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***Event Details***
Date: Tuesday, June 19th, 2012
Time: Doors at 20:00
Venue: Grappa’s Cellar
Jardine House, 1 Connaught Rd., Central, HK
Tickets: On sale NOW – Advance $220 – Doors $270 (both include 1 drink)
CD + ticket bundle $290 advance only
Available for purchase at Grappa’s Cellar, The Globe, White Noise Records, & Daydream Nation

THE JEZABELS release debut album Prisoner in Asia with Promotional Tour

Untitled Records are delighted to announce the upcoming Asian album release of hotly tipped Australian favorites, The Jezabels. The band’s debut full-length album, Prisoner, will be available in markets across South East Asia in June, coinciding with a four-date promotional tour of the region.

From humble beginnings in a Sydney University band competition to winners of the prestigious Australian Music Prize, singer Hayley Mary, keys player Heather Shannon, guitarist Sam Lockwood and drummer Nik Kaloper have fashioned a musical cocktail of power and elegance that has resonated with fans across continents. Their polarities of grandiose theatrics and gothic intensity melding into a trademark sound that is moody, mysterious and epic, whilst buzzing with the group’s ever-present knack for an irresistible pop hook.

Already Gold certified and #1 on the iTunes chart in Australia, Prisoner is a panoramic study of tension and emancipation, from the echoing stone cathedral of the title track to the sun-blasted morning of the first single, Endless Summer; from the cloistered atmospherics of the instrumental interlude, Austerlitz, to the chiming and climbing pop of Deep Wide Ocean and the quiet reflecting pool of Peace of Mind.

“The lyrics are set out as a letter to a prisoner,” singer Hayley says. “I’m interested in the idea of your personal role in your own oppression. To a certain extent the album explores the idea of looking at yourself as a prisoner and asking about the reasons for that. Are they external or are they internal?”

The first international act signed to Untitled Entertainment’s new record label division – Untitled Records, The Jezabels were ideal partners from the start. “The label is there to work hand in hand with our live business, and only with artists that understand the value and importance of touring,” says Untitled Entertainment’s Business Director Dash Nagata. “The Jezabels are a band we truly believe in. One we can grow alongside, who share our vision of wanting to develop Asia as a region for fresh and exciting music.”

A tireless work ethic remains central to The Jezabels. Their commitment to Asia has already seen them take part in the The People’s Party cross-regional series (along with Bombay Bicycle Club, Metronomy and The Naked & Famous) in January. Now they’re back for their first set of headlining club dates as part of a promotional album tour that will encompass Singapore, Malaysia, Taiwan and Hong Kong.

Support on the evening comes from HK’s very own Sun Eskimos who will be playing an acoustic set to warm up the crowd ;)

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HKBU BandSoc
16th plug N play Presents 第十六屆浸大樂社呈獻 :

HKBU BandSoc AP Virgin Scream 2012 ( SPECIAL GUEST: Forget the G from MACAU )

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Come experience our powerful Virgin Scream 2012
Here we present a once-in-a-life-time LINE UP you shan’t miss.

【最新售票點】

由即日起 門票於以下地點正式發售
Tickets NOW Available at

- KUBRICK BC
- VOCAL STAGE
- ZOO RECORDS
- WHITE NOISE RECORDS

由剛從台灣黑市音樂表演歸來的澳門另類搖滾樂隊 Forget the G帶領，連同五隊香港獨立樂隊包括：曾擔任Yuck、The Drums暖場嘉賓的The Yours、以「繽紛」音樂見稱的摩登孩子Modern Children、往往喜歡以訕笑聲實驗音樂調侃時弊的最地道香港極端流行No One Remains Virgin + Error:Wrong、 年輕五人Post Metalcore樂隊 Puzzle Experiment、加入跳脫Synth元素的香港Post-Punk Revival樂隊LENNY。

表演樂隊 PERFORMING BANDS + MUSIC GENRE：

● Forget the G ( Macau ) —– ALTERNATIVE ROCK/ EXPERIMENTAL

● The Yours —————- POST PUNK / PSYCHEDELIC

● Modern Children ———- INDIE / ALTERNATIVE

● No One Remains Virgin + Error:Wrong — EXTREME POP

● Puzzle Experiment ——– POST-METALCORE

● Lenny ——————- POST-PUNK REVIVAL / INDIE-POP

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《HKBU BandSoc AP Virgin Scream 2012 》

Date : 18 May 2012 ( Friday )
Time : 1815
Venue : Hang Out
2 Holy Cross Path, Sai Wan Ho, Hong Kong,
Sai Wan Ho MTR station Exit B

地點：西灣河協青社蒲吧
西灣河聖十字徑2號1樓,西灣河地鐵站B出口

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對於VIRGIN SCREAM
你仍在期待／還是已在回味

