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Category: soundbytes

because i’m slightly tipsy

i’d like to announce to the world: the new loves of my life. ashin. (chomelnya baby face with glasses.) look he’s sleeping, like a cherub. wtf. since when was i this attracted to any chinese guy?? you know it’s love, when you can overlook that the object of your affections is named… monster. oh ye [...]

mmmmm mayday

yes, i enjoyed the concert very much (and i know you’re judging me, but i care not.) awesome set. awesome projections. great pyrotechnics. the full works. only the fucking sound was a bit off. still it was great. surprisingly haven’t lost my voice, but i think i may have stomped enough to lose my arch. [...]

Eyjafjallajökull x Kolniður

Iceland, Eyjafjallajökull – May 1st and 2nd, 2010 from Sean Stiegemeier on Vimeo.

No Use For A Name

al and i were a bit apprehensive about the gig (read: mosh pit) and feeling every bit of our quarter century. got wolf and headed to the now defunct ruums aka KL Live. wolf being the old man that he is decided to sit outside with the other cynical old-timers while we went in. what [...]

NUFAN in KL

No Use For A Name (fondly known as NUFAN) will be playing at ruums, kl this sunday. al and i (and hopefully wolf won’t ffk) will be trotting down, in all probability around 3-4pm. sorry la, i have no idea who the opening acts are and i don’t want to get kicked in the face [...]

white lies/foals

JT introduced me to white lies. we think it’s a little joy division, a touch of duran duran and a hint of brandon flowers on the high points. lyrically, they’re a little dark but nowhere near as bleak as ian curtis’ brand of depression. also they’re more melodic, hence easier listening than joy division. really [...]

girl crush on zee avi

i love kokokaina, whoops, zee avi. who incidentally has released a new video for her song Bitter Heart. lovely.

北京一夜

i’ve been doing a chinese-english translation of this song i got from mr. music today. not a good sign. the twice i ever did this in my life, i was emo’ing heavily. i’ve read that it’s split into male/female parts (hence the falsetto) to tell the story. listened to two versions: the original by bobby [...]

MGMT – kids

beetroots bloody best

jt introduced me to the bloody beetroots some time in the past two weeks, and i’ve been bouncing up and down to it since yesterday when i casually IM’ed hatim “oooooh bloody beetroots” and he immediately tagged me as his elektroclash kaki or something like that and stopped giving me airy fairy indie pop-masquerading-as-rock, though [...]