Future Sound Asia from Malaysia have just announced that psychadelic rockers, MGMT will showcasing at Kuala Lumpur in 25 March 2011.

Instead of getting only pumped out by with DJ set, MGMT will be playing a band set for their debut performance in Malaysia.

Get stoked kids!

Laneway Festival 2010 Singapore

Singapore’s got it going on! Besides having Big Night Out, Singapore will host Australian music festival, St. Jerome’s Laneway Festival for the first time ever.

Laneway Festival, one of the foremost indie rock festivals in the Asia-Pacific region will make its debut appearance in Asia in 2011. And in Singapore as well. The press con was held yesterday afternoon at the New Asia Bar where organizers Chugg Entertainment announced that bands like !!! (Chk Chk Chk), Beach House, Deerhunter, Foals, Holy Fuck, Ladyhawke, Warpaint and Yeasayer will be performing at the Fort Canning Park on 29 January 2011.

Topping the bill will be highly rated Aussie band The Temper Trap, who (surprise surprise) was present at the press con to deliver an excellent (albeit short) acoustic set. Already expectations are sky high for this unique music festival.

Line-up

!!! (chk chk chk)

Beach House

Deerhunter

Foals

Holy Fuck

Ladyhawke

The Temper Trap

Warpaint

Yeasayer

Date: 29 January 2011

Venue: Fort Canning Park, Singapore
Tickets: SG$99.50 (Early-bird), SG$109.50 (Normal price)
at Sistic

Parkway Drive

Blasting out of Byron Bay, almost as an affront to the serenity of their surrounds, PARKWAY DRIVE quickly established themselves as the most formidable force Australian heavy hardcore had ever seen. A five- piece of astonishing power and understated charisma, PARKWAY DRIVE created unseen hysteria with their brutal 2005 full-length debut, “Killing With A Smile”. The album spent time in the ARIA National Top 40, affirming the astounding popularity of a band who had grown their fanbase from genuine hardcore roots.

Relentless touring has been one of the keys to PARKWAY DRIVE’s success. Sold-out national headlining runs, Big Day Out and Homebake appearances and the 2006 Taste Of Chaos Tour has been their reality. Recently, too, PARKWAY have begun to leave their indelible mark on the world stage. Having signed an enviable overseas deal with indie giant Epitaph, they have spent a large part of the past year abroad, crisscrossing North America, Europe and Japan, a 31-date stint on the 2007 Vans Warped Tour being just one of the many highlights. The world, it seems, is catching onto what we in Australia have known for a while.

On October 6, 2007, Parkway Drive unleashed their standout sophomore effort, “Horizons”. Recorded once again by producer and Killswitch Engage guitarist Adam Dutkiewicz (As I Lay Dying, Underoath, Unearth, Killswitch Engage) at Zing Studios in Boston, MA, Horizons debuted at 6 on the ARIA chart, 1 on the Australian Artist chart and 1 on the Independent chart. Horizons takes the PARKWAY DRIVE sound to totally new extremes. A bone-crunching avalanche of classic hardcore, Swedish death and math-metal, it’s destined to be one of the biggest circle-pit-inducing albums of ’07.

The quiet confidence and lack of arrogance expressed by the band is what lies at the heart of PARKWAY DRIVE’s massive appeal. They have this ability to destroy an audience, to decimate a venue with complete and utter malice, yet at the same time show everyone in the place the time of their lives. This is the kind of relaxed, no- nonsense attitude you get growing up in Byron. PARKWAY are just five ordinary dudes who came together to create one extraordinary band.

The last album “Deep Blue :

2009 was nothing but a blur for the Byron Bay quintet. Starting the year with a tour of SE Asia and Japan, followed by tours of the USA and Canada, Parkway Drive then embarked on an endless summer appearing at some of the largest heavy music festivals Europe and the UK has to offer including appearances at Download (UK), Greenfield (Switzerland), Hove Fest (Norway), Graspop (Belgium), West Coast Riot (Sweden) and many more.

