Tag: Alternative Rock
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Domestic Groove: KARTIKA JAHJA
DOMESTIC GROOVE ~ Celeb’s Chosen Nine is my biweekly column in The Beat (Jakarta) mag. Basically it’s an interview via e-mail which focuses on small, intimate, domestic stuff; what Indonesia’s public figures are really into. For the 40th edition I went upclose-and-personal with Kartika Jahja.
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Video: Beach House – Walk in the Park
This is the band that I’m currently in love with. They’ll be coming to my town in January. Yesyesyes, I surely will go see ’em. If they come to your city, I suggest you go, too. Why? Here’s one solid confession from an eyewitness: “…I suppose everyone’s definition of a good live show is different,…
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Homegrown & Well Known: IAN STEVENSON
There should’ve been, at minimum, 3 bands to explode from Bali: Superman Is Dead, Navicula and Kaimsasikun. The last one had sophisticated skills, cool-and-controlled performance style, and their songs are even ‘poppier’ sounding than the other two bands (meaning it would be easier to penetrate the Indonesian market). They even have the looks. Ian Stevenson,…