FLAMES FESTIVAL Presale Tickets on sale!

FLAMES FESTIVAL TICKETS ON SALE NOW: (read below for details)

Get presale tickets off me now!

Flames Festival - rm20 (promotion until 31st May)

Call/Msg CELINE @ 0172391096, leave your name and the number of tickets you'd like to book.

You can meet me on a compromised time @

Hartamas/Mont Kiara

Other damansara areas

Kelana Jaya

Ampang

KL - Bukit Bintang area

ONE CAFE

If you wish, you can collect the tickets on the day of the event as long as you have booked.

Thank you

Bane LIVE in KL @ One Cafe, KL

Having a band member look at my blog today made me go "Okay, people are waiting for the Bane review!" to myself. SO I'M NOT GOING TO BE A LAZY ASS AND WAIT ON IT. I will do it now. Because I am cool that way. :) Pfft.

Anyhoos. I WAS BLOODY LATE TO ONE CAFE (goddamit) and missed the first band, heading in only during Kenet's band (Collages), who were pretty damn good. I couldn't help but feel the energy feeding through the band into the crowd, which was prettttyyy little towards the beginning of the show. I like.

I was all topsy turvy after the set, dashing in and out of the venue looking for people who booked tickets, looking for passes, looking for organizers, then looking for my phone because it went missing but ended up being with Moshi, then had to look for... OMG, yes you get the point. When my nasi lemak arrived... RELIEF! Munchmunch.

Headed back into the venue for Massacre Conspiracy, and partially just to teman Elle, because she didn't want to go in alone. Tbh, I wasn't in that much of a mood to gig anyways. MC16? Baiasalahhh, they were gooood, and I have to say their bassist made a good job in being a vocalist session. And Senndart did an awesome job as a bassist (cheh perasan la dia if he reads this)

Okay I blanked out for the next band; I was either finishing my meal or STUDYING (yes, yes, studying at a gig. Baru lah rajin LOL)... but I missed the next band and headed back in only for Black Territory. I may have messed up the order, I wouldn't remember, I'm just following my pictures to write this review. HAHA!

BT. Again, an awesome chance to see Short showing off his guitar skills which are colosssalll. =) Again, an awesome chance to see Apit's hair go whooshwhooshwhoosh. Again, an awesome chance to sing along to the heart-wrenching songs and lyrics of BT's. Yes. All in all, again, another awesome set by these fellas.

Then it was time for Breakin' Chains, who were goooood. Was spectacular to see all the crowd going wild for a band that's not a usual face around One Cafe, and was a breath of fresh air. Nice nice. I enjoyed the set, and for once, appreciated a girl guitarist who's not just there for the looks, but was there purely outta talent, too. :) YEAH!

Badadamdam!!! RESTRAINT. Wheehee. What more can I say? I'm pretty sure you've read enough in my blogs to understand what I usually have to say about this band ey? HAHA. Solid la! Awesome la! Tight giler la... you get it la... XD

Crowd? Crazy.

Me? Due to certain "health issues" I couldn't mosh much, but how could I resist? Lantak je laaa, mosh jugakkkk. :P Tapi still, didn't go all out as I would usually do during a normal Restraint set. Rasa macam nak meletup kotttt, xgerak2 tapi dalam badan I macam ade volcano. Sing-along je. GWAR. Geram!

Oh wait. Baru ingat. THIS is when I stayed out to study. Haha! Don't play-play, I was reading Shakespeare whilst listening to Kids on the Move. Sumpah, it works, I managed to finish a whole act. :D Thanks Fahmy, for helping me take pictures. Only he is rajin enough to go up the stage to take pictures of the crowd. I can never be bothered HAHA :P Sorry KOTM for not being in the crowd to join the fun, but from what I heard, seemed like KOTM was willddddd (per usual!).

Then it was time for the father of fathers, Second Combat. Cheh father of fathers, giler otai nama tu. :P HAHAHA. Apa lagi, the crazy kids of Kids on The Move just continued being crazy throughout SxC's set. Lots of singing along lots of sweat and lots of joy. Nice.

Bored. Camera in hand. Took pics. of Azam. Impersonating BSBoys.

Pernah dengar lagu "Unforgettable"? (Yang oldies tu tau, bukan yg Asthalin punya)... yeah. Ini boleh jadi gambar thema kot. HAHAHA

Burnout were good. I still enjoy their punk-like fast paced and short songs. And it's always enjoyable to see the guitarist go absolutely wild, too. Itu la baru young and dangerous. Haha. It's a pleasure to catch them on stage.

Then it was time for BANE! Okay, honestly, I would have to admit, I was really not in the right state of health to endure a gig, suddenly attacked with some sort of headache that KILLED and the sweating and shizz. But I have to say one thing. If there was one thing that made this event memorable, it was what Aaron said: okay this is not directly quoted but it was how I remembered it. "I wrote this song (Can we start again) to talk about the things that bring us together. Because where we come from, people are so busy living with the things that tear us apart"... Sumpah betul giler ayat tu. Beautiful. It gave me friggin goosebumps.

