Laneway Festival, Singapore: M83
Known for their loud instrumentals and whispery vocals, tunes from M83′s latest album Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming will wrap up the fest. Frontman Anthony Gonzalez chats about their music and performing at Laneway. How is the latest release different from previous ones? It is our first album recorded outside of France and Europe, we wanted [...]
Laneway Festival, Singapore: CULTS Release “You Know What I Mean” Video
Just in time for St. Jerome’s Laneway Festival this Sunday, Cults has just released a video to ‘You Know What I Mean’ off their self-titled debut. The narrative-focused music video is a paean to forbidden carnival love where lovelorn Madeline Follin ogles at devil-may-care Brian Oblivion as her ringleader dad sabotages his stunts. With distinctively ’60s [...]
Laneway Festival, Singapore: LAURA MARLING
It’s as though LAURA MARLING was born in the wrong decade. Wrong century even. Preternaturally wise beyond her 21 years, Marling inhabits an analogue world where she makes literate, timeless folk music. Previous albums Alas, I Cannot Swim and I Speak Because I Can were both nominated for the Mercury Prize (the latter earning her [...]
Laneway Festival, Singapore: THE HORRORS
East London via Southend-On-Sea band THE HORRORS have come a long way since 2005, when they graced the cover of the NME with eye-linered eyes, big hair, an eff-you attitude and barely a single (the spiky ‘Sheena Is A Parasite’) to their name. Their live shows were a riot – often literally – but did [...]
Laneway Festival, Singapore: CULTS
Young NYC-by-way-of-San Diego pop duo CULTS burst onto the scene early last year with the irresistible ‘Go Outside’, a short, sharp burst of hazy bedroom pop steeped in classic girl-group harmonies and Spector-esque production. Little was known about the twosome of Brian Oblivion and Madeline Follin, whose almost ungoogleable name and refusal to give interviews [...]
Laneway Festival, Singapore: THE PAINS OF BEING PURE AT HEART
It’s not hard to get your head around the appeal of THE PAINS OF BEING PURE AT HEART. It’s classic indie pop: jangly guitars, sun-soaked melodies, themes of heartbreak, redemption and so on. It’s like they sat down and wrote an album specifically for the Australian summer. Produced by genii Alan Moulder (My Bloody Valentine, [...]
Laneway Festival, Singapore : GLASSER
‘Easy to like’ says Pitchfork of GLASSER, the one-woman orchestra of Cameron Mesirow; ‘easy to love’ say we. On Ring, the L.A. native’s universally praised debut lp, ethereal vocals swirl above an intoxicating mix of tribal percussion, lush electronics and orchestral flourishes. It’s mystical, yes, but without any of the put-on eccentricity or pretension those [...]
Laneway Festival, Singapore : TWIN SHADOW
George Lewis Jnr aka TWIN SHADOW’s debut album is as intriguing as his upbringing. The troubled son of a hairdresser and a teacher ‘who lived many lives’ (semi-pro footballer, massage therapist, film maker and other things we’ll tell you about when you’re older), Lewis Jnr was born in the Dominican Republic and grew up in [...]
Laneway Festival, Singapore: YUCK
Multi-national London four-piece (and occasional five-piece) YUCK take us straight back to the golden era of Nineties indie rock, a time where Pavement, Dinosaur Jr, Teenage Fanclub and Yo La Tengo ruled supreme. That the band were infants when this era’s defining records came out is very much to their advantage: instead of reliving lost [...]
Laneway Festival, Singapore : Toro Y Moi
This year’s line-up is crowded with over-achieving youngsters and Chaz Bundick, a.k.a TORO Y MOI, is one of them. Hailing from South Carolina, the multi-talented 24 year old musician, designer and photographer this year released the follow-up to his acclaimed 2010 debut Causers of This, which had him in the company of blogger favourites and [...]
Laneway Festival Singapore
This Indie Music Festival is Australia and New Zealandʼs most well regarded boutique music festival, with tickets selling out each year. Since its inception in Melbourne, Australia in 2004, Laneway has become synonymous with hot summer days, picturesque locations and diverse, exciting line-ups of incredibly cool bands. Singapore was given a taste of the Laneway [...]