任何事情均有第一次
正如演出樂隊名字一樣：No One Remains Virgin

一隊澳門樂隊 Forget the G
一隊浸大樂隊代表 Puzzle Experiment
四隊香港強大 Guest Bands

並非處女下海，而是處女上台
2 0 1 2 0 5 1 8
擁有十六年歷史的HKBU BandSoc
初次踏上蒲吧 仰望更偌大的舞台

雖然每月都會有令人難以置信的表演發生，我們還是期望這會是令你這夏天最不可置信的一場；而這些樂團所組合而成的音樂氛圍，絕非三兩個窮乏的名詞所能解釋得下。

來親臨：
體驗你久違的現場感與音牆

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Advanced: $80
Walk-in: $120
Member: $60

● 售票地點 Tickets NOW AVAILABLE at
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1. kubrick bc （油麻地店 Yau Ma Tei） TEL : 2384 8929

香港 九龍 油麻地 眾坊街 3號 駿發花園 H2地舖（油麻地bc百老匯電影中心側）
Shop H2, Prosperous Garden, 3 Public Square St., Yau Ma Tei, Kln, Hong Kong

營業時間 Opening Hour：
－書店 bookstore　11:30 – 22:00

2. White Noise Records TEL : 2591 0499

香港銅鑼灣耀華街21號華耀商業大廈19樓1901室
Room 1901, 19/F, Workingview Commercial Building,
21 Yiu Wah Street,Causeway Bay

3. Zoo Records TEL : 2309 2911

太子西洋菜南街234號3樓
3/f, No.234, Sai Yeung Choi Street South, Prince Edward

4. Vocal Stage TEL : 39973368/ 97887148

尖沙咀柯士甸道122號麗斯中心11樓D室
Unit D, 11/F, Ritz Plaza, 122 Austin Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong

● 訂票方法 RESERVE TICKETS
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1. 電郵到 hkbubandsoc@gmail.com
留下姓名、聯絡電話、訂購門票數量

Please send an email to hkbubandsoc@gmail.com
Leave your name, contact number and quantity of tickets

2. 致電 852-62590734 (PEACE) / 852-96389482 (JAMES) 留票

Call 852-62590734 (PEACE) / 852-96389482 (JAMES) to reserve tickets with your name, contact number and quantity of tickets

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Forget the G ( Macau )

Forget the G是近年活躍於澳門的獨立樂隊。在Radiohead, Nick Cave & the bad seeds, The Cure 等樂隊的薰陶下，音樂風格主要定位為另類搖滾(Alternative Rock)。樂隊集合著後搖滾(Post Rock)及實驗音樂(Experimental)的元素，希望為獨立音樂圈帶來新的衝擊。

樂隊首張專輯《Prologue》於台灣打狗棒錄音室錄製，由曾入圍台灣金曲獎《最佳製作人獎》及《最佳專輯獎》、亂彈樂團的童志偉精心打造。專輯內七首歌曲為樂隊概念系列的第一章，歌曲內容主要圍繞著外在和內心世界的掙扎，用最真實、直接的一面以矛盾的字詞描寫著灰暗裏的希望。看似表面的內容隱藏著深層的訊息，希望聽眾能從自已的角度出發，去窺探自身的內心世界。

Forget the G 除了一眾 音樂節 及 Live House之演出， 近年積極發展各類多媒体之藝術演出。樂隊於2010年及2011年連續兩次獲邀參與澳門城市藝穗節，並精心撰寫了一套劇目“Within These Walls…牆內之外”。集合著現場音樂、劇場、影像及場地設置於一身之實驗劇目，成功為澳門觀眾留下一個不一樣的多媒体体驗。與此同時，樂隊更與美國獨立音樂圈著名制作人 Manny Nieto 合作，於2011年澳門城市藝穗節帶來一個十小時馬拉松式之現場創作及錄音之節目，成為港澳獨立音樂團之間的話題之一。

“反反覆覆的情緒狀態營造出不對稱的和諧，
悲觀的字詞描寫出自身對世界的失望，
從而在浮沈的樂句中尋找一絲的希望。”

到底是迷幻？是後搖滾？還是Post Grunge？

如果這些平面的標籤都不能去形容他們的音樂，那麼Forget the G的音樂應該屬於一個幽閉立體的空間中。

Forget the G’s music has been described as Alternative Rock meshed with Post Grunge, while sonically full of outrageous elements from the Experimental world.

“The way we try to deliver our music, is to have our listeners being with us in the Subtle, Dynamical and Contradictive dimension that we comfortably found ourselves in.”

