The Jakarta Post offers outside-the-box recommendations on what to watch, read, listen to, visit and indulge in.

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Critical Issues

Critical Issues EP

Buy: disasterposse.com

Listen up: Palembang, South Sumatra, hardcore-band Critical Issues’ debut release consists of eight hardcore songs with intense emotionality and syncopated rhythms. (disasterposse.com) (disasterposse.com/disasterposse.com)

Palembang, South Sumatra, hardcore-band Critical Issues’ debut release is an eight-song hardcore blast of intense emotionality and syncopated rhythms. Led by local underground figure Farid “Rian Pelor” Amriansyah, the band’s self-titled extended play (EP -- the eight songs are very short) brims with cerebral sociopolitically conscious lyrics and crisp production. Standouts like "Plague Years" and "Hostile Takeover" are not about being sonically revolutionary, but their take elements of D-beat hardcore and first-wave emo music to make a very catchy experience that does not come too often locally. 

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Coral Island

stairwaygames.com/coral-island

Available on Steam

Yogyakarta-based developer Stairway Games’ latest creation offers players a chance to roam and build their life on a tropical island brimming with possibilities. Fans of similar games like Animal Crossing will enjoy Coral Island’s luscious environment and myriad activities. The modifiable characters can engage in farming, traverse the ocean, build a professional work life, tangle themselves in romantic and familial escapades and do a whole lot more in this life simulator. 

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EVERYTHING WITH YOU! #01 By Kolibri Rekords & Gudskul

Oct. 1

Gudskul Ekosistem

Jl. Durian Raya No. 30A, South Jakarta 

Starts at 3 p.m. Tickets Rp 175,000

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Indie-music scene: EVERYTHING WITH YOU! #01 by Kolibri Rekords & Gudskul presents indie-pop elders Bangkutaman, as well as Bedchamber, The Bunbury, Much and Subsonic Eye, to name a few. (the-storefront.com) (the-storefront.com/the-storefront.com)

With plans to form a new concert series, indie-label Kolibri Rekords and fine-art collective Gudskul bring together veterans and newcomers to the indie scene for an exciting dive foray into the local indie pop and indie-rock scene. 

Indie-pop elders Bangkutaman will headline by playing in full their Love Among the Ruins album, while other featured artists should be familiar with the city’s hipper crowds: Bedchamber, The Bunbury, Much, Subsonic Eye, Sunny Summer Day, Texpack and The Wellington. There will also be a DJ set from members of retro-pop band White Shoes and The Couples Company, as well as collectives This Happy Feeling, Kolibri Selekts, Noisewhore and Lisdia Records.