Underground 97 this Saturday!
We got a
folky and funky night ahead of us this Saturday at The Melting Pot.
Debut Underground performances from Milkteeth, and Lemon Baby plus
regulars Cicadas (from across the Lamma Channel), Brothers of Roadkill
and Poubelle International (who take the place of The David Bowie
Knives). This show takes place in The Melting Pot which must have one
of the best live sound in Hong Kong! See you there this Saturday - 9pm
start! Put your dancing shoes on!
本週六晚The Melting Pot 將充滿強勁節拍加上清新民謠氣息。Milkteeth和Lemon Baby將為大家帶來在Underground 的首次演出，加上另外三隊 The Underground 常客：自南丫島"遠道而來"的Cicadas，Brothers of Roadkill 和 Poubelle
International。很可惜，The David Bowie Knives 因事未能在Underground 97演出。 今次Underground
97 的表演場地The Melting Pot，現場音響全港數一數二，不容錯過！表演本週六晚九時開始，請緊記穿好你的舞鞋！到時見！ Next week our awesome Girls with Guitars 2 show will feature an ALL GIRL
lineup. Yup! Only girls on stage. With headlining act being an all
girl band coming down from Zhuhai, China to perform. Their first time
to play a show in Hong Kong too. This will be at ROCKSCHOOL on
Saturday 29 May 2010. Come check out GIRLPOWER at its best! 9pm till
12:30am.
下星期Girls with Guitars 2 勢必精彩絕倫：我們為大家帶來"全女班"陣容！無錯，只有女孩們在台上表演。當晚重頭戲是來自珠海的女子樂隊
﹣這是她們首次在港的演出。是次表演在五月廿九日星期六晚，九至十二時半在ROCKSCHOOL 舉行。烈女音樂力量在台上爆發，你一定要來看！
For more information about the bands, please click on poster to check out our website information.
欲知
演出樂隊及我們的網頁資料，請按海報。
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Music Matters Live! with H&M
This awesome free live music festival will take place next weekend on Friday 28 May and Saturday 29 May in four cool Lan Kwai Fong venues; The Cavern, Lan Kwai Fong Beer Bar, Lux and Backstage.
這個精彩的音樂節將在下個週末五月廿八至廿九日（星期五、六），在蘭桂坊四個一流的地方：The Cavern, Lan Kwai Fong Beer Bar, Lux 及 Backstage 舉行。
There will be bands from Canada, Australia, China, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, India, Philippines and of course bands from Hong Kong too!!
樂隊來自世界各地，包括中國、日本、韓國、新加坡、馬來西亞、菲律賓、印尼、印度、加拿大、澳洲，當然還有香港代表！
The Underground team highly recommends you check out these particular overseas bands:
我們The Underground 團隊為你誠意推介以下來自海外的樂隊：
* Delhi to Dublin (D2D) performing on Saturday at The Cavern, who perform Celtic electronica backbeat from Canada. Saturday night at The Cavern is the "Canadian Blast" and will have 5 cool Canadian bands performing.
* Delhi to Dublin (D2B) 來自加拿大的Celtic electronica backbeat，將在星期六晚於The Cavern "The Canadian Blast"與另外四隊加拿大樂隊一起演出。
* Friday night at the Lan Kwai Fong Beer Bar is the Aussie BBQ showcase with 3 hot bands from Australia (including Drawn from Bees who are currently on world tour), our own F.B.I. will be opening the evening.
* 星期五 "Aussie BBQ Showcase" 將在Lan Kwai Fong Beer Bar 舉行。三隊來自澳洲炙手可熱的樂隊，包括現正世界
* Galaxy Express, an amazing Korean band will be performing on Friday at Backstage and Saturday at Beer Bar are definitely worth watching
* 來自韓國的Galaxy Express 將在星期五、六分別於Beer Bar 及Backstage 演出，必會令你拍案叫絕，絕對值得一看再看！
* Moja, the Japanese Global Battle of the Bands winners in 2008 are performing at Beer Bar late Friday night.
* 2008 年"全球樂隊大激鬥"日本勝出樂隊Moja 將在星期五晚於Beer Bar 表演。
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Handy guide to Hong Kong bands!
Live Performance Reviews
New to Hong Kong?
Or just new to the live music scene?
How
can you sift the good bands from the bad bands?
初來
報到？
還沒
有摸熟本地樂隊的圈子？ 那你
大概需要看看我們的 "樂隊指南"了。
Well for nearly six years, at all our events, we've had
reviewers come and watch the bands perform and then write their honest
reviews. Some reviews are better
than others, some longer than others
but all honest.
六年
以來，我們都會邀請不同的樂評家為我 們每一隊演出樂隊撰寫樂評。每個樂評家的 觀點都不盡相同，但我可以肯定的一點是，他們都盡心為大家帶來最準確， 不偏不倚的評論。
Our website has over 300 bands reviewed (and a sprinkling
of overseas bands too!) to share with you. Many of the bands performing
this month are listed in our reviews:
我們
的網站已經有超過三百隊樂隊的樂評 本地和外地樂隊），包括這個月將會演出 的幾隊樂隊：
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Like White Zombie/ Rob Zombie? 喜歡White Zombie/ Rob Zombie嗎？不要錯過欣賞世界級金屬鼓手的機會！Chance to see a well respected Metal drummer!
 Currently on tour with The Cult, John Tempesta (better known as the former drummer for Rob Zombie) will have a stop over in Hong Kong on 26th May (Wednesday next week!) to host an exclusive drumming clinic workshop. Even if you're not a drummer, you will enjoy his demonstrations and stories about life as a drummer. Limited tickets available! Click on John's photo to find out where you can get tickets for this exclusive event! To read more about John Tempesta, check out his cool website at: http://www.johntempesta.com/ 近來和The Cult 巡迴演出的John Tempesta (或者較為人熟悉，Rob Zombie的前鼓手) 將在下星期三 （五月廿六日）經過香港，主持獨家的鼓藝工作坊。就算不是鼓手，你也會享受他即席示範和分享自己的鼓手生活。門票有限，萬勿錯過！ 按一下John 的照片，尋找得到此獨家工作坊門票的方法！ 更多有關John Tempesta 的資料，請登上他的網站 http://www.johntempesta.com/ |
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Other Shows happening the next two weeks
Thursday 20 May 2010 San Miguel Showcase @ The Wanch, 54 Jaffe Rd., Wanchai 8pm - 12:30am Bands: Bus Uncle, Next Step, FAD & Hazden Free Thursday 20 May 2010 supersonic LIVE Acoustic Sessions: GREG GRIFFIN @ ROCKSCHOOL, 2/F corner of Luard Rd & Jaffe Rd., Wanchai 9:00pm
- 3 am Bands: Of Moths & Stars, Milkteeth, Greg Griffin (UK) HK$150 Saturday 22 May 2010 Underground 97 @ The Melting Pot, 1-5 Elgin St (next to Hollywood Rd) Soho. 9:00pm - 1:00am Bands: Poubelle International, Milkteeth, Lemon Baby, Brothers of Roadkill & Cicadas HK$100 Saturday 22 May 2010 Life to Live 2 @ 樂人地帶 Musician Area (葵芳大連排道172-180號金龍工業中心3期7樓C室 Room C, 7/F, Golden Dragon
Industrial Centre, Tai Lin Pai Road, Kwai Chung 8:00pm - 11:00pm Bands: Velvette Vendetta, Sexy Hammer, 瓊枝, Zoundz & Luxