Chestnutt yes, open fire no

Here's a reminder from Ben, about the happening underground gig tonight:

If you're in Singapore: Wednesday, December 30th is the date of HAPPY NEW YEAH! a lively gathering with live music from Etc & our fine friends:

We GANG!

Basement in My Loft! (new addition to line-up)

PINHOLES!

We're honoured to be in such good company. Quite a bit to pack in too, so plan is to start on the dot-ish (8pm-ish). Hope to see you there. 'There' is: P.O.W / Prince of Wales; 101 Dunlop Street; Little India - between Sim Lim and Serangoon.

And for Etc fans, something to note:

Etc will be dedicating their set and specific songs to poor old Vic Chesnutt who killed himself at Christmas.

We'll see you all again next year.

Have a good one!

Merry Christmas Everybody!

Walk On Music wishes one and all a very Merry Christmas!

+65 Box Set Out In Stores!

The eagerly anticipated +65 Indie Underground box set is out in stores today!

Have a heavy Christmas

Here's a holiday release for you, that's packed with hard rocking goodness.

Elyzia write and play our own original songs sang mainly in Mandarin. Our type of music is a fusion of pop, rock and some metal.

Elyzia will be releasing our Memento EP on Christmas Eve 2009 and it is available for order @ our website completely FREE (postage included)!

We have our own website at http://www.elyziaband.com or you can check out our songs on http://www.myspace.com/elyziaband too!

Some of our latest activities include just being featured on RazorTV (21st Jul 09), performing at Food Festival Clarke Quay (18th Jul 09) and also featured on MyPaper (8th Jul 09). One of our originals 'Luna' is currently featured in the popular online game Audition Dance Battle Season 2.

Current line-up:

Rhea - Vocals & Keyboard
Michel - Drums
Frankie - Bass
Edmund - Guitar
Ivor - Guitar

Pilgrims will rock you

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Gig details:

Sympathy for the Pilgrim
Date: Wednesday, December 23, 2009
Time: 7:00pm - 9:30pm
Where: blackhole, 212 SYED ALWI ROAD

Featuring:

The silent killers (1900-1930 hrs)

"A Hard rock band that belives in loud music . We love the audience to go crazy as we ourselves are 3 crazy guys that plays music for the passion ... hope you will all enjoy the stuff we play and just go crazy !!! " .


Zeta (1930-2000 hrs)
"another new band, usually known for covering muse with effects all intact, and also willing to to do a cover of champagne supernova by oasis or even rock and roll music by chuck berry.now tts diverse."


The Roses (2000-2030 hrs)

"a young, yet determined rock and roll band ready to rock out some of their dirty sounding originals and catchy hendrix,U2 and cream covers at any cost"

I\D (2030-2100 hrs)

"an improvising noise-rock collective who share great love for progressive rock, jazz fusion, harsh noise, psychedelic sounds, post-punk and even some post-rock.also may be dishing out their own rendition of a KING CRIMSON classic!"


Walkwayz (2100-2130 hrs)

"they believe in rock and roll, solely, no mater what ppl think, they play led zeppelin, deep purple, scorpions, anything tt makes u wanna rock like a hurricane or be a highway star"

Check out the Facebook event page here.

+65 Box Set Recalled

The eagerly anticipated "+65 Indie Underground" 3-CD box set was released on Wednesday but had to be recalled that night due to an error on the second disc. If you have bought the box set, please contact Universal Music to exchange the second disc. We've been told that the box sets should be out in the stores again by 23 December. Patrick Chng will be interviewed live on radio station 93.8Live on 22 December at 1:30pm about the box set.

Last OOOM@SAM Of 2009

FEATURED ARTISTE: Deborah Lee
Deborah is a singer-songwriter, an aspiring film-composer, and also a post-graduate student in Southeast Asian studies. A prolific composer, she has played her original songs in various venues like the Arts House, the library@esplanade and at various, pubs, bars and open mikes in NYC, Vancouver, Thailand and Singapore. Deborah loves stripped-down acoustic folk and pop music and this is reflected in the songs she writes and plays. She is currently working on producing her first album.

