Having success with Invasion ‘Lost in Wonderland’, The Largest Indoor Festival in Jakarta – INVASION is back with a sensation that will free your mind and it will definitely be something extraordinary. The event will be held on September 14, 2018 at Hall B3 and C3 JI-Expo Kemayoran Jakarta.

Invasion 2018 Electric Dance Festival is a signature event of EUPHORICS, the largest indoor music festival in Jakarta and across Jakarta, after 5 years of continued growth and tremendous success in creating an atmosphere of togetherness and entertaining electronic dance music entertainment in various regions, “The Invasion Festival has more than 12,000 Visitors, the audience came together to enjoy amazing weekend music and be the goal to experience new music and to see the great DJ – DJ of the world “.

INVASION 2018 comes with a great concept – Tempus Chronicles, taking you to historic journeys and exciting new adventures, in the majestic city of steam punk. In the golden age of the industrial revolution of 1920 called technology and aesthetic design, by 19th century machines powered by the steam engine industry. You will experience never before imagined. Meet every individual desire by creating different atmosphere and different entertainment. With the addition of spectacular sound speakers and stage, and powered by a glowing ray of light. Experience the best VIP experience with satellite bar handling.

A diverse series of DJs will be announced with the event and will also feature the local Top DJ Indonesia, the best MC Party, and other outstanding guest stars.

Invasion 2018 Tempus Chronicles will be held on September 14, 2018 at Hall B3 and C3 at the JI-Expo. Join us for a journey through Soul, Mind and Sense with world-class Invaders. For More Info, please follow us on the official Facebook Account, Instagram, and Twitter @InvasionJakarta with hashtag #Invasion2018.

Time surely does fly, and it is only few days before all the growing excitement for LaLaLa Festival 2018 will finally collide! Counting only days away now, we can’t help but hold back and daydream about it a little bit too much. With the international forest festival approaching fast, Bandung will soon be home for much renowned performers ready to charm all the thrilled crowds.

Latest addition to the lineup, Route 94, will join Oh Wonder, Blackbear, Wafia, Blonde, RKCB, and Tom Odell as the anticipated international acts this year. Given the striking performers with which loyal fans are spoiled with, there is no wonder why the festival is a must go. Just as though the international acts are not ferocious enough to begin with, this year LaLaLa Festival will also feature all the local favorites without a single miss, namely Rendy Pandugo, Adhitia Sofyan, Ten2Five, Reality Club, Pusakata, The Groove, Dipha Barus, Kallula, Nadin, and Roycdc. “As we’re back again with two stages, we proudly present you the Navajo Stage as the Main Stage and Ombre Stage as the Second Stage”

So to speak from the final lineup, diverse music performances are curated thoroughly to fuse barrier of genres altogether. This year LaLaLa Festival promises to bring up a whole unparalleled music experience by going back to nature in the most woven way between tones, woodland, and celebration. With a whole experience being said, attendees will get to roam all day in beautiful Orchid Forest of Cikole in which charming neon park, ping-pong table, spacious F&B Area, and more exciting spots are installed. Naturally, the root of the festival is always to strive to inspire all of its loyal fans within the perplexing narrative of music and beyond.

Due to the high demand, attendees can also make the festival an all-nighter fun with on-site glamping. The fully equipped premium camping option can be checked in the website with amenities such as free breakfast, roasted corn, mattresses, and sleeping bag. In addition, for only IDR35,000, attendees will have access to pre-purchased scheduled shuttle bus departing and returning to pick up point in Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia, located at Jalan Setiabudhi, Bandung.

For those of you who haven’t secured your ticket just yet, you might want to do it fast before all the best deals are gone. There is no fun in coming in small pack, join up with all your friends to admit yourself in the Hot Squad promo, and get 5 regular passes for only IDR 2.725.000,- NETT. In addition, tickets can also be purchased offline at KIRI Social Bar, Bandung and HATCHI, Jakarta. What are you waiting for?

