Monthly Archive for September, 2009
During my sophomore year in Western Australia, I depended on Eirik and Erlend’s music to quell the sickness of boredom and misery. It didn’t help that Perth was mostly oh-so-slow moving and dreary. And I remembered when I listened to the songs with my eyes closed, I can almost imagine them playing in the same room I was in. ‘Quiet is the new Loud’ became my staple make-me-feel-happy-when-I’m sad music. I had hoped to see them perform live in a intimate setting like a pub or a recital hall.
I eventually got my wish - 5 years later at the Esplanade. Those guys at Mosaic did one-better. They got the Kings to play at a concert hall instead; in front of a full house of 1,600.
3 years on (thankfully we had Erlend help fill the gap with his solo electronic dance album and side project, Whitest Boy Alive), they are back with their 3rd studio album, Declaration of Dependence, to be released on the 2nd October by EMI.
IMHO, there is nothing groundbreaking about D.O.D., but it is just comforting to know that are 13 more new aural pleasures for us to ponder our lives with, to sit through rainy sundays with or to end a heavy Partying night with. One song struck me particularly though: Track number 13,’ Riot on an Empty Street’. It was a previously recorded song from their ‘Magic in the Air’, limited 3-track Ep.
“why, why so quiet oh my mysterious country singer she asked my life (love), it’s a riot I am climbing barricades in empty streets at night when I’m down fighting shadows twenty-five postcards in a box in my room telephone conversations gas slowly leaking out of a heart shaped balloon it’s a dangerous game that I’m not sure if I could keep playing for long it’s a dangerous game, it’s a very fine line and if one step is wrong I have no cards to play and that’s why I’ve got nothing to say tonight”The song is probably describing a situation where the boy knows that his relationship with his girlfriend is coming to an end because of the distance between them. Something we all can relate to, at least at some point in our lives.
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THE CLOSEST THING TO HEAVEN IS TO ROCK N ROLL
SAT 12 SEP 09
FASH, THE BUTTER FACTORY
with DJs WEELIKEME, JAH & JINMART
POPTART brings our next party in September. A night with DJs weelikeme, Jah & Jinmart bringing to you on a journey to the world of indie, alternative rock, punk, grunge, power pop, electro & the sweetest remixes.
If you like your dose of party pleasure nothing short of mayhem, this is your night. Let’s head to rock n roll heaven and raise some hell!
The Butter Factory is located at:
One Fullerton
1 Fullerton Road,
#02-02/03/04
Singapore 049213
ENTRY TO FASH:
riot grrls - $21 , rocker boys - $26 (includes 2 standard drinks)
Jah
Chairlift - Bruises
La Roux - Quicksand
Calvin Harris - Ready For The Weekend
We Have Band - You Came Out
Phoenix - 1901
The Raveonettes - Suicide
The Big Pink - Dominos
Arctic Monkeys - Crying Lightning
Placebo - For What it’s Worth
The Cribs - Cheat on Me
Jinmart
Natalie Portman’s Shaved Head - Bedroom Costume
Gossip - For Keeps
Fanfarlo - Finish Line
The Penelopes - Sabotage (Beastie Boys Cover)
Asobi Seksu - Familiar Light
Tinted Windows - Kind of a Girl
Crystal Method (feat Peter Hook) - Blunt and Robots
Simian Mobile Disco (feat. Jamie Lidell) - Off the Map
Bat for Lashes - Daniel
Peter Bjorn and John - Blue Period Picasso
weelikeme
Arctic Monkeys - Crying Lightning
Delphic - Counterpoint
Lissy Trullie - Ready For The Floor
The Temper Trap - Sweet Disposition
The Virgins - Rich Girls
La Roux - In For The Kill (The Twelves Remix)
Jemima Pearl (ffeat Iggy Pop) - I Hate People
The XX - Crystalised
Darker My Love - Two Ways Out
Mirrors - Look At Me
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