In August the band released PARKWAY DRIVE: “The DVD” a 70 minute documentary looking at the rise and rise of the Byron juggernaut. Featuring archival footage dating right back to their very first shows, the film follows the quintet from humble beginnings on the beaches of the NSW North Coast to storming stages all over the world. Debuting at # 2 on the ARIA chart, within a week of its release, “The DVD” was certified Gold and a few months later achieved Platinum sales status. By year’s end it was Australia’s biggest selling local artist DVD and was crowned ‘Best Music DVD’ at the 2009 Rolling Stone Awards.

In March 2010 Parkway Drive returned to the studio to record their third album, Deep Blue. The hotly anticipated follow-up to 2007’s Horizons, Deep Blue raises the bar in every conceivable way. While maintaining the band’s uncompromising metallic-hardcore style at its core, it pushes into exciting new realms, drawing from a wider scope of influence, incorporating everything from anthemic punk to bloodcurdling death metal.

With improved musical abilities and a thoroughly inspired approach to songwriting, Parkway Drive have tied the music and lyrics together into one all-encompassing concept. “It’s basically about the search for truth in a world that seems to be devoid of that,” says vocalist and lyricist Winston McCall, explaining the narrative running through Deep Blue. “The story is told through the eyes of a man who wakes up and realises that his life is a lie and nothing he believes in is real. So he tries to find the truth within himself and his journey takes him to the bottom of the ocean and back again.”

Having recorded their first two albums with Adam Dutkiewicz of Killswitch Engage, Deep Blue was tracked and mixed in Los Angeles, CA by Joe Barresi (Queens Of The Stone Age, Bad Religion, Tool), and mastered by legendary mastering engineer Brian Gardner.

Crisp, unprocessed and impossibly heavy, the production on Deep Blue brings out every nuance of Parkway Drive ‘s freshly re-focused sound.

“It’s definitely the Parkway record I’m most proud of,” claims Winston. “We felt like were in the deep-end recording with someone new, so to have it come out exactly how we wanted it, and pretty much exceed our expectations, is a big ask, but that’s exactly what Joe did for us.”

With 13 tracks in all, standouts include “Sleepwalker,” “Deliver Me” and “Unrest”. Bad Religion guitarist and Epitaph owner Brett Gurewitz makes a guest vocal appearance on “Home is for the Heartless,” which brings epic punk rock choruses and crazed metallic finger-tapping guitar work into the established Parkway paradigm.

“We figure that song is going to be the most polarizing thing we’ve ever written,” Winston says. “People are either going to like it or they are going to hate it. I think it worked. That’s one of my favorite songs on the record!”

Already one of the most anticipated heavy releases of the year, Deep Blue represents an exciting new chapter in the story of Australia’s most successful hardcore band. Parkway Drive will land stateside this summer with explosive performances at the Vans Warped Tour in support of the new album.

Deep Blue out now on Epitaph Records!

SpaceToParty has found a video of their full live set at US’ Vans Warped Tour last summer

source : Drop Dead Clothing Website | Epitaph Records

This is the fourth sequel of Jackass The Movie, will released on 15 October 2010 in USA. Directed by Jeff Tremaine, Write by Preston Lacy. From the first time Jhonny Knoxville are disagree with the idea of  Paramount for making this 3D, because he want to protect the relationship inside that in fact they shoot all the movie by them self, the crew and the cast.

The set piece stunts are in bright and crisp 3D that really adds to the effect of whatever they are trying to do. As others have stated the intro is pretty cool but I was actually left wanting just a bit more. Note the paintballs though, in amazing 3D. This is Johnny, Ryan Dunn, Steve-o, Pontius, and Weeman’s show. Dave and Aaron end up getting hurt as usual but are awesome sports.

The intro to the movie was supposed to feature all the stars being hit in the head while being filmed with a super slow-mo camera, but Bam Margera could not participate after a woman assaulted him in the back of the head with a bat which caused internal bleeding.

