You guys have to check out these acoustic re-arranged covers of local songs originally sang by bands like The Great Spy Experiment, Postbox, Electrico and A Vacant Affair.

The folks from Replug IG, a music interest group from Republic Polytechnic got together to perform these amazing renditions.

Song: Class A Love Affair
Original Artist: The Great Spy Experiment
Rearranged by: The New Science Project from Replug IG
Vocals: Gerard
Guitars: Joel and Ezra
Bass: Rufus
Percussion: Shafeeq

Song: What do you see
Original Artist: Electrico
Rearranged by: Half a dozen from Replug IG
Vocals: Insyirah and Rachael
Guitars: Donavon and Kevin
Piano: Binh
Percussion: Shawal

Song: We are not the same
Original Artist: A Vacant Affair
Rearranged by: Flushed from Replug IG

Vocals: Zai and Liyana
Guitars: Irwan and Joel
Piano: Sarah
Percussion: Syazwan

Song: Amber
Original Artist: Postbox
Rearranged by: Calico from Replug IG

Vocals: Zeenol
Guitar: Sougat
Bass: Johnson
Saxophone: Solha
Percussion: Ahmad

Amazing amazing work. I especially love the saxophone intelude in Amber and the extremely chill version of “We are not the same” by A Vacant Affair.

I’m not going to bore you guys with my words, because that would mean I’ll be taking up the time that should be used listening to the songs.

Beautiful.

If anybody know these guys, please tell them that if they are interested in releasing an EP of these tracks and more, I’m more than willing to put my money in it. I love it.

Sara Wee and Bani’s performance of Sara’s original track ‘We Should Be Together’ at the Esplanade Recital Theatre sometime ago.

Sara Wee and Alvin Khoo (53A) performs a couple of days a week at Wala Wala (Holland V).

Bani’s the lead singer from the awesome B-Quartet on the Aging Youth label.

The folks over at RCGNTN have drawn our attention to local emcee, Shigga Shay’s cover of B.o.B’s Nothin’ On You featuring Inch of Allura fame. I’m not a big fan of the night time void deck shot or the rapping, but Inch’s parts come out strong, and add a pleasant vocal melody over the somewhat strained rap bits. But all in all, a commendable effort by Shigga Shay with regards to the the cover and collaboration, but there’s always room for improvement

(via Singularity)

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!”

Just discovered this gem this morning. Walkonmusic has a youtube channel, called “S-Indie TV“, where they video local acoustics acts within the heartlands.

Good stuff. I do hope more and more sites like this start to pop-up. Local music needs more attention