Mark W. posted an article on UNITY SONG - May 31, 2010, 9:24 am
Photo by Mark Wong For a band whose second EP was self-mockingly titled Three Years Late, my experiences of Livonia have always been marked by some kind of delayed gratification. For example, the last time I’d seen the band was at the Stasis 2 gig in 1999. What I took back from that gig was less...
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Mark W. posted an article on UNITY SONG - Dec 31, 1969, 7:00 pm
In 1994, I was the biggest local music fan in Singapore. I was twelve years old and I made it a point not to miss this radio programme on 98.7FM. It was on Sundays in the afternoon, probably hosted by Bernard Lim, and called The A-List–very apt, because they played a full hour of only music made...
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Mark W. posted an article on UNITY SONG - Dec 31, 1969, 7:00 pm
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 isolated prefab low-rise apartment slabs, wicky ...
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Mark W. posted an article on UNITY SONG - Dec 31, 1969, 7:00 pm
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 background fittings. “False Start”, an unlikely ...
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Mark W. posted an article on UNITY SONG - Dec 31, 1969, 7:00 pm
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 Plaza, R.I.P.–they brought in a copy of Marilyn M...
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Mark W. posted an article on UNITY SONG - Dec 31, 1969, 7:00 pm
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 sweetness follows as a pop structure emerge...
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Mark W. posted an article on UNITY SONG - Dec 31, 1969, 7:00 pm
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 (“falling/dying”), “Losing You” chronicles a...
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Mark W. posted an article on UNITY SONG - Dec 31, 1969, 7:00 pm
I’m starting a new section which will deal with words, either written or spoken. Featured will be (forgotten? lost? overlooked? as-yet-unearthed?) quotations of (primarily) Singapore(an) voices dealing with music or music-related issues. Sometimes the connections will be obvious; at other times, t...
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Mark W. posted an article on UNITY SONG - Dec 31, 1969, 7:00 pm
Her ray gun eyes whispered, 'Hello'... Already gaining notoriety on sleazy Internet forums for its risqué cover art, I \ D‘s second album, Midnight Hot, is the five-piece band’s tribute to the improvised activities that take place on the backlanes of Geylang, Desker and even the old Keong Saik...
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Mark W. posted an article on UNITY SONG - Dec 31, 1969, 7:00 pm
Photo from myspace.com/onetwothreefouraxe Coming on like a dose of Tongkat Ali into Singapore’s independent music scene, 1234X brought your root down with their primal brew of stripped down rock ‘n’ roll with slinky sex aplomb. As a basic drums, guitar/vox and bass trio, Ina X, Dino X and Mar...
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