When the news first broke that the Irish folk rock band will be coming to LaLaLa Festival, fans reacted in questioning if it’s really happening. But all doubts vanished when Kodaline’s official twitter account confirmed the news with a tweet “Just gonna leave this here! Can’t f**king wait!!!” a long with the official LaLaLa Festival picture. We can assure you, they’re not the only one who “can’t f**king wait!!!” for the big day.

After releasing their first album “In a Perfect World”, Kodaline has been recognized internationally. With hits like “All I want”, “High Hopes” and “Love Like This” being played in every radio around the world, the world has become more and more familiar with Kodaline. And since their second album titled “Coming Up for Air” came out February of 2015, they have been on a world tour until earlier this year. From all the places they visited since last year, they finally make a stop to the beautiful Cikole Forest in Lembang to headline LaLaLa Festival.

Besides Kodaline, other international names such as Jasmine Thompson, Bag Raiders and The WEKEED, along side local names like Maliq & D’Essentials, Kimokal, and Payung Teduh will be performing at the festival. Great line up and being surrounded by beautiful nature, Lalala Festival is something we look forward to.

For more information about the festival and tickets at LaLaLa Fest official website.

Neon Lights Festival, another new major music & art festival is back in Singapore just in days count. The first of its kind in Singapore, and taking its cues from the world’s greatest music festivals, Neon Lights will illuminate the historic Fort Canning Park on Saturday 28th and Sunday 29th November with a rich and vibrant music and arts programme encompassing international and local music, dance, theatre, comedy, art & design installations, spoken word and children’s workshops.

Built on an uncompromising philosophy of collaboration and community, the inaugural annual festival will run from 1pm till late each day, and will incorporate every nook and cranny of Fort Canning’s three main outdoor event spaces – Fort Green, Fort Gate and OMSQ. Neon Lights promises a premium multi-disciplinary, multi-sensory experience for everyone, regardless of age or interest, set across six stages – Neon Lights Stage, Neon Gardens Stage, Club Minky, Cloud Factory, Lit Up @ Neon Lights and Easy Street.

The first 16 acts of a superbly eclectic music line-up are released today. Handpicked from over 10 countries across 5 continents; Neon Lights’ headliners are the legendary hit-makers USA’s CHIC feat Nile Rodgers – one of the most influential producers and prolific musicians in the history of popular music – and multi-platinum-selling singer-songwriter Ireland’s Damien Rice who will play his first Singapore show in nearly a decade.

Brilliant cult mavericks USA’s Mercury Rev make their long-awaited return to Singapore right off the release of their latest album and upbeat party acts Flight Facilities from Sydney and New Yorkers Ratatat will play their first-ever shows here.

Other acts making their first trips to Singapore include legendary UK shoegaze trailblazers Ride, the hypnotic Songhoy Blues from Mali, Mancunian world-fusion DJ Mr Scruff and the Asia premiere of Kiasmos – the groundbreaking new audiovisual electronic project from Iceland composer and pianist Olafur Arnalds; who needs no introduction to Singapore audiences – his last trip here in 2013 saw him sell out two nights at the Esplanade Theatre. Kiasmos’ show will be preceded by Swedish techno demi-god Axel Willner aka The Field.

The Neon Lights and Neon Gardens stages will showcase a stellar music line-up spanning genres and decades, blending international stars with local heroes, including sensory rockers Hanging Up The Moon. Also on the Neon Lights bill so far are cool punk-meets-bossa-lounge act Nouvelle Vague from Paris, gifted Japanese multi-intstrumentalist Shugo Tokumaru, introspective indie folksters USA’s Sun Kil Moon and Singapore’s Bennett Bay, and the new queen of dream pop USA’s Julia Holter.

Families with kids will be entertained by the interactive sideshow, circus, comedy and cabaret performances at Club Minky, followed by children’s wearable art and movement workshops by MySuperFuture at Cloud Factory. For fans of the spoken and written word, Lit Up @ Neon will be a literary treat with performances, readings, panel discussions and interviews.

