Music

The Rollin’ Sixers

If you like your rock n roll loud, sweaty and hard, then look no further than local blues rock quintet The Rollin’ Sixers. Originally known as Triple 6 Poser, the band started off with covers of Weezer and AC/DC before dropping the emo and going full on cojones.

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Lykke Li: Wounded Rymes (LL Recordings)

“I’m your prostitute, you gonna get some” sings tiny Swedish songstress, Lykke Li on her sophomore effort, Wounded Rhymes. And if it’s quality tunes she’s talking about, then yes, you are going to get some indeed.

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Detonate: The Vaccines

Just when we were wondering what happened to the likes of the Arctic Monkeys and Franz Ferdinand, along comes the overly hyped, London-based band The Vaccines. Put away the synths and pull out the good old-fashioned guitar cause it looks like we’re having a rock revival this year!

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The Naked and Famous

No, this isn’t a post about Paris Hilton or Kim Kardashian, it’s about good tunes coming to us straight from the Shire. The Kiwi band, The Naked and Famous, are making waves hitting shores other than their own and we’re picking up what they’re putting down…

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Interview: Cipoi

If you’re in a band and you haven’t been snapped by Cipoi, then you probably need to gig more often. Known as one of KL’s resident gig-going music photographers, Ahmad Saiful (aka Cipoi) has captured the likes of Hujan, OAG, Kasabian and Yuna in action, as well as in intimate and creative shoots. From snapping […]

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Southern Fried Spray Paint

A hot and spicy message….

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Cold War Kids: Mine Is Yours (Interscope)

Cold War Kids are the musical equivalent of those kids who peaked in high school and then it all went downhill from there. No matter what avenue they venture down, they never seem to be as popular, pretty or make as a good music. All eyes (or more aptly, ears) have been on CWK since […]

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British Sea Power: Valhalla Dancehall (Beggars)

It starts off promisingly enough with the riotous Manic Street-ish opener ‘Who’s In Control’. There are even a few explicit lyrics in there but soon after, you realise that’s as epic as Valhalla gets.

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Zola Jesus

Goth is like good wine. The longer it lingers, the better it gets. And Zola Jesus (Nika Roza Danilova) has pretty much proven so, with her appearance in the scene and the impact she has brought with her (black drapes and dark mascara in tow).

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80Kidz

The day-glo genre might be dying in the West but in Japan, blogosphere darlings 80Kidz might as well be the newly crowned Daft Punks of the East. Weekend Warrior, their follow-up to 2009’s This Is My Sh!t reminds us of what we loved about electro-silly synth stabs and hipster chic beats included.