February 2012
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Bar Review: B28
[Time Out Singapore] After Malt Vault’s closure, serious dram-sippers are no longer stranded. The Vault’s owner, Mike Soldner, has moved a few blocks south-east to the basement of The Club hotel at 28 Ann Siang Road (hence the name). The result: a whisky encyclopedia of a bar.
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Alarmingly Nice Taxi Driver Who's Also An Asshole
Taxi Driver: Hi boy, how was your night? How did you get here? Did you just dropped your girlfriend off?
Me: Nope. I was doing research for an article.
Taxi Driver: Oh! So you are a writer? How nice. Pays badly though.
Me: It's okay... I love what I do.
Taxi Driver: Then, that's important. It's important to love what you do. To find contentment in your work... that's important. But when you decide to have a family, that's when you'll regret it.
Me: What?
Taxi Driver: I like your hair. Did you just got it cut?
Me: Thanks, and yes, I did.
Taxi Driver: So thick, like a doormat.
Me: ....
Taxi Driver: You've got a big head, it fits your look. How old are you?
Me: 30?
Taxi Driver: Ah! Good age! Neither here nor there.
Me: I don't think I want to talk to you anymore.
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News: Kiss My Culture Nominated For I-S Readers'...
Just got word today that Kiss My Culture has been nominated for I-S Readers’ Choice Awards 2012 for “Best Blogger”. The list includes prominent names such as Mr. Brown and… haven’t heard the rest of them before.
If you feel that KMC is full of pigeon-shit and deserves to receive Starhub’s “The website which you are trying to access is restricted by the...
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Top 10 Things to do This Week (Feb 27-Mar 4)
Evanescence Singapore Indoor Stadium l $88-158 from Sistic Feb 27, 8pm
After a 3-year hiatus, the band returned with their eponymous album in 2010. Coming off chart successes with “My Immortal”, “Bring Me to Life”, “Going Under” and “Call Me When You’re Sober”, frontwoman Amy Lee and the band continues to deliver on their distinctive dramatic and emotive style of hard...
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News: Foo Fighter Cancels Asian Tour
In light of Dave Grohl’s medical condition, the Grammy and Brit Award-winning band had to cancel their Asian tour which includes their date in Singapore. Doctors have advised the frontman to rest before his undisclosed health issue worsens. Organizers Chugg and Lushington Entertainment have announced that refunds will be available from Feb 29 to Mar 13.
The band released the following...
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Mix: Volmax's VII (Throwback Special)
Image: Dan Tobin Smith
Was listening to Âme’s 2006 techy classic “Rej” a couple of weeks back and decided to do a mix of some of my favourite tracks from the yesteryears. Most of these tracks were the ones that got me hook on dance music. There are loads more that I think were pretty massive back in the day but unfortunately, couldn’t match the progression of the mix....
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Interview: Argy
Midnight Shift reveals their mystery guest DJ, Argyris Theofilis aka Argy exclusively on Kiss My Culture just hours ahead of their much-anticipated party at Velvet Underground tonight.
The Greek native, London raised and Berlin based DJ-producer is garnering much attention for his intricate house and techno productions. Having released on Cocoon, Ibadan, Defected, Objektivity and soon on...
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Blog: Don’t Support Local Music
Image: Aaron Lim
When someone tells me to support local music, I cringe. My eyebrows meet each other in the middle and create a mini valley worthy of tourist dollars. The corner of my top lip is raised, strip-teasing some teeth. I make a sound, most notably the pirate sounding, “Err…”
I don’t hear this statement often these days compared to about a decade ago, but when I do, psychosomatically,...
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Free Download: Crystal Castles "Suffocation...
Los Angeles electronic punk band HEALTH released a remix of Crystal Castles’ “Suffocation” at the same Alice Glass gets on haute-couture strutting business in the band’s new video in collaboration with Vs. Magazine.
The video directed by Glass’ other half and bandmate Ethan Kath, shows the goth princess donning all sorts of dresses at an abandon warehouse. Very...
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Free Download: Lana Del Rey "Without You (Kill...
If you have been on the prowl for Lana Del Rey’s tracks on the web you might have to suss through about a gazillion remixes of almost all of her releases. But a few notable ones stand out beyond the graveyard of those that have made Rey (who recently bagged Brit Awards Best International Breakthrough Act) sound either like a chipmunk or a wet carpet.
Upcoming DJ-producer Kill...
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Free Download: Gotye feat. Kimbra "Somebody That I...
Belgian born-Australian raised Wouter De Backer aka Goyte has been garnering prominence of late with his track “Somebody I Used To Know” taken from his third studio album Making Mirrors.
His song, reminiscing on a past love, is the longest running no.1 song in Australia, since Savage Garden’s “Truly Madly Deeply” (remember that song?), staying 8 weeks at pole...
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News: Adele Gets Cut Off During Acceptance Speech,...
Image: Daily Mail
After winning six Grammys, the charming and bubbly Adele was visibly emotional when she picked up a Brit Award for Album of the Year. Halfway through her acceptance speech, the 23-year-old got even more emotional, this time on the negative end, when host James Corden interrupted her to introduce Blur.
With the crowd booing at what looks like the show producer lack of respect...
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The Monthlies: March
The local music season heats up in March as seen exclusively on Kiss My Culture’s The Monthlies. Expect to catch current and legendary acts from Duran Duran to Foo Fighters, and Jessie J to Olivia Newton John. To add on to the already schedule-boggling list, Timbre Rock & Roots and Mosaic Music Festival will also take place next month. March on to the month ahead along with your...
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Top 10 Things to do This Week (Feb 20-26)
Judas Priest “Epitaph” Farewell World Tour with Lamb of God Fort Canning Park l $140-250 from Sistic Feb 20, 7pm
The heavy metal legends take to the stage at Fort Canning for this double-bill. A momentous event especially for Judas Priest fans as this will be the last time they will be on tour.
Dashboard Confessional (Solo Acoustic) Esplanade Concert Hall l $48-98 from Sistic...
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Bar Review: Tree
[Time Out Singapore] We got lost trying to find Tree, and no wonder – the signage is way above eye level on the pillar next to the establishment’s black-matted front, and the windows are so small you wouldn’t realise a restaurant and bar reside within. There are two entrances to the establishment – it’s the red door you want to open for the bar.
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Blog: Tonight I Will Stroll Through Hell With...
It has been awhile since I’ve been to a metal gig. The last time was at the Substation in the late 90s. While moshing with two other people was fun, this one will be on another level altogether. I trust that I can live up to the expectations of both Lamb of God and Judas Priest playing later tonight. I should wear black. That’s like the ethically correct colour to wear for such...
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News: Ming's Bassic Grows Strong; Zouk Launching...
Image: Afiq Omar
When Zouk launched Bassic in early January, I was fuck-yeah-ing all night long. Helmed by resident DJ Ming and given added weight with Jeremy Boon, the night features all sorts of bass from dubstep to drum & bass. And because it’s neither on the commercial end nor Skrillex side of things, the opening night (which featured Kiat) saw a healthy turnout. The second...
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News: Will Butter Factory's Ace of Spades Draw A...
AOS - The Official Launch Party Red Dot Museum l $20/25 includes two drinks Feb 25, 9pm
Winner of the Singapore Experience Awards 2011 for “Best Nightspot Experience”, The Butter Factory will be leaving their One Fullerton compound for a one-night stay at Red Dot Museum. Launching their new DJ outfit Ace of Spades (AOS) out of their humble establishment, will the gamble pay off?
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Mix: Volmax's VI
Image: Jim Lundgren
Tracklist:
1) Kate McGill “Replaced (Statix Remix)” 2) Fracture Design “A Winter’s Tale” 3) Synthetic Epiphany “Open Your Eyes” 4) Synthetic Epiphany “A New Path To The Waterfall” 5) Nadia Ali “Rapture (Dexcell Remix)” 6) Rob Sparx “Serenade” 7) Paul Haslinger “Eternity And A Day...
“Dear beloved readers,
If you can read this, that’s great, because Kiss...”
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Coverage: Laneway Singapore, 8,000 Punters (and...
Image: Aloysius Lim
I was doused in beer; slipped on a plastic picnic mat; tripped countlessly over those who sat; got into a scuffle with a queue-cutter; helped a Scottish guy carrying a Scotland flag to look for an English guy carrying an England flag –for kicks; and had what looked like a stoned-out hipster reciting verses of Allen Ginsberg’s “Howl” to me –I gave him a beer and a cigarette...
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Review: J.Edgar
[inSing] Relentless in his pursuit for lawfulness and abhorred for his hardliner ways, America’s first and longest serving Director of the FBI, John Edgar Hoover’s battles for justice in the mean streets of the early 20s and struggles with his own dark alleyways is dramatized in this biopic directed by Clint Eastwood.
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Blog: What Being 30 Feels Like
Like fuck, really. It’s not the number that matters, it’s the period when my value and worth to the world and maybe the entire goddamn universe is called to question that irks my living daylights. The thing is, no one asked, but it’s that time of my life when I sit between the end of my youth and the start of my hospice residency. The million-dollar question is revealed. It’s all or nothing. Pat...
