MacGyver Knife’s Sewing Legend launch with She Man Lion.

I set out on Wednesday evening with fellow hipster and trendy photographer Gavin Collins (http://prettytrendy.tumblr.com) in tow, to catch two energetic dance-driving bands on stage at Zula Bar in Long Street (CT). It was the much anticipated launch of MacGyver Knife’s new album, Sewing Legend.

Supporting act, She Man Lion rocked up and rocked out. Two words: Superior Synth! Their 80s inspired dance beats could only be likened to a modern, male-fronted Yazoo with double the synth and double the style. Impressive hyper-speed drumming kept things upbeat and happening in a real techno-party fashion right through their set. Psycho-dancing enriched with disco lighting and solid tempo merged to form an electric hurricane on-stage.

For some strange reason, the audience did not dare brace that stage leaving an invisible barrier of a meter and a half between the bouncing crowds and the raving rockers. They must have been so blown away by that ferocious energy unleashed by the magnificent, polished entertainers, She Man Lion.

Next, with the smoke machines puffing and some clever video clips rolling, it was the headlining act MacGyver Knife’s turn to take to the stage. Playing tunes from their new album, Sewing Legend, the men of MacGyver Knife launched into a set of out-and-out indie rock’nroll. Their home crowd was definitely there to support and danced along ‘whooping’ with shameless bias. Not unjustly though.

Most of their stuff sounds like Brit indie bands like ‘The Feeling’ so I found their material rather easy to predict but also easy to listen to, dance to and dig!

Their set was like mainlining feel-good
energy straight through your temples to your brain!

Their home crew were singing along to tracks like ‘Dark side of the sun’ and wiggling their hips while the dudes on stage had an absolute jam! Their passion and playfulness was infectious. I found myself literally giggling out loud to some of their songs. What a front man! They appeased their followers with an encore of ‘Jaguar’ to end the night.

If MacGyver Knife tap into the right crowd, they could be unstoppable. MacGyver Knife and She Man Lion are definitely two bands to watch out for with plenty more to offer.

Find the OFFICIAL review on www.entertain-sa.co.za by yours truly, Dani Diamond.

Photographs by Gavin Collins of Pretty Trendy

All phenominal photographic representations of the night and other spectacular showings of his skills on http://prettytrendy@tumblr.com