Forget the G’s debut EP is available in stores in Macau & Hong Kong. Digital downloads available on IndieVox, iTunes and Amazon Mp3.

weighting different types of air
collecting different types of lights
generating different types of silence
listening the sound of different types of visuals

http://www.facebook.com/Forgettheg/
http://tw.streetvoice.com/music/forgettheg/
http://www.forgettheg.com/

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The Yours

Formed in the summer of 2005, The Yours quickly captured the attention of HK audiences with their energetic live performances that blend squalling white noise with good old fashioned rock ‘n’ roll sensibilities. Having re-emerged as a four-piece line up, they are currently preparing new songs for their debut album in a late night dive in Kwai Chung; aided only by the sickly rays of fluorescent light and a steady supply of budget-priced cigarettes.

http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Yours/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMi-cdpJGS8
http://myspace.com/theyours

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Modern Children

Modern Children 是於2006年冬天成立的一隊香港獨立搖滾樂隊。成員包括Kenneth、Jimmy、Chih、Tony、Lung Wei 和Winnie。

如果用一個詞形容Modern Children，最適合不過的詞語是「繽紛」了。他們喜歡玩不同類型的音樂，以另類流行和後搖滾音樂為主﹔有別於傳統搖滾樂隊，除了以結他、低音結他和 鼓的演奏外，亦會以不同的樂器演奏，如手風琴、Rainbow Bells、二胡等, 力求得到不同的聲音，他們的演出保證目不暇給;他們的音樂「繽紛」，可以溫婉甜美, 又使人血脈噴張。樂隊演出經驗豐富，多次為海內外著名樂隊作暖場嘉賓，如英國樂隊的The Charlatans、北京樂隊的旅行團等。他們熱情澎湃的演出，更帶領他們踏足不同的國際音樂節舞台，如澳門的Macau Flash 2008、廣州的NOTCH 2009、新加坡的Baybeats 2010、日本的瀨戶內國際藝術祭2010等等。2011年年底，Modern Children 以iPhone/Android App 形式發放其首張同名大碟供免費下載。2012年1月14日樂隊於蒲吧舉行其名為「Come Come Come Sun Live 2012」之音樂會，並於同日發布樂隊首張同名實體大碟《Modern Children》CD。

Modern Children are Kenneth, Winnie, Chih, Jimmy, Tony, Lung Wei.

“Colourful” is the word to describe Modern Children. They play in different music styles and always go on two extremes: indie pop and post rock. Their songs were filled with all kinds of sounds by using wide range of instruments, from guitars and bass to rainbow bells and erhu. Their positive music and passionate live performance have been bringing them to different stages in various countries, including Macau Flash 2008, NOTCH 2009 at GuangZhou, Baybeats 2010 at Singapore, Art Setouchi 2010 at Japan, Clockenflap 2010 and Fever Music Fest 2011 at ShangHai. In 2008, they had their first solo concert at Kubrick, HK. In late 2011, Modern Children used an unusual way to release their album – iPhone/ Android App. It was probably the very first free App Album in the world, which contains 10 songs for free download. The band held their concert named “Come Come Com Sun Live 2012” at Hang Out on 14th January 2012. Physical copies of their debut album CD “Modern Children” were launched in the same date.

http://www.facebook.com/ModernChildren
http://www.modernchildren.net/

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No One Remains Virgin + Error:Wrong

NORV，香港極端流行（Extreme Pop）樂隊。由 Bowie Mok（主音），J Mak（低音結他）與 Mono
Koo（軟件）於O九年組成。各人皆痛恨了本地流行曲許多年才發現原來這裡只有噪音，鮮見音樂。結果心情舒暢得要死，順道組個樂團向最忠於原創與實驗性的粵語流行噪音致敬。

HK Extreme-Pop Band NORV was formed by Bowie Mok (Vocal), J Mak (Bass)
& Mono Koo (Software) in 2009. Once we found the local pop scene we
hate is just a huge noise mess but nothing about music, we found the
urgency to form a band by making local cheesy pop sounds.

NORV: http://www.facebook.com/nooneremainsvirgin
Error:Wrong: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Error-Wrong/149306041757786

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Puzzle Experiment

Puzzle Experiment (P.E.) 成立於 2011，為一隊Side-Project樂隊

由五位來自四隊不同樂隊的組員組成，各成員喜好不同風格的音樂，所以 (P.E) 的成立只是實驗性質，嘗試將不同的音樂元素混合。
就如拼圖一樣，每塊不同圖案和形狀的拼圖，經拼合後便能變為一幅美麗的圖畫。

四月二日，Puzzle Experiment正式首次演出。

Puzzle Experiment ( P.E.) is formed by Yeung, Chung, the guitarists, Kuen, the bassist and Pie, the drummer. The vocal of the band was suspended in midair. Til January of 2011, we met Manson and he became the vocal of the band.

On 2/4, Puzzle Experiment made their debut at Sai Wan Ho The Hangout.

