Tracking The Kuala Lumpur’s Indie Live Music Scene
Maybe in South-East Asia, people are only familiar with Singapore or Indonesia’s indie music scene. The indie music scene has been established in Indonesia since the 90s. The Indonesian band, Pure Saturday, are one of the pioneers of how Indonesia’s indie music scene was born. And by that time, some underground music gig also happened and got buzzed a lot. In Singapore, bands like Humpback Oak, The Padres, and Livionia were one of the transmitters of indie scene. If we talk about the indie concerts, both of these countries have been spotting on some well known festivals and held many concerts of indie names. Especially in Singapore. Singapore has validated its credibility in having the best indie music festival by taking St.Jerome’s Laneway Festival in 2011. In Jakarta, promoters like Soundshine Event or Ismaya Live have been racing to hold the best names to do a live concert in Jakarta. And how about Malaysia’s Kuala Lumpur?
Kuala Lumpur had not put much sounds like Singapore or Jakarta does, but thankfully, this capital city of Malaysia starts growing on its indie live music scene! Urbanscapes is one of the best proofs. Urbanscapes is an annual event only all-day creative arts festival that combines communities and participants from the fields of music, arts, fashion, visual design and much more. The festival started small in 2002 but then became larger as the time goes. Its last edition in 2012, brought the Icelandic band, Sigur Ros.
In the early of 2013, The Bee ( it’s a restaurant placed in downtown of Kuala Lumpur which is also a space for local arts and community to converger their passion) starts doing a project called “Upfront” which is a live music experience where the fans will be having an up-close and intimate experience with their favourite bands. Thay have invited Grimes, How To Dress Well and The Vaccines.
If You want to find out where to go and explore of Kuala Lumpur’s indie music show, we have jotted down some websites and places which will help you in tracking it! Here we go.
• Website and Facebook pages to get updates of what’s happening in Kuala Lumpur :
Doppelganger
http://www.doppelgangerkl.blogspot.com/
Troubadours
http://www.facebook.com/peteteo.news#!/pages/Troubadours-KL/160074163481?v=info&ref=ts
http://troubadourskl.blogspot.com/
Moonshine
http://www.timeoutkl.com/music/events/Moonshine-October-2010
http://moonshinekl.blogspot.com/
• Venues
Here are some names in KL which host the best live music scene:
The Laundry Bar
http://www.laundrybar.net/
No Black Tie
http://www.noblacktie.com.my/tmpnbt/
Alexis Ampang
http://www.alexis.com.my/html/ampang.html
• Online guides
It’s time to get updated of what is happening and what will happen! To get the best supplements and to keep tracking the buzz, some names below will put your level from “I Have No Idea About What Happens” to “Let’s Haul To This Place!” :
Time Out KL
http://www.timeoutkl.com/music
Juice
http://juiceonline.com/
Junk
http://www.junkonline.net/events
More Than Good Hooks
We have provided you with these useful informations and all we can say is, ENJOY KL!
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