My quest in this country to explore the deepest darkest parts of indie africa is becoming more and more depressing by the day. i have more or less given up my search for the existance of the fabled "south african indie scene". here are some reasons:
this is a list i found of the indie bands in South africa. The list contains about 100 bands.. All over south africa. not too shabby. Sadly this gave me hope.. FALSE hope.. according to this gig guide there are only about 10 indie/alternative gigs in the entire country.. for the rest of the week. this is pretty depressing especially considering many of them are happening about a 2 hour flight away from where i am.
that is why i've decided to try to get more gigs going in this country.. sadly this will go against the grain of my teachings.. i have to try to make indie music more popular in south africa... but i have to destroy it again before it gets too big. this is probably going to take a lot more work than i can handle alone, so it looks like i'm going to need to get some south africans involved..
so.. anyone have any idea where indie south africans hang out? my guess is europe.
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