The holistic festival will feature three distinct performances each night at Cloud Factory by some of Singapore’s most innovative sound, video and performance artists, all curated by Noor Effendy Ibrahim, former artistic director of The Substation and Teater Ekamatra. Also, attendees will get to participate in a live street art and culture celebration on Easy Street curated by Recognize Studios and Sideshow, alongside the breakbeats of hip-hop artists and scratch DJs.

EARLY BIRD & FAMILY WEEKEND
On sale from 9am Tuesday 8th September until stocks last. All prices below exclude booking fees.
Early Bird Adult 2-Day Weekend (18yrs & above): $189 Youth 2-Day Weekend (12-17yrs): $150
Must be accompanied by an adult.
Max 2 x Youth per paying adult, photo ID required.

Child 2-Day Weekend (Under 12): $40
Must be accompanied by an adult.
Max 2 x Child per paying adult, photo ID required.

Visit www.neonlights.sg for more details.

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Last weekend, thousands music fans once again congregated at The Meadow at Gardens By The Bay for St. Jerome’s Laneway Festival – Singapore edition, which become annual year festival. And for their fifth year’s edition they brought sets from Chet Faker, Pond, Mac Demarco, Jon Hopkins, Angus & Julia Stone, Courtney Barnett, Jungle, FKA Twigs, Little Dragon, Banks, Future Islands and many more.

But it seems like it’s not only for the sake of music only this festival was meant to be, but also for commercial entertainment to show Australia’s summer music festival vibe feels like. Combining the old and new Laneway’s alumnus, we can expect new generation of so called music lovers and festival goers gather together experiencing whats new and what have they missed from previous festivals. With three stages which divided based on either different genres or target market, crowd are force to choose between the acts they knew more and new acts they have never heard before. Another unfortunate but understandable thing also happens when the rain started to poured down just not long after the festival get started, the humidity is just unbearable to see especially for all hipster’s outfits who came not only for the music but for the scene.

Started the festival by English post-punk band Eagulls, rocking the main stages of Laneway with fun yet angry sounds made the punk lovers bopping along to their tunes. Continued by Perth psychedelic band Pond, crowd can enjoy the modern age of rock and roll with an Australian twist. With the distortion of the guitar, heavy drums, swaying vocals and groovy Australian attitude. And that marks the start of the festival.

Another fun sets came from the witty solo singer – songwriter Mac DeMarco and his band. The Canadian-native Mac DeMarco attracted the largest afternoon crowd at Laneway, with his jizz jazz laid-back music. Whilst he fixed up some technical issues, his band mate covered Yellow with some karaoke style goofiness. And as usual, Mac ended his performance by crowd surfing over the soaking wet crowd.

Talking about women’s day not long after the festival, we can see that there are long list of female performance for this year’s festival. Starting with Melbourne, singer-songwriter and guitarist Courtney Barnett, her performance is just as sweet and sly as her music style. Playing songs from her EPs, we can pretty much enjoy what she had brought to festivals such as Glastonbury, Lollapalooza and Coachella.

We also experienced another awesome rock band from duo Royal Blood that afternoon. With the guitar-like bass and drums rippled among the crowds, we definitely thank the promoter for not being too mainstream.

Angus & Julia Stone, the formidable brother-sister duo, hailing from Sydney, which also another top act who have performed at a large-scale event bring their heartbreakingly beautiful lyrics and honey-like harmonies is just nice to company couples that afternoon. Follow by local Singapore acts .gif and Hanging Up The Moon, with their folk acoustic tune which suits the timing for the crowd to have a break for food or just chilling before the sun goes down.

After the sun goes down, the party started up. As expected with big crowd, London’s tropical mambo jambo percussion rhythms band Jungle, serving up without doubt the funkiest set of the day, just nice to start the weekend night. Continued with some other girl power such FKA Twigs, and Swedish band Little Dragon, and followed by Banks, whose electronic efforts were almost wasted on a crowd that was running for cover. As expected with bigger crowds, they are as impressive as what electronic with lots of sound effect could offer. Name that we couldn’t missed was Chet Faker, man who was once a faceless musician with a powerful voice, and became the best of what electronic soul has to offer. After collaborations with the likes of Flume and his hit remixes of songs like Trembling Hands by Australian band and previous Laneway Festival Headliner’s, his live performance is one of the too bad to be missed that time.

