Looks like Music Service Asia is about to come out with an awesome compilation album featuring some of the hottest independent acts from this region, South East Asia plus some international guests. Here is a video teaser for the album compilation. Read more...

Remember TAPAU the series of Rockumentary by Ikan Paos Collective featuring local musicians? We mentioned it before. They had just release another video teaser featuring the 10 piece band, Khottal on their Facebook page. Read more...

It started with a Facebook video named ‘Tapau’ someone told me to watch. The word ‘Tapau’ is a common term in Malaysia used when you want to take away food bought from a hawker stall. So why does a show featuring local independent artists and musicians is called ‘Tapau’? To get an idea what is ‘Tapau’ about, I met with its creator, Ahmad Faris, the creative director of Ikan Paos Collective. Read more...

Rock The World 9 is somewhat of a disappointment for me. Maybe it’s the weather, maybe it’s the venue, maybe it’s just me, maybe it’s the combination of all. However we did stay for some part of it. Read more...

Dua tahun berturut-turut saingan-saingan hebat dari Johan Nawawi, Adnan Abu Hassan, Ajai, M. Nasir, Audi Mok dan Aidit Alfian ditewaskan dengan penangan muzik ciptaan anak-anak muda generasi baru. Dengan menggunakan pendekatan tersendiri dan adunan bunyi yang berbeza dari arus perdana, dijangkakan muzik indie bakal menakluk pentas Juara Lagu dengan gabungan batalion Estranged, Hujan, Yuna dan Bunkface pada tahun 2009 ini. Read more...

When I first listened to a Bunkface song, I thought this must be one of those new American teen skater band kids these days listen to. Surprised to learn that they are Malaysian. Read more...

You might already have seen it, Hujan’s second album titled ‘Mencari Konklusi’ are already on music stores. I thought of writing this as Hujan’s ‘long awaited new album’, but it didn’t feel that too long since their first album. Read more...

Before there were Sunburst, before there were Urbanscapes, there was Rock The World. Once Malaysia’s largest music festival organized by Fatboys Record and they didn’t disappoint us this year by bringing Rock The World 9. Read more...

Don’t have anything planed for this weekend? Why not head over to One Utama for Indie Youth Festival 2009. This is the second year around. Although the festival had started yesterday, on Wednesday 14th October, I’m pretty sure the even climax is in the weekends. Read more...

Earlier this year I wrote about the Band Hujan, how they going to be too big for the mainstream to just ignore. Few months later, you see them on Channel V as the chosen one this month. Well one of the Chosen One, as Channel V celebrates CelebrASIAN, honoring three indie bands from this region. Two other bands among Hujan are Singapore’s Electrico and Indonesia’s Alexa. Read more...