In January of 2012, Ma Chin Hei, the bassist, joined and worked at Puzzle Experiment.

http://www.facebook.com/PuzzleExperiment

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Lenny

Meeting by chance, five energetic and slightly hyperactive musicians formed Lenny in the winter of 2010. Spicing up their post-punk band materials with vivacity, the band gigs about town with their rocking and house-stomping performance that continually amuses and amazes, and rest assured, off the wall!

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Lenny/
http://soundcloud.com/hklenny11

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PEACE WONG 6259 0734
JAMES LAM 9638 9482

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***Phil King legendary LUSH bassist is confirmed in the line up!!!!

Yes you crazy kids!

THE JESUS AND MARY CHAIN, LIVE IN HONG KONG.

HONG KONG. THE JESUS AND MARY CHAIN.

Advance ticket : 580 HKD [cash only]

ANd it’s 640 on the door.

Huzzah!

The Jesus And Mary Chain – Just Like Honey (Video)

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**EARLY BIRD TICKETS NOW ACCEPTING ONLINE PURCHASES, AND WILL BE AVAILABLE AT TICKET OUTLETS ON 26/04/2012!!**

**EARLY BIRD門票現已接受網上訂購，並於26/04/2012在指定售票地點有售!!**

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CHOCHUKMO “GOOD NIGHT” Single Release Concert

Date: 26/05/2012 (Sat)
Time: 20:00
Venue: Hidden Agenda
Address:
2A, Wing Fu Industrial Bldg, 15-17 Tai Yip Street, Ngau Tau Kok, Kwun Tong, Hong Kong
Tickets:
$150 – Early Bird Tickets, including a GOOD NIGHT Single CD
(Purchase at ticket outlets or purchase online on or before 13/5/2012)
$180 – Regular Tickets, for entrance only
(Purchase at ticket outlets, purchase online or at the door after 13/5/2012)

For information about online ticketing, please check below for detail instructions.

Inquiries:
info@chochukmo.com

觸執毛GOOD NIGHT單曲發佈音樂會

日期：26/05/2012 (六）
時間：20：00
地點：Hidden Agenda
地址：香港牛頭角大業街15-17號永富工業大廈2樓A室
門票：
$150﹣Early Bird門票連同一張GOOD NIGHT Single CD
(於13/05/2012或之前，在各售票地點購買，或於網上訂購門票)
$180﹣普通門票，不連CD
(13/05/2012後在各售票地點購買、於網上訂購門票，或於演出當日在會場購買)

有關網上購票程序，請參閱下面的網上購票方法。

查詢：info@chochukmo.com

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Ticket Outlets / 售票地點:

White Noise Records
Room 1901, 19/F, Workingview Commercial Building, 21 Yiu Wa Street, Causeway Bay
銅鑼灣耀華街21號華耀商業大廈19樓1901室
Tel: 25910499
Working Hours:
1:00 pm – 9:00 pm (Mon – Fri)
2:00 pm – 9:00 pm (Sat)
Close on Sunday
www.whitenoiserecords.org

KUBRICK BC
Shop h2, Prosperous Garden, 3 Public Square st., Yau Ma Tei
油麻地眾坊街3號駿發花園h2地舖
Tel: 23848929
Working Hours:
14:00 pm – 10:00 pm (Mon – Fri)
12:00 noon – 10:00 pm (Sat, Sun & Public Holidays)
www.kubrick.com.hk

Hidden Agenda
2A, Wing Fu Industrial Bldg, 15-17 Tai Yip Street, Ngau Tau Kok, Kwun Tong
牛頭角大業街15-17號永富工業大廈2樓A室
Working hours:
3:00 pm – 10:00 pm (Wed – Sun)
*Please call 91706073 (Kimi) in advance / 請先致電 91706073 (Kimi) 預約
www.hiddenagendahk.com

CHOCHUKMO~ “Higher Higher”

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We are delighted to present hip London chillwave/indie pop duo SUMMER CAMP! one of the best debut albums of 2011 produced by Steve Mackey of Pulp!!!!

Tickets: 250 HKD/300 HKD

White Noise Records, Room 1901, 19/F, Workingview Commercial Building, 21 Yiu Wa Street, Causeway Bay,
Zoo Records, 3/F. Sai Yeung Choi St South, Prince Edward
The Globe, 45 Graham Street, Soho
Online at www.wegottickets.com

‘Stunning debut album’ The Independent

“Summer Camp”, which samples Kelly LeBrock in John Hughes’s Weird Science, while the euphoric “1988″ is Toni Basil by way of indie-pop. But Welcome to Condale doesn’t fetishise the past, its love-gone-wrong lyrics and snatches of chillwave lending Summer Camp a sound that is theirs alone. Guardian ****4 stars

. ‘Nobody Knows You’ combines trip-hop and soul to create a dancefloor Portishead……. Not just a summation of 21st-century alt.pop, but a compass pointing the way to its future adventures. NME 8/10

‘with songs like “Young” and “Ghost Train” this London duo prove that they live up to their hype, and it’s a good thing they came out of hiding. ‘ Nylon

In 2009 Summer Camp put out their first song on a fake myspace, claiming to be seven Swedish people who met at Summer Camp when they were 14. They had no idea of the blogosphere frenzy that would follow and within hours, blog after bigger blog with such gaints Gorrila vs Bear posting it as the latest hipster track.

