Pitch Feather
Pitch Feather from Singapore is an indie folk-rock trio comprising Alberta (Vocals / Keyboards / Melodica), Chuan (Bass / Guitar /Backing Vocals) and Hongliang (Drums / Percussion). There is an enticing lilting timorous vocal that snares the ears and before you know it you are captivated by the delicacy of the sounds which reminisce of the light orchard fruits […]
Pussy Riot
Pussy Riot a collective of women indie agit-rockers from Moscow in Russia bear the wrath of Putin, the Russian Orthodox Church and all the State can throw at them. On the 20th July 2012, finally after months of delay Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, Maria Alekhina and Yekaterina Samutsevich faced a court, only for it to be held back another […]
Sae Lis’
Sae Lis‘ based in Beirut in Lebanon is another exemplar of how the world of music can and does exist underneath discordance. Whilst the solo singer songwriter Sae Lis’ can and does travel around the world, she retains as her home one of the worlds ever bubbling trouble-spots and for this above most anything, I am delighted to […]
Me N Ma Girls
When music is used to challenge and really make a difference, it is when it is at its strongest. No one is challenging preconceptions more than the Me N Ma Girls, the first all-girl pop group to come out of Burma. ….I thank Nathan for taking the time to get on the politics of music, […]
The Wake Up Suzzys
The Wake up Suzzys from Tel Aviv in Israel, is a four piece - Zohar Ginzburg (guitar / vocals), Dan Carpman (bass / vocals), Ran Jacobovitz (drums / vocals) and Yotam Schlezinger (guitar / vocals) – rock band and the quartet have just released their debut eponymously named six track EP. There is little doubt where the influences of […]
Emergence
Emergence is an acoustic indie rock band based in Auroville, Pondicherry in India. Krishna Mckenzie (Lead Vocals / Guitar), Karthick Iyer (Vocals / Violin), Mishko M’ Ba (Bass) and Suresh Bascara (Drums) make the line-up for the band. What happens when you combine an English guitarist, a French Bassist, a French Drummer and an Indian Violinist with Solitude Farm […]
The Cambodian Space Project
The Cambodian Space Project from Phnom Penh in Cambodia is a psychedelic R&B surf pop band fronted by Srey Thy who was working as a club singer when she joined forces with guitarist Julien Poulson in 2009. The band now comprises musicians from France, Cambodia and Australia. Reflective of musicians murdered and the politics of the Khmer Rouge […]
Arc
The trio Raymond Beltran, Alex Pacaña and Chase Calderon form Arc an alternative indie band from Iligan City in The Philippines. There is a smile which wanders to my face as I see a completely relaxed and open trio who blast out a sound full of interest and the stickiness of a spiders web, with such little effort. […]
The Clouds
The Clouds, an indie pop band from Jakarta in Indonesia mark the first exploration in to the country and we find a band that has gone through various iterations since 2001 which currently has a steady line-up of Ipang Bona Drag (Vocal), Aji Wiweko (Guitar), Agus MarrDian (Guitar), Wiranata Agung Tyas (Bass) and Rizal Hands (Drums). Predominately singing […]