Probably things they need to take notes of next time when they want to do such festival in Singapore, are consideration of what exactly the target audiences wanted to enjoy, and again when it comes to after party. We think if they still wanted to held such festival in one of the cleanest place on earth, maybe they can hire some volunteer to do it or just simply not having too much waste cause commercial booth – you know, it’s supposed to be simple raw music festival for music lovers not farmer’s market with lots of unnecessary pop up booths. So lets see what they can bring next year, will the festival be more commercial or they can introduce us to more of music options like what they will do in SXSW. (Photos : Michael Reily)

Since Good Vibes Festival 2014 in Kuala Lumpur is coming to your way this weekend, we ask Kuala Lumpur’s eclectic fashion blogger, Hanie Hidayah, to get the best suggestions about to best outfit to survive at the festival and some unnoticeable stuffs which are quite important to bring!

What To Wear:

1. Cotton cut-off tank top or tee
The first thing that you need to make sure is the fabric of your clothes, since Kuala Lumpur is known for its sunny tropical weather, a lightweight fabric would give you a comfort to spend a whole day at the fest. It’s airy and light.

2. Dark denim shorts
You can not go wrong with this woven kind of fabric. They’re tough and it is meant to get dirty, you can sit on anywhere you want without worrying anything. So it would be a breeze. And for boys, a chinos or cutoff denims would be just great.

3. A small cross-body bag or backpack
It’s important for you to bring a bag/backpack so you don’t have to put the whole world in your pocket. Make sure it’s a small sized to allow dancing (you don’t want to smack people around you while you’re swinging your swag right?) and it’s enough to fit your essentials inside like mobile phone, identity card, cash etc.

4. Hi-cut sneakers / running sneakers
We know some girls nowadays are a clone of IronMan, but really, the whole crowd knows how painful your day would be and your feet would be blanketed by blisters. So, Hanie suggested to wear hi-cut sneakers / running sneakers. They are strong enough to wear. They protect your feet really well and allow you to be on your feet for hours.

5. Tons of colorful bangles (girls) and Hats (boys)
For girls, it’s summer and it’s the time to get colorful! Tons of colorful bangles would give a chic touch to your look. However, pay attention to your selection of bangles, because some people end up looking like Dhalsim from ‘Street Fighter’. And for boys, hats are the best thing to accessorize! You can wear fedoras, bowlers, or caps. The good thing about wearing a cap is it can keep the sun out of your eyes.

Useful Things To Bring :

1. Resealable sandwich bags
When it rains, you just don’t have any control on what is going to get wet and what’s not. But wait, you can use Hanie Hidayah’s hack to protect her valuable inside her bag by using a resealable sandwhich bags. Just put them in and zip it. No more soaked items!

2. Colorful rubber bands
Hanie does not only use it to tie her hair when it gets hot. Rubber bands are also useful to keep things together in case of emergencies.

3. Back up shoes
She always brings either her Havaianas flip flops or opts for the foldable flat shoes. So when it rains, the canvas shoes will not get wet.

4. Luggage tags
Luggage tags are useful to keep her i.d, card and cash if she wants to go hands free. You can hang them on the belt ring of your pants, or you can slide them into your pocket. It works sort of like a wallet chain.

Photo : Good Vibes

2014 is infront of us and one of the festival we’re looking forward is no other than St. Jerome’s Laneway Festival on January 2014. Here’s our introduction mixtape for the festival which consist some line ups with songs we like the most. Hope to see you guys there!

