[June Edition] What You've Missed: Blonde Redhead + SOHN

Blonde Redhead has been in the music biz for about 10 years, while SOHN debuted himself in 2012. "Will the crowd be any different, will they show some support for this SOHN dude?" Well, truth is, the crowd was just as stimulated by waves of mind-blowing beats. It was truly a night to remember. For those of you who didn't know or couldn't make it, you certainly have missed a great show in your life (yes you did, ha!).

Photo: Gladys Wong via Facebook

The first performing artist was SOHN and he did bring out the professional side of him to hype us all up. There was an air of uncanniness about the way he dressed and perform. A gray winter hat under a hood of the same color--gave me an impression of how a modern preacher of music would clad himself (If only music were nothing but a religion)--were all we had for the whole show. On top of it were a great voice, coupled with the dazzling light effects and bombarding sound system. Together they, or rather he, gave us something more than just a show/gig, it was something beyond, a sensation I'd say, and that is not an understatement.

You can't imagine how impressive and breath-taking to be standing in the front row, experiencing the heart-shaking sound waves and the flashing-while-sweeping cones of light. Sohn brought us tracks from his debut album, Tremors, which was only just released three months earlier.

Bloodflows

I first heard of his name was when his song Bloodflows was featured as free music of the week on the iTunes store, which naturally led me to his YouTube page and got myself amazed by the simplistic and artistic ambiance. I guarantee you listening to his album with your dr. dre headset can't even be compared to a tenth of the magnitude of the blasting sound system right at the venue.

When SOHN had delivered a big show for us all, and still had us under his charm. The next act--Blonde Redhead was already at the backstage, preparing to relay the torch of music from SOHN.

Photo: chaur via Flickr

Blonde Redhead--a sophisticated rock band composed of Kazu Makino (vocals, rhythm guitar) and twin brothers Simone and Amedeo Pace (drums/vocals and lead guitar, respectively)--has been on the scene for about a decade now.

Photo: chaur via Flickr

They surely knew their craft and got right into the biz by bringing the audience a few tracks off their new album, then moved swiftly to the good ol' songs. We only have to stand straight and relax to have a great night. You can see the power of the female vocal was both absorbing and unleashing, thanks to the hurrahing and body-moving crowd.

The female vocal was like an anime character who could sing and play guitar, which was aurally fresh and visually chic. It was not an easy task to put a label on their music. It truly is one of a kind out there. Also, their passion for music is appreciated. Their attention to every musical detail was noticeable on stage and that was just remarkable, even the audience might not be able to tell the difference. They would check to see if they had the right notes before starting the performance. Such behavior from an experienced band like Blonde Redhead is admirable and should be respected. 

The genuine enjoyment in music shown on their faces and that had seeped through the audience as well. Even if you weren't a groupie, after this show, you might have to give it a second thought. Because, well, their songs are just really appealing to the ear. It was as if you were led by them to another world where no music had set foot there before.

Oh là là. How I wish you were there to see it for yourself.

Show info:
Wednesday, June 18, 2014 
08:00 PM to 11:00 PM 
Blonde Redhead + Sohn 
KITEC Music Zone Live House G/F KITEC, 1 Trademart Drive, Kowloon Bay, Kowloon: Yau Tsim Mong References:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blonde_redhead
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sohn_(musician)

http://www.ticketflap.com/en/events/260/

What real music stands for?

Society is variable, this is inevitable fact within the universe----Dominance of music would be always changed, just like people beyond Asia love Korean pop music and started to ignore those international pop music.

I love Korean pop music as hell, just like being poisoned or like being tempted by handsome guys. I talked, I traveled, I spent my time in those Korean stuff rather than those in foreign countries. It seems that I had been being drugged by those K-pop deeply in a coma, to those original and real pop music.

"Come on, Kayla. They are just all the same, why are you so into them?" My school friend from Australia said after realizing i have some crazy mind in those pop music. She is not the only one who said those things to me, my elder sister did say something similar to me likes "You got some poison gas into your mind." and "I have crashed into addictive fruits." Yet, I still listen to K-pop music.

My passion on the foreign music simply lost, nope, not my passion, is the problem in terms of myself--I was getting lost on my choice to music. What is real music?------I didn't know, I have no idea about that, until I know a band named Amaranthe.

