Lion City Rock

It's a fantastic bumper episode featuring musician and Saylah Studios founder Krysta Joy! When it comes to music, she's a real trooper in every sense of the word: whether it's making sure she can spe…

Here's our humble tribute of sorts as we look at the music journeys of two pioneer musicians who recently left this realm to join the great gig in the sky: Jimmy Appudurai-Chua (Meltones, Straydogs) …

We continue our re-listening party with the bands featured in New School Rock III (pronounced "three" ... or "ai ai ai"), the compilation album that was given free with BigO magazine. This time round…

In 1993, BigO magazine released New School Rock III, the third volume in their music compilation series. Comprising 17 songs (including one hidden track) from bands like ESP, Band of Slaves, Silent S…

Singer-songwriter Leslie Low (Humpback Oak, The Observatory) has come a long way since he started making music as a teen with Twang Bar Kings. He'll be doing live performances of his music journey at…

We’re back with a SPECIAL EPISODE featuring the one and only Sanny Veloo (Boredphucks, The Suns, EMPRA). He's been making music not only in the Lion City but also Down Under, with fans from all over …

2023 marks the 30th anniversary of Force Vomit, the band that gave the world songs like "Siti" and "Spaceman Over Malaysia". With new reissues of their hit album, Give It Up For The Trust Fund Rocker…

If you were at Guan Chuan Street @ Tiong Bahru last night (21 July 2023), you would have been awash with the sounds of The Analog Girl, who reworked her tracks for the Your Neighbourhood Artist Exhib…

Wormrot's Singapore gig in September - as part of the Burning Desire Asia Tour - is as highly anticipated by their fans as Tay-Tay's is by her fans or Coldplay's by their fans, but Wormrot has the di…

Not many people know this, but though Dru Chen's latest release, Slower Life, may only be a few weeks old, the idea for it was birthed when he first appeared on Lion City Rock ("that's not true" - ed…

Our very first guest returns for a chat! Patrick Chng (The Oddfellows, Typewriter) is back to answer questions about how the Lion City is rockin' these days:

... we've had the Golden Age, Silver Age, …

This rewind episode features one of our earliest guests: Ginette Chittick, whom we think is an artist in every sense of the word.

She joined the all-girl punk band Psycho Sonique without really how to…

Kevin and Chris conclude their journey through Red Hot & Skin, the double-album that was released to create more awareness about Aids. While the premise for the album is a good one, does the "rojak-n…

In 1993, one album tried to encapsulate the wide world of music from the Lion City: Red Hot & Skin, the double-CD various artistes compilation album by Pony Canyon. Comprising 30 songs by 22 artistes…

If you love going to gigs, you've probably seen our guest, Bas Linders, who has been checking every single concert on our shores (so it seems) ever since he landed on our shores all those years ago. …

This week, Kevin and Chris go back in time as they react to Flower Show Riots, the debut album by Great Spy Experiment. It received rave reviews when it was first released, but what do they think of …

Rock trio Cactus Cactus dropped their new EP, Life Is Short, this weekend, so we thought we'd revisit our conversation with singer Isaac Chiew, who's surely one of the brighter sparks in the music sc…

Our special guest this week has a resume that's as impressive as it is long: he's one-half of the electronic music duo, Cosmic Armchair; he's the Abyss Simian; he's the principal tutor at the NUS' El…

In this rewind episode, we look back in on our conversation with singer-songwriter RENE, who has a new EP out: Slipped Through My Fingers.

RENE started piano lessons when she was only four, and since …

Back in 2013, Inch Chua released her groundbreaking album, Bumfuzzle – an artistic sonic adventure that captured the imagination. To mark its 10th anniversary, Kevin and Chris dive into the tracks as…