Track listing:

Jamie xx – Far Nearer
James Blake – Retrograde
Daughter – Smother
Haim – Falling
Frightened Rabbit – The Loneliness and the Scream
Jagwar Ma – Man I Need
Unknown Mortal Orchestra – FFunny FFriends
Savages – Flying to Berlin
Chvrches – Lies (Tourist Remix)
Kurt Vile – Never Run Away
Youth Lagoon – Cannons
Mount Kimbie – You Took Your Time (feat. King Krule)

Since 2011, the event has been held at the West Kowloon Waterfront Promenade, which is a great, spacious venue that is easily accessible by public transportation and oversees the world-famous Hong Kong skyline at the main Harbourflap stage. Hence, Clockenflap’s atmosphere is one that is both amazing and memorable. I, myself, have been attending Clockenflap for the past 3 years. Although every year has been amazing, 2013 had a brilliant line-up, making it an experience that I can honestly cherish for the rest of my life.

Founded in 2008 by Jay Forster, Mike Hill and Justin Sweeeting, Clockenflap Multimedia Arts & Music Festival has played a crucial role in developing Hong Kong as a cultural hub for art, film and most of all, music. With a carefully crafted mixture of both international acts (Bombay Bicycle Club, Santigold, Primal Scream Azealia Banks) and local artists (DP, Sun Eskimos, The Yours, Uptown Rockers, Chochukmo), the festival has established itself to become one of Hong Kong’s coolest annual events.

Clockenflap 2013’s three-day festival was held between 29th November and 1st December. The many great local and international acts this year included indie heartthrobs The 1975 and new wave band Metric. Alternative rockers Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, one of the headliners, played a head-bang worthy show, which was rather surprising with lead singer Robert’s mellow aura.

The Strypes was also extremely notable and surprising. They were put in to replace Two Door Cinema’s Club’s cancellation due to lead singer Alex contracting severe laryngitis. Despite being a last minute addition and extremely young, their mature musical expression and soulful talent made up for it. In fact, I have never in my life seen or heard a rock band able to incorporate a harmonica so passionately in a live set. All in all, their set was a fresh, entertaining experience.

Other great aspects of Clockenflap this year was included great quality and selection of food, popular international acts and relatively short waiting lines (for food, coupons and getting within the festival), which was a definite improvement from previous years.

The highlight of my festival was Franz Ferdinand, hands down.”Not only did they play a dance-worthy set, Alex Kapranos engaged the crowd with numerous chants of “we’re gonna burn this city!” from their track ‘This Fire’. Lively hipsters mosh pitted at the front of the stage while the band played a wonderful mixture of songs from all four albums.

But the most mind-blowing part was the encore, which included an energetic “Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action” and drum outro, where all four band members of Franz Ferdinand played a single drum set to close off their show and end the night. One of my more personal favorite moments was when my friend carried me on his shoulders (as I am rather short), and then Franz Ferdinand started playing “Jacqueline”, which also happens to be my name!

However, this year local acts were not as plentiful. I was slightly saddened to see that several of my favorite local indie bands were not playing this year unlike previous two years. Also, the time slots were only posted within festival ground. This was a bit troubling those planning to only see particular acts and not spend the entire day at the festival. Notes for the organizer, maybe to add more of local bands next time and an online time table would be extremely helpful, especially for the festival-goers only going for certain acts.

A note for those planning to go next year, although expected for a festival, merchandise and food are rather expensive, so bring enough money for coupon purchases. Those who prefer not to be in mosh-pits should stay closer to the back to refrain from getting squished, and if kids are brought for the arts and crafts and children’s stalls, families might want to leave near the late afternoon because that’s when the masses of people start pouring in for headliners.

In short, this year’s Clockenflap Multimedia Arts & Music Festival is definitely an event that people in Hong Kong and Asia should visit to celebrate different forms of art and culture.. [Text: Jacqueline Wong/Photos:Kitmin Lee]

More photos here

Big Mountain Music Festival, which acclaimed greatest music festival in Thailand, will be held again this year celebrating its fifth anniversary under the theme “Ma Len Kan Ter” (Let’s Have Fun Together). The festival which held for a two-day large music festival that takes place at Khao Yai in Nakhon Ratchasima (Korat) province, with lineup covers a wide range of artists from mainstream to indie ones. All those Thai big names (e.g. Moderndog, Carabao, Big Ass, Tata Young, etc.) can be expected to perform alongside the lesser-knowns like Flure, Yellow Fang, Gene Kasidit, etc.