GUEST MENTOR: Patrick Chng
Music industry veteran Patrick Chng is frontman of indie band The Oddfellows and guitarist of TypeWriter. Patrick has been active in the local indie scene for over 20 years as a performer, producer, mentor and gig organiser.

ABOUT OOOM
Originals Only Open Mike, or OOOM for short, is a Singapore Art Cafe (SAC) initiative. It is a monthly music event usually held at venues around Singapore, and is possibly the first local open mike that features only original material.

ABOUT OOOM@SAM
OOOM@SAM is a partnership between SAM (Singapore Art Museum), SAC and radio station Power 98. Promising talents will be identified each month and invited to Power 98's popular Acoustic Lounge sessions, where DJ Harry Corro chats with featured artistes who will get to perform over national radio. Also, guest mentors will be invited to OOOM@SAM to give constructive feedback to OOOMers serious on improving their craft.

Date: Friday, December 18, 2009
Time: 7:00pm - 9:30pm
Venue: Singapore Art Museum (at the Glass Hall)
Address: 71 Bras Basah Road

Thursday night special

We just heard from Universal: the much-awaited +65 Indie Underground 3-CD set will be available in shops by THIS EVENING.

At a VERY SPECIAL PRICE.

If you want to get your hands on a copy, head down to HMV, Gramophone, CD Rama, Music Junction, That CD or Borders.

Merry Christmas!

This Friday: it's 'sunset time

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Hot gig + new album:

Come this Friday December 18, local rock icons PLAINSUNSET will put out their most daring album to date.

Having thrived on the successful formula of simple structures, solid hooks and catchy sing - along choruses over the past decade; this is the band’s first foray into many things very different from what they’re used to.

For PLAINSUNSET, the entire process of putting the album together was a tough one from the start, but all worth it in the end.

“Collabor-8” will launch on December 18, 930pm in conjunction with Esplanade’s Late Nite at Esplanade concert series.

Having made some good friends over their 13 years as a band, the concert will feature PLAINSUNSET playing live with friends such as Sheikh Haikel, Amanda Ling (ex-Electrico), DJ duo Dubwise and more. They will also appear on PLAINSUNSET’s latest studio album released on the same day.

Expect a crazy rock party, as it normally is with any PLAINSUNSET show but this time with a slight twist on new songs meshed up with the different styles that each guest artist represents. However no PLAINSUNSET show is complete without the crowd favourite classics such “Find A Way” and “Girl on Queen Street”, so if you are a seasoned fan you definitely won’t be disappointed…

Tickets can be bought through SISTIC at $25.

For media passes, please contact Winnie Chan from The Esplanade at cwinnie@esplanade.com


Album Information

Recorded, Mixed and Engineered by Leonard Soosay of Snakeweed Acoustic Labs

Produced by Plainsunset and Leonard Soosay
Distributed by Universal Music Singapore Pte Ltd

Tracklisting

1. TearsForYou feat. Sheikh Haikel
2. Blank Faces
3. Rainfall feat. Amanda Ling
4. The Valiant
5. Monsters In The Sea feat. Dubwise
6. Lights Down
7. River Song (The Lard Brothers' You Can Feel It remix feat. Garuda & QTB)
8. Uncertain feat. The WMUM Choir

Bonus Tracks:

1. Untrue Mondays
2. Find A Way 2009 Radio Edit

Punk Rock at The Black Hole

Spread some punk rock christmas cheer at The Black Hole on 19 December at 212 Syed Alwi Road! The line-up:

Dear Who Am I
Abject Poetry
Storyline
Vermillion
Straightforward
Misissued
Rancour
Rejected Scums
MBS
Objection Overule
Shoe Size 9

Date: 19 Decemer 2009
Time: 4pm
Tickets: $8 at the door
Venue: The Black Hole
Address: 212 Syed Alwi Road (off Jalan Basah Road)
Organiser: PunkRock 201

Coming next week ...

