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Tortoise (17 March, Esplanade Concert Hall, Singapore)
I’m not even a Tortoise fan, but the gig was pretty damn awesome. I’d gone in with some trepidation – I bought Millions Now Living Will Never Die some years back, didn’t like it and returned it, later...
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Erlend Oye (Esplanade, 15 March 2006)
Erlend Oye was playing interesting stuff when we arrived at the Mosaic Club, but many people weren’t dancing. I have a feeling the vast majority of his audience were Erlend Oye fans rather than house...
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Mo’ Money Mo’ Mosaic
Lord have mercy, the Esplanade has more than compensated for the borefest that was last year’s Mosaic festival (Jason Mrazzzzz and Kingzzzzz of Convenienzzzzz) with this year’s lineup. My bank...
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Yo La Tengo (Esplanade, Singapore, 12 March 2007)
Let me make this clear upfront, I’m not capable of being very objective about a Yo La Tengo gig so this isn’t a review, it’s just the attempt of a rather verklempt fangirl to capture how tonight made...
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Jaga Jazzist (Esplanade, Singapore, 13 March 2007)
Before Tuesday’s Jaga Jazzist gig I’d listened to their albums now and then over the years but often found myself zoning out and switching to catchier stuff. Experimental jazz just doesn’t push my...
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Mosaic Festival Vs Grey’s Anatomy Soundtrack…FIGHT!
I guess it was too much to hope that 2008′s Mosaic festival would be as unbelievably awesome for me as 2007′s. The indie acts coming mostly make pretty indie music for pretty indie kids, which is not a...
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Bullshit Social Scene
I am going to the Broken Social Scene gig tomorrow and have no idea why any more. I initially chose it out of desperation because I wanted to go to one Mosaic gig other than Kode9 & Spaceape, have...
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Broken Social Scene (Esplanade, Singapore, 9 March 2008)
I’m sure I must have been to duller gigs in my life than Broken Social Scene, but perhaps unsurprisingly, I can’t remember any of them now. In hindsight, it’s ridiculous that I’d been hoping the...
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Kode9 & Spaceape (Esplanade, Singapore, 9 March 2008)
I had left London by the time dubstep nights started taking off, and since dubstep seemed one of the least suitable subgenres of dnb ever for the bedroom speaker experience, I never bothered seeking...
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