Yes! Young and Restless are touring Indonesia playing here:
11th July - 13th Jakarta Rock Parade
26th July - Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
27th July - Soundadrenalin @ Batam, Indonesia
Catch them when they’re in town!
June
16th - Still Fucking Awesome @ Beauty Bar, LA (Miami Horror DJ set)
17th - Dim Mak @ Cinespace, LA
20th - PYT @ Jimmy’s, LA (GBGG) & HiFi Noize, LA (Miami Horror DJ set)
21st - Kissatlanta’s Decatur Social Club, GA (Miami Horror DJ set)
27th - Lights Down Low @ 222 Hyde, San Francisco, CA
28th - Noveau Riche@ Club Five, Washington DC
30th - Crush @ Backbooth, Orlando, FL
July
2nd - Neon Liger, Gainesville, FL (Miami Horror DJ set)
4th - Pulp @ Czar, Tampa, FL
5th - Poplife @ Whiteroom, Miami, FL
9th - The Annex, NYC
12th - Picknick: Exploited/Berlin Battery Party, Berlin
18th - Paris Social Club
19th - Slottsfjell 08, Tønsberg, Norway
23rd - Studio 80, Amsterdam
25th - Adventures Close To Home, London
31st - Hoxton Bar & Grill, London /w Bonde Do Role
August
2nd - Beats of Rage, Preston, England
3rd - Crawdaddy, Dublin /w Bonde Do Role
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Causing a ruckus all the way from Stockholm, Sweden, it’s hard to believe Monty’s Loco is made up of only two members. The sometimes squeaky, often husky vocals are provided by Anja, while Marie handles the instruments all on her own. Together they create an eccentric mash of moody rock, post-angst and girlish pop. Their second album, Farewell Mr Happy, is a bit like a fairy tale in musical form. You get a sneaking feeling they are trying to teach you something, but you’re going to go along for the ride anyway.
The Raveonettes - ‘You Want The Candy’
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With a vague hint of 90s era Shirly Manson vocals, The Raveonettes walk a fine and sultry line between dark and moody, wispy and ethereal. True to their Danish roots, they are one minute soft and sweet, brutally harsh the next; all raspy vocals and machinery noise. Kind of hot, if you like that sort of thing. Try not to despair if you missed their recent Sydney appearance, you can still get in on the action via their recent LP release, Lust Lust Lust.
I’ve always wanted to get a photo published in Rolling Stone and thanks to the big-ass billboards in Indonesia, my photo of Young and Restless is in June 2008’s issue of the Australian edition of Rolling Stone! woooo
This is one of my picks for album of the year & breakthrough band of the year
pix by sir whitley
1. The photo: “Hey heres a free hot chip record, also i just killed your kitten”. A mixture of gratitude and sadness.
2. More french music! This has been on repeat for about a week. Its 20mb so excuse the hosting.
In April I went to Indonesia with Young and Restless. We saw a lot of bands but this is my pick for the best indie band in the country.
White Shoes & The Couples Company - Tentang Cinta (mp3)
White Shoes & The Couples Company - Aksi Kucing (mp3)
White Shoes & The Couples Company are a six piece indie/70s pop band from Jakarta, formed in 2005. Their music is neither contemporary nor traditional but is distinctly Indonesian retro pop, inspired by the country’s 1970s era movie soundtracks and old school composers such as Ismail Marzuki. This band can’t possibly come from anywhere; their look of batik tops and white trousers and shoes is truly one of a kind and remind me of 1970s feature films that my parents made me watch when I was growing up.
White Shoes’ appeal go beyond the Indonesian expatriate diaspora, the band’s appearance at South By Southwest this year clearly charmed the music press scrums:
“White Shoes & the Couples Company, a Jakarta-based six-piece, have parlayed not only a musical but sartorial fascination with their nation’s pop culture into a sound and look that have seen them hailed as one of the most “crush worthy” bands of 2006…” - Time Magazine
“…a masterful debut from a band overflowing with ideas and blessed with the talent to bring them to life.” 4.5 stars - allmusic.com
“…I caught White Shoes and the Couples Company, a group from Indonesia that dresses in crisp white suits and skirts, sounds like a house band on “The Love Boat”… But what made its set at La Habana Annex so refreshing was a straightforwardness that had no obscure reference points and caused no skeptical head-scratching.” -The New York Times
“..White Shoes’ take on the form is a refined, spicier one, with Apsari’s vocals trilling in English and her home tongue and classical music instruments and phrasings.” - spin.com’s band of the day
“Best Dressed Band: White Shoes and the Couples Company. I can’t believe I missed this band, who were in town from Jakarta and mingling with Elijah Wood after the BUST magazine party.“- vanityfair.com
“…White Shoes & the Couples Company (minus a guitarist here) came from halfway around the world to entertain, and entertain they did. Between the slick matching wedding band getup, the highly danceable retro pop stylings, and the picture-perfect poise of charismatic vocalist Aprilia Apsari, there was much to love about this Minty Fresh-signed act.” - pitchforkmedia.com
pix: sir meatley
I am worse at keeping up with new blog traxxx than i am at posting on this blog, so here is a remix of Ladyhake - Back Of The Van which just blew my mind. Fred Falke bitches.
Scarlett’s take on Tom Wait’s Falling Down. I’m not a big Waits fan so I have no idea if this is a good or bad cover. But I can watch any video with Scarlett in it so here:
