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SAT 24 JUL – I AIN’T NEVER GOING ANYWHERE

Published on July 16, 2010 in Merch and Party. 0 Comments Tags: , , , , , , , , .

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I AIN’T NEVER GOING ANYWHERE
THE POPTART T-SHIRT LAUNCH PARTY
SAT 24 July 2010
FASH, The Butter Factory
with DJs WEELIKEME, JAH & JINMART

Hello! What better way to celebrate our new series of Poptart tees than with a huge party?

Doll up in your awesomest looking tees and stand a chance to snag some t-shirts, stickers, and lots of other goodies from us and our partners Praise & The Corner Shop.

In our usual undisputed mayhem, residents weelikeme, Jah & Jinmart, will bring to you our basket of indie, alternative rock, punk, grunge, power pop, electro & some supersweet-lovin’ remixes!

So once again, hop on the magic rock-n-roll bus and rule the dancefloor with us!

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)

We’re going north!

Published on June 25, 2010 in Party. 0 Comments Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , .

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TWILIGHT ACTIONGIRL presents POPTART
FRI 2 JUL 2010
BARSONIC, Zouk KL

Hola! We’re going across the causeway to join our KL cousins up north.

Poptart residents weelikeme, Jah & Jinmart meets Twilight ActionGirl’s Bunga, Xu, Ribut & Chasey Lain in a night of sonic gangbang mayhem with lots of noise, dancing, sweat, tequilas, hugs and some of the spiciest sambal belachan you can find.

If you’re in the area that weekend, join us!

Doors open at 10pm

Zouk KL

a catholic education is all we need.

Published on June 19, 2010 in Music. 0 Comments Tags: , , , .

Norman

Raymond

Gerard

Francis

These are the names I d put on my tribute-cum-parody teeshirt to one of the world’s longest-surviving powerpop/alternative rock acts. Contrary to the name of the band, these guys are well into their 40s, and their sound has never deviated much from a mean. Honest lyrics of life and love , earnest Rickenbacker twangs for rifts and perfectly simplistic, hi-fi pop jems that appeal to a wide audience.

One of our favorite 1990’s pop bands, Teenage Fanclub, return to their roots with the release of their new album, Shadows. Teenage Fanclub broke through in Glasgow during the C86 (a collection of post punk music that was distributed underground on cassette tapes during the late 80’s and early 1990’s, mostly in the UK) craze, eventually transforming from a noisy and rough sound to a more cheerful, harmonic and melody lush pop, drawing comparisons with The Beach Boys, The Byrds, Neil Young and even Big Star.

If you look into any music nerd’s vinyl/cassette tape/CD (and now, mp3) collection, Teenage Fanclub will occupy a good amount of space; Shadows marks the 9th studio release from the band, this time under Merge Records (Arcade Fire, Camera Obscura, She & Him). And Since we re on the topic of the music nerd, here are some facts for you to chew on:

-Spin Magazine’s 1991 reader’s poll for best album of the year went to Teenage Fanclub’s album, Bandwagonesque (a must-have 90’s indie record), beating out Nirvana’s legendary Nevermind, which is still one of the top-selling albums in rock history.

-Bandwagonesque also beat My Bloody Valentine’s Loveless and REM’s worldwide smash LP, Out of Time.

-Teenage Fanclub were regularly name-checked by Kurt Cobain in interviews and described by him as “the best band in the world”

If these mean nothing to you, it’s time to do your music research dear friends. : )

some tracks to help you on your way:

Like a Virgin (madonna cover) (from The King)

Baby Lee (from Shadows)

myspace (listen to Sparky’s Dream please)

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SAT 12 JUN 2010 – WHAT YOU WANT, YOU ARE, YOU ALWAYS WERE

Published on June 1, 2010 in Party. 0 Comments Tags: , , , , .

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WHAT YOU WANT, YOU ARE, YOU ALWAYS WERE
POPTART
SAT 12 Jun 2010
FASH, The Butter Factory
with DJs WEELIKEME, JAH & JINMART

Your most loved-up night is here again in the half-point of the year, bringing you the usual basket of super sweet grin-inducing fist-pumping bum-shaking aural candies.

Join residents weelikeme, Jah & Jinmart, who will bring you our nice little selection of indie, alternative rock, punk, grunge, power pop, electro & some super-lovin’ remixes!

Bring all your positive ions to the dancefloor and watch the magic happen!

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)

I wanted you to feel the same.

Published on May 12, 2010 in Music. 0 Comments Tags: , , , , .

Hallå!

No prizes for guessing what that meant (in Swedish!). Whilst doing a google on Sweden and its music scene, I found out that they had as many (or if not more) blackdeathmetalhardcore bands than their pop counterparts: Carnage, Pain of Salvation and Bloodbath to name a few. Betcha didn’t know, did you?

And on the not-so-dark-side of things, we started with ABBA (70s), Roxette (80s-90s), and then finished up with Ace of Base and The Cardigans before the turn of millennium. Fast forward into the indie noughties, we have  Jens Lekman, The Knife, PBJ, Juniorboys and the Radio Dept. flying the flag for Sweden these days.

What started out as a duo in 1995 (incidentally also one of their tracks from the Lesser Matters Album), Radio Dept. then became a quintet and eventually now a trio consisting of Johan Duncanson, Martin Larsson and Daniel Tjader. Because of the basic elements of the dreampop or shoegaze sound that Radio Dept. embraces: fuzzy distortion and airy-and-not-so-decipherable vocals, they are often compared to Cocteau Twins or My Bloody Valentine.

