Rollin it out..... Get ready for the season kickstart! NEWSFLASH! PROGRAMME FOR THE 2 DAY SEASON KICKSTART IS OUT! CLICK HERE TO VIEW & PRINT PDF PROGRAMME

KUALA LUMPUR 13 Julai - Go International Group Sdn. Bhd. akan menganjurkan kejohanan elektronik nasional bagi membolehkan sebuah pasukan Malaysia layak menyertai dan bersaing pada festival DreamHack Winter di Sweden dari 26 hingga 29 November 2009. Perjanjian pelesenan bagi tujuan itu dimeterai antara Go International dengan DreamHack Sweden di sini, hari ini. DreamHack adalah pemegang Guinness Book of World Records bagi perhimpunan rangkaian kawasan tempatan yang terbesar dengan 10,554 komputer dan 11,060 penyertaan pada 2007. Diadakan dua kali setahun di Jonkoping, Sweden, festival DreamHack itu dianggap sebagai hiburan komputer dan multimedia penting yang menarik penggemar dari seluruh dunia. "Kami kini dapat membawa DreamHack ke Malaysia. Ini merupakan kali pertama kami akan mempunyai peserta DreamHack yang layak di Asia," kata Ketua Pegawai Eksekutif merangkap Pengerusi DreamHack Sweden, David Garpenstahl selepas majlis permeterian itu. Beliau berkata, 95 peratu...

Doppelganger Flash Gig returns to Urban Attic KL! Check out the promo and we'll see you on Thursday okies... Where? Urban Attic KL, CapSquare Date: Thursday, 16 July 2009 Time: 10pm - 1.30am!!!!!! Featuring... Anuar Faiq Ariff Abu Bakar Sheng George Wong Bayang Bliz Velcrobot He Libra openmic! For those of you who've not had a chance to simply 'rock up and perform' at our DOPPELGANGER OPEN MIC slot, you can do that from midnight onwards. Beginning at 10.00pm, urbanites can enjoy performances by some of the best upcoming performers in the valley. NO COVER CHARGE! To perform, text Jaz to confirm. Big thank you to Urban Attic for having us again! 3 cheers to KAKAK LUNA, JULIET & SIMONE, BANG ALEX & KECIK (oooops....). Cheers y'all!

THE LARGEST DIGITAL DIY FESTIVAL IN MALAYSIA! Greetings! Here are the new dates for Indie Youth Fest season 2009! For those of you who have signed up for Indie Youth Fest gig on 1 & 2 August, fret not as it's still going on at 1 Utama Rainforest on the lower ground floor location. So be seeing you there! CALENDAR OF EVENTS Press conference 13 July 2009 (tentative) Season kickstart @ Selangor Road Show 1 & 2 August 2009 at 1 Utama Rainforest Penang Road Show Aug 2009 Johor Bahru Road Show Sept 2009 Kuching Road Show Sept 2009 Indie Youth Fest 2009 14 to 18 October 2009 1 Utama in 2 locations: High Street (Digital Zone) & Rainforest ( Indie Zone) Participation @ International Festival 27-30 Nov 2009 SEASON KICKSTART: SELANGOR ROAD SHOW Date: Sat, 1st & Sun, 2nd August 2009 Venue: 1 Utama Shopping Centre, Rainforest, Lower Ground Floor Entry Fee: Free Activities: Beatbox S howcase Go International E-sport Cup Qualifier kickstart Indie Rock Gig Acoustic Singer Songw...

Hey hey all you beatboxers out there! Here's a special announcement. Doppelganger will be working together with SRB (Sound Rhythm Beatbox) to produce what we believe is the FIRST BEATBOXING CHALLENGE in MALAYSIA! Thanks to an idea that was presented to us at Doppelganger Open Mic Open Stage by a person by the name of MEGAT (SALLEH) - and gosh we were confused as we had 3 MEGATS on our books!!! Nice to have cleared that up! Anyhoo... check out this video call-out. How do you participate? It's easy as 1-2-3! 1. View the video call-out 2. Respond to MEGAT (SALLEH)'s video on www.youtube.com. 3. Wait up and we'll shortlist and send you an official invite to the Grand Finals, to be held at 1 Utama Shopping Centre in Kuala Lumpur on 17 & 18 October 2009. Remember, there are many events as a part of the Indie Youth Fest season 2009/10! And our theme this year is DIGITAL DELIRIUM! Tagline? It's where we celebrate digital DIY culture! So don't get confused. Judges ...

