A Stonebay Showcase; Spoonman's "The Night when the Moon played the piano" @ Laundry Bar, Curve

It was a show we'd been looking forward to for weeks, not only because it would be a guaranteed blast, but because it would be the biggest bonus for my band, Beatburns to open for a talent like Stonebay!

We arrived at around 8.30pm and grabbed our food. Lots of our friends were rolling into the venue and it felt very festive. I can't deny that my nerves were creeping up as I watched Laundry Bar fill up with crowd as the clock hit 9pm.














Diandra started off the night with a soft set the get the crowds slowly introduced to a night of music. She did three songs and handed the stage over to a band I had never seen before, Reaxi. They were all in all, pretty good! :) I enjoyed their set, it got people moving and showed great potential. However, due to the show running a little over time, they only performed two songs and went off stage.



























Next up was us, Beatburns. All in all, despite the fact that we too had to play two songs, I felt like the crowd accepted us fairly well and we did a great job (minus my accidental slips of notes hehe). We enjoyed ourselves, which was the most important, and all our friends were giving us the best support :)







































And finally, to end the 'night when the moon played the piano', Stonebay came up as band of the night and played an incredible set of over 10 songs. Well loved and accepted by all, there were vivid sing alongs from avid fans and it was such a friendly atmosphere in the air throughout the entire set. Stonebay has always been known for their humble appreciation of their fans and friends and this has made them worthy of all the support they have. With funky, catchy tunes that really gets a crowd paying attention to them, Stonebay no doubt owned the night.
































































Spent the night with friends and family, taking pictures, catching up, laughing, chilling.... A great, great night, indeed!





























A night Celine will not forget.

FlyFM Campur Chart @ Borneo Rainforest, Sunway

A night with only three bands, there's not much to write about.

I missed out on most of Liyana Fizi's set, but was all ready for Kyoto Protocol's set. My first time seeing them live though I've been working with them a couple of times before, for magazines and events. Plus the fact that Gael the keyboardist was my sister's close friend in high school makes it all quite surreal, indeed.

Kyoto Protocol, with a shameless vocalist fronting the band, is everything that shouts dirty, lusty, funky music, without a doubt. The first time catching them live has made sure this won't be my last time. Really great stuff, full of energy, full of spirit, and the music arrangements are so crazy it leaves us no time to breath, and chasing after their music, keeping up with the paces as they fluctuate. As I wrote before, the band takes you to a certain zone of comfort and as you are about to latch onto it, they change directions and spins you crazy.































Was constantly tapping my feet and singing along to the small bits I could sing along to throughout their whole set, and I can confidently say it's been a long while I have seen a band in KL and had the feeling of always looking forward to what the next song was going to sound like. Nice jooobbbbb.































Next up was Pesawat, the one who was going to end the night with a blast. They obviously did, with their catchy, uplifting songs, but somehow the crowd wasn't very responsive to their music... it is a difficult place for a band like Pesawat, who are usually crowded around by fans who prefer sweating and jumping in crowds rather than chill in a bar with drinks and friends.































Nonetheless, I really enjoyed their music, and was glad to hear some of their new tracks after a long time of not catching them live (since 2009 man!). Their showmanship was super energetic, the keyboardist, Danial and frontman Jipi were non-stop moving here and there. Was entertaining for sure, a good session of bopping around and singing along! :)



























Headed back to Hartamas for something to eat and chilled with friends for a while before heading home with an air of super contentment and utter relax, for once.


Celine enjoyed the night thoroughly!

Crush Kill Destroy! Gig @ Noisy Studio, Ampunk

Not much to say about this gig really, we had a lot of fun, but as usual it started super late. Mitch was too sick so had to head back to the hotel before the gig even started, leaving me with only Tom and Tim.

Lots of booze, fast, grindcore music and a lot of drunk people. Really enjoyed the sets by Diseksa, Sarjan Hassan and Crime Scene! :) Crazy, mental, energetic, frantic... all the words related to psychotic, and you can get the gist of their music. :)






































































































































































































































































Celine loves a bit of grind and trash every now and then

Monsoon Vol. 9 @ Laundry Bar

This Thursday night went by very quickly; went to KL Central around 7 to pick up Azam and Jonas to take them to Laundry after dropping Moe first to grab his dinner with the rest of BeforeAfters (Nin, Ezzart and Afiq).

