Urban Crate

With the exception of the electronic acts that have been performing in Zouk/Barsonic (Shinichi Osawa, Shitdisco, Gareth Pugh), there seemed to be quite a dearth of noteworthy alternative acts coming to KL this year. Two names I can think of were Battles and Jens Lekman.

Battles in KL

In the meantime, neighbour Singapore has been enjoying playing host to NIN and the Ed Banger Crue, among others. Singapore continues to attract quality acts next year (thanks to events like Mosaic Music Festival and Big Night Out), like The Killers, Cat Power, The Yeah Yeah Yeah’s , Green Day and Muse. Just name-dropping is enough to make me cry.

Still, fret not because in the coming weeks, it isn’t just the monsoon that is coming down hard on KL but also some top draw electronica acts.  So electronic music fans, keep these dates free:

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