Other Sounds

Other Sounds presents Dune Rats live in Singapore!

This Will Destroy You: A band of film buffs and post-rock denials

PHOTOS: Carl Barat with members of The Libertines and Dirty Pretty Things

Bored Spies: An Unlikely Plot

PHOTOS: Coheed & Cambria x Circa Survive

Used and vulnerable

Kraftwerk @ Esplanade Theatre (25.04.13)

Beats from the East #4

Other Sounds presents Dune Rats live in Singapore!

This Will Destroy You: A band of film buffs and post-rock denials

PHOTOS: Carl Barat with members of The Libertines and Dirty Pretty Things

Bored Spies: An Unlikely Plot

PHOTOS: Coheed & Cambria x Circa Survive

Used and vulnerable

Kraftwerk @ Esplanade Theatre (25.04.13)

Beats from the East #4

News

Acclaimed hip-hop duo Shabazz Palaces to hit Singapore in June

Acclaimed hip-hop duo Shabazz Palaces to hit Singapore in…

Seattle-based hip-hop duo Shabazz Palaces will be in Singapore for their debut Asian tour next month, performing at Home Club on…

Stereophonics to return to Singapore this July

Stereophonics to return to Singapore this July

Welsh alternative rock band Stereophonics are headed to Singapore once again and will be playing at The Coliseum at Hard…

Laneway Festival USA reveals inaugural line-up

Laneway Festival USA reveals inaugural line-up

Laneway Festival has just revealed the line up for its first US date, following the announcement at SXSW in March this year…

Fall Out Boy return to save rock and roll

Fall Out Boy return to save rock and roll

Fall Out Boy will be marking their long-awaited reunion as a band this August with a string of Asian dates including…

The Caulfield Cult announce new album and release show

The Caulfield Cult announce new album and release show

The Caulfield Cult will be releasing their second album, Things Can Only Get Worse From Here as a cassette and digital…

Symmetry Entertainment presents Yacht live in Singapore

Symmetry Entertainment presents YACHT live in Singapore

The self-described band, belief system, and business — otherwise known as US dance punk group YACHT – is set to perform in…

Features

How I learned to stop worrying and love anything

How I learned to stop worrying and love anything

There’s an issue pervasive within the music scene. It’s not with the bands, the corporations, the media, the publicists or…

Pete DeMola? More like Pete De Man! Am I right? Nope, I’m wrong. It’s Pete DeMola.

Pete DeMola? More like Pete De Man! Am I…

If there is a bad fight, Pete from Genjing Records in Beijing isn’t fighting it. The thing I wanted to get across…

This Will Destroy You: A band of film buffs and post-rock denials

This Will Destroy You: A band of film buffs…

There is really nothing destructive about post-rock band This Will Destroy You (TWDY). Unless of course, you’re blasting your speakers…

Used and vulnerable

Used and vulnerable

In 2001, Utah-based band The Used broke out with their first self-titled album, unleashing cult favorites such as ‘Blue and…

Illustration by Berny Tan

The Other Sounds: April

Everyone loves April! In fact, this dude called Geoffrey Chaucer really believed April was the most awesome time of the…

Bored Spies: An Unlikely Plot

Bored Spies: An unlikely plot

“I really don’t like playing at festivals. They’re kinda impersonal; there’s too many people”, admits Panther Lau. “I played Lollapalooza…

Reviews

Photo courtesy of Live! Empire/Lionel Boon

The Used @ The Coliseum (18.05.13)

“Music saves lives, and I am living proof!” Bert McCracken proclaimed to an enthusiastic crowd at The Coliseum, Resorts World…

Photo by Izzy Nguyen-Phuoc

YACHT @ Home Club (17.05.13)

“Do you believe in extraterrestrials?”, Jona Bechtolt of YACHT yells at the audience at the start of his set. It…

Photo courtesy of MTV Asia/Aloysius Lim

The Temper Trap MTV Sessions @ RSW Waterfront Studios…

“I’m absolutely crapping myself up here!” was what Dougy Mandagi announced to the crowd as The Temper Trap set up for…

Photo by Ridwan Zulkifli

The Ghost Inside @ The Substation Theatre (12.05.2013)

We’ve been waiting a long time for The Ghost Inside to play in Singapore and they did not disappoint, bringing…

Photo by Maria Clare Khoo

Carl Barat and members of The Libertines and Dirty…

When British rock star Carl Barat and friends from former band The Libertines, and Dirty Pretty Things, came to our shores…

Photo courtesy of Now/Live and Dominic Phua

Tegan and Sara @ Esplanade Concert Hall (13.05.13)

We caught Tegan and Sara at their first ever performance in Singapore — one of the many stops during their…