BLK JKS blends South African sounds with MTV-inspired art rock. They just released their first full-length album in the US, After Robots. Band members Lindani Buthelezi and Mpumi Mcata perform and tell Kurt about witnessing the end of apartheid and discovering Nirvana.
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