Arrived at around 8.30pm after a stupidly massive jam and headed to a still empty table. The dinner hadn't arrived yet since I left Moe there. HAHAHA. Aduh. Typical. Chilled til about 9.30pm and BeforeAfters headed on stage to play.

I was both photographer and videographer (my camera and Nindy's mom's camera) so I didn't really have the full ability to properly bob around and sing along like I would've hoped, not to mention I was still in a pretty snappy mood.

Played a half an hour set, BeforeAfters did an extremely good job for a first show in Laundry Bar. The sound sucked a few times, the bass was giving too much of feedback for certain intros, but overall it was an extremely good show.










































































Chilled and talked whilst the next bands went up, and managed to catch Farai Hughrie and Free Deserters. This was probably the most epic moment I had experienced in a long time, when Farai walked on stage and Jonas says "I think I've seen this band before..."
I met him a few days back in Reggae Bar with The Pints and Ezzart, but thought that was the first day I met him. After Farai walks on stage, we realized we'd actually already met a month before at a show in No Black Tie when I was the ticket holder and he was signing his name on the guest book. HAHAHA. Geez.































Farai Hughrie again put on a very entertaining show with happy chords and melodic rhythms for the audience to chat and drink over. Cute harmonies, cute lyrics, the mood was uplifted by him and his band by the end of the set, in time for Free Deserters to conquer and rock up the place. A good set, still wish they played tunes like Confusion and No Bravery (was that the title)... stuff from their old releases. *sigh*














Was extremely hungry halfway through Free Deserters' set, so decided to pack it up and leave with Azam and Jonas to Q Bistro for a bite and head back for Lab The Rat. BUT, q Bistro was closed, so we decided to ditch altogether and head to Hartamas for some good mamak food. Headed back into KL later on to chill for the night..




















Chilled sessions for a chilled Celine.

The Pints LIVE in KL @ One Cafe, Jln TAR

After a day of shopping with my mom and buying flight tickets and whatnot, I headed to One Cafe where Mia was already chilling. Sooner than later, all the friends started arriving... but the crowd remained stagnant, small and bare.








































We had no idea what was happening with the gig, it was already 9.30pm when finally Apis came around giving us small pieces of papers to check out what number our band would be playing. Rotten Ruckus was 3rd. So that meant neither Nindy nor Mia could stay for the show. Goddamet!

First up was Carbon4Teen, who are always good and always fun to listen to or watch. Chatted with a few of the guys from The Pints + their friends, and bought some drinks while enjoying C4Teen and Kids on the Move who were after them.

I didn't get any photos of any other band because my friend, Moe, was holding it and the battery was too low and he wanted to grab some pics of us onstage... so sorry guys, I guess all you're getting is a review hehe. Per usual, KOTM were full of energy and Min again pounded the drums with vigor. The Pints were glad I had recommended this band for them to check out and were amazed.

Next up was us! Was a pretty sight to see all our friends already in front of the stage, waiting to jump around to our songs and sing along. :P Rotten Ruckus, raw and fast. Here are some picturesss...













































































































After us was Pusher, followed by T.I.M and finally The Pints. This was my pathetically first time catching Pusher live and it was great for me, despite the instrument fuck ups we always get at One Cafe. It was a good sound, a good band, good influences (The Clash!)... Even the Australian guys liked 'em. T.I.M, biasalah, always amazing, Tim and his guitarfingers... blows my mind.

It's a real pain that I didn't get any pictures of The Pints on stage, but at least it wasn't like the Miles Away gig where I didn't even frigging catch the band and paid for nothing! Sigh.... That was why I didn't review that gig... Yup.

Anyway, The Pints were great, always awesome to catch a drummer singing as well, and this guy was mentallll. Great stuff. They played a long set of short songs, the one title I remembered was "Old people should grow up". Funny stuff. I loved their music, they're awesome people, and we took them out drinking after the show.














Celine loves a little bit of punk rock!