They also recently added to the fun bandwagon are California’s rock band Black Rebel Motorcycle Club and Canadian synthpop girl group Austra on the list. Festival will take place from 10-11 December and expected to draw a crowd of more than 30,000 people. Tickets are on sale now at 1,900 Baht or 60 USD/Day and special discount from 1,800 to 1,350 THB is ordered when purchased with a presence of 10 of either Pepsi Music*, Pepsi Max or Pepsi Twist labels (from today – 9 Dec 11 only).

Download the festival’s guide with English version here

After our ‘indie’ weekend early this month in Singapore for Camp Symmetry, we headed to the neighbor Malaysia with even bigger festival which combined art and music in MAEPS with big line ups such as Tegan & Sara, Franz Ferdinand, Efterklang, Sore, Obedient Wives Club, and much more.. too bad due to Alex Trimble’s of Two Door Cinema Club all their show in Asia had to be canceled. But anyway we met lots of friendly people and cool art stuff around, and for you who didn’t get the chance to get there, here’s our review of the fest so maybe you want to plan ahead for the next year!

How we get there? We went there by bus from Singapore, yes you read it right, 5 hours bus to Perhentian Serdang and a cab to the festival. Rain and sun can’t stop us from seeing what’s Urbanscapes all about. The venue itself was gigantic, maybe since it was actually Malaysian agricultural place, and the crowd was about the same as Singaporean festival goers or even more vary, since it was music and art festival. Many food stalls (so you won’t get hungry), exciting artwork and fancy pop up market.

How’s the first day? We were prepared with raincoats, boots and stuff, but the only thing we used that day was sunblock. Even though it was raining pretty heavy in Singapore, it was sunny like hell in Serdang. We arrived when Sore was playing at the Urbanscape stage, performing their hits as smoothly as usual. After that we scrolled the venue and couldn’t be more proud to see our bands performs and some friend’s art works exhibited there. Back to the main stage we saw Oh Chentaku perform, which was great indeed. Band that famous with their ‘Sing It Rock and Roll’ song, succeed brought the crowds to paid attention till their very last song.

We also went to the Next Stage where we witness some of the most random performance mixed by rapper and local ghost after. Its a bit surreal and funny at the same time. We dont have much time as we are heading to see another Indonesian act at Upfront stage, which is one of the line ups we didn’t expected to be amazed by. The Experience Brother, Daud and Ibrahim, proved once again that rock and roll are still alive. With songs taken from their Eye Contact album, the band succeed mixing Zeppelin’s rock and roll style with the spontaneous quirky only Indonesian can do it well, not to mention when they performed ‘She’s Alright’ which made the crowd couldn’t help but to sing a long.

Right after them, it was the Aussie’s very own next big thing, Last Dinosaurs. We’ve seen them several times already just in a year and yet they are still fun to watch. And apparently, they have huge fans here in Malaysia! Lots of teens, boys and girls, local and regional flew to Malaysia just to see this band. Performed the same set list as in Jakarta and Singapore, the band still being asked to do encore. Well, we hope that will encourage and inspire them to make more music for the next album.

And the headline of the night was Tegan & Sara. Even though we’ve seen them in Jakarta before, duo that known first time as ultimate commercial songs (well, I knew them from an advertisement) still had the thing to ‘heart-rob’ the crowds. Playing their hits such as ‘Alligator’ ,‘Back in Your Head’, ‘I Was A Fool’ to ‘Closer’ the crowd couldn’t be any happier than sing a long for more than an hour.

How’s the second day? On the second day we’re mostly chilling with our friends and people we met at the festival, talk with the artists around and enjoying ourselves by the cool vintage lo-fi performance by Obedient Wives Club. Group that has been recognize not as the female muslim group, but a group that consist of Singapore very own Keith Tan, YinQi, Sulaiman Supian, Lennat Mak and Cherie Ko, played songs from their EP ‘Murder Kill Baby’ and captured the crowds of lo-fi spectorgaze fans.

