Spoegwolf

South African rock band Spoegwolf has topped the charts while becoming one of their country’s most celebrated Afrikaans acts. ∙ Before Spoegwolf (“Spit Wolf”) was founded in 2012, its members played together as teenagers in a different group, Ysterkoei (“Iron Cow”). ∙ The band’s debut album, 2012’s Swaartekrag, produced two of their signature songs, “Lenie Blou” and “Somersetwes.” ∙ In 2016, their sophomore LP, Somer, was named Best Alternative Album at the annual Ghoema Music Awards, which honor outstanding achievements in Afrikaans music. ∙ Aside from their work with the band, brothers Danie and Moskou du Toit—the latter is an accomplished chef—run their own restaurant in the town of Stellenbosch. ∙ After releasing the LP Koma in 2019, they became the first-ever Afrikaans act to top the Apple Music Albums chart in South Africa. ∙ Spoegwolf teamed up with fellow South African rocker Francois van Coke on “Dagdrome in Suburbia,” the title track of his 2019 full-length.