Author: Joe

Sunday, 3rd August 2008: Toe in KL 1

Sunday, 3rd August 2008: Toe in KL

No. I never heard of Toe before. When it comes to current Japanese kinda-post-rock bands, there were two which I was in love with; MSAYA (Music Start Against Young Assault) and Coa (read a...

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: First Four Albums Rereleases 1

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: First Four Albums Rereleases

In these dark days of friends unexpectedly leaving this mortal coil, I find Nick Cave prancing around in an old St. Kilda t-shirt with his mates in a London strip-club joyfully amusing. There’s nothing...

dis.eased wrekkids: MC Homeless / Homicide Split-12″ 1

dis.eased wrekkids: MC Homeless / Homicide Split-12″

*click on image for a bigger version Breaking borders between personal and political issues, geopraphic area and music stereotypes, these two represent anarcho hiphop to the fullest. Indonesia veteran Homicide approach hiphop in noisy...

Leaving Normal: Lang Kuchalana 1977-2008 18

Leaving Normal: Lang Kuchalana 1977-2008

Our dear old friend Wan Hazlan @ Lan, the ex-bassist of the reggae/punk band Kuchalana, died around 1.30 PM today. Lan, affectionately known amongst friends as “Lang” (due to his Terengganu origins), was allegedly...

Friday, 18th July 2008: Music & Bloodsport, SiCKL 1

Friday, 18th July 2008: Music & Bloodsport, SiCKL

JUSTICE YELDHAM (AUSTRALIA) ‘What’s been described as “a trumpet player trapped in a two dimensional universe” is in fact the unique audio work of Justice Yeldham, a maverick musician with an unhealthy obsession with...

Sunday, 13th July 2008: Dismember in Singapore! 1

Sunday, 13th July 2008: Dismember in Singapore!

Straits Records, together with Bleed Records and Cynical Sounds, is proud to present.. DISMEMBER LIVE IN SINGAPORE SUNDAY, 13TH JULY, 2008 7pm @ Guinness Theatre, The Substation. Pre-sale tickets – S$47 | At the...