Pop culture musings by Kevin Mathews
2019 marks the 25th anniversary of Feeder so let’s celebrate by showing them our love and support! Post your video greetings for them on your social media feed with the hashtag #Happy25thFEEDER – and the best ones will get the chance to meet them live at their Singapore show!
Continue reading “MEET FEEDER!”“NO PHOTOGRAPHY, VIDEOGRAPHY & AUDIO RECORDING ALLOWED”
A warning on the ticket was repeated by ushers throughout Bob Dylan’s third concert in Singapore.
Continue reading “LIVE IN SINGAPORE | PoP LEGENDS : BOB DYLAN – STILL BREAKING ALL THE RULES…”
It says a lot about the current state of the live music scene in Singapore that Northern Irish power trio, ASH’s display of melodic crunch last night at the Hard Rock Cafe was a rare occasion for music fans to truly rock out in an intimate setting!
Continue reading “LIVE IN SINGAPORE | POWER POP ROCK N ROLL : ASH @ THE HARD ROCK CAFE”
Up and coming alt-rockers PVRIS, will perform in Singapore, on Tuesday, June 26, 2018 at Hard Rock Cafe Singapore (Cuscaden), as part of LAMC Productions’ Rising Star Series.
Continue reading “LIVE NEWS : PVRIS TO PERFORM IN SINGAPORE FOR THE FIRST TIME!”
Bob Dylan will make his way back to Singapore in August this year. The concert will be part of his Asia Tour, which also includes Hong Kong and other cities in the region. He was previously here in 2011 as part of Timbre’s Rock & Roots.
Continue reading “LIVE NEWS | PoP LEGENDS : BOB DYLAN RETURNS TO SINGAPORE!”
“Nostalgia vs relevance” is a constant conflict of principles within any veteran band in the modern rock landscape. Last night at the University Cultural Centre Hall, 80s band Squeeze found a comfortable balance.
The quality of a good song is evident in (almost) every musical context. Now, the Great Spy Experiment has wonderful songs and the challenge for the band at this Mosaic Music Festival event at the Esplanade Concourse tonight was to present them in an acoustic format. And the band delivered with aplomb!
Continue reading “PoP20 | S-ROCK : GREAT SPY (ACOUSTIC) EXPERIMENT [2008]”
Thankfully, the weather was good enough this year to get a better video look back on Laneway Festival Singapore 2018!
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Music festivals – like any other entertainment platform – are an intensely personal experience.
Continue reading “LANEWAY FESTIVAL SINGAPORE 2018 – YOU CAN GO YOUR OWN WAY!”
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Esplanade’s “All Things New” is a typically turn of the year event that “celebrate(s) new music and welcome(s) fresh faces as Singapore artists embark on brand new chapters of their musical journeys”.
Continue reading “LIVE NEWS : YEO RETURNS TO SINGAPORE FOR “ALL THINGS NEW” WITH CHARLIE LIM!”
The first weekend of 2018 sees an instrumental rock double-header at the Esplanade Annexe Studio. After Friday’s show with pg.lost and In Each Hand a Cutlass, it will be the turn of Amateur Takes Control to blow us away as they launch the dynamic new ATCEP2 on Saturday, January 6th!
Continue reading “LIVE NEWS | AMATEUR TAKES CONTROL PRESENTS ATC EP2 RELEASE SHOW”
If like us you need to have loud rock music blasting right in your face to celebrate the first week of the new year, then we highly recommend getting down to the Esplanade Annexe Studio this Friday, January 5th at 7pm.
Continue reading “LIVE NEWS | PG.LOST: VERSUS TOUR (SINGAPORE) WITH IN EACH HAND A CUTLASS”
An eclectic lineup for sure! Bluesfest Byron Bay promises a dynamic slate of rock ‘n’ artists – established and emerging – with a sprinkling of massive pop stars in the mix as well.
Laneway Festival Singapore is probably the biggest contemporary music festival in Singapore, bar none and it is exciting to see the organisers living up to their promise that more Asian and local acts would be added to the lineup each year.
Synthpop duo Cosmic Armchair release their first full-length album after a decade of music making via Belgian label, Alfa Matrix.
Continue reading “PoP RECOMMENDS | POP POWER !!! : COSMIC ARMCHAIR – CONTACT [REVIEW]”
Produced by AEG Presents, Katy Perry will visit Singapore on 8 April 2018 at the Singapore Indoor Stadium.
Continue reading “LIVE NEWS : KATY PERRY – WITNESS THE TOUR COMES TO ASIA”
Gotta love a rock ‘n’ roll band with eclectic influences!
Continue reading “PoPTV | THE NEW ROCK N ROLL : THE CLAUDETTES – “24/5” [LIVE IN STUDIO]”
Melbourne-based producer/multi-instrumentalist Yeo is a smooth operator when it comes to music. His work is slick, creative and instantly likeable.
Yeo will be making his Singapore debut as a part of the Mosaic Music Series at Esplanade Concourse on November 11th at 7.45pm.
Continue reading “LIVE NEWS | MOSAIC MUSIC SERIES : YEO – LIVE AT THE ESPLANADE CONCOURSE”
Oh we are so stoked about this news! Squeeze will play in Singapore on May 4th, 2018 at the UCC Hall, NUS.
Continue reading “LIVE NEWS | PoP LEGENDS : SQUEEZE LIVE IN SINGAPORE!!!”
Power of Pop will be attending Bluesfest Byron Bay 2018! The festival have already announced the likes of Robert Plant, Chic, First Aid Kit. Gov’t Mule, Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real etc and have recently added to that list!
Singer-songwriter Christopher Owens is perhaps best known for his earlier project – Girls – and a penchant for retro-indie-pop that evokes the spirit of the 80s UK pop underground.
Continue reading “LIVE NEWS : CHRISTOPHER OWENS – LIVE IN SINGAPORE”
Indie pop songstress Fazerdaze (a.k.a. Amelia Murray) and band brings her dream pop agenda to Singapore on Friday, October 20th.
