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1. The Plastics are a live performance orientated South African band. The Plastics started in late 2007 when the Righini brothers decided to expand their old punk band HOAX, and re
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Sounds like:
Phoenix,
The Strokes,
Still Woozy
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Mikky George
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Sep 15, 2023
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Manic RomanceThe Plastics melt our hearts with "Crazy Love" — a whimsical alt-rock wizz-kid track that buzzes like a summer bee and delivers a sting of romance.The Plastics have hopped back into the light of sound ...
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Jason Grishkoff
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Apr 9, 2016
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Cape Town-based band The Plastics have been on my radar for years now, so it's always nice when one of their songs manages to strike a chord with me.
"Alona" comes as the opening track of their recently-released album In Threes, which saw the band t...
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Jason Grishkoff
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Aug 25, 2015
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I've been keeping my eyes on The Plastics for as long as I can remember. Well...to be more accurate, since roughly 2009.
The Cape Town-based band have been "on the scene" for quite some time now, which naturally increases the pressure to continue in...
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Sounds like:
Arctic Monkeys,
Tourism,
Glass Towers
By
Jason Grishkoff
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Nov 12, 2014
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I've had the pleasure of spending time with The Plastics while hanging out in Cape Town, so I couldn't be more stoked to premiere their brand new single "All I Really Want."
The single comes as the first since their 2012 album Pyramid, and marks the...
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Sounds like:
The Strokes,
The Hives
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Sounds like:
The Strokes,
Arctic Monkeys,
The Vaccines
By
Jason Grishkoff
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Aug 28, 2013
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I'm gearing up to spend six months in Cape Town, so naturally part of that means paying attention to the local music scene. The Plastics happen to be a core member of said scene, and so when they released their new music video for the single "Occasio...
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Sounds like:
The Strokes,
The Arctic Monkeys,
Last Dinosaurs
By
Jason Grishkoff
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Sep 11, 2012
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Who doesn't like a bit of indie pop?Based in my childhood city of Cape Town, The Plastics built a bit of notoriety overseas for a sound not unlike The Strokes and Arctic Monkeys. That's no surprise, given that Gordon Raphael twisted knobs behind the ...
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