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.
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.
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.
Playlist
hi! thank you for listening to our Singaporean Indie Alternative music from daystar to Bedchamber!! Much love, here is our setlist from tonight! <33
daystar (SG) - someday we'll live in the sky
daystar (SG) - no way out
Sun Cell (SG) - Coastlines
Sun Cell, motifs (SG) - for now, not ever. (with motifs)
Sun Cell, Nosedive (SG) - The Pains of Being Pure at Heart (with Nosedive)
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.
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.
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.
Playlist
hi! thanks again for listening to the intense music of metalcore. here is the full setlist from tonight <33
Eden Eyes (SG) - First Class Horrors
Eden Eyes, ZOFIA (SG) - Suffocate
Tariot (SG) - Fragments
Revenge The Fate (ID) - Ambisi
Beside (ID) - Membunuh Atau Terbunuh
Balisong (PH) - trapped in this everlasting cloud of self doubt
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.
Playlist
Konnichiwa! Here is our setlist from tonight, much love <3
Deathro (JPN) - HIGHVVAY
Deathro (JPN) - MOONLIGHT LOVE EMOTION
King Brothers (JPN) - XXXXX
King Brothers (JPN) - GET AWAY
Guitar Wolf (JPN) - Jet Generation
Boris (JPN) - Electric
MASS OF THE FERMENTING DRUGS (JPN) - Aoi, Koi, Daidaiiro No Hi
Boredoms (JPN) - Domsbore
Otoboke Beaver (JPN) - Don't light my fire
Otoboke Beaver (JPN) - Love is Short
akaikurage (JPN) - wagamama
Melt-Banana (JPN) - Uncontrollable Urge
Deathro (JPN) - 圏央厚木IC -KEN-O ATSUGI IC
Deathro (JPN) - ときめき-TOKIMEKI type-II
Deathro (JPN) - NO MORE BLOOD
Limited Express (has gone) (JPN) - wheres hollywood
Limited Express (has gone?) (JPN) - old life new life
Drinking Boys and Girls Choir (KR) - I'm a Fucking McDonald's
MASS OF THE FERMENTING DREGS (JPN) - ASAHINAGU
Otoboke Beaver (JPN) - S'il vous plait
Fuck On the Beach (JPN) - I Have Never Seen Myself
SLANG (JPN) - APOCALYPSE NOW
Paranoid (JPN) - Sei, Higaimousou, Shi
Paranoid (JPN) - Fuhai To Gouyoku
Charm (SG) - TRU 2 Lyfe
Fuse (SG) - Poison
PEACH (ID) - Caged
No Good (MY) - Yak Boktey
Intermission Party Programme (SG) - Blood On The Disco Floor
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.