Figure8 Agency, a local artist management company, is going all out this November and December with two huge concerts planned with guest players from all over the world.

The first:

The White Shoes and The Couples Company (ID), SayCet (FR) and B-Quartet (SG)

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Date:
8th November 2011
Venue:
LaSalle, Main Theatre
1 McNally Street
187940 Singapore
Admission:
25$ with reservation
30$ at the door
Event opens at 7.30pm and begins at 8pm.

The first concert will be held on November 8 at La Salle College of Arts will bring together 3 bands including colourful retro pop band White Shoes & The Couples Company from Indonesia which was signed by Subpop recently, SayCet, an electronica melodic band from France and B-Quartet a mesmerizing jazzy band from Singapore.

An important point to note, it will be the last concert of B-Quartet as the band will disperse after this last gig. So make sure you go support them one last time!

The second concert is a big one:

UpToTheSky Festival

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Date:
3rd December 2011
Venue:
Old School
11 Mount Sophia
228461 Singapore
Early Bird Tickets:
Adult: $89 – Students: $50
At the gates:
Adult: $95 – Students: $70
Event opens from 11.30am till 11pm

If you love chilling out with friends over great music in an intimate atmosphere, come join us on 3 December at Old School, Mt Sophia.

Immerse yourself in a full day of indie music and come discover twelve of the hottest bands in South East Asia such as The Trees & The Wild (ID), White Shoes & The Couples Company (ID), Tenderfist (MY), The Great Spy Experiment (SG), The Cambodian Space Project (KH) and much more.
International guests include The Rapture (USA), Deerhoof (USA) and Dr. Dog (USA).

The Festival will also feature a flea market and you’ll get to see a fantastic selection of independent music videos including the work of Vincent Moon, the guy behind The Take Away Shows / La Blogothèque; Dimas Wisnuwardono, one of Indonesia’s most promising filmmakers; and Ho Tzu Nyen, one of Singapore’s best contemporary artists, who was featured this year at the Venice Biennale.

Find out more.

So there. Mark your calendars, its going to be a rocking end to 2011!

Whether you’re a budding electronic musician or a person curious about how technology is going to shape the new digital landscape, you need to check this documentary out. Very interesting thoughts about today’s cultural shift from the professional industry to the pro-sumer one as well as the impact of democratization and the industry of ‘Free’.

So how do you watch it? Just download it. For free at their website:

PressPausePlay Website

53A and Sixx recently invaded NJC as part of the School Invasion Tour.

Here’s a video of the highlights taken off Sara Wee (53A)’s youtube page.

ROCKIN’ THE REGION: M.I.S.CELLANEOUS

This month, Esplanade will be hosting an outdoor concert by local and regional bands, Paint the Sky Red, Harmacy and Brilliant at Breakfast. The bands will be performing all throught the weekend of the 29th of July at the Esplanade Outdoor Theatre. The schedule is reposted below:

29 Jul 2011, Fri
7.30 – 8.15pm – Paint the Sky Red
8.45 – 9.30pm – Harmacy
10 – 10.45pm – Brilliant at Breakfast

30 Jul 2011, Sat
7.30 – 8.15pm – Brilliant at Breakfast
8.45 – 9.30pm – Brilliant at Breakfast
10 – 10.45pm – Harmacy

31 Jul 2011, Sun
7.30 – 8.15pm – Harmacy
8.45 – 9.30pm – Paint the Sky Red

Ride out the last weekend of the month on an indie rock wave featuring three bands across South East Asia! Soak in the ‘90s alternative rock of Harmacy from Malaysia, the child-like whimsy of Brilliant at Breakfast from Indonesia, and the instrumental post-rock of Paint the Sky Red from Singapore.

I’ve also taken the liberty to post some samplings of their music below so that you’d have a taste of how they sound like, if you haven’t heard of them before.

Paint the Sky Red

Brilliant at Breakfast

Harmacy

I’m probably going. Are you?

The Fire Fight bassist, heart-breaker and personal friend of mine, Joshua ‘JBarks’ Tan is going to Cannes for the prestigious annual film festival. No, he’s not going there with his band to perform, but instead, he’s going there as the lead actor of a locally produced and International Critics’ Week selected film, “Sand Castle”. What makes it even sweeter is that this is Joshua’s first acting debut too!

The film, directed by the talented, Boo Junfeng (Keluar Baris, Tanjong Rhu) is a story about 18-year old En (Joshua Tan)’s struggles as he discovers himself through the difficult periods of his growing up years.

I’m not going to write a lot here, instead I’m just gonna direct you guys to the trailer below as well as the various news articles about the film at the end of this page.

Now doesn’t that make you proud that our own local rockstar is making waves.

Sand Castles Official Webpage
Sand Castles Film Blog
Today Online “We Cannes Do It!”