Lion City Rock

In this concluding segment of our discussion on the 30th anniversary of Democracy and Midnight In June, Kevin and Chris recall what was going on in the scene when they were making and promoting these…

In 2013, rock quintet Obedient Wives Club (OWC) released their sophomore EP, Murder Kill Baby to much acclaim. In the space of a couple of years, the band - Keith (guitars), Yinqi (vocals), Lennat (d…

It's the 30th anniversary of Democracy and Midnight In June, two local albums that made a splash in the scene back in 1993.

Democracy, by Kevin's band, Watchmen, was the result of years of songwriting…

What does a millennial from Florida know about Singapore's pop music scene? Kevin and Chris find out with Jake Kussmaul, whose YouTube channel Famous Or Forgotten Music has been giving shoutouts to S…

It's a special review episode! Kevin and Chris share their thoughts about things they saw and did in the last few weeks. They spill the tea about...

• what surprised Kevin at the Arctic Monkeys concert?
• …

"Young hearts be free tonight... time is on your side". Formed in 2019, motifs made waves in 2022 with their sparkling performance at Baybeats. Remarkably, that was only their third live appearance!

A…

Meet Rae and Cravis, two young people from different backgrounds who met in the Music and Drama Company and began their life journey together. Rae currently hosts the show, Backstage Pass with MDC, w…

When it comes to groundbreaking Singapore bands of the 1960s, we always cite The Crescendos or The Quests. But The October Cherries have often flown under the radar, much to Kevin's chagrin.

The Octob…

Tomorrow Is Our Permanent Address may be a line from e e cummings, but B-Quartet's debut album is one of Kevin's and Chris' favourite albums of all time. At least Top 3. Definitely in their Top 10.

Th…

Kevin and Chris finish their excursion into 1995 as they look at the year's most important music-related moments, including...

...the rise and rise of Kit Chan and The Lizards' Convention

...how Zouk g…

Chris thinks 1995 was, musically, a special year for the Lion City. With more media coverage, more gigs, and more music, 1995 looked poised to be even better than the years prior. But was it really?

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Welcome to the final episode of 2022! Our guest stepped in at the beginning of the year to fill in the bass slot for The Fast Colors, so we thought it fitting that he'd step in to help us close the y…

Rock never die! Just ask alt-rockers Lilac Saints, who've released a "best of" compilation called Halo Again, and are set to take the stage in Jan 2023 – more than 30 years after they banded together…

START YOUR ENGINES, it's TRUCK! Kevin and Chris react to this rarity in the Lion City's discography: Truck's one and only album, Surprise! Surprise!

Truck who, you say? Truck was a spin-off – and one…

Join Kevin and Chris for a chat with the world's pioneering Vedic metal band – Rudra!

Formed in 1992, the guys from Rudra – Kathir, Shiva, Vinod and Devan – have been rocking the world with their musi…

Although they had personnel changes through the years, Naomi And The Boys would be best remembered for its classic line-up of Naomi Suriya, her brother Robert, Moses Tay, Alphonso Soosay and Peter Th…

It's 1964, and The Beatles are here in Singapore! They were on the way back to the UK after their Australia and New Zealand tour. Although their stopover was only 55 minutes long, they planned a meet…

Hey hey hey! It's another playback session as Kevin and Chris look back at Banned In Da Singapura by rock trio Boredphucks. Comprising Sanny Singer (vocals, guitar), JBoss (bass) and Wayne Thunder (d…

Our guest this week is Andy Chen (no, not that one!), the co-editor of No Finer Time To Be Alive, the only book that documents the indie years of Singapore music.

What did it take to put that book tog…

1, 2, 3, 4! Kevin and Chris hit the rewind button on another iconic album from the 1990s – Concave Scream's Erratic! Released in 1997, Erratic spawned one of the biggest hits of the decade, Driven, a…