs, guitars and drums, microphones, monitors, PA and lighting. What the trade is talking about is counted and plotted. The editor's letter has just started; it will find its rhythm.

For each story: a headline, a short excerpt, one picture and the link out. We never reprint the article, and the picture belongs to the maker or the photographer. A German review appears in German and a Japanese one in Japanese, as the writer published it; the link goes to the original.

Nothing is sold on this site. When a link leads to a shop, it is the maker's shop, not ours.