However when Elizabeth was asked to write about cool new band Summer Camp for NME radar it seemed the game was up. Their first London gig sold out and they became darlings of the internet, with huge media attention from Nylon, NME, BBC, The Guardian, The Independent, Vogue all jumping on the Summer Camp bandwagon.

Everyone loves a boy girl duo and Summer Camp’s heady mix of synth pop, John Hughes fims, long hot summers, teenages crushes and school proms has proved to be as intoxicating as a first kiss after two cans of cider.

So get your fix early and come along for some May frolicking with Summer Camp, Songs for Children DJ set and Mike Mystery visuals!

See ya there!

x

Summer Camp – Down

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PacificUV真的要來了！超興奮！Chopxticks很高興能夠把他們請來香港！
想了解pacificUV多一點？
先看看各媒體對他們的評價：
Rolling Stone “…a masterpiece”
SPIN “…the atmosphere is thicker, the guitars more towering and the catharsis more rewarding than seems likely on Planet Earth.”
Pitchfork “7.9…a welcoming security blanket for the winter’s thaw…”
NPR “…blissful, atmospheric, space-rock… deftly and beautifully orchestrated sound…”
CMJ “Shoegazing with a country drawl…”
Alternative Press “4 stars out of 5 – with a symphonic sense of purpose, the volume ratchets ever upward before exhaling through a sequence of lush but ephemeral tracks…”

PacificUV Tour in Hong Kong 2012

日期 Date：18/05/2012
時間 Time：8:00pm

地點 Venue：Hidden Agenda
香港牛頭角大業街15-17號永富工業大廈2樓A室
2A, Wing Fu Industrial Bldg, 15-17 Tai Yip Street,
Kwun Tong, Hong Kong

嘉賓 Guest：Yuen Chi Chung 袁智聰

票價 Tickets：HKD200 (Adv) / HKD250 (Walk-in)
查詢 Enquiry : 9183 0906 (Alvin) / 9248 1912 (Ruby)

Addresses of Ticket Outlets:
White Noise Records
銅鑼灣耀華街華耀商業大廈1901室
Room 1901, 19/F Workingview Commercial Building, 21 Yiu Wa Street, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Tel: 2591 0499

電郵訂購 Online Booking : info@chopxticks.com

為了方便大家，複製以下格式到你的電郵info@chopxticks.com吧。
Copy the formal below to make everything simple!

[Advanced tickets] PacificUV
姓名 Name:
聯絡電話 Contact Number:
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After more than a decade of releasing critically acclaimed albums, and having spent four years hiding out in Oregon undergoing intense aesthetic transformation, pacificUV has returned home to Athens, Georgia with two new albums and a renewed sense of purpose. Since returning to the south, co-founder, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and photographer Clay Jordan has teamed up with music producer/recording engineer and performer Suny Lyons (Electrophoria, Hope For Agoldensummer, Lovers, Tin Cup Prophette, Popheart Productions), adding a dash of infectious pop into the delicious dreamscapes pacificUV is most known for.

Memories

Clay Jordan and Howard Hudson formed pacificUV in the late 1990s in Athens, Georgia. One of them wanted the band to sound like a psychedelic Jesus and Mary Chain tripping on Nyquil, while the other wanted to play one chord for 45 minutes to determine its color. Somehow, what emerged from these disparate goals was their self-titled debut album that Rolling Stone called a “masterpiece”. The perfect mixture of noise and melody, the first L.P. was a sprawling ambient landscape that revealed a myriad of influences, from shoegaze to 60’s rock, to slow core to post-rock.

Skip ahead a few years – and a change of location to Portland, Oregon – Longplay 2 is released, again to ardent critical praise. The sound of the debut record has been refined, with a more assured command of dynamics and tighter songwriting, but still sounding like it was beamed in from a distant planet.

The Now

Which leads us up to the present, and the releases of their newest record: Weekends. Recorded over the course of two years in Portland, Oregon and Athens, Georgia, Weekends details the disintegration of a relationship and represents a departure from the sprawling, dense soundscapes of the past, to include a new found pop sensibility that references the electronic musings of bands such as Kraftwerk and Magnetic Fields, while still maintaining the ambient leanings and ethereal textures that have become pacificUV’s trademark.

