Entries Tagged as ‘appreciative’

3 June, 2009

Hello Conor Oberst, See you later DEP.

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So ada la band baru yang aku duk dengar sekarang. Bukan band actually tapi this singer/songwriter called Conor Oberst. Sebelum ni dia ada band called Bright Eyes dan Bright Eyes ni aku dah terdengar/terbaca dalam media yang aku consume la. Siap ada name-dropping lagi dan berada dalam playlist ramai di kalangan blogger terkemuka tanahair. Chewah.
Anyway, [...]

11 January, 2009

Sunday Videos 5 & 6

I first heard this song performed by Bon Iver live while browsing his live performances on YouTube. Regardless of the fact that an over-enthusiastic audience spoilt a couple of moments of this otherwise perfect rendition, it is a beautiful, heartbreaking song.

Very rarely indeed that I am captivated by a song upon [...]

19 December, 2008

Background Music

Bon Iver’s album For Emma, Forever Ago has been shortlisted as one of Pop Matters‘ 60 Best Albums of 2008.
What strikes me most about the included short review written by John Bohannon is his remark that the material in the album are ‘not the type of songs you can play as background music; they demand [...]

7 July, 2008

Do the Tonggeng

The buttocks-displaying antics of Carburetor Dung’s Alak has sparked the interest of many. From the people in the scene inevitably, but also from the rest of the population courtesy of some laughable reporting in the mainstream media.
It’s an event that’s bound to happen, given the fine line we tread between what’s perceived as decent or [...]

11 June, 2008

Innerview Issue #1

Out now! Issue numero uno of Innerview zine, the effort of editor Atie, spouse of DEP’s Acai. I haven’t actually gotten my copy yet, but judging from the pro-printed front cover listing a bunch of local DIY-Punk-Indie bands and an exclusive interview with blogging phenomenon Ahmad Kamal Abu Bakar, it’s going to go out of [...]