Music scene in Singapore: Parties, concerts, nightlife, news

Rising Arp: This Is Blush, The Glowing Alt-Rock Quartet That Pack Grace In Their Grit

Their debut single, “Best Friend”, shines with snug summertime riffs, coats of dreamy fuzz, and feathery vocals that slice through the corpus of noise.

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Still So Fab: The Pinholes Ride The Wave Of ’60s Surf Rock On Their Comeback Single

On surf-tinted single “Don’t Bother Me”, The Pinholes sound like they haven’t aged in their nearly 20-year career, and that is precisely the magic of their music.

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Legacy Music Festival Goes Digital For Its 3rd Edition With Heavier Emphasis On Local DJs

Covering techno, big room, trance and hip-hop, the Singaporean spectacle has more tricks up its sleeve for its third run.

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Reports Of Baybeats Scalpers Have Emerged And It’s Absolutely Not Okay

To pull this off during a gig-less climate, and for a free event that’s trying its best to unite the community? That’s just scum behaviour.

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The New Modern Lights Glow With Indie-Rock Nostalgia On Their Debut EP

The New Modern Lights are a bunch of young guns who sound like they belong a decade earlier, yet they’ve managed to build a standing that’s irrefutably current.

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Baybeats 2021: The Alternative Music Festival Welcomes Audiences Back For Its 20th Year

The Esplanade’s annual music spectacle takes big strides on its 20th anniversary, welcoming industry legends, rising hotshots and special tie-ins with local collectives.

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Rising Arp: Meet Altoduo, The Bass & Drums Pair That Make Mathy New-Age Soundscapes

Altoduo flaunt a remarkable level of technical prowess that bounces between the two core members, functioning optimally like a well-oiled machine in motion.

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Miss Live Gigs? Mosaic Returns With A Series Of Local Shows At The Esplanade

Opening up its venues to live audiences, the Mosaic Music Series returns with shows from Bitty, The Steve McQueens, Dru Chen, Rangga Jones, and Saints Amongst Sinners.

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Rising Arp: “Friendship-Core” Band, Carpet Golf, Take Big Swings With Their Debut

Capturing the hurricane moments of their youth is Carpet Golf, a new indie quartet with members from Subsonic Eye, Charm and The Neptune Waves. Enter their “brotherhood soup”.

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Rails And NINETEEN80 Have Hung Up Their Boots, And They Don’t Deserve It

Culture is being killed, and the death toll is rising unforgivingly. What will we have left when the authorities finally decide to revive the city, if ever?

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Introducing indiego: Could This Online Local Radio Station Be The New Lush 99.5FM?

Is Mediacorp’s indiego web radio programme going to be the next movement that adds legitimacy to Singaporean music? Time will tell.

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Iconic Alt-Rockers, The Oddfellows, Make Their Mighty Return With New Material

Revered rock legends, The Oddfellows, continue to be rebellious misfits with new single, “Silent Worlds”, taken off their upcoming third album that’s 29 years in the making.

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Five Years Of Integrity Records: The Local Label Releases A Mega 25-Track Compilation

Integrity Records, established by Eddie Niguel in 2016, has helped shape Singapore as a first-world hub for electronic music with its global roster. Listen to these 25 defining tracks now.

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Should Nightlife Be Considered A Way Of Life, Or Embraced As Life Itself?

If we can accept that nightlife can take on many forms, then society can be discerning enough to differentiate lawful activities from the ones that are truly causing the problem.

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Enter The Therapy Room, A New Mix Series That Checks On The Mental Health Of DJs

We need to talk about the mental health of those in nightlife, and this is where The Therapy Room comes in. Watch this new series of intimate conversations and heartfelt soundtracks from local DJs.

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Staying Alive: Save The Future Of Rails And NINETEEN80 With This Fundraiser

For the next four weeks, A Phat Cat Collective have curated an impressively detailed programme of events and offers that, in their words, put “the ‘fun’ in fundraising”.