Features

Fringe: Outside the Pop Periphery

This month, noticing a new zeitgeist afoot in the bigger world of music – the kind with a focal point in electronic instruments – we decided to take a wider look into 5 acts (most already covered by us in microcosm); +2dB, Adam Kasturi, MOIST, MUSCLE//MACHINE, and Stellar Dreams.

Green Room

What Went Down: Heineken Green Room @ KL Live

The Drums, Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs (TEED), Twilight Actiongirl, The Deer Society, and Darren Ashley — together with Heineken — gave us one of the funnest nights this year.

Gallery

Heineken Green Room @ KL Live

What went down at Heineken Green Room last 15 June ’13.

Design

All is Amazing: The Night Before

Making your night all the more amazing the morning after.

News

1 World Music Festival: Welp, A Reason to Cross the Causeway!

It’s not happening till 20 September ’13, but we’re already turned on.

Venues

Barfly

If Publika ever gets too expensive for you, which is probably almost all the time, there’s always Barfly.

Last Word

Arif Ramly: How to Make It In KL

Indie act manager extraordinaire Arif Ramly talks a little about making it in KL.

Breaking News

The Smashing Pumpkins, Japandroids, Modest Mouse and Ash @ #GoodVibesFest!

Four of the best bands from the recent Generation-Y eras — The Smashing Pumpkins, Ash, Modest Mouse, and Japandroids — are performing at Good Vibes Festival.

Review

Kurt Vile: Wakin On a Pretty Daze

It’s not everyone’s cup of tea, but if you prefer sipping on your tea laced with hallucinogenic on a quiet day, Kurt Vile’s the man.

Green Room

The Art of Heineken Green Room

We got a preview of some of the artworks done by Irman Hilmi, James Ly, and Juxta ART for Heineken Green Room.