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May 28, Clarke Quay. You know what music festivals are supposed to present: Many bands performing on several stages and the bittersweet dilemma of which of your favorite bands to catch or miss because of clashes in performance times.
What Singapore lacks in terms of space for multiple stages, Music Matters tried to make up for by hosting the bands—over 40 of them—in different venues around Clarke Quay. Which worked out well, because all were within easy walking distance from each...
38 weeks ago
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[May 16] On this night, the Drums brought their feverish New York indie-pop swagger to St James Powerhouse to a capacity crowd. Playing mostly materials from their lauded eponymous debut album, the band, led by charismatic frontman Jonathan Pierce, took the crowd through an intense set filled with dancing, sweating, dancing and more sweating.
The magnetic energy of Pierce's vocals and crazy dancing pulled the crowd mercilessly to the front of the stage. The crowd—of mainly...
40 weeks ago
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Firstly, a little education on what "trouse" is. Trouse is a sub-genre given birth when trance and house got too drunk, slipped under the DJ console and mated. Marrying trance's elements of atmospheric break downs and euphoric drops together with feel-good house beats. Nothing too serious. Tiesto turned the genre into something so commercially viable, his latest track with Hardwell "Zero 76" appeared on a commercial.
Secondly, just who are The 2 Trouse Brothers? No one knows...
40 weeks ago
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New in Town
Dom Pérignon has launched its limited edition Luminous Collection ($488)—bottles of its 2002 Vintage which light up in green when you press a button. Promo pictures make it look like a light saber. It’s available at Attica and Le Noir for a limited time. If you’re in the River Valley area, stop by Old Empire Gastro Bar, a new joint where “Dispenser of Mischief” Karambir Khanijou will ply you with over 40 beers. One other thing—visit Néktar...
41 weeks ago
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Sometimes you wish you were transplanted into a soundtrack. This gig was certainly one of those times, where the roughly-300-strong crowd of mostly indie kids and post-rockers, crammed in a quasi-moshpit smack in front of Zouk's stage, was transported into a dreamlike sonic landscape.
The quartet of drummer Yasunori Takada, bassist Tamaki Kunishi and guitarists Takaakira Goto and Yoda from Mono strode onto stage wearing stern expressions and never spoke a word to the audience, but the...
41 weeks ago
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Following a sold out inaugural edition in 2010, Whisky Live returns for seconds in Singapore with another cast of the world’s best whiskies. Organized by purveyors of fine spirits La Maison du Whisky, and held at the swanky One On The Bund, Whisky Live is a celebration of the “Water of Life” and everything it inspires.
In addition to whiskies from Scotland, Japan, the USA and India, patrons will also have the opportunity to sample a range of Caribbean rums, German gins, Polish...
41 weeks ago
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Singapore-born New York-based Shi-Shi makes up the one-woman band of CC Sound Factory. She shares with us about her music and passion ahead of her gig at Amnesia Ibiza.
How did you come up with your artist name?
Well CC’s actually a translation to English of my Chinese name (pronounced “Shi” “Shi” in Chinese) and “Sound Factory”, partly ‘cos of the legendary New York club “Sound Factory” and partly ‘cos I do aim to be one, a...
43 weeks ago
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You may or may not agree that K-pop is taking the world by a psychedelic storm but it's everywhere and it looks like it's here to stay—well, for the next five years at least. Bringing this almost teenybopper phenomenon to the DJ console for the first time in Singapore, is 23-year old Brazilian DJ Carlos Brandão or DJ Masa as he's better known.
A self-confessed Boa fan boy, DJ Masa kicked off the night at Dbl O on Apr 22 with creative mashups derived from K-pop's greatest hits by...
43 weeks ago
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Hotflush label boss Paul Rose aka Scuba/SCB speaks to Zul Andra about his label, current sound and one Skrillex.
Who's Scuba?
I make music as Scuba and SCB, and I run a label called Hotflush. I was born in London and have been living in Berlin since 2007.
Tell us more about your label Hotflush Recordings?
It started in 2003 from absolutely nothing - we had no idea what we were doing. It became associated with dubstep pretty much by accident, but in the last 2 or 3 years it's got to more...
43 weeks ago
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The highly-anticipated Rock & Roots Festival redeemed itself on Day 2 with world-class acts like Imogen Heap, Trombone Shorty and John Legend living up to their name.
Trombone Shorty came on shortly after Heap’s lively showing and damn did the man deliver. At least half the crowd had been completely oblivious to the talent of this horn-tooting performer and his band Orleans Avenue before the gig, but they walked away impressed, some even going so far as to proclaim his genius on...
44 weeks ago
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