Few days ago, I went to Hong Kong Records. I found quite noticeable CDs, "Amaranthe Special Edition" with a high cost (about$150) and so many people are in the band, 6 people. The design of the album is quite dark and evanescence-like. So I have decided that, if the songs of this album are not too sharp or out of my genre as well as they are fresh and novelty, I would buy and regard this as my treasure.

Undoubtedly, They are fresh and novelty, suit for my ears and they wake up my nervous system---the most important things, they relieve those poison gas which infected me. I find my way to my choice again.

Their songs are special, i cannot believe 3 singers in this Finnish band. Female & Male Vocal and screams(i.e. you would find screams vocal from the metal-core band like "silpknot"). They combine metal-core and pop music together, to make their own music. And that is awesome. What I think is, this may be the definition of real music. 

Real music does not depend on how well you sing or dance, but your passion, participation and your way of thinking on making music, creating a piece to make people happy, to convey your feeling, which is quite near the definition of modern visual arts. The songs, are all created by the band members. Other than this band, in the US No Doubt(GWEN STEFANI) writing "Don't Speak", Britney Spears writing "Everytime", ex-member of Evanescence Ben Moody writing "Nobody's Home" and "My Immortal" , Ne-Yo writing "Take a Bow", even Adele, from the UK, acted as a songwriter for "Rolling in the deep" and "Someone like you"---- why some of these songs become classic and prominent globally? You have to learn that there are still many bands in the US, Britain etc.

From all this, I realize that pop music should be liked those in foreign countries, rather than those in Korea. K-Pop is not bad, they are awesome, they can sing and dance well. But they lack of passion and way of thinking on music, they just do their performance well, yet most of them do less on making music. Therefore, they are all the same.

To me, to me, I consider K-Pop as "just for fun", "relieve my pressure", "for my own exitement", on the other hands, Foreign music is more than that.

不能被取替的Justin

如果我問你 Justin 是誰，你第一個印象會是哪一個? 是Bieber 還是Timberlake?

如果這個問題是在數年前問的話...我想任誰的答案都會是Justin Timberlake呀。
而我當時不知道誰是Justin Bieber。

現在再問一次，誰都一定會說是Justin Bieber。可是我卻認為Justin Timberlake音樂方面有過之而無不及。

GetGlue 讓你緊「貼」各種娛樂

粉絲貼紙

今次要介紹呢個網叫做GetGlue，佢係一個社交網站，提供各式各樣既娛樂資料俾用戶去揀鍾意既去"Like"，"Check-in"。形式就好似Facebook用戶"Like"自己鍾意既Page咁樣。唔同既地方在於GetGlue集中於"Check-in"呢個功能上面，用戶可以無限"Check-in"自己既心水項目。除此之外"Check-in"仲會得到限時Stickers(貼紙)，儲夠仲會有實體版Stickers寄到你屋企。想知更多就繼續睇落去啦。

New Beyonce 4 U

This is nothing like anything she or anyone had done before. It's a new SOUND, new VOICE, and a new BEYONCE.

The Album '4'
Why is it the album named '4'? There is for certain a strong reason behind it, a very strong one: Beyonce's birthday September 4, her mother's birthday, January 4, and Jay-Z's birthday December 4, and it's the 4th anniversary of Beyonce and Jay-Z's wedding. Four 4s, coincidence?

Minna Sora No Shita makes me think of "What's under my sky?"

Japanese pop music never make me feel bored. Their specific singing style with beautiful directing in their music videos always gain the respect from Chinese especially Hong Kong people(alongside Korean pop). Through this passage, I would like to recommend and tell my feeling towards a song named "Minna Sora No Shita", which is composed and sung by Ayaka, a famous Japanese female singer who has retired owing to her hyperthyroidism.

Background

Minna Sora No Shita, in English, means "Under Everyone's Sky". The idea of this song is for inspiring people who have no confidence or get lost.

Rating: 9.5/10

Feeling

I love the idea of this song, encouraging people not to abandon themselves. Also, it consists of something relating to environment in the music, the piano is smooth and touching, her elegant can bring you to your imaginary forest, along with Ayaka's comfortable singing voice, you lose your breathe to the forest and enjoy her authority to the environment.

This is incredible song and impressed me a lot. If you are full of stress or sorrow, you may attempt to listen this song. This song may help you to relax, maybe sometimes, it may aid you to find the answer you want.

Moreover, this song makes me think of "What's under my sky?". "Art? Music? Movie?Or other thing?" I am just thinking---What is my determination towards the future life?