15 years on: 2 albums, an inclusion onto Marie Antoinette’s OST and many EPs later, Clinging to a Scheme finally gets released following a 4-year break after Pet Grief in ’06. Although nothing ground-breaking this time round, the band has been quietly refining their own soft-focus, shoegaze-indebted sound, occasionally adding drum machines or synthesizers for a slight change of pace.

Still signed under Labrador Records, the band continues to adhere to what the label stands for: melodic, indie-pop from sweden. On the tracks we love: Memory Loss, sounds like what Phoenix did with their Alphabetical album. David, carries the almost exact backing beats as one of the many Jens Lekman songs. This sort of borrowing may not expand any horizons, but that matters little when, like here, it’s all done right.

Hej då! see you this sat!

Perfect for: Coming down

Rating: 3.75 out of 5

Radiodept.

David (Right-click “save as”)

Heaven’s on Fire (Right-click “save as”)

SAT 15 MAY 2010 – we can live our misbehaviour

Published on May 5, 2010 in Party. 0 Comments Tags: , , , , , , .

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WE CAN LIVE OUR MISBEHAVIOUR
POPTART
SAT 15 May 2010
FASH, The Butter Factory
with DJs WEELIKEME, JAH & JINMART

The big wheel keeps on turning, and Poptart keeps on slammin! Here’s the May installment of our monthly rock n roll fest!

Join residents weelikeme, Jah & Jinmart who will bring you our nice little selection of indie, alternative rock, punk, grunge, power pop, electro & some super-lovin’ remixes!

Party on!

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)

SAT 10 APR 2010 – i’m the half truth in the lie. i’m the why not in the why

Published on March 31, 2010 in Party and mixtape. 0 Comments Tags: , , , , , .

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I’M THE HALF TRUTH IN THE LIE. I’M THE WHY NOT IN THE WHY
POPTART
SAT 10 Apr 2010
FASH, The Butter Factory
with DJs WEELIKEME, JAH & JINMART

After a magical feast we had last month, April’s Poptart just couldn’t come sooner for us!

Once again, bonafide popsluts weelikeme, Jah & Jinmart will bring you our nice little selection of indie, alternative rock, punk, grunge, power pop, electro & some super-lovin’ remixes!

It’s a rock n roll celebration yall!

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)

Charts, Playlists and Vids for Mar 10

Published on March 8, 2010 in Charts and Video. 0 Comments Tags: , , , , , , .

Apologies for the lack of updates in this department. Here are our charts and playlists for Mar 2010, with 10 selected vids as well!

JAH
Shout Out Louds – 1999
Delphic – Counterpoint
Hot Chip – I Feel Better
The Knife – Colouring of Pigeons
Chew Lips – Seven
Miike Snow – Song for Noone
The Bravery – Slow poison
The Sunshine Underground – In Your Arms
Good shoes – under control
The Antlers – Two (Buffetlibre remix)

JINMART
Metric – Gimme Sympathy
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart – A Teenager in Love
Girls – Lust for Life
The Antlers – Bear
The Big Pink – Count Backwards From Ten
Neon Indian – Terminally Chill
Sea Wolf – Wicked Blood
The Raveonettes – Last Dance
Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Dull Life
Jonsi Birgisson – Boy Lilikoi

WEELIKEME
Cruel Black Dove – Love Song
Two Door Cinema Club – Undercover Martyn
Penguin Prison – a Funny Thing
Goldfrapp – Rocket (Grum Remix)
Chew Lips – Karen
Plastiscines – Barcelona
Music Go Music – Light Of Love
Codeine Velvet Club – I Am The Resurrection
Gorillaz – Stylo
Angus and Julia Stone – And the Boys

click below for vids!

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the A-Z’s of ASH.

Published on March 6, 2010 in Music. 1 Comment Tags: , , , .

Right. Am not gonna name every letter for you but here are the important ones that every ASH fan should know.

A is for A Lifeless Ordinary

G is for Girl From Mars

J is Jackie Chan

K is Kungfu

N is for Northern Ireland

S is Starwars

Rather than fighting it, Tim Wheeler and his storm troopers has embraced the way the internet revolution has come about and how inherently it has changed the music industry.

I quote,“The way people listen to music has changed, with the advent of the download the emphasis has reverted to single tracks. It hasn’t helped that most people have forgotten how to make a decent album. I’m constantly disappointed with records I buy,” unquote.

IMHO, Ash has been guilty of their own words: forgotten how to make a decent album. Ever since 1977, the subsequent albums the band has produced have been substandard. Notwithstanding the  one or two songs of course (Jesus Says from Nu clear sounds, Shining light from Free all angels, Starcrossed from Meltdown and Polaris from Twilight of the innocents).

It’s things like these that make you just want to buy the “best of” instead.

Hence the band decided to ‘go with the flow’ and release 26 single-format songs aptly titled, A-Z series, which started in October 2009, right through until the end of this year. Ash kicked off with “Return of White Rabbit”- a mix of klaxons/bravery. Although a mixed reception was received, RWR is definitely good enough for me.

It’s evident that ASH are venturing into the electronic side of things;not surprising in this day and age. The next single (which is also the first radio single of the series), True Love 1980, definitely marks the return of a band that has come a long way since the early 90s. Catchy hooks and brilliant sing-a-long choruses are the hallmarks  of great ASH songs. This is one of them.

True love 1980

True love 1980 (Timothy Allen remix)

2nd radio single, SPACE SHOT

snaps from 6 Feb 2010

Published on February 16, 2010 in Gallery. 0 Comments Tags: , , , , , , , .