new directions in singapore studies
Posted in 6 the arts I on Mar 19th, 2010
From Propaganda to Pop to Anti-cool Kitsch
Tan Shzr Ee
There was a time, when people said that one Singapore song was too many – but maybe they were wrong.
Lame attempt aside at parroting that famous opening line of our 1987 hit, We Are Singapore, what can be gleaned from rusty minds which have forgotten how to [...]
Posted in 6 the arts I on Mar 19th, 2010
Joseph Tham
Various Artistes. +65 Indie Underground. Universal Music Singapore, 2009. 3-CD box set.
It was a warm and humid evening. Fans of the band playing on the make-shift stage in the garden of the Substation (now the popular live space/café, Timbre and formerly Fat Frog) were euphoric and jumping and slam-dancing away as the thunderous [...]
Posted in 5 detention on Oct 21st, 2009
Ang Song Ming
The Observatory. Dark Folke. Singapore, 2009.
On their fourth album Dark Folke, The Observatory continue charting a path that, quite frankly, no other Singaporean band has managed to do over the span of five years.