Minna Sora No Shita (with solo)

Michael Buble 的everything

每當提起Michael Buble, 我便想起他的兩首歌, I haven't met you yet 以及everything.
這兩首歌不論感情上還是風格上都大有不同, 可能因為換了女友, 所以他在性格以至風格上有些轉變。今次我想討論一下everything.


Mike於07年創作的everything, 是想送給他當時的女友愛賓特, 表達他對她的愛意。節奏有種莫名其妙的浪漫, 令人聽起來覺得既動人又舒服。加上一點jazz singing, 使人覺得這首歌又像愛情歌又像藍調悲傷。再仔細看一看歌詞, 可見他是一個尊一以及對異性忠心的男人。從一大堆英文字, 幾乎沒有一個不是形容他的前女友。我深信當時的Mike一定深愛著愛賓特, 只不過後者可能對Mike沒有那麼深罷了。

個人感覺
Mike這首歌令我想起很多兒時的回憶, 亦令我為他與愛賓特的分手感到可惜。我一直都認為他們是一對的。可是....如今兩人各自都結婚了, 我的無奈只可在此告終。
(By the way, 我覺得Mike是一個給人歡樂的好男人。那個阿根廷女演員真有福!)

SHE'S THE MAN X THE VERONICAS

Wow, it's been 5 years since this movie (i.e. SHE'S THE MAN) went to the silver screen in 2006. It was indeed a fun movie to watch even though I knew it was based on Twelfth Nights by William Shakespeare. This post is a little bit personal and might not be interesting enough to get your mind off from whatever you're doing. But, if you're just wandering around on web, and don't know how to spend your valuable time yet, you're welcome to read THIS paragraph and go.

Justin Bieber比Avril Lavigne還要紅?!

Justin Bieber 將於5月13日舉行，大部份門票已經售罄。這位小男生為什麼會迷到萬千少男少女的歡心呢?

寫這一篇文不是想解答大家，反而是想拋一個問題出來，希望知道案的朋友能夠解答我。不知道的朋友也可以加入討論。畢竟Justin Bieber的成功對我來說仍然是頗驚奇的。

廣仲,我愛你的早餐

可能是因為我的love love經驗比較貧乏 ,每當我聽情歌的時候，總是提不起勁，那些歌詞如「死去活來」、「天昏地暗」什麼的我並沒有太多共鳴，而我的表情變化大多如 ：) → :] → :| → ...... 。說真的，我覺得香港樂壇的作品，甚至整個世界的流行曲 ( 別打我 ) 都肉麻得很，好像人生除了愛情其他的都不重要，沒有honey、baby、豬豬就不用過活。雪特！

AVRIL LAVIGNE'S THE BLACK STAR TOUR IN HK THIS MAY!

The Black Star Tour - Live in Hong Kong 2011

Looks like Avril Lavigne really loves her Asia fans. Since her last promotional tour in support of The Best Damn Thing in Hong Kong, it's been nearly 4 years that her Hong Kong fans haven't seen her. Until recently she came to Hong Kong to promote her latest album entitled Goodbye Lullaby. At the event, she also announced that she'd tour in Hong Kong in May 21, 2011.

Michael Bublé - Crazy Love Tour 香港站

識Michael Bublé既人都知道他除了很唱得，為人和善沒架子之外，都會很認同他在演唱會跟歌迷互動給人一種家人的感覺，他也很能營造氣氛。

之前在看他的Caught in the Act和Michael Bublé Meets Madison Square Garden的DVD時就已經被他的感染力震攝了(不是說笑，自己去看看，相信你都會有同感*o*)

哇娃娃!

魏如萱香港音樂會

哇哇哇! 娃娃又要來香港開concert了!!!

這次地點是九龍灣Star Hall!!! 好近呀!!!

Yeah!!! 29/4!!! 一定要去!!!

上次不知道她來~ 不可以再錯過了!!!

小甜甜 布蘭妮 推出 第7張個人大碟

Circus 封面

Britney Spears這一張大碟據她本人說花了2年的時間去籌備+進行錄音工作。

大碟取名為FEMME FATALE(台灣譯名:蛇蠍美人)


今次大碟封面比起上一張Circus的封面拍得要好得多，髮型回復正常，笑容回復正常。


新單曲Hold It Against Me節奏感澎湃，還有很多人提到但我仍然不太清楚的dupstep，一首強勁的舞曲。