The +65 Indie Underground 3-CD compilation should be delivered to stores around the middle of next week.

If you want to get your hands on a copy, head down to HMV, Gramophone, CD Rama, Music Junction, That CD or Borders.

We'll post more updates as they come in.

Meanwhile, do join the fun at the official Facebook Group page.

Also, check out this interview piece by Chris Toh, over at his Poparazzi blog, about how the compilation was put together:

" ... we spoke to muso Joe Ng, who helped put this compilation together. He was there when the indie explosion happened (he was in a band called Corporate Toil, then The Padres). We also spoke to Lim Teck Kheng, the dude from Universal Music, who was also there when the indie explosion happened (he too, was in a band, but refuses to tell us which one because he’s shy); and got them to talk about what they expected from this compilation."

OOOM@SAM on 18 December 2009

The next OOOM@SAM is on Dec 18 (Friday). Here's a heads up about the special details.

Opening OOOMer: Rahul Advani
Featured Artiste: Deborah Lee
Guest Mentor: Patrick Chng

Look out for the event posting early next week. See you on the 18th!

+65 Indie Underground: official release

11 Dec UPDATE: Sorry to say, we just heard, there's a delay with the printing, the CD will be out next week instead.

Stay tuned.





The +65 Indie Underground 3-CD compilation will be officially released tomorrow, 11 December, by the nice folks at Universal Music.

Join the Facebook group for more updates.

Scroll down for full track listing.

Peace and love, everyone.












Track listing:

2009 Typewriter Beautiful Knows
(Taken from the forthcoming CD, ‘Indian Head Massage’)
www.myspace.com/typewriterband

2009 Postbox Miss Sunshine
(Taken from ‘Postbox’ EP)
www.myspace.com/postboxband

2009 The Marilyns The Devonshire Chronicles
(Taken from ‘POP.SG’)
www.themarilyns.com
www.myspace.com/marilynstheband

2008 A Vacant Affair We Are Not The Same
(Taken from ‘Reasons To Leave’)
www.facebook.com/avacantaffair
www.wakemeupmusic.com

2008 Amateur Takes Control Communication Downbreak
(Taken from ‘You, Me And the Things Unsaid’)
www.kittywu.com

2008 MUON Against the Grain
(Taken from 'The New Mutants')
www.muonmagick.com

2008 The Analog Girl April
(Taken from ‘Sometime Next Galaxy’)
www.analog-girl.net

2008 B-Quartet Personal Space
(Taken from ‘Tomorrow is Our Permanent Address’)
www.myspace.com/bquartet
www.agingyouth.com

2007 The Great Spy Experiment Class ‘A’ Love Affair
(Taken from ‘Flower Show Riots’)
www.myspace.com/thegreatspyexperiment

2007 I Am David Sparkle The Way Of The Universe
(Taken from ‘This Is The New’)
www.myspace.com/iamdavidsparkle
www.kittywu.com

2006 Astreal Snowflake
(Taken from ‘Fragments of the Same Dead Star’)
www.myspace.com/astreal

2006 Lunarin Silverpiece
(Taken from ‘The Chrysalis’)
www.lunarin.com

2005 Opposition Party Zombie
(Taken from ‘Zombified’)
www.oppositionparty.net

2005 Ronin Black Maria
(Taken from ‘Do Or Die’)

2005 Electrico Runaway
(Taken from ‘So Much More Inside’)
www.electricomusic.com

2004 The Observatory This Sad Song
(Taken from ‘Time of Rebirth’)
www.theobservatory.com.sg

2004 aspidistrafly Red Toe Nails
(Taken from ‘The Ghost Of Things’)
www.kitchen-label.com/af
www.kitchen-label.com

