{"id":5629,"date":"2014-05-06T13:52:29","date_gmt":"2014-05-06T13:52:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/?p=5629"},"modified":"2014-05-06T13:52:29","modified_gmt":"2014-05-06T13:52:29","slug":"moonshine-spotlight-may-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/?p=5629","title":{"rendered":"Moonshine: Spotlight \/ May 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"


\n1st May 2014: Moonshine: Spotlight \/ May 2014<\/a> at Laundry Bar, The Curve! Here’s Reza Salleh, organizer and emcee.<\/p>\n


\nFirst act, Brian Gomez<\/b>!<\/p>\n


\nThe famous keeper of Merdekarya, an awesome indie music venue that is still authentically indie. He keeps it real with shorts and slippers, because he understands Malaysian weather.<\/p>\n


\nOne of the few rare acts to inject plenty of humor in lyrics.<\/p>\n


\nAlso got a bluesy twang.<\/p>\n


\nThe only musician who can top him in humor is Rafique Rashid. The only. That says plenty.<\/p>\n


\nMeanwhile, outside, was a booth selling CDs.<\/p>\n


\nHell Low and Azmyl Yunor recorded an EP, on cassette tape! Those without pencils and cassette decks however would be saved by the download code inside.<\/p>\n


\nGotta dig the new signage.<\/p>\n


\nMeanwhile, outside, damn kids and their selfie sticks!<\/p>\n


\nNext up: Hell Low<\/b>.<\/p>\n


\nThey hailed from Singapore!<\/p>\n


\n‘cept this guy, Ronnie Khoo of Malaysia.<\/p>\n


\nEffects for the slow emo.<\/p>\n


\nI was thinking he looked like a Chinese Dave Grohl…<\/p>\n


\n…so imagine my disappointment when he didn’t sound like one.<\/p>\n


\nStill, they’ve got an interesting melancholic sound.<\/p>\n


\nThis reminds me to go out and find a thumb pick.<\/p>\n


\nI wonder if there are violinists who use picks.<\/p>\n


\nVideo crew, and a book.<\/p>\n


\nRonnie, from the top.<\/p>\n


\nAnise, on violin.<\/p>\n


\nAzmyl joined in for a song!<\/p>\n


\nThis is apparently doom folk. It has to be, with song titles like I Left My Father In Bukit Panjang<\/i>.<\/p>\n


\nNext were local boys Jumero<\/b>.<\/p>\n


\nJared Lim on guitar.<\/p>\n


\nRyan Gomes, not related to either, who met them while playing football in their neighborhood.<\/p>\n


\nThey play funky acoustic, laid-back music while looking laid-back.<\/p>\n


\nA random table outside who asked me to take their picture. Perhaps this will reach them… by osmosis.<\/p>\n


\nRyan teleports to the drums, and they go into a Bee Gees cover!<\/p>\n


\nThe crowd goes wild!<\/p>\n


\nMichael, the M in Jumero.<\/p>\n


\nThen came pure unadultered folk.<\/p>\n


\nAzmyl Yunor<\/b>!<\/p>\n


\nHe speaks of tales of buses and work and not working at work, and reminding you to stick it to the man because it was Labor Day\/International Workers Day!<\/p>\n

(I didn’t know until recently, that International Workers Day was to commemorate a massive protest that led to shorter working hours – 8, to be exact. So remember the significance of the 1st fo May when you work more than 8 hours.)<\/p>\n


\nHe was backed by his band, The Sigarettes.<\/p>\n


\nJust three. <\/p>\n


\nInterestingly, none of the acts had more than 3 band members.<\/p>\n


\nI love the lighting so much I’m going to post more pictures of Azmyl.<\/p>\n


\nHe never disappoints when it comes to ending his electric performance – here he is running into the crowd and using a metal table as a guitar slide! That, I had never seen!<\/p>\n


\nThis one, and rolling on the floor, were a bit more usual.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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