Sundance 2012
This year’s Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, presented the requisite set of features and documentaries with the not-so-surprising general consensus that the smaller, independent works transcended the generally lackluster star-studded blockbusters. Whether speaking to current issues that plague the American conscience or shedding light on new innovators, each film we saw or heard about [...]
Singapore International Photography Festival
The Singapore International Photography Festival (SIPF) is a biennial gathering of minds from around the world with the common pursuit of advancing the art and appreciation of contemporary photography. The 2012 exhibition is open for submission from 5 December 2011 to 30 April 2012. The festival’s curators will select 50 bodies of works from the [...]
Noise Singapore 2012 Festival Showcase
Noise Singapore begins the new year with its annual showcase this February! Noise is really excited about presenting an awesome new batch of art, design, photography and music created by young people. More information is coming your way. In the meantime, mark these dates on your calendar! See the dates by taking the jump!
Kim Jong-Il Dropping The Bass
Not contrary to popular belief, Kim Jong is ILL! As Sebastian’s hype man. Coming together with David Guetta. Dubstepping with Skrillex. See more of him in the SCENE.
Clockenflap 2011 – Biscuit Trailer
Clockenflap Music & Arts Festival. December 10th/11th, West Kowloon cultural district, Hong Kong Register for free pass at : www.clockenflap.com To see other Clockenflap trailers, click HERE.
Tilt-Shift Burning Man
“For those of us who have never experienced Burning Man firsthand, the annual happening in Black Rock City can feel mysterious. What does it mean to build a city from nothing? What do attendees do all week? What exactly is so magical about trudging around in the desert at the hottest time of year?” Source
International Walkman Day
Paying homage to the dead, the lost and the forgotten. Some folks are having a public holiday series for stuff that doesn’t get attention anymore. “Johnny Two Tone Club is a collaborative project between some folks in Perth and Melbourne who like to do hand-pulled screen prints. International Walkman Day is the second installment in [...]
Japanese Film Festival Singapore 2011
Time to honour the Japanese film industry – featuring classic and modern cinematic greats! “This year’s guest director is KUMAKIRI Kazuyoshi. Kumakiri-san will be presenting his latest feature SKETCHES OF KAITAN CITY (closing film), and two of his earlier works ANTENNA and GREEN MIND METAL BATS. Kumakiri’s KICHIKU was featured in JFF when we focused on Horror. [...]
DAZED & CONFUSED JULY ISSUE: BEYONCÉ – POP VS LIFE
July’s summer music special stars pop icon Beyoncé in a scorching hot trailer park fantasy, with the superstar wearing bespoke outfits by Tom Ford, Riccardo Tisci, Gareth Pugh, Haider Ackermann, Stefano Pilati and Marc Jacobs. Dazed also talks with this summer’s hottest artists: Tom Vek, Wiley, Zomby and Gwilym Gold, plus LA’s rap debutante Kreayshawn, cult in waiting Wu [...]
BFF11: Bicycle Film Festival New York, June 22-26
Cycling fanatics from all forms of the sport will take over NYC from June 22-26 for the 11th annual Bicycle Film Festival. Looks to be a big one. “The festival merges many creative communities, including fashion, music and art, as well as various bicycling communities – road cycling, mountain biking, fixed gear, BMX, cyclocross – over [...]
BEERFEST ASIA 2011
Beerfest Asia is back! Coming to you from the 16th to 19th June, sample and taste over 300 different kinds of commercial and craft beers over four days. Raise your glasses for enticing brews and first-time-ever-in-Singapore beers. Here are some unique beers you will get to taste at the upcoming festival. Event link.
MUSIC MATTERS LIVE WITH HP 2011
Featuring over 40 great bands and artists from 18 countries in seven Clarke Quay bars, clubs and Fountain Square, Music Matters Live with HP takes place between May 26th to 28th 2011. All of the bands are in town for one reason; to be discovered by the music industry and new fans. The Music Matters [...]
TRIBECA FILM FEST SET TO GO LIVE
Tribeca, the film festival launched by Robert De Niro in 2001 to support growth and culture in Manhattan following the September 11 terrorist attacks, is to open up its programme to online viewers for the first time. Six feature films and nine short movies from the 2011 festival will be streamed over the internet live [...]
