Seperti para bankir-bankir dan professional muda lainnya di hari-hari terakhir tahun 2012 ini, kami di deathrockstar juga akan melakukan closing akhir tahun. Surat-surat dari para penggemar dan dinas pajak yang sudah tertutup debu akhirnya kami buka juga, termasuk didalamnya album-album dan EP karya musisi lokal produksi tahun ini yang belum sempat … Read the rest
The Triangle: The Triangle Album
Ibarat mesin, The Triangle mungkin adalah mesin motor bebek yang terlambat panas. Mengecewakan sih tidak, tapi tiga nomor awal di album ini buat saya adalah sebuah start yang lamban dan berlalu begitu saja tanpa memberi kesan yang mendalam. Untungnya, kondisi tadi menjadi sedikit lebih baik begitu saya mulai menginjak nomor-nomor selanjutnya.
Track &… Read the rest
Menggali Tanah Sriwijaya Bersama SEMAKBELUKAR
Kali pertama mendengar nama SEMAKBELUKAR dari mulut beberapa kawan asal Palembang, kesan pertama yang langsung berkelabatan di kepala saya adalah sebuah band punk lokal grasak-grusuk yang gemar tendang pantat orang. Mungkin ini karena kata “semak belukar” sendiri yang identik dengan tanaman yang hobi tumbuh liar tak beraturan, bahkan … Read the rest
Tentang KOIL, dan Meraba Jejak Mereka
Julius Aryo Verdijantoro, akrab disapa Otong, bukanlah biduan beroktaf sembilan yang rajin hilir-mudik di progam musik pagi stasiun televisi nasional. Dia juga bukan sosok terkenal seantero negeri yang kehidupan pribadinya sanggup memenuhi slot berita di tayangan infotainment. Pun begitu, justru dari tangan juru vokal yang suaranya acap kali gaga… Read the rest
Where There’s Jack, There’s Music
Jack and Music Connection Dates Back to 1892, Continues Today.
When you hear good music, there’s a good chance you’ll find Jack Daniel’s nearby, after all Jack Daniel’s Tennessee Whiskey and music have long gone hand in hand. From the nights when Mr. Jack himself would entertain guests with his grand piano to today’s favorite bands and musicians … Read the rest
Behind the scenes of Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
We all have to agree by now that Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix is one of the best albums of 2009. One and half year later, when everybody thought the hype of the album had died down, these Frenchmen made sure that it didn’t. Just a while ago Phoenix announced that they would be posting an in-studio, behind-the-scene documentary about the making of the album. The do… Read the rest
The Secret Agents
We’ve been taking pictures of secret places everywhere. From places we’ve visited, physically and imaginary. We share our secret places through photographs and stories. The story could be true, but it could be fiction or just a dream. – The Secret Agents
The Secret Agents is Indra Ameng and Keke Tumbuan, two young artists who actively explore th… Read the rest
Vienna Vegetable Orchestra
The Vienna Vegetable Orchestra has been playing anything you can buy at your local farmer’s market and has even released a couple of albums since 1998. The Austrian alt-music getup performs music solely on instruments made of vegetables. Using carrot flutes, pumpkin basses, leek violins, leek-zucchini-vibrators, cucumberophones and celery bongos… Read the rest
False Print-Of Montreal
As music spirals outwards towards infinity in a bazillion divergent directions, interesting pit stops along the way provide amazing vantage points.
Of Montreal’s trajectory corkscrewed out from the imaginative, visionary Elephant 6 collective (responsible for Neutral Milk Hotel’s lo-fi classic In The Aeroplane Over The Sea, plus Appl… Read the rest