Hi! Welcome to Doppelganger's Indie Pick of the mid month. Btw, if you know of anyone and would like to recommend it to us, email openmickl@ gmail.com and we'll check it out. For today, check this out! Malaysia Artist: New York, via Malaysia Shayna Zaid myspace.com/shaynazaid Bio: ~ Skope Magazine's 'Artists to Watch', Spring 2009 ~ Fox's Fearless Music 'Top Artist' web feature, February 2009 ~ 1st place in the 2008 International Songwriting Competition - Performance Category ~ Sonicbids's 'Band Spotlight' for December 2008 ~ 8 Songs featured on CBS's 'The Young & The Restless' 2008 ~ 4 number 1 singles on Malaysian Radio in 3 separate formats 2007 ~ 3 Era Award nominations (Malaysia) - 'Best New Artist', 'Best Female Vocalist' & 'Best Pop Song' 2007 Russia Artist: Peter Nalitch www.peternalitch.ru Bio: Russia’s latest YouTube sensation sounds like a Balkan Gipsy Kings version of Borat. Why sounds? ...

Update 21 June 2009: View delayed telecast of FREE ROCK CONCERT at www.rockaway2009.com . Or, view pictures from our gallery . To all who attended last night, your energy was amazing! To all who visited Doppelganger's booth, see you at our next gig! SMS NOW AND STAND A CHANCE TO WIN! FOR MORE DETAILS, VISIT WWW.ROCKAWAY2009.COM Rahul on the set of The Breakfast Show, NTV7 on 17 Jun 09 Azmyl Yunor & no, that's NOT the sigaretta, it's Jaz :)) Here's more promos on ROCKAWAY - NTV7 on The Breakfast Show! Thanks to TBS for the plug. So this morning, we headed to Media Prima with the guys Rahul and Sen from OBS for the interview. And guess who we bumped into?! Azmyl Yunor sans The Sigarettes, promoting DISKO PAPAN on 27 June 09. Read all about what Star journalist (who's also guitarist/vocalist with band, Cats in Love ) N. Rama Lohan reports on Rockaway in Star Two . Personally, I felt it and disagree. How about you? Leave a comment lar... http://star-ecentral.com/...

Clockwise: Doppelganger's FLASH GIGS @ URBAN ATTIC on 18 June featured four headliners: Rashdan Harith, Fuckcoustics, Dzamira (not pictured) and Lightcraft (not pictured). Then we invited Open Mickers - George Wong (not pictured), Ariff, Jens Momin, Psytrus (not pictured) to play some more. Venue partner Getting to Capsquare Introducing the Doppelganger Open Mic 'flash gig' series. Promoter of grassroots acts in the Klang Valley, Doppelganger KL will organise a gig at Urban Attic KL, CapSquare on Thursday, 18 June 2009. This precedes Rockaway 2009 - slated to be one of the largest FREE rock concerts in the country two days later on 20 June 2009 at Capsquare where over 15 bands will take centrestage. For those of you who've not had a chance to simply 'rock up and perform' at our DOPPELGANGER OPEN MIC slot, you can do that from midnight onwards. Just step up and we'd love to listen to you. Each brave new act will have 4 minutes and with audience encouragement...