Aside from the sentimental, the place went mental to Bane, they were superbly humble and played songs that the crowd loved, and they loved the crowd for showing that much energy and support. It was a very welcoming, very warm mood that settled at One Cafe that day, which was a nice feeling. Oh and thank you Aaron for being sarcastic with me by going "Call the police!" when I said "Someone lost a shoe". LOL. All in all, a great but way too short set for those (like Ezzart) who had waited so long to catch them.

Yeah, go Moshi :)

Despite the headaches, Celine decides that the gig was worth going to after all.

Typecast LIVE in KL @ Dragonfly/Orange Club, KL

TYPECAST! It seems to have been ages since I first heard of them, and it was a surprise to hear they were coming down. So yes, I went off to Dragonfly with Moe, met a few people we knew there (Senndart, Faez, Kid, etc) and chilled outside for a bit.

Asked Wong what time it was going to start and he said "3pm sharp", and I said "Sharp your head la..." and he said "I'm serious"

.... It started after 5pm. LOL

Headed inside and saw Fahmy sitting in the dark, shivering under the AC, haha. Sat inside to avoid the heat outside and watched The Padangs and This Sunday soundcheck. Looked around as wondered why the venue was so empty; everyone was expecting a packed crowd.

apaaa dorng wt ni...

Finally, the show started with This Sunday first up. As always, I loved their show, and I actually felt in technical judgment that this was one of the best I heard of them so far. The acoustics of the place and the equipments mushed well together and the songs they played were all my favourites mehehe. Loved what they did with Unwilled and Never Look Back Down.

Was disappointed with the crowd, though there were little people, if everybody stood up, the space would at least have been filled a little bit, and made the gig seem a lot more worth it. Next up was Massacre Conspiracy, which got us moving just a lliiittttleee bit more. But still. Lame crowd. MC-wise, they were tight, and I was again, blown away by the vocalist who looks innocent but the range of screams/growls impressed beyond his looks haha. Just like Firdoz Daarchlea a.k.a Satan (hahaha self-created nickname). Except Daarchlea of course is more 'woahhhhh'. XD

After them, a long pause gave way to The Padangs, again a familiar band to us all, and we amused ourselves with Ax's crabcore movements as he pulled his bass behind him and crawled like a crab. HAHAHA. Tu la namanye ketam-mosh. xD Good sound, energetic performance, and a strong set. Kudos.

And finally, one of the bands I've been looking forward to catching: Incarnation. This was another reason that surprised me; this was the first show in 2010 by Incarnation and the crowd was so little? Absolutely... mind-boggling. Hm. Anyway, an aweeeesome set, they got some people head-banging like crazy and I just loved watching the guitarist. Hot. Hahahaha. :P Psht. Liked their new tune "Ruined" (we heard "Ruin" and went "Lamb of god much...." HAHAHA). We had a super-mini wall of death, which basically consisted of I dunno... a handful of people? *sigh* Apart from that though, amazing.

Next up were Singaporean youngsters, A Vacant Affair. And I have to say.... what.a.friggin'.good.band. I've heard of them before this and seen their page somewhere (or maybe their name on some flyer the last time I went to Singapore) but I was blown away. Especially because of the drummeerrrrrrr and the charisma of the vocalist. He was all... jerky and Hinder/Finch-like in terms of movements. Haha. You know, the wrist held up and back bent, and all these awkward stances. But it was lovely to watch. It was almost hypnotising. And not to mention, their music was. Good. It don't matter if you don't fit in guys, you guys are awesome enough.

Paused for a while to head to the T-shirt booth with Linda and then with Moe to meet Cris, a friend of my cousin's, who came to catch his homegrown band (Typecast). Headed back to the crowd for Love Me Butch, and it was only during this set when the crowd actually voluntarily filled up without having to be called up by Wong (who ended up being the MC haha!). And hell, were they good. Another non-disappointing show by LMB. They played new and old songs, and my already aching neck from Shai Hulud ached even more after their set when I headbanged like crazy LOL. Was really glad because I could finally screammmm into the microphone to 'Reconcile'. Wheehoo! Was surprised to see Apeq (Restraint) playing for them as well hehe.

And finally. TYPECAST!
A fine start, with a plunge into a post-rock like atmosphere, with amazing effects from the guitar. After the first song, I shouted "Maring Salamat" (or however the f you spell it), causing them to laugh haha. Ni barulah entertaining bhai. But I think the vocalist was drunk or something, I couldn't catch a word of his mumbling. XD

They played a lot of songs, like... a lot, but I was not bored by them. Just stood there, head-bobbing to their songs, closing my eyes at the more ethereal parts when they dipped to a lower atmosphere from their screaming/raging parts. They were extremely tight, but the sound system for their set seemed to have gone a bit array. Ah well. I loved the drummer for them too, he was extremely... small... and... active. HAHA. He was attacking the drums with all his might man, it was... so... passionate.

They ended their set with a feature with A Vacant Affair's vocalist, which added an exotic flavour to their set, a huge thumbs up to them for thinking of doing this. :) Good job guys, was an amazing event. Only the crowd screwed it up.

Celine can't wait for the next show.