These days, you've been a cranky, cruel, uncharming, so hard to love middle-aged asexual human. I'm no longer a religious devotee of you. But, still, I have to admit, you've had a significant impact in my pop culture adventure. So, yeah, happy birthday and sing your life, Moz!
Gergasi Api and its majestic, magnificent, and atmospherically gothgeous post-rock.
21 years ago today, Ian Robins Dury, best known as the leader of Ian Dury and the Blockheads, died after a long battle with cancer at age 58.
Fenomena campur sari indie x Top 40 sedang riuh terjadi di Bali belakangan ini. Walau sejatinya sudah ada sejak cukup lama, jajaran pegiat indie mulai dari Zat Kimia, Aray Daulay (alM.), hingga bahkan Navicula, pernah cukup aktif ângamenâ di bar-bar di Bali selatan. Namun âserbuanâ para aktivis indie di masa pagebluk ini mengalami peningkatan signifikan. Musisi seperti Manja, Modjorido, Soulfood, Truedy, dsb. silih berganti meramaikan panggung-panggung pertunjukan bar dan restoran di Canggu, Seminyak, Nusa Dua, sampai Uluwatu. Bergantian dengan paguyuban dendang Top 40 veteran seperti, sebut saja misalnya, Ika & the Soul Brothers serta Djampiro. Apakah merupakan aksi terlarang ketika sebuah band indie menyanyikan lagu orang lain? Bisakah dikategorikan dalam perbuatan tidak menyenangkan kala sekelompok grup musik yang mengaku indie namun faktanya kerap tampil menyanyikan tembang-tembang populer/Top 40?
Viva Hate, the debut solo album by Morrissey, turned 33 today!
Forty years ago today, Kim Carnes' version of "Bette Davis Eyes" won a Grammy Award.
Lima paguyuban dendang paling bersinar di Bali saat sekarang. Selain tangguh-tawakal, genre puspawarna, mereka juga mencengangkan secara musikal.
26 years ago today, Richey Edwards of Manic Street Preachers vanished leaving no clues to his whereabouts. He left The Embassy Hotel in London, England, at 7am. Edwards & James Dean Bradfield (lead singer and lead guitarist of Manics) were due to fly to the United States on a promotional tour. His car was found on the Severn Bridgeâa notorious suicide spotâ16 days later.
Suicidal Sinatra, the pioneer of pyschobilly in Indonesia, still alive and well. They just released a tight af, high-energy tune, the soundtrack for Kustomfest called âPsycho Locoâ.
Syarikat para hulubalang, pejuang, penjaga menara, dan penegak marwah Rockabilly di Nusantara: RockaBali Marauders.
Ryan Adams shows his weird and wonderful sensitivity through "Sylvia Plath".
About
Music journalist, writer, radio DJ, socio-political activist, creative industry leader, and a qualified librarian, Rudolf Dethu is heavily under the influence of the punk rock philosophy.