((( w00t ))) Doppelganger heads down under in Sept 09!!! Sydney, Australia welcomes Doppelganger Tumbalong Park, Darling Harbour Psssst.... yeah. We're pleased to announce that Doppelganger has confirmed a couple of indie acts to head to Sydney, Australia for Malaysia Fest on 27 September 2009. More details later. But first... check out the stage where they'll be playing at. Oh, btw, Sydney is where Doppelganger was conceived :P

Hi! Welcome again to our new regular segment. This June, we're pleased to present you another two of our favourite indie acts. If you know of anyone and would like to recommend it to us, email openmickl [at] gmail [dot] com and we'll check it out. Here's our selection this month: Malaysia Artist: Phlox amp.channelv.com/phlox myspace.com/phloxtheband Hakim contacted us a few weeks back, asking us to check out their stuff as they wanted to be listed to play at Indie Youth Fest. After listening to his stuff, and also getting a nod from Peter Hassan Brown about their music, we're pretty convinced these guys are THE FIND of the month! Play on! And come watch them play at Indie Youth Fest! ::::::::: Australia Artist: Melanie Horsnell http://melaniehorsnell.com <a href="http://melaniehorsnell.bandcamp.com/track/hands-off-my-lover"&amp...

After the NTV7 interview the other day with Alarice, we 'popped' by Flyfm and said hello to Hunny Madu! Catch Alarice on Flyfm 95.8 on Sunday, 7 June 2009 from 7pm YO! This was our old header. I miss it sometimes. But gotta say goodbye. And welcome our new header. Hope you guys like it! www.jojostruys.com Here's something a little different from what we've featured before. I got a call today from a friend, Jojo and she's been busy updating her blog. Check it out! I've been asking her to read her poetry at our gigs a couple of times already and it's just a matter of time i guess before she actually accepts! She's got amazing written stuff. I sure hope to hear her perform one day at our gig.

News updates: Listen to ALARICE on FlyFM 95.8fm on 7th June @ 7pm in an interview with the illustrious DJ, Hunny Madu! It was a fun surprise visit to the FlyFM studios yesterday! So anyhoo, add FlyFM to your Facebook! A shoutout to the NTV7 crew, Sariah and Daphne Iking! Thanks for supporting the scene! Hey hey! Here's ALARICE taking Malaysia by storm :) Meet her IN PERSON at No Black Tie tonight 9pm And here's the rest of the singer songwriters from another 'happening' event, ACOUSTIC SHOWDOWN @ Urban Attic. Wave hello to George Wong! Good luck, Darren (Army of Three) & George :)

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...

Welcome to our new series of events. IN PERSON. Where we'll introduce people who are simply just doing things. They love. Come join us and meet with... ALARICE Singer-songwriter based in Sydney, Australia, she has sold over 2000 copies of her EP in the last 6 months and has performed at Esplanade (SG), Backstage Café (HK), Laundry (KL), Sydney Opera House (AU). Listen to her music here: www.alaricemusic.com NIZAM ZAKARIA Novelist, scriptwriter, and full time producer and director of TV dramas born in Singapore, living in KL. Visit his myspace account here: http://www.myspace.com/tokdalang CHRIS CHONG CHAN FUI Filmmaker and media artist born in Kota Kinabalu. KARAOKE, Chris' debut feature, has been selected for the 2009 CANNES' DIRECTORS FORTNIGHT - the first in 14 years!!! Visit his website here: www.tanjungarupictures.com Info: Jaz hp zero one seven, 6230288

Benchmarx and Popshuvit band members raising funds for the orangutans! Rockin' for the Environment was featured on NTV7, BFM 89.9, HITZFM 104.9, The Star, NST, Malay Mail, Junk, Klue, Kakiseni.com and had 10,000 flyers distributed to the Bangsar, Hartamas, Mont Kiara, Damansara areas. Did you hear Kenny talk about Rockin for the Environment on radio? Listen to it here: The Benchmarx rockin' for the environment The Orang Utan Appeal UK stall - almost 40 successful adoptions have been processed!! (Photo credit: QLP Photography) Colourful reusable bags for sale @ Tiny Tapir's stall! Sponsor, Tiny Tapir's sustainable living products were a hit! From reusable bags to collapsible bottles, mama home-made reusable diapers and Paul Penders natural shampoos. Support our sponsor by clicking on their site! (Photo credit: QLP Photography) Ida Lisa supporting the cause with three songs Daymien performs at the open mic segment The very popular Yuna stunning the crowd who yearned for ...