1 June 2009 @ No Black Tie IN PERSON with Alarice, Nizam Zakaria & Chris Chong Chan Fui RM20 cover charge 9pm - 12am {{{{{ CATCH ALARICE LIVE ON NTV7 THE BREAKFAST SHOW 1 JUNE 2009 @ 9.45AM }}}}} 20 June 2009 @ CapSquare KL Free Rock Festival with ONE BUCK SHORT & FRIENDS 1pm - 11pm 21 June 2009 @ La Bodega & TSB Telawi Bangsar Free entrance 5pm - 10pm more details soon...

http://www.indieyouthfest.com/09/index.html Updated 16 July 2009: Hi guys! Thanks for your interest and participation. The slots are full now and we'll announce the next Indie Youth Fest Tour dates soon. Watch this space! Notes: Calling all bands, singer songwriters. Want to help us create Malaysian history? If you'd like to perform, please fill in the form here PLAY @ INDIE YOUTH FEST . Confirmed acts will be posted here. These are the ones confirmed so far for the SEASON KICKSTART & SELANGOR ROAD SHOW: SEASON KICKSTART SHOW SATURDAY, 1 AUGUST 2009 INDIE ROCK STAGE Army of Three An Honest Mistake Freak of Channel Maleena Marionnexxes ChainLett3rs Ariff Akhir Phlox Goodbye 20th Century (previously known as Minotaur & The Labyrinth) Council of One Metaphor ODD Beatboxers Showcase Lightcraft Lydia's Diery Bayang Bliz SUNDAY, 2 AUGUST 2009 ACOUSTIC STAGE Oh Chentaku Aimran George Wong Siren Snow Symphony Dzamira Ariff Abu Bakar Sheng :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::...

Hi! Welcome to our new regular segment. Each month, Jaz will be on the lookout for some of our favourite local, regional and international indie acts and will link it here. If you know of anyone and would like to recommend it to us, email openmickl@ gmail.com and we'll check it out. This week, allow us to recommend the following singer songwriters: Malaysia Artist: Zee Avi (aka Kokokaina) myspace.com/zeeavi Bio: Born in the tiny town of Miri in Sarawak on the island of Borneo, Zee grew up near the South China Sea in a liberal, encouraging household where her father owned an energy consultancy. “I was bred to be a lawyer,” she says, but music was in her blood. Her father’s father sang and played double-bass, accordion, violin and guitar in bands. At age 12, Zee moved from Borneo to Kuala Lumpur where she has been based since. At 17, Zee started locking herself in a room for hours on end to learn to play guitar. Guitar took a back seat for 4 years while she was studying fashion desig...

GADOH Premiere & Public Screening! Gadoh is a 70-minute feature film that explores our perception of identity and challenges our hatred of the “other”. Directed by Brenda Danker and Namron, it is produced by Big Pictures Production for KOMAS, a Malaysian human rights organisation. Starring: Namron, Zahiril Adzim, Nicholas Liew Davis, Amerul Affendi, and Maya Tan Abdullah. We will be having a FREE Public Screening of Gadoh ! Date: 22 May 2009 Time: 5 PM Venue: Theatrette, HELP University College, BZ-2 Pusat Bandar Damansara, KL. For free passes, please email gadohthemovie@gmail.com ! Official launch and screening at 8 PM (By special invites only). Limited Gadoh DVDs and stickers will be also be given to viewers on that day only! To watch the trailer, please visit OFFICIAL SITE: http://komas.org/gadoh . Feel free to embed the video on your blog(s) and facebook pages: http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=AswI-DbMRtY

It's World Music Day on 21 June 2009 and guess what? Once again, the Alliance Francaise is putting together FETE DE LA MUSIQUE . This time, do NOTE that it's NOT at Jalan Gurney. SO please do not head to that direction. Ironically, this year's day of free music. Date: 21 June 2009 Venue: Lounge La Bodega 14-16 Jalan Telawi 2 , Bangsar. Acess map: http://www.gastrodome.com.my/ tsb/ Time: 6.30pm - 7.30pm (event runs from 6.00pm - 10.00pm at La Bodega Lounge as well as TSB - which is up the road) DOPPELGANGER HAS AN OPEN MIC SLOT FROM 6.30pm - 7.30pm. Update: Slots are all currently full. Thanks to those who showed interest :) >>> EXCERPT FROM WEBSITE::: The musicians are asked to perform for free, and all the concerts are free for the public. It’s the reason why they are used to play in open air areas as streets and parks or in public buildings like museums, train stations, castles… Furthermore, the Fête de la Musique is a way to encourage the major music instituti...