Top 10 Things to do This Week (May 14-20)
For the full listing in May, check out KMC’s The Monthlies.
Asia Fashion Exchange After-Parties
Various locations l Check with venue
May 14-20, multiple timings
The week-long event will feature some of the top and emerging fashion designers and labels from Asia and across the globe. From the Blueprint trade show to a business conference at the Asia Fashion Summit, and Audi Fashion Festival design showcase to its design competition called the Star Creation, the AFX is regarded as the most-anticipated fashion event in South East Asia. And what’s a fashion fest without some party feasting? Check out the list of official after-parties happening throughout the week.
Belvedere Vodka Audi Fashion Festival After-Party feat. The Misshapes and Michaelangelo L’Acqua (W Hotels Global Director)
Secret Venue l By invites only
May 16, 11pm
Tonight We W.E.D
Blueprint Welcome Party feat. Timo Weiland
Loof l Free
May 17, 11pm
Audi Fashion Festival 2012 After-Party feat. Patrick Oliver
Pangaea l $40
May 17, 11pm
Blueprint Trade Wrap Party feat. Joseph Quartana
The Butter Factory l $23-28 includes two drinks
May 18, 10pm
Zouk presents Heartsrevolution
The Official AFX After-Party with E! Entertainment
Velvet Underground, Zouk l $25/32 includes two drinks
May 19, 9pm
This week also features: James Zabiela, George Fitzgerald, The Axis of Awesome, Marcin Czubala, Soumik Datta & Bernhard Schimpelsberger, Mara Carlyle, Unjin, Vanessa Fernandez, Don Richmond, T’ang Quartet, Rani Singam, Eddie Niguel, Brian O’Reilly, OrkeStar Trio, Hafez Masterpiece, Jah, Mera Jin and Catsoncrack.
Top 10 Things to do This Week (May 7-13)
For the full listing in May, check out KMC’s The Monthlies.
[PICK OF THE WEEK] Morrissey
Fort Gate, Fort Canning Park l $88, $98-250 from Sistic
May 8, 8pm
The Zeus of outcasts has been instrumental in defining the indie genre with his artist-first approach towards his craft. Morrissey’s wit, unwavering opinions and thought-provoking lyrics has helped him achieve cult status. His debut in Singapore is one of the most-anticipated events of early 2012; if not, the entire year.
This week also features: Sasha, Alex M.O.R.P.H, Oliver Twizt, Sied van Riel, Kelis, Kurt, The LFK, Zushan, Master Race, Jerls, Reiki, Saigon Kat and Sporkey, MC Dandee and DJ ONO and Zeum.
6 bilingual bars in Singapore
[inSing.com] From dishes of a multi-ethnicity variety available in the same kopitiam to emergency announcements in four different languages, Singapore is indeed –pardon the cliché– a cultural melting pot. While our hawker centers are the great social equalizer, these bilingual bars are the lifestyle equivalent offering entertainment that crosses all borders, subtitles not included.
Radar: Caracal
[NYLON Singapore] My article on Singapore’s favorite rock band, Caracal is out now. And if you’re into fashion, there are tons of style-centric articles to dress you up with. Grab a copy at newsstands or alternatively, purchase the digital version.
The Monthlies: May
When I was sussing through the list of acts this month, I had a mini spasm. With headliners from Morrissey to Jamie Jones, Arty to Morgan Page, I wanted to make sure Kiss My Culture readers don’t miss out on their favorite acts. The Monthlies is the only list in Singapore that gives you full access into the parties and concerts happening every month. Also check out Top 10 Things to do This Week for your daily dosage of top-notch entertainment.
Note: Click the links (activated on mouse-over) for more details. For full-screen, click here. Download high-res poster here. Be safe!
Disclaimer: All dates and artists are correct as of release.
Two beer festivals to drink at
[Time Out Singapore] Two major beer festivals, Maifest and Beerfest, are hitting town in the next two months. Zul Andra gives the lowdown.
Interview: Simon Reeve
[Time Out Singapore] The celebrated writer and BBC TV presenter has been around the world three times. He’s already been arrested by the KGB, shot at by rebels and almost been eaten by sharks, but Zul Andra finds the down-to-earth, often humorous traveller’s most astounding journey has only just begun.
Top 10 Things to do This Week (May 1-6)
Dream Theater “A Dramatic Tour of Events in Singapore”
Kallang Theatre l $98-268 from Sistic
May 2, 7.30pm
Guitarist John Petrucci and bassist John Ro Myung can play a phonebook and make an origami out of it. Fronted by Kevin James LaBrie, the progressive metal band is considered the most technical musicians that have ever shredded planet Earth –a label they have carried with them since their magnum opus, Images and Words catapulted them to their greatest ever mainstream success.
This week features: Dream Theater, Tiny Ruins, Jamie Jones, Arty, Morgan Page, Jayesslee, David Choi, Tiffany Alvord, Jason Chen, Joseph Vincent, Ana Free, Clo, Nic Fanciulli, Paul Darey and Vertical Horizon.
Review: P.O.V (A Cursed Film)
[inSing.com] The Story: Two Japanese teen idols host a recorded television show on paranormal sightings captured on smartphones. While the girls were presenting a prepared list of submitted videos, an unknown footage began to play unexpectedly on the monitors. Familiar to Haruna –both using their actual name for the film—the video showed a segment of her school where a ghostly urban legend was seen. The girls, their director and producer set out to the haunted school to investigate only to discover a frightening truth.
inSing.com thinks: Well, the frightening truth for us is how this might perpetually ruin director Tsuruta’s curriculum vitae. He had a good run with ‘Ju-On’; an average run with ‘Premonition’. That and the sad fact that horror flicks based on “true amateur recorded footage” had us fooled once too many.
Review: House of Pleasures
[inSing.com] There’s rarely a film that weaves the most awful stench of man’s degrading sexual fantasies and crippling feminine doctrines and delusions in such a cinematic visual grandeur – both in a frightening and gripping spectacle.
Writer-director Bertrand Bonello “House of Pleasures” resides in the colourful time-period of “Moulin Rouge!” and fringes on New French Extremism, a term coined for the genre of French transgressive films, where no topic is ever taboo and no subjects unexplored.