Beside OWC, we also ran to another stage where -another 4AD acts, Efterklang, performs. After our interview with Casper, we couldn’t be more surprised when Mads used ‘Angklung’ we gave for the intro of Hollow Mountain, followed by Casper and Rasmus on stage and that’s when all the magic of sounds happens! I mean really, they literarily used everything, from normal instruments, to ipad apps, to stage’s pillar like those Berlin Blue Man Group with less disco vibe. Despite of the heat outside combine with people inside the tent, this Danish band amazed the crowd with their electronic wave sounds. My worried about either the crowd were already melt by the heat or were there because of the music has been answered, when they forced to ‘pause’ their performance due to afternoon break, the crowd still remind the same. Ended by their hits Modern Drift, this band is definitely one of the band you must listen to if you are fans of Sin Fang, múm, and other Scandinavian experimental electronic music.

Right after Efterklang, we went to the highlight (or mine) of the festival seeing Franz Ferdinand! Even though I wasn’t a big fan, I couldn’t help but to sing a long and dance to their song. They performance were just addictive and let’s face it, no one could possibly stand still watching their energetic act. These Scottish ‘uncle’ brought all their hits to the table from Bullet, The Dark Of The Matinée, No You Girls, Tell Her Tonight, Evil Eye, Do You Want To, Walk Away, Horizon, CSF, Fallen, Jacqueline, Michael, Take Me Out, Love Illumination, This Fire, to Ulysses and not to mention their encore with Right Action, to Outsider. I think it has been a long time since I sang very loud and dance very passionately in a show.

As the technician packing the instruments, crowds went home, so it’s time for us to get back to reality. We took the last bus to the city center and grab the first bus to catch our flight home. Lets hope to see some more exciting line ups with less animal cause itchiness next year, and don’t forget to catch Urbanscapes’s final Satellite show featuring Canadian indie-rock giants Metric this December 3rd 2013.

More photos from the show here

Early this month, Singapore got visited by list of Indie bands around the globe thanks to Symmetry Entertainment. From the neighbor Australia to England and America, the bands headed to Symmetry’s debut big festival so called Camp Symmetry. Despite of the super humid weather, we can say this festival was pretty much hit the scene, especially if you’re one of the crowd who came to see your favorite indie bands playing live.

The festival which located in the same place as Singapore’s Laneway Music Festival at The Meadows, Garden By The Bay, started by British promising indie band Veronica Falls. Played their indie pop songs which most taken from their latest album “Waiting For Something To Happen” such as Tell Me, Broken Toy, My Heart Beats, Buried Alive to songs from their debut self – titled album, with Bad Feeling and not to mention their hits My Heat Beats.

Not sure if its because of the fact that it was a group of youngster who organized the festival or I became older every minute, but with so many young urban-outfitters-summer-hipsters-victims filling the area, I knew for sure the next two Australian bands was the reason these kids coming to the festival, either because of their cute looking appearance or catchy pop rock music.

The first band was four pieced cool guys from Brisbane, Last Dinosaurs. They succeed proofing that Brisbane wasn’t just a place for multicultural kids to grew up but also to make catchy indie music, as we can see that most of the crowd can sing a long to their songs from Zoom album. A plus from me personally when they covered songs that only people who lives in the 90s can understand how it feels when Modjo’ s Lady and Spiller‘s Groovejet cheesy songs plays in a catchy indie tunes - Time. To. Dance.

The second act from Australia is no other than the cute group San Cisco, as they always reminds me of a younger version of British band Metronomy, same concept – catchy tunes and a girl as drummer. Its amazing how I found out about these bands several years ago and never thought they succeed taking Golden Revolver to Metaphors a half way through the globe and finally perform in Singapore and seeing them live still as cute as I remember them back then.

