How did Singapore's pop scene come about? Is there a difference between LionCityBoy and Lion City Kia?
If you don't know, then you need the Lion City Rock podcast - the best podcast that looks at Singapore's pop music scene: past, present and future.
Find out all about music made in Singapore as hosts Chris Toh and Kevin Mathews – and their special guests – plug into important Singapore music moments in this kopi tiam conversation.
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They don't bake. Nor have they done interstellar travel. But they do know how to cook up a musical storm in any space. With their new EP – Magma – Bakers In Space show why they're the hot new thing w…
This week on Lion City Rock...
We know the music made by musicians, but who helps musicians make a living with their music? It's the people who make up the "business" half of the music business. They …
Coming to you live - but recorded - from New Zealand ... it's Eza! Although he may not have excelled in school when he was a kid, Isa Seow, better known to the music world as Eza, found that he excel…
Formed in 2007, Wormrot is Singapore's offering to the world of grindcore. They have been described as one of the top 10 grindcore bands in the world, and have three albums to their name (with anothe…
Before there were Singapore Idols like Taufik Batisah, Sezairi Sezali or even Stef Sun, JJ Lin or Kit Chan, there were The Crescendos – Singapore's OG teen idols!
They were discovered when they were t…
Rene Ann Wong started learning to play the piano when she was only four, and now, she's well on the way to taking on the world with her unique blend of pop-punk.
Even the pandemic hasn't stopped her m…
Case Woo has been dropping beats for nearly 30 years, first with collab collectives like electro-punk trio Daze, and EDM outfit Quadmix, among others, and then as a solo artist. Along with Joe Ng, Ja…
And we're baaaaack! It's a brand new season and Chris and Kevin return with more conversations about Singapore's pop scene.
But first, it's a special performance by The Fast Colors, the only band cove…
Welcome to Part Two of our season finale, featuring the one and only, Art Fazil!
After his jaunt to the UK and Europe, Art headed back to the Lion City, only to find things had changed quite a bit sin…
It's our Season Finale!
And like our season debut, we're ending it with a two-part special featuring another icon of the indie music scene: It's none other than singer-songwriter Art Fazil!
He not on…
In the days when guys were all jumping on the alternative rock bandwagon, Sideshow Judy, led by Pauline Chong, made a splash because they were one of only a few female-fronted rock bands in Singapore…
Nobody combined the funky smooth sounds with Lion City vibes better than The Stoned Revivals.
Formed by friends who just wanted to play music, The Stoned Revivals had a uniquely different sound to wha…
One of our favourite rockers, Linda Ong of Lunarin is our guest this week! Lunarin has been progressively rocking the Lion City ever since Linda, Eng Teck and Kah Wye first met in Dunman High.
With …
It's a new year and a brand new episode for you Lion City Rockers. But what do Roald Dahl, Richard Linklater's Slackers and HG Wells have to do with Singapore music? A lot, if you're pop-punk/surf pu…
And so this is Christmas ... and what have we done? Another year nearly over, a new one just about to begin.
In this episode, Kevin and Chris take a look back at the year and recount their Lion City …
This podcast series isn't only about musos of the past – this week, we talk to young Isaac Chiew, a music lover and musician who's taking things into his own hands with his band Cactus Cactus and his…
The Quests have been labelled as Singapore's version of The Beatles. Not only did they knock The Beatles off the top spot with their song, Shanty; they couldn't go anywhere without being recognised, …
In the late 1980s, few bands rocked harder than Opposition Party, the pioneering punk band that paved the way for other punk rockers, even as they blazed a trail into hardcore.
With their hard-as-nai…
It's our 10TH EPISODE!
And we have none other than Mei Wong, a.k.a. The Analog Girl. To our minds, she the embodiment of the D.I.Y. spirit, ever since she put up a concert for her dad at home when she…
Music educator Ray Aziz spends his days teaching children how to appreciate rhythms, melodies and the stories behind the songs they learn.
But Ray's story behind his musical journey is worth noting: b…