The traffic heading into Ampang is evil, passing the Korean Town opposite of Ampang Point the road gets narrower and cars start to congregate. It’s like going to the post office with only 2 out of 14 counters open. At first you feel absolutely annoyed, start to blame society and finally gave into the situation and blame it on fate. When I say Ampang I don’t really mean the glitzy Jalan Ampang where KLCC and Quatro is located, no we’re not that big yet to go and review famous popular bands, not yet at least, this is the side of Ampang where you have a row of restaurants facing a big ‘longkang’ in which they call it the Ampang Waterfront. My god, if they were facing a ‘loji kumbahan najis’ it would probably be called The Ampang Lakeside. Malaysia never ceases to amaze me. Read more...

Indie band Couple had the chance to tour UK recently, playing at several spots entertaining their Malaysian fans abroad and probably get themselves some new foreign fans instead. This is all thanks to KNUKE and a collaborations with TAPAU we got to see the video highlights. Read more...

Saya tidak pernah menyatakan bahawa saya meminati muzik ska. Saya hilang dalam tarian hiruk-pikuk apabila Gerhana Ska Cinta menguasai pentas pada acara Rock the World beberapa tahun lepas. Ketika cik Widy tidak kelihatan bersama Gerhana Ska Cinta pada acara Sunburst 2009, saya yakin itu pengesahan bahawa “The Cat Woman” sudah beralih arah. Hilang seri Gerhana Ska Cinta. Hilang seri pada wajah saya. Read more...

End the year with the last big music festival for 2009. Rock The World will bring together Malaysia’s finest musical acts on three stages rocking. Check out the line-up list in the previous post. Read more...

Dua tahun berturut-turut saingan-saingan hebat dari Johan Nawawi, Adnan Abu Hassan, Ajai, M. Nasir, Audi Mok dan Aidit Alfian ditewaskan dengan penangan muzik ciptaan anak-anak muda generasi baru. Dengan menggunakan pendekatan tersendiri dan adunan bunyi yang berbeza dari arus perdana, dijangkakan muzik indie bakal menakluk pentas Juara Lagu dengan gabungan batalion Estranged, Hujan, Yuna dan Bunkface pada tahun 2009 ini. Read more...

When I first listened to a Bunkface song, I thought this must be one of those new American teen skater band kids these days listen to. Surprised to learn that they are Malaysian. Read more...

I think most of you by this time have heard about Azlan the lead vocalist of Meet Uncle Hussain leaving the band. Now apparently he is back in the scene with a new band, Azlan & The Typewriter. Read more...

This is something new we plan to try out. Once in a while, we going to do a Follow Friday post, something inspired by a trend on twitter, you might have notice the hash tag #followfriday. We going to list out not just Twitter accounts but also Facebook Fan Page that you could join or follow. For this week it’s local inide artists. Next Follow Friday would be something different. Read more...

Earlier this year I wrote about the Band Hujan, how they going to be too big for the mainstream to just ignore. Few months later, you see them on Channel V as the chosen one this month. Well one of the Chosen One, as Channel V celebrates CelebrASIAN, honoring three indie bands from this region. Two other bands among Hujan are Singapore’s Electrico and Indonesia’s Alexa. Read more...

Free rock festival is always good. Rockaway is happening on 20th June 2009 at CapSquere KL from 1p.m till late. It features some of the big hard hitting bands from the indie scene. Read more...

Rock the world 8 almost didn’t happened this year. Stories of sponsors puling out and some negativity surrounding the event. So kudos for Fat Boys for making it happen. Read more...

Last Saturday, we saw BB Plaza’s rooftop car park area transformed into a venue of music, arts design and fashion. All hell broke loose as teenage fans gathered in a small confine area for a free gig and some cheap thrill. Even though it rained a little bit, but that didn’t stop the havoc that’s taking place on the roof top. Security was good, for a free gig. Read more...