From catchy Australian tunes we moved to the American indie lo-fi music, as  Jack Tatum with his band Wild Nothing entertain more laid-back-chill crowd. To be honest, they are the reason I came for the festival on the first place, and it was pretty sad that due to the technical problems, their performances wasn’t as good as I expected, but anyway they handle it pretty cool, and played songs I wanted to hear live, which mostly from Empty Estate album such as Ocean Repeating, Data World, A Dancing Shell, and mixed of Nocturne and Gemini album such as Midnight Song, Nocturne, The Blue Dress, Summer Holiday and Chinatown.

The next performance was this bearded big guy with heart of gold (I just add that so it sounds mellow), William Fitzsimmons smoothly weeped all the sweat and tiredness of the heat with his swift modest acoustic folk tunes, which mostly taken from his Golden In The Shadow album and a little of Derivatives.

This was the second time I saw Ra Ra Riot performance, as they have played in Jakarta last year for Love Garage, in which reminds me of our cool interview and their quick snap in snap go catchy show back then. But as it was in a different place and time, this time they were more relax playing mostly form Beta Love album, and suprisingly they played songs from The Rhumb Line as well such as St. Peter’s Day Festival.

Then, the one and only California Best Coast came on stage with her Metallica shirt and not mention the multi instrumentalist Bobb Bruno stealing everyone’s attention with songs such as Crazy for You, Fade Away and The Only Place and everyone’s ultimate hits song, Boyfriend.

It was kind of embarrassing sometimes when it comes to recognizing band members, I will probably be the worst of all since I am one of those person who care less about who’s who in the band, all I want to know is how well they play. So when Ryan greeted us before their performance, we thought he was just some random tech guy, which then we realized that he was the member of The Cribs in which that night played We Share The Same Skies, Things You Should Be Know, Mirror Kissers, Glitters Like Gold, to Chi-Town and Leather Jacket Song. Well, they are pretty cool peeps though, and a plus for singing songs from my high school era..

Apparently, Indonesia (and some other asian countries) can be proud of because being able to brought Mew for the 4th time and now finally be able to play in Singapore for the first time. So it wasn’t a surprise when the crowd couldn’t stop being amaze by the symphonic tracks from Special , The Zookeeper’s Boy , Making Friend. 

There’s no other better way to end the festival beside watching Explosions in the Sky explode the sky literarily with their lighting stage and songs which taken from Those Who Tell The True Shall Die, Those Who Tell The True Shall Live. And as the clock heading to midnight, it’s time for us to catch the last train downtown (Oh well singapore!) and looking forward to see more progress on their sophomore festival

More pics & infos from the fest here

For our fellow readers in Malaysia, the hypest two-dayer festival, Urbanscapes in Malaysia is back!!! With Franz Ferdinand, Two Door Cinema Club, Tegan and Sara, Efterklang as their headliners, Urbanscape will kick your ass. This festival will be held at Malaysia Agro Exposition Park Serdang (MAEPS) on 23-24 November 2013.

Beside of three big headliners, the festival will give you top notch international and local names, fashion retailers, art installation pieces and comedian shows. This annual festival will feature three indonesian bands, they are L’Alphalpha, The Experience Brother, Sore plus Oh Chentaku, Kyoto Protocol, Obedient Wives Club and They Will Kill Us All for the regional performers.

The other good things about this year’s Urbanscapes is it’s not about the big weekend but they’re also adding two satellite shows. The first one is before the big weekend (on 31 oct) featuring Explosions in The Sky and Mew and the second show after the big weekend (on 2 dec) featuring Metric. Urbanscape founder and organiser Adrian Yap explains that the reason they made satellite shows is because they don’t want to lose out on acts who aren’t able to make it for the weekend festival. So for you cool Malaysians, are you sure you want to miss such a great festival experience like this one? Go grab your Urbanscapes tickets!!

Weekend passes:  RM187 (early bird); RM227 (presale); RM247
Satellite show: RM177 (per gig)
All-Access passes (festival plus satellite shows): RM397
Tickets are now on sale at www.ticketpro.com.my

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