Pacific UV-Blind

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Date : 2nd May 2012
Time : 8:00PM
Supporting : Pasha
$250(Advance) $300(Walk-in)

Venue : Hidden Agenda
香港牛頭角大業街15-17號永富工業大廈2樓A室
2A, Wing Fu Industrial Bldg, 15-17 Tai Yip Street, Kwun Tong, Hong Kong

Tahiti 80 have proven themselves true originals who have touched our souls with carefully crafted delights for over fifteen years. Comparable to Blur’s transition from Leisure to Modern Life Is Rubbish or perhaps clutching towards Bowie’s chameleon-like early day personas, the entitlement of the word “rebirth” stands evident. Tahiti 80 initially formed by multi instrumentalists: Xavier Boyer, Médéric Gontier, Sylvain Marchand & Pedro Resende, is now a six-piece unit. The band has always been and will continue as a “musical” band giving the fans the best of their industry.

Tahiti 80 以超過十五年精心泡製的音樂觸動我們的心靈，力證他們真材實料。他們媲美歌壇變色龍 David Bowie，和搖滾樂隊Blur由《Leisure》到《Modern Life is Rubbish》的轉變，可謂風格百變。由原本主唱Xavier、結他手Médéric、低音結他手Pedro和鼓手Sylvain組成，到現在的六人組合， Tahiti 80 一如以往繼續為樂迷獻上最精彩的音樂。

Tahiti 80 – Heartbeat

TAHITI 80 – Yellow Butterfly

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Date : 27th April 2012
Time : 8:00PM
Supporting : Dear Scarborough

Venue : Hidden Agenda
Address: 香港牛頭角大業街15-17號永富工業大廈2樓A室
2A, Wing Fu Industrial Bldg, 15-17 Tai Yip Street, Kwun Tong, Hong Kong

$150(Advance) $180(Walk-in)

(Australian indie pop)

After travelling around the world we’re back home in Sydney having released our second album ‘Across the ocean grey’. Penned on buses, trains and during airport sleepovers around the world. Recorded by us in our little London flat and in spare spaces about the town. Mixed and mastered in Glasgow at Ca Va Sound by the lovely Brian McNeill.

Songs from the album were inspired by a great adventure. We have been exploring, hunting, gathering, listening and remembering. We climbed to the top of a mountain, we took a forty-hour bus ride, we saw a spider bigger than our hands, we walked through a scared valley, we were sick, we saw dead bodies and dead dogs, we visited a city of god, we drank Havana Club in Havana, we danced with locals, we wore their clothes, we went to great heights, were dizzy, we swept through the dessert, we saw flamingos, we rode a train with gypsies, we played in the snow… and fell in and out of love.

Agnes Kain是一隻來自澳洲的倆人組合，Chanelle Afford和Stefan Simunic 。

一起長大。在澳大利亞的悉尼，在同一個小鎮，同一條街上。
一起創作。他們製造出的音樂像每個人的好朋友那樣，有一種親密與舒適感。
一起歌唱。如果只聽到歌聲，會覺得這是一名獨立流行女歌手。其實Stefan Simunic的和聲總是低調地躲在喧囂背後，讓歌聲更加溫暖。
一起旅行。一邊為世界各地喜歡獨立音樂的朋友們歌唱，一邊一起看遍世間美景，是完美的計劃。
一起生活。不需要大秀恩愛，一起生活，才是最美好的誓言。兩小無猜，要用一輩子來詮釋。 “愛情不是看著對方,而是一起看相同的方向”。
2012年春天 Agnes Kain再度甜蜜歸來。

Agnes Kain – Gideon

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Date : 20 APRIL 2012
Time : 8:00PM
Supporting : UNIXX
$150(Advance) $180(Walk-in)

Venue : Hidden Agenda
香港牛頭角大業街15-17號永富工業大廈2樓A室
2A, Wing Fu Industrial Bldg, 15-17 Tai Yip Street, Kwun Tong, Hong Kong

Snapline也許已經成為，看上去幾乎是一夜之間，北京發展最快的年輕樂隊，在當地媒體上獲得了整篇幅的報導並且在美國發行了他們首張單曲黑膠唱片。 Snapline初建於2001年，成員包括主唱陳曦，吉他兼鍵盤手李青和2005年加入並最終讓樂隊走上舞台的貝司手李維思。 Snapline的音樂和同時代的北京現實有著直接的聯繫，以及來自70和80年代的噪音與極簡派音樂家的概念，特別集中在那個時期的紐約場景。同時他們也希望探索那個時期來自英國黑暗的，工業音樂風格，特別是像Joy Division和The Cure在荒謬的小和弦上演奏奇異的，由鼓機驅動的音樂。相反，旋律製造者陳曦的演唱為樂隊帶來了一種更柔和的，更流暢的聲音。