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Top 10 Things to do This Week (Feb 13-19)
Check out February full-listing on Kiss My Culture’s The Monthlies.
Will And The People Timbre @ The Substation l Free Feb 15, 8pm
The British band’s laid-back charm can be found in their definitive sound through a blend of reggae, ska, rock and even house music. With Will Rendle’s effortless vocal prowess -maturing with the release of their new album Morning Sun- coupled by the band’s knack...
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Mix: Volmax's V
Image: Melt / Portrait Of An Iceberg by Simon Harsent
Tracklist:
1) Zero 7 “Destiny (Fresh Direct Remix)” 2) Seba “Painted Skies (SLOF MAN Remix)” 3) Magnetic Man “Flying Into Tokyo (Azedia Remix)” 4) Quickie Mart “Dutch Flower” 5) Bay & Cykl “Altitude” 6) Ben Benecke “These Feelings” 7) Fenech Soler...
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The Singleton Guide to Valentine’s Day
[inSing] Alone, depressed and had enough of your emotional relationship with things like video games and ice-cream? It’s no fun being single unless you’re distilled malt. Coupled with Singapore’s current all-time low fertility rate at 8.5 (that’s birth per 1,000 citizens mind you), there’s a demand for you to go out there and make some babies. But before you start googling for awesome kid...
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Interview: Lamb of God
[Time Out Singapore] Metal madness descends on Fort Canning this month as leather-metal pioneers Judas Priest arrive for their farewell ‘Epitaph’ world tour (‘This is the end of the long major world tours,’ says the band, now in their fourth decade. ‘We never said it was the end of Judas Priest!’), with long-standing thrash-metal scene leaders Lamb of God in tow for the Singapore appearance. Zul...
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5 Sexy Bars For First Dates
[inSing] It’s that time of the year again when you gleefully wait to get stabbed by cupid’s arrow. We however, prefer not to let you bleed on mythical ideologies and instead ask that you take matters into your own hands. The proverbial first dates, famed for being the stepping stone to a fruitful and healthy relationship, or provide you a reason why you should be in a relationship with a fruit...
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Blog: One Doesn't Just Gingerly Do Anything
With nothing interesting to do than perhaps to sharpen all my pencils, I watched the action-bromancing-comedy Due Date last evening when something caught my attention. In one of the scenes, Robert Downey Jr.’s character, Peter Highman was emotionally retelling the story of the day when his dad left home and never to be seen again to Ethan Tremblay/Chase played by Zach Gali-whatever.
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Six Ways To Become A Club Hotshot
[Juice magazine] Your favourite jaunt is where you can be yourself, have a drink and do your thang, but such an environment also produce a special breed of nuisance. In the wake of their need to be seen and heard, these merry gang of hanger-ons, free-loaders and tail-taggers, or for the lack of a better term -a club hotshot, exists scrupulously beyond the velvet ropes. In respect to this...
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Top 10 Things to do This Week (Feb 6-12)
Check out February full-listing on Kiss My Culture’s The Monthlies.
Kasabian with special guests The Vaccines Fort Canning Park l $98-110 from Sistic Feb 8, 8pm
The Brit rockers have matured since their electronic infused eponymous debut album in 2003 to their current state of rocking chair softness. Rocking nonetheless, they will be joined with third placed 2011 BBC Sound Of… band, The...
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Mix: Volmax's IV
Image: Jenny Harmsen
It would have been right to set you on fire. Whatever that’s left of you. To extinguish your liquid lies, your hardened cries. The artificial true colours stains your tongue. How much pain can you take, before you give? How many times do you need to die, before you live? To love, again.
Tracklist:
1) Jess Mills “Vultures (Photek Remix)” 2) Beethoven...
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Top 10 Things to do This Week (Jan 29-Feb 5)
Jaguar Skills Zirca l $16-30 includes two drinks Feb 3, 10pm
Guised as a ninja, the British mash-up sensation made his mark by slicing and dicing through BBC Radio 1 and other radio stations with his eclectic mixtapes.
Home Club & The RSC Present Identite feat. Clowns Home Club l $12 includes one drink Feb 3, 10pm
Melbourne’s punk quartet Clowns headline this monthly gig with the...
January 2012
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Eastern aphrodisiacs for Valentine's Day
[Time Out Singapore] Your sexual prowess comes from what you drink. Zul Andra researches several outlandish Asian preparations that could help men rise to the occasion on V-Day.
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