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

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”.