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WALAO! with Oto and Jaycee: 1 April, 2025

WALAO! with Oto and Jaycee: 1 April, 2025 WALAO! with Oto and Jaycee: 1 April, 2025, 224.04 MB
Tue 1 Apr 2025

Oto and Jaycee interviewed Grapehouse, Club Ruby, CCTV and Backshotz at the release party of Grapehouse's newest single "Thinking Way Too Much".

In between, they played a variety of Pop-Punk, Shoegaze, Dreampop and Indie Rock tunes from the Asian music scene.

WALAO! Interview w/ Backshotz, CCTV and Club Ruby: 1 April, 2025

WALAO! Interview w/ Backshotz, CCTV and Club Ruby: 1 April, 2025 WALAO! Interview w/ Backshotz, CCTV and Club Ruby: 1 April, 2025, 23.19 MB
Tue 1 Apr 2025

Also at the Grapehouse single release show, Oto did a series of interviews with Backshotz, CCTV and Club Ruby at Ding Dong Lounge's backstage area and asked each band a series of rapid-fire, shitposty questions in-between each band's set.

WALAO! Interview w/ Grapehouse: 1 April, 2025

WALAO! Interview w/ Grapehouse: 1 April, 2025 WALAO! Interview w/ Grapehouse: 1 April, 2025, 15.84 MB
Tue 1 Apr 2025

Jaycee had a chat with up-and-coming Pop-Punk quartet, Grapehouse, about their latest single "Thinking Way Too Much" before their single release party at Ding Dong lounge last Saturday.

WALAO! w/ Oto and Jaycee: 25 March, 2025

WALAO! w/ Oto and Jaycee: 25 March, 2025 WALAO! w/ Oto and Jaycee: 25 March, 2025, 220.48 MB
Tue 25 Mar 2025

Oto and Jaycee played a variety of shoegaze and dreampop tracks by artists from across Southeast-Asia and had a chat with Daystar, a Singaporean artist who recently dropped a track called 'washed up' in the lead up to his upcoming E.P.

WALAO! Interview w/ Daystar: 25 March, 2025

WALAO! Interview w/ Daystar: 25 March, 2025 WALAO! Interview w/ Daystar: 25 March, 2025, 43.03 MB
Tue 25 Mar 2025

Oto and Jaycee had a chat with Singaporean alt-pop/shoegaze artist Daystar, aka Evan, about his newest single, washed up, as well as his musical influences, collaboration with Singaporean producer Sun Cell and his overall journey in the Singaporean music scene.

WALAO! Interview w/ Russell from Eden Eyes: 17-18 March, 2025

WALAO! Interview w/ Russell from Eden Eyes: 17-18 March, 2025 WALAO! Interview w/ Russell from Eden Eyes: 17-18 March, 2025, 67.3 MB
Tue 18 Mar 2025

Oto and Jaycee talked with Russell Loo, vocalist of the Singaporean metalcore band Eden Eyes, about the band's latest single, Inteloper II, which came out last Friday.

Russell also gave us a demo of some of his screams and pig squeals while talking about the band's influences and plans for the future.

WALAO! w/ Oto and Jaycee: 17-18 March, 2025

WALAO! w/ Oto and Jaycee: 17-18 March, 2025 WALAO! w/ Oto and Jaycee: 17-18 March, 2025, 227.48 MB
Tue 18 Mar 2025

Oto and Jaycee played 2 hours of Metalcore, Deathcore and other types of extreme metal from Southeast-Asia. They also talked with Russell from Singaporean metalcore band Eden Eyes about the band's newest single, Interloper II.

WALAO! With Oto and Jaycee: 11 March, 2025

WALAO! With Oto and Jaycee: 11 March, 2025 WALAO! With Oto and Jaycee: 11 March, 2025, 229.78 MB
Tue 11 Mar 2025

Oto and Jaycee played 2 hours of new alternative and independent releases from Southeast-Asia and the Asian diaspora.

WALAO! with Oto and Jaycee: 4 March, 2025

WALAO! with Oto and Jaycee: 4 March, 2025 WALAO! with Oto and Jaycee: 4 March, 2025, 222.05 MB
Tue 4 Mar 2025

Oto and Jaycee played 2 hours of Japanese punk, as well as an interview with Japanese Punk Rock superstar Deathro who they both saw at 605 Morningside last week.

WALAO! Interview w/ Deathro: 4 March, 2024

WALAO! Interview w/ Deathro: 4 March, 2024 WALAO! Interview w/ Deathro: 4 March, 2024, 13.71 MB
Tue 4 Mar 2025

Oto caught up with the number 1 Japanese Punk Rock vocalist Deathro after his gig at 605 Morningside last week for a chat about the punk scene in Japan and his nationwide Aotearoa tour.

WALAO! Interview w/ Adin Kindermann: 22 July, 2025

WALAO! Interview w/ Adin Kindermann: 22 July, 2025 WALAO! Interview w/ Adin Kindermann: 22 July, 2025, 49.54 MB
Tue 22 Jul 2025

Oto and Jaycee chatted with Adin, vocalist of Singaporean indie-rock band Stopgap, about the band's latest single - Monolith.

WALAO! Interview w/ Beizou: 8 July, 2025

WALAO! Interview w/ Beizou: 8 July, 2025 WALAO! Interview w/ Beizou: 8 July, 2025, 21.78 MB
Tue 8 Jul 2025

Oto and Jaycee talked to Tāmaki Makaurau singer-songwriter Beizou about her debut single "Too Comfortable," her influences and plans for future releases as she officially begins her journey as an artist. 

WALAO! Interview w/ Reia Guess: 1 July, 2025

WALAO! Interview w/ Reia Guess: 1 July, 2025 WALAO! Interview w/ Reia Guess: 1 July, 2025, 32.03 MB
Tue 1 Jul 2025

Oto and Jaycee spoke with Tāmaki Makaurau singer-songwriter of Indonesian and Moroccan descent, Reia Guess, about his upcoming single 'Merry Go Round' and his journey as an artist.

WALAO! Interview w/ James Roque: 17 June, 2025

WALAO! Interview w/ James Roque: 17 June, 2025 WALAO! Interview w/ James Roque: 17 June, 2025, 58.62 MB
Tue 17 Jun 2025

Oto and Jaycee interivewed Kiwi-Filipino comedian James Roque about his upcoming 'Champorado' tour across Aotearoa and Australia and had an extended kōrero about Filipino food and has transnational experiences in the Canadian comedy scene.

WALAO! Interview w/ Beony: 10 June, 2025

WALAO! Interview w/ Beony: 10 June, 2025 WALAO! Interview w/ Beony: 10 June, 2025, 38.15 MB
Tue 10 Jun 2025

Jaycee and Oto chatted with Tāmaki Makaurau rapper and songwriter Beony about his latest single 'feeling won't die' and the role that his Korean heritage plays in his songwriting and artistry.

WALAO! Interview w/ Alisa Xayalith: 27 May, 2025

WALAO! Interview w/ Alisa Xayalith: 27 May, 2025 WALAO! Interview w/ Alisa Xayalith: 27 May, 2025, 43.65 MB
Tue 27 May 2025

Oto and Jaycee talked to reknowned Aotearoa indie songwriting legend Alisa Xayalith, formerly the frontwoman of The Naked and Famous, about her experiences in the New Zealand music scene as an Asian female artist and how the beginnings of her solo career marked a new period of self-embrace.