Interviews
September 18, 2024
Furiously thrashing Surabaya (an interview with FETTER)
Interviews
September 15, 2024
You can’t hesitate to let your voice be heard. Derau have shouted at me on Instagram and that’s why I was listening to their EP KoiNoNia yesterday. Good plan it was indeed. If you worry you might not have enough time (you know, the usual excuses not to play something), don’t worry, it’s only 16:01 in total playing time, distributed in 5 songs. However, I am pretty sure that once you’re finished with your first…
Today is the great example of a day started right. I’ve opened my Spotify and because I was in a hurry, I’ve clicked on the first option the app gave me. And because I’m reviewing the album by Township Rebellion, you don’t have to be a genius to guess which option it was. It was Berdaulat. Because I am a cheapo, I only listen to free Spotify, which means the songs are on random, and…
“Gambaran Cinta” is a proof that I’ve been listening to a lot of songs by Inka Christie lately. She is definitely a part of an interesting scene of 1990s Indonesian “lady rockers”, and being driven by nostalgia for the time long gone, I’ve decided to dedicate a section of Indokult website for these great singers. And because many of these are largely (or even completely) unknown here in the West, I guess it’s about time…
The Indonesian music scene has many faces, some of them visible more, some less. The least known about, I’d guess, but probably the most appealing – either sonically or graphically, is the noise genre (and its subgenres). As I haven’t covered noise in any form here in Indokult, with a great pleasure I’m changing this with my very first Indonesian noise interview.Please, welcome Nur Sabar Oktavani from the Potong Jari label! Greetings and welcome to…
Whiplash. Thrash metal. You got it? I love thrash metal. If I have to choose just one genre from all I like, thrash metal it would be. Why? Well, it’s easy. The best help to release your anger and frustration while enjoying great music. Thrash has its limitations though. The majority of bands basically follow the roadmap set up by the Big 4 (although I’ve never warmed up to Anthrax to anything except the “State…