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Entertainment 3 years ago

From rock gigs to family-friendly festival: noisewhore's live music returns with new face

With its diverse and multigenre lineup, noisewhore claimed new frontiers as it pivoted from the usual rock gigs in Jakarta.

Entertainment 3 years ago

Swaraya festival melds music with gardens in first iteration

The inaugural music festival was a love letter to the people of Bogor, while it also seemed to signal the beginning of a new era for the city’s most iconic destination, the botanical gardens.

Entertainment 3 years ago

JJF makes vibrant return under overcast skies

The 17-year-old music festival has returned to relevance with help from some of its veteran staples, as well as fresh new acts.

Entertainment 4 years ago

K-pop’s BTS on stage for first Seoul gig since pandemic

South Korean supergroup BTS on Thursday returned to the stage in Seoul for the first time since 2019, with an adoring home-grown crowd offering only applause as COVID-19 rules barred all screaming, chanting or singing.

Entertainment 4 years ago

Emo-tional memories: How a popular 2000s music genre shaped millennials

Gut-wrenching love affairs and embarrassing hairstyles. Millennials who grew up in the 2000s weighed in on how their teenage "emo" years influenced their adulthood.

Entertainment 4 years ago

Indie label Orange Cliff presents pandemic-style concert

As small-scale concerts start to come back amid the slow but sure vaccination rate, Jakarta-based record label Orange Cliff plans a concert titled Unfamiliar Dawn starring its roster of musicians in Bandung on Jan. 26.

Entertainment 4 years ago

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Prevailing together: '100 Untuk 100' helps event workers survive COVID-19

With COVID-19 putting a halt to almost all live events, the industry’s workers have been struggling to make a living. The “100 Untuk 100” (100 for 100) initiative aims to ease their hardships.

Art & Culture 4 years ago

Notes of desperation: Pandemic exacerbates struggles of Indonesian musicians

The job drought experienced by Indonesia’s working musicians during the pandemic shows the lack of support the country’s creative workers have always had.

Entertainment 5 years ago

Sheeran, Stones back urgent call to aid UK live music

Some 1,500 acts including Ed Sheeran, Paul McCartney and The Rolling Stones urged the British government Thursday to save the country's live music industry from collapsing because of the coronavirus.