2004 Serenaide Girl From Katong (Violin Mix)
(Previously Unreleased)
www.serenaide.net
www.myspace.com/serenaide

2003 Tiramisu Shelter Seeking Jammie
(Taken from ‘Feelowsofee’ single)
www.myspace.com/tiramisuism

2002 Force Vomit Siti
(Taken from ‘Give It Up For The Trustfund Rockers’)
www.forcevomit.com

2001 Plainsunset Find A Way
(Taken from ‘Lovesongsfortheemotionallywounded’ reissued in 2007)
www.myspace.com/plainsunset
www.wakemeupmusic.com

2000 Boredphucks Zoe Tay
(Taken from ‘Banned In Da Singapura’)

2000 The Ordinary People Not Alone
(Taken from When Stars Collide)

1999 Livonia Vengeance Is Mine
(Taken from ‘Big O Singles Club’)
www.myspace.com/livoniasg

1999 Stroll She’s The Covering
(Taken from ‘For You, The Hedonist’)

1998 Psycho Sonique At The Gig
(Taken from ‘No Excuse For Sexism’ compilation)

1998 Sugarflies What About
(Taken from ‘And That's Why’)

1997 Stoned Revivals Goodil
(Taken from ‘Golden Lovesongs from the Evil Island of the Handsome Tropical Cannibals’)
www.myspace.com/thestonedrevivals

1997 Etc Adolesce
(Taken from ‘BigO Singles Club 4’)
http://www.myspace.com/abcdetc

1997 Concave Scream Driven
(Taken from ‘Erratic’)
www.concavescream.com

1997 Kelvin Tan She Sheds A Light
(Taken from ‘The Bluest Silence’)
www.dialecticrealm.com

1996 The Lilac Saints Gina
(Taken from ‘Awake’)
www.myspace.com/thelilacsaints

1996 Suchness Spellweaver
(Taken from ‘New School Rock 3’)

1996 The Mother The Little Girl I Once Knew
(Taken from ‘Flush After Use’)

1995 Stompin’ Ground Tunnel Vision
(Taken from ‘Measured By The Richter Scale’)
www.myspace.com/stormgrind
www.myspace.com/reconstruxrecords

1994 Humpback Oak Circling Square
(Taken from ‘Pain-Stained Morning’)
www.myspace.com/humpbackoak
http://www.leslielow.com

1993 The Pagans Ice
(Taken from ‘Stereokineticspiraldreams’)

1993 S.U.D.S. Braindead Nation
(Taken from ‘M.I.S. 2’ compilation)
www.dlauchengco-gallery.blogspot.com

1993 Padres Radio Station
(Taken from ‘Big O Singles Club’)

1993 Watchmen My One And Only (15th anniversary version)
(Taken from ‘Watchmen@ Midnight’ EP)
www.myspace.com/kevinmathews
www.powerofpop.com

1992 The Oddfellows Unity Song
(Taken from ‘Carnival’)
www.myspace.com/theoddfellows

1992 The Nonames My Mama
(Taken from ‘New School Rock 2 ‘)

1992 Convent Garden President’s Frauds
(Taken from ‘Electroplasm’ compilation)

1991 Nunsex Ripride (Tons Of Black Clouds)
(Taken from ‘Beatnik”)

1991 Global Chaos Puzzle Of A Puzzle
(Taken from ‘M.I.S. 1’ compilation)
www.myspace.com/globalchaoism

1991 Twang Bar Kings Daddy In The Lift
(Written & performed by Leslie Low, recorded by Don Bosco)
www.leslielow.com/twangbarkings/bio.html
www.leslielow.com

1991 Daze Sexy Little Boy
(Taken from ‘Sexy Little Boy’)

1986 Corporate Toil Johnny Says

1986 Razor’s Edge Winds Of Change
(Taken from ‘Nothing On Radio’)

1984 Zircon Lounge Guide These Hands
(Taken from ‘Class Acts’ compilation)
www.xhosux.com

A Few Minutes With Inch Chua

We spent a few minutes with Allura's Inch Chua in Little India and got her to talk about her solo project, songwriting inspiration and her lovely 4-track Christmas EP, which you can download for free here.

