Top 10 Things to do This Week (Apr 2-8)
For the full listing in April, check out KMC’s The Monthlies.
The Cranberries
Singapore Indoor Stadium l $38-198 from Sistic
Apr 2, 8pm
If the Irish rock band’s sold-out concert in Singapore late last year was anything to go by, the quartet will probably get the same reception this time around. Although last year’s technical glitches lingers in some of the attendees’ memory, Dolores and band will be hell bent on putting on a similar powerful performance. With their sixth studio album Roses released earlier this year, expect new materials on top of classics like “Zombie”, “Free to Decide” and “Salvation”.
Top 10 Things to do This Week (Mar 26-Apr 1)
Lullabies for the Wicked
Blu Jaz l Free
Mar 30, 10pm
The percussion group Singapore and the world have grew to love will be turning bohostyled joint Blu Jaz into a hedonistic-esque carnival of rhythm and beats. Debuting their new song “Lullaby” –to be released on their forthcoming album Beginning The End– the wicked platoon of percussionist will be out if full force.
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.
Top 10 Things to do This Week (Dec 26-Jan 1)
Trus’me & Druzzi (The Rapture)
Avalon l $35 includes one drink
Dec 30, 10pm
While Trus’me’s “Nards” propelled him to dancefloor supremacy (Gilles Peterson named the track the best of that year) in 2007, New Yorker multi-instrumentalist Druzzi and his band The Rapture was on a tour with two particular Frenchman who called themselves Daft Punk. Acid disco, funky house and unreleased tracks and samples will be on the cards.
Top 10 Things to do This Week (Dec 12-18)
Parkway Drive
*Scape Warehouse l Pre-sale: $35; At-the-door: $45
Dec 14, 7pm
The last time Aussie band Parkway Drive came to Singapore, the gig was a sold-out riot. Many local fans have dubbed that hardcore gig as one of the best since. And come this Wednesday, the five-piece takes to *Scape Warehouse to make sure that their critical-acclaim remains affix in the minds of many. Local bands After The Sky and Ruins & Remains open.
Top 10 Things to do This Week (Nov 28-Dec 4)
ALTER XL feat. Markus Schulz, Lange & tyDi
Avalon l Advance two-night ticket (includes entry on Dec 2): $50 from TicketBooth; At the door: $30
Dec 1-2, 10pm
Three of trance’s biggest name will take on the decks at Avalon for a special 2-day Alter night. Featuring heavyweight Markus Schulz from Germany who’s also known as Dakota on Dec 1 and British trance giant Lange and Australia’s no.2 ranked DJ tyDi the day after, trance-heads will be treated to a heady dose of banging trance and that I’m-flying-in-the-air moments. Local stalwart and club resident Effen opens on both nights.
Top 10 Things to do This Week (Oct 31-Nov 6)
STAY feat. Bang Gang DJs
Avalon l $25
Nov 2, 10pm
Australia’s Modular Recordings stable of cutting-edge and inventive artists, DJs and producers are some of the most sought-after around. This includes the Bang Gang DJs -a group of six or more DJs depending on their tour schedule and mood.
The last time they came around Doom and Hoodrat made a mess of the dancefloor (in a good way) with their favourable indie-disco, electro, techno and house selections.
This time, Hoodrat will hold solo court. A similar type of riot is speculated to ensue at Avalon’s staple mid-week party, STAY.
Local indie dance queen Ginette Chittick opens the night.
Top 10 Things to do on Halloween (Oct 28-29)
Take trick-or-treating to a whole new level and scare the living daylights out of your organs. Instead of the usual neighborhood candy collections and harmless surprises, this Halloween, spook yourself out the morning after with your drunk face courtesy of these 10 nightspots. With superheroes and villains, dead rock stars and cults, and angels and demons, the walking dead awakes in KMC’s Halloween special.
Top 10 Things to do This Week (Oct 24-30)
Above & Beyond
Zouk l $38 includes two drinks
Oct 25, 10pm
The number of times I caught Jono Grant, Paavo Siljamäki and Tony McGuinness “live”, I am pretty sure they should have gotten their hands on a Singapore permanent residency by now. For those who haven’t (or can’t get enough,) the trio lands on the grand dame once again, this time for a Deepavali eve special. Fresh off the release of their second studio album Group Therapy, catch the trance DJ-producers drop blazing charters like “Sun & Moon”, “You Got to Go” and “Sun in Your Eyes” on top their other dancefloor anthems. It looks like this is going to be a riot with A&B and trance fans expected to populate the club to the brim.
Top 10 Things to Do This Week (Sep 26-Oct 2)
Dealer’s Choice
Drama Centre Theatre l $35-65 from Sistic
Sep 29-Oct 16, Tue-Sun, 8pm and Fri-Sat, 3pm & 8pm
The critically-acclaimed comedy by award-winning director Tracie Pang tells the story of six men going through different phases of their lives, and dealing it out with a game of poker. Each relating differently to the game, humour turns to suspense as they begin to expose the complex relationships they have not only externally and with each other, but also with themselves. Starring Adrian Pang, Keagan Kang and Daniel Jenkins.