“For this actually really work, it is real and we makes it more real, you know. I mean for other movie, to makes the art real, looks real. So if you already have something real, it was really real.” said Chris Pontius.

CHECK OUT THE TRAILER

Hustler of the Year – Diddy

Best Hip Hop Video – Jay-Z feat. Alicia Keys, “Empire State of Mind”

Perfect Combo Award – Jay-Z & Alicia Keys for “Empire State of Mind”

Rookie of the Year – Niki Minaj

Made-You-Look Style Award – Nicki Minaj

Track of the Year Lex Luger – Rick Ross’ “B.M.F. (Blowin’ Money Fast)”

Best Live Performance – Jay-Z

People’s Champ Award – Nicki Minaj, “Your Love”

I Am Hip-Hop Award – Salt-N-Pepa

The Humanitarian Award – John Legend

Simply Red’s classic pop and elegant ballads have provided an uplifting and emotional soundtrack to our turbulent times. The band will say their farewells all over the world this year, after what has been a remarkable 25 years.

Since their first tour in 1985, Simply Red have played over 1,100 shows to over 11 million people, notched up over 55 million global sales, over 31 Top 40 UK singles, 3 BRIT Awards, 2 Ivor Novellos, 2 US No.1 Singles and a MOBO Special Achievement.

Join the fellow aficionados of Simply Red as they gather in the Sinagpore Indoor Stadium for  last bid of farewell to the legendary performer.

Tickets are priced at $98, $128, $148 & $178 and can be purchased from www.sistic.com.sg today.

Venue: Singapore Indoor Stadium
Date & Time: 08:00PM – 28 Sep 2010
Address: 2 Stadium Walk, #01-00 Kallang Indoor Stadium, 397691 Singapore
E-mail: mktg@sis.gov.sg | Website: www.sistic.com.sg | Contact: (65) 6348-5555
Price: $98, $128, $148 & $178

Worldwide Festival Singapore 2010 is waiting around the corner!

An annuall music event organized by Giles Peterson, BBC Radio 1 Worldwide radio show DJ, has finally reached its fifith edition at Zouk Club Singapore on 27 & 28 August 2010.

With headliners :

Dorian Concept, dOP, Jazztronik, Giles Peterson Lefto Ikonika, DaM-FunK, Zed Bias aka Maddslinky, Jeremy Boon, Andrew Chow, djB, Tony Tay, Hong Eclipse, Ghetto Syndicate, Kaye funk, Bast*rd, KFC, Pushin On, Daniel Koh, Michaela Therese.

Before getting your ‘festival’ started, Giles Peterson has provide us with a preview mix by the Worldwide Festival himself.

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Misch Masch, however, has highlighted three artists which has drew so much attention during past few years.

“Dorian Concept”, a young man from Austria with his electronic input on hip-hop, downtempo, and trip hop.

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Los Angeles’ funk ambassador “DaM-FunK”, multi talented musician and DJ (somehow DaM prefers record selector to replace the word) who really know how to funk and boogie.

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“Jazztronik”, the Japanese Tokyo-based DJ/producer Ryota Nozaki with heavy influences of Nu Jazz and Jazz House.

So dont forget to mark you calendar on 27 & 28 August 2010! See you there!

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Dam-Funk from Los Angeles is a current musician who happens to bring back the style of boogie, disco, chicago house, and slow rolls of 90’s gangsta rap back into the vibe of 21th century audiences.

Thanks to Funkmosphere, Dam-Funk’s weekly L.A. party, as well as various internet-distributed DJ mixes, Dam has been hailed as the “ambassador” of the style.

Misch Masch’s pick : Dam-Funk “Brookside Park”

While on tour in Croatia this week, Dam-Funk has putted together a 45 minutes mix called “The Future of Modern Funk” which aired yesterday on Marry Anne Hobbs BBC Radio 1 show.