NY party: cool and the Gang

Photo: We GANG


HAPPY NEW YEAH BABY feat. Pinholes, Etc, We GANG, plus!

When Wednesday, December 30, 2009 at 8:30pm
Where P.O.W (The Prince of Wales)
101 Dunlop Street, Little India (between Sim Lim and Serangoon)

The very cool invitation reads:

Q: Should auld acquaintance be forgot or not?
A: Sorry! We can't remember! We seem to have lost a few braincells over the decade. What did they call them anyway? The "Naughties"? Didn't feel like it. Oh, the "Noughties"! Sounds like a load of zeroes best forgot... so let's kick-off the countdown clock early and bid the blues adieu on the eve of the Eve with these New Year dears:

** Pinholes - Well-dressed gents with the preferred mode of retro-a go-go to greet the future with a smile.
www.myspace.com/thepinholes

** Etc - Party like its 1999 (ie. worry about the Y2K virus, Nostradumus & whatever else you got)
http://www.myspace.com/abcdetc

** We GANG - Get friendly with dysfunctional family fun, as if Iggy went Pop with a chorus of hot blitzkrieg bops. Singalong a six-piece!
http://www.myspace.com/wegangband

Full details here (Facebook event page).

City Music Year End Sale

There's one sale we look forward to every year. No, not the Great Singapore Sale. We're talking about City Music's annual year end sale! We've picked out our favourite bargains at City Music but, really, you should go there yourself and see all the other stuff they have on sale.

We love the Korg SV1 Stage Vintage Piano (pic below). Its design is just retro sexy and the sounds are amazing! The 73-key version is on offer at $1925 while the 99-key is on sale at $2037.

AER is renowned for making incredible sounding acoustic guitar amps. Check out the Alpha Plus (pic below) - 2 channel, 50W - amp that's going for $984.

We all know about Zoom's H2 recorder. The Zoom Q3 (pic below) is that as well as being a video recorder. It's on sale at $375.

Other good stuff we saw are the Martin acoustic guitars, Vox guitar amps, Hartke bass amps, and various accessories on sale. Sale ends on 31 December 2009.

Suhaimi Subandie of Stompin’ Ground to Debut Gibson Dusk Tiger

On Tuesday, 8 December, iconic local hardcore band Stompin’ Ground guitarist Suhaimi Subandie will debut the incredible third generation of Gibson Robot Technologies, the Gibson Dusk Tiger, at the Music Matters Advertising Forum’s Live Music Showcase.

WHO: Gibson Guitar and Suhaimi Subandie ( Stompin’ Ground )

WHAT: To coincide with the premiere of the Gibson Dusk Tiger at the Music Matters Advertising Forum, Suhaimi Subandie will showcase the superb performance of the Gibson Dusk Tiger when hardcore legends Stompin’ Ground take the stage at the Live Music Showcase in the evening. Billed as the highlight of the day, the showcase also features some of the hottest and up-coming Asian artists and bands.

WHERE: Bar None (Marriott Hotel)

WHEN: Tuesday, 8 December, 6pm

Note: This event is not open to the general public.

The inaugural Music Matters Advertising Forum is an important industry one-day conference with internationally renowned speakers presenting case studies from global brands and leading entertainment & content companies covering best practice case histories and real time opportunities. Other performers on the night include Electrico, Don Richmond and Inch Chua.

Come together

Old friends reunited at the Universal Music Office: Channel News Asia interview for the +65 Indie Underground Compilation CD, scheduled for release in December 2009.

Photo taken by Suhaimi's daughter. From left:

Suhaimi - Stompin' Ground
Kheng - Universal Music
Patrick Chng - The Oddfellows/Typewriter/Walk On Music
Joe Ng - The Padres
Robin Chua - Livonia

More info soon.

