Photo from http://filterpaper.net/gallery/ If there was ever a song to perfectly capture the sex and turbulence of an abusive relationship, that song may well be Astreal’s “Losing You“. From seduction (“touching/burning”) to destruction...

Photo from www.flickr.com/photos/photoperplexed/ The first sound we hear from shoegaze revivalists Stellarium at their debut gig is a caterwauling guitar screech set aglow in crashing hi-hats. Then, just as the title “Paddle Pop” suggests, a sticky...

Useless Generation The Manics live in Singapore? 4real? When I was fifteen it was difficult enough trying to get my hands on their music. Their albums were banned (or so I was told)– even the venerable Chua Joo Huat (old record store at Far East...

Photo by Mark Wong Furniture’s modus operandi is to confound expectations and break down assumptions. That’s why their forward-looking music completely belies the sedentariness their name suggests- more desiring avantpop forage than wallpaper...

Sometimes, things just get a little too intense in sardine-can Singapore. That’s why I always love the six hour coach ride up to Kuala Lumpur. It never feels like a long or short ride, just an all right, motorik trip up an ever-rolling highway, past...