Xfresh X-Gig, 23rd August 2008, at Zouk – the finale for the first round of the X-Gig series! This is Emir of Throne Away, making an appearance with Stereo Socket.

They play shoegazer music. Though I think this guitar isn’t post-rock enough, it needs to be pimped with a few switches!

The crowd.

Robot Asmara. Ya saya ingin berasmara!

For some reason, when there is a big band with a keyboardist and female singer, it tends to be disco-type indie. Which it was!

Then, it was Brit-type indie, with The Times. It was also the time to start pushing barricades!

The vocalist hopped on above the barricades anyway, and surfed away…

Then it was time for Duan of Seven Collar T-Shirt to break out classic singalongs like Faith.

Ham, Xfresh DJ and effects master (Summary is always fun to watch.)

Smek, with Killer Calculateur, delivers many many more songs, but each song is short – it could only be hardcore. Bang bang double bass double bass riff riff shout shout next song.

Minority Against Radio Oppression. At least they can get on radio, as MARO!

Meng of Love Me Butch got on top of a gig hard case to do this.

I love how they position themselves all over the stage – the bassist is gaining elevation by stepping on the monitor.

It’s almost as if Syahrul knew where to stand, to get the backlight.

Did somebody say Barricade? Yep, the metal joints broke…

Another elevated shot. Gotta love their attention to performance details; they are easily the most photogenic band I’ve seen! (Besides their solid nu-metal/emo tendencies.)

“Psst… we’re back.” whispers Loque to Emmett. The Butterfingers then rip out some classics (the violin tells you exactly what song he is going to play.)

Dude, come back and rock alright?

I finally met Kenchill and discovered that he had the same beard I had, which grew towards my right no matter what I did.