Top 10 South African Music Albums To Look Out For in 2014
The South African Music scene has been one to keep your eye’s glued on this year with releases causing a stir and making competitors shake a little. To always be on par with the music scene one needs to know what’s coming up and what you should really look out for to spend your money on.
Here’s a list of Top 10 Music Albums To Look Out For
Black Motion 
These are the guys who brought you the dance floor hit “Banani Mavoko” in 2010. Apparently they are gearing up for their debut album release which is probably going to be out in the middle or end of July 2011 under Kalawa Jazzme Records. I can say with confidence that the album is gonna be out of this world, These guys are just perfectionists in studio , some of their 2011 singles which are out include “Bana Shilolo” which is featured in Mthis essentials 6, “Set me free” on QT ‘s Quantized 5 , “Sunshine” , “Father to be” amongst other rockaz tracks. So all I can say is stay tuned, Coz a storm of sound is on its way.
Mahoota vs. Vetkuk 
They are busy working on their 6th Album, no release date has been confirmed as yet but the album is going to feature 3 Discs which will include a commercial disk, deep house disc and a vocal disk. They’ve never disappointed, they are not about to start now, so yeah keep your ears open for this album.
NASTEE NEV- Gift of Dance
The highly anticipated album from NASTEE NEV, one of South Africa’s foremost and exciting producers drops his album in a couple weeks time, trust me the wait is so worth it. The album features the stand out lead singles ” Uyazi & You are my”, these two singles will have everyone talking about them. So look out for it in a store near you soon.
Toya Delazy
It’s been two years since the release of her debut album Due Drop. The BET nominee had a chat with GLAMOUR about what we can expect to hear on the second album. ‘I’m producing an album that’s going to be fueled with my energy. Now that I’ve gotten into producing, I can put the music down easily on my own the moment I feel it. Whether I’m in the plane or on the side of the curb in Bangkok, if I feel the moment to write, I switch Cubase on and tell my story. The songs on this album are all from personal experiences and let me tell you, it’s been one hell of a journey!’
Jimmy Nevis
The Balloon singer has been rather coy about his second studio album. When quizzed about what fans can expect from this upcoming album the 21 year-old replied: ‘It’s definitely something different but you know you always come back to your roots and you always come back to what you know.’ Jimmy has shown his versatility as a singer and songwriter on two very different collaborations, one with Mi Casa and the other with Pascal & Pearce. It will be interesting to see what direction he takes on this upcoming album.
Die Antwoord
Arguably one of South Africa’s biggest exports, Die Antwoord are set to release their third studio album, Donker Mag on June 3rd. The zef group released a shocking video for their second single, Pitbull Terrier. The album took two years to make and according to Ninja it may be their best one yet.
The Parlatones
“Stand like Giants” the brand new album from The Parlotones will be released on 28th September 2013 at retailers nationwide. Filled with sweeping lyrics and introspective melodies, the album is pure Parlotones!
The Parlotones have cemented their reputation as a fiery force to be reckoned with onstage. Fans are confronted with the sight of powerfully expressive frontman Kahn Morbee leading the band — which also includes guitarist Paul Hodgson, bassist Glen Hodgson, and drummer Neil Pauw — to soaring emotional heights.