Free Music Workshops!

Don't miss a day of free music workshops by some of Singapore's finest musicians on 12 December 2009 at BluJaz Cafe (No. 11 Bali Lane). Organised by the Music Awareness Society, the workshops, starting from 12 noon to 6:50pm, cover keyboards, drums, bass, guitar, saxophone, vocals and music production.

Gibson Guitar to Unleash the the Gibson Dusk Tiger on 8 December 2009

The third generation of Gibson Robot Technologies will be introduced on 8 December 2009 (Singapore time) at only 200 retail sites worldwide. There will be a limited run of only 1000 units produced. There will be 200 store sites – 100 in the USA and 100 in international markets. Each store will receive 5 units. No more will be manufactured or sold.

Last year Gibson introduced the Dark Fire guitar, which followed the first generation Robot Guitar. This single model was hugely successful, with most stores worldwide selling out of the instrument in one day with a worldwide stock out in two days.

The Dark Fire’s ambitious level of innovation, however, caused enormous problems in manufacturing and some issues making it to the field. Gibson stopped producing the Dark Fire after approximately 100 reached consumers and initiated a complete redesign. The great difficulty of this very high-tech guitar has only allowed about 500 units to be made in 2009 with a possibility of 1000 more being shipped by the end of the year. Virtually all of these instruments are sold, and Gibson does not intend to produce this model again.

The Dark Fire introduced three significant innovations, all of which are incorporated into the Dusk Tiger:

1. The Robot 2 tuning system, which increased both the accuracy and speed of auto tuning.

2. Chameleon Tone Technology, which allowed the guitar to achieve all the classic guitar tones, with 7 classic tones immediately available.

3. The first guitar that came as a complete system to harness the power of a computer recording environment, as well as computerized live settings.

Throughout the year Gibson’s R&D labs have been working on taking the technology introduced in the Dark Fire instruments to an entirely new level of performance and ease of use. The Dusk Tiger guitar will have all three of the above features in a newly enhanced version at a more affordable price!

Enormous capability and options often come at the price of having to learn how to use the many features. Gibson’s breakthrough Dark Fire introduced a full color matrix Master Control Knob to allow the player to harness the power with guitar-like movements. The guitar also enhanced the pickup toggle switch to serve as a blend control allowing the mixing of a piezo pickup with the traditional pickups. These controls allowed the player dozens of unique sounds as well as many traditional sounds, all in pure high definition analog.

For more info, visit: www.gibson.com

Lard-er than bombs

Here's an action-packed update from the very funky Lard Brothers:

"Speaking of remixes, we did 2 for our friends who will be releasing their albums in December 2009. We retooled shoegazers Stellarium's 'Any Day Is Fine' and it will be included in their self-titled debut released next month.

Our take of indie rockers Plainsunset's 'River Song' will be out on their latest offering 'Collabor-8'. A big shout-out to MC Garuda and QTB for spitting some rhymes over our remix. The album will be released on 18 Dec if we are not wrong.

We will upload the link to download a tune from our next album soon.

Keep it phat til then."

Clash of the indie titans

THE END OF RECORDINGS PRESENTS
"RADIOCLASH REUNION 2009"

80's & early 90s OLD SKOOL FREAKIN REUNION!

- RELIVE..REKINDLE..REVIVE & ROCK THE SUBSTATION AGAIN!! -

STOMPIN' GROUND
DOWNE's SYNDROME
STONE REVIVALS
FLOW
ETC
DESERTERS(KL)
RECAPTURING OTELLIS
HALLOW
AUTOMATED TIME MACHINE
GLOBAL CHAOS

Sunday 6th December 2009
The Substation Guiness Theatre
2pm sharp till end
Tickets SGD$10 at the door

supported by -

TNT Music Studio
Reconstrux Records
Ignite
The Substation

*bring xtra cash..lotsa merch on sale :)