Track List:
J1 – LiftOff [intro]
Devonwho – Slapshot
Reggie B – Khemitian Temple [Instrumental Version]
Teeko X. – BustAMOVE!GO!OFF
Chesca & Elliot York – Twilight Fades
B. Bravo – Two 2 Tango
AD Bourke – Cosmic Connection feat. Amalia
Distant Starr – Here We Go
Odidisee – Curl
Pudge – Jungle Funk [Jus Dance]
Subtitle x DâM-FunK – Experts
AD Bourke – One For Me
Grooveman Spot – Affection feat. Ahu
Teeko / Dibia$e / Devonwho – Young Funklords
Electric Wire Hustle – Unknown Instrumental aka Track 8
Computer Jay – Slipping!!
Fatima – Warm Eyes
Dam-Funk – The Funk Is 4 U/Outro [Unreleased]

The ambassador of Funk will funk the Lion City on 27th of August at Zouk club as part of Giles Peterson’s Worldwide Festival with big acts such as Dorian Concept, electronic hip-hop from Austria and Japan’s finest jazz artist Jazztronik.

So mark your calendar and see you there! =)

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more about Dam-Funk :

www.myspace.com/damfunk

www.stonesthrow.com/damfunk

twitter.com/damfunk

On last Saturday, 31 July 2010, Singapore’s finest underground club HOME club had teamed up with Dj Marky (Innerground Records Brazil) and MC Stamina (UK) to celebrate the club’s fifth anniversary.

Marco Antonio Silva aka “MARKY MARK” aka DJ Marky is world-known best drum n bass DJ from UK since he moved from Sao Paulo, Brazil to London in 1997.

Apparently, DJ Marky’s stop for Asia only happened in Singapore to celebrate HOME club fifth anniversary, as we see many friends came from Indonesia and Malaysia.

After over a decade of constant tours and events, finally he was able to performed his drum n bass talent in Singapore and had showcased incredible performance by scratching a turntable while he hang it upside down.

Due to his performance with MC Stamina, the night was joyed with instrumental tracks and we was unable to hear our favorite work by DJ Marky.

Misch Masch’s pick of DJ Marky’s remix on Ghostface Killah & Ne-Yo’s “Back Like That”

For you who missed DJ Marky’s last performace or even do not know who DJ Marky is, here is one of his mixtape to fresh you up!

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Putumayo 15th anniversary party at the Borders Wheelock April 18th at 20.00hrs. Putumayo is hip, cool, great for people of all ages, and a need to have in any good music collection. There will be a live DJ, Putumayo prizes, and other great activities.

These guys have some of the best world music check them out!

Flowtoys founders Sean and Prisna will be in Singapore for a few days in March and we’d love to share with you our latest product line and our passion for movement!

We will have our full line of illuminated performance props including the flow-wand, flowstaff, 4 styles of poi, nunchaku and rope-dart, as well as samples of our new soon-to-be-released Flowtoys Modular System of custom engineered caps and connectors and the all-new “colecord” designated by Playpoi as the best poi cord on earth. We’ll also be projecting a selection of recently produced instructional DVDs from some of the most innovative artists in our field.

Come see the action, BE the action, find your flow, meet and mingle with fellow movers, show off your skills, and learn new ones. We have been performing and building props for over 10 years and will be offering our skills and experience, and welcoming any questions and requests.

This is an open invitation. Please pass it on to anyone who you think might be interested.
We look forward to seeing you there!!!

We will not have any products for sale at the event, only for demonstration. If you would like to order any flowtoys, please place your order on our website ASAP (no later than this Sat. 15 March!) and we will bring it to you in person. During checkout, make a note to us to “bring to sing.” Of course you may order after the trunk show, but there will be a 2 week delay before we return home to fill orders.

***Flowtoys produces innovative illuminated instruments for dance, performance, martial arts and active play.
***Check out our offerings at: www.flowtoys.com

Amongst confirmed bands are established acts like West Grand Boulevard, Tiramisu, Caracals and The Pinholes. Aside from that, La Famiglia is also working on confirmation with bands like The Fire Fight and Flybar. A local indie Dj will also be playing in-between sets on the day.