Catch The Black Lapels Live @ S43, Durban

Ladies and gentlemen of the Dirtbin, it’s Friday! The waves were cooking this morning between the sticks and the vibe is high. Time to trade coffee for beer and idol office chit chat for bantz with the boys. Why not do this over a cheeky bit of live music, sounds lukka hey? If this sounds like your typa jol, then pull into S43 tonight and treat your tympanic membrane to some surf’ful tunes by The Black Lapels!!  So, with the weekend ahead of us and the know fact that these dudes smaak laka session out in the water, we got in touch to hear their story. Check out some of their music here:   Zag: Give us a little background to the band, where did it all begin? TBL: The Black Lapels officially formed in 2012, we started off performing tribute shows at local theatres and also private and corporate functions, the band then held a residency and also ran the music program at the now legendary Dutch in Umhalanga, which was a period of immense growth both on and off stage.  Has surfing had an influence on your music/sound? Most defiantly, Garth and I grew up on the South coast our local spot was […]

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