Snapline的作品試圖顛覆人們對於後朋克音樂黑暗病態的判定，他們希望聽者理解後朋克是以更大的生存的勇氣去思考未來的不必然。當前PIL(Public Image Ltd.)樂隊的鼓手和製作人Martin Atkins 2006年底在北京接觸到這裡的音樂場景時，他為一堆樂隊而狂喜，但是卻完全因為Snapline的獨特而神秘的旋律而歎服，並且立刻堅持來製作他們的第一張唱片。在接下來的幾個星期裡在北京他們共同錄製了一些歌曲，並且接下來的幾個月在芝加哥對這些歌曲進行混音，而陳曦也隨後飛到芝加哥錄製了更多的素材。當這些錄音的片段返回到北京的音樂圈時，樂隊的演出現場開始擠進了大批的觀眾，而他們也很快建立起了一批忠實的聽眾群。在D-22的一系列演出使他們很快成為新音樂場景的中心，為評論家和音樂家所喜愛，儘管有時他們仍然會讓聽眾難以捉摸。

他們不是很容易就讓人喜歡的樂隊，但是他們的歌迷充滿了忠實的熱情並且他們音樂在奇妙的不可預知的方向上不停地發展。他們的演出總會呈現出這樣一種狀況，一部分觀眾深感迷惑而另一部分觀眾堅定地留在現場，張大了嘴巴，看著陳曦在舞台上狂熱的起舞和踱步，而此時李青的奇異的吉他噪音正糾纏著李維思冷漠的貝司線。在《Rolling Stone》的一篇文章中，李青還被認為是最具創新的4位吉他手之一。 )

Snapline have become, almost overnight it seems, perhaps Beijing’s fastest rising band. The band consists of Li Qing on guitar and keyboards and Li Weisi on bass, who met while at students the Beijing Institute of Technology. Their music was dedicated to working out in a contemporary Beijing context the sounds and ideas produced by the noise and minimalist musicians of the 1970s and 1980s, especially focusing on the New York scene of that period. Wanting also explore the dark, industrial music coming out of England during that period, especially from bands like Joy Division and the Cure, the two created a side project, which performed strange, drum-machine-driven music over dark, minor chords. Chen Xi, on vocals and drum machine, bought a softer, more fluid sound to the band with his delicate and slightly otherworldly singing.

When producer and ex-PIL drummer Martin Atkins came to Beijing in late 2006 to check on the local scene, he was delighted with dozens of bands, but wholly awestruck by Snapline’s uniquely weird melodies, and immediately insisted on producing their first CD. Within weeks they had laid down the tracks in Beijing and over the next few months began the mixing process in Chicago, at one point flying Chen Xi to Chicago to add additional tracks.

As snippets of the recording filtered through the scene in China, the band’s shows started drawing larger crowds, and they soon began to develop a very strong following. A series of concerts at D-22 established them as one of the central bands in the scene, much loved by critics and musicians, although difficult at times for audiences to follow. They are not the easiest band to love, but their followers are passionately loyal and their music keeps growing in strange unexpected ways. In October, 2007, the performed a stunning set at the Modern Sky festival, driving away half the audience in bewilderment and keeping the other half rooted to the grounds, mouths open, as Chen Xi danced and stumbled frenetically onstage while Li Qing’s strange and ugly noises dueled with Li Weisi’s relentless bass lines. After that show it was clear to many that Snapline was one of the key bands in the musical explosion emanating from Beijing.

The subject of many articles in the Chinese press, the band was listed in the September 2007 edition of That’sBeijing as one of the ten best bands in China and in an article in Rolling Stone that same year Li Qing was listed as one of China’s four major guitar innovators.

SNAPLINE – Single Beat

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Bitch Magnet Live in Hong Kong

Date : 14th April 2012
Time : 8:00PM

Supporting : tfvsjs

$150(Advance)/$180(Walkin)

地點 Venue：Hidden Agenda
香港牛頭角大業街15-17號永富工業大廈2樓A室
2A, Wing Fu Industrial Bldg, 15-17 Tai Yip Street, Ngau Tau Kok, Kwun Tong, Hong Kong

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About the Band :

Bitch Magnet首先由兩位年輕人創立。當Jon Fine和Sooyoung Park仍是兩名大學生時，他們成立了Bitch Magnet這隊樂隊，由Fine當結他手，Park作主音及低音結他手。一年後，他們成功說服鼓手Orestes Delatorre加入，當年是一九八七年。

Bitch Magnet的首張唱片”Star Booty”在一九八八年完成，其後樂隊不斷在美國的主要城市演出。”Star Booty”首批發行的一千張唱片迅速被售個清光，樂隊隨即與美國Communion及英國Shigaku/What Goes On唱片公司簽約。

Bitch Magnet在英國及歐洲的媒體報導中得到驚人的評價，他們隨即在歐洲巡迴演出。在一九八九年樂隊巡迴歐洲後發行單曲唱片“Valmead.”。一九九零年，三位重量級人物再次重聚商討最後一張唱片的靈感，即具影響力的”Ben Hur”。這唱片現在被普遍認為是「後搖滾」音樂的主要來源。單曲唱片”Valmead”登上英國獨立榜第20名，樂隊於當年再次巡迴美國及歐洲。

樂隊在隨後靜靜解散，而其唱片”Ben Hur”中的“Mesentery” MTV在美國及歐洲的電視台及電台廣播。在二零零四年，Mojo雜誌將”Umber”評為「你必須擁有的唱片」之一。

去年二零一一年，Bitch Magnet重新錄製一張舊唱片，並加入六首從未面世的歌曲。直到去年年底，Bitch Magnet接受了Battles的邀請，在All Tomorrow’s Parties音樂節中再聚演出，期後他們於同年在英國，歐洲及亞洲有少量的表演。

Bitch Magnet各成員對音樂的熱誠並沒有在樂隊解散後有絲毫減退。Park組成了Seam；Morfín在Walt Mink和Godrifle當鼓手；Fine則創立了Vineland及Coptic Light，並曾經有一段時間在Don Caballero當結他手。

在他們解散數年後，Bitch Magnet被認定為極具影響力、音樂性複雜的樂隊之一，其他樂隊包括Don Caballero、Rodan、June of 44及Battles。

「在沈重與漂亮之間，在密集與空間之間－Bitch Magnet創造了這美妙的平衡，這些都被林林總總的樂隊探索試驗過，但只有Bitch Magnet能寫真正的歌」－Mac McCaughan（Superchunk, Merge Records共同創辦人）

Bitch Magnet was formed in the fall of 1986 by Jon Fine (guitar) and Sooyoung Park (bass and vocals), when the two were sophomores at Oberlin College. In 1987, they convinced drummer Orestes Morfín — then known as Orestes Delatorre — to sign on.

In January 1988, they recorded their debut mini-LP Star Booty in three days. The band self-released it in the fall of 1988 on their Roman Candle label, and the band began performing and building a following in key US cities. The pressing of 1,000 copies sold out quickly and the band was signed to The Communion Label in the US and Shigaku/What Goes On in the UK. Both labels reissued Star Booty and released the widely-acclaimed Umber, for which the band added Dave Galt on guitar.

Amid a wave of extraordinarily positive notices in the British and European press, the band toured Europe, with Galt and Bastro/Squirrel Bait founder David Grubbs on guitar, in fall of 1989. Following the tour, with Grubbs on guitar, the band recorded the single “Valmead.”

The trio lineup of Fine, Morfín, and Park reconvened in the early spring of 1990 to record what would be their final album, the hugely influential Ben Hur. The album is now often cited as a key inspiration for the kind of instrumentally-focused music that would become known as “post-rock,” a term which baffled the band then and continues to now. The “Valmead” single cracked the Top 20 on the British independent charts, and the band toured the US and Europe that year.

After the band quietly split up, its video for Ben Hur’s “Mesentery” garnered MTV airplay in the US and Europe. In 2004, Mojo magazine named Umber one of its “Lost Albums You Must Own.”
The entire remastered Bitch Magnet catalog, plus six previously unreleased tracks, was released as a triple-CD and a limited edition triple-LP in late 2011 by Temporary Residence Limited. It was greeted by rapturous critical responses from outlets ranging from the New York Times to Total Guitar, including four-star reviews in Rolling Stone and Mojo and a five-star review in Uncut.
Bitch Magnet accepted an offer from Battles to reunite at All Tomorrow’s Parties “Nightmare Before Christmas” festival in December 2011, and the band also performed a handful of dates in the UK, Europe and Asia in late 2011. Those performances marked the first onstage appearance of the band’s original recorded lineup – Morfin, Park and Fine – since 1989.
After Bitch Magnet’s dissolution, Park went on to form Seam. Morfín drummed in Walt Mink and Godrifle. Fine formed Vineland and Coptic Light, and briefly played in Don Caballero.
Much like their contemporaries in Slint, in the years following their breakup, Bitch Magnet have been recognized as a significant influence on generations of aggressive and musically complex bands, including Don Caballero, Rodan, June of 44 and Battles.
“Probably more than any other band, Bitch Magnet sent me in the direction I took with the music I have tried to make.” -Ian Williams (Battles, Don Caballero)

“Bitch Magnet created this amazing equilibrium between heaviness/prettiness and density/space. These juxtapositions were explored by a ton of bands at the time, but Bitch Magnet wrote songs.” –Mac McCaughan (Superchunk, Merge Records co-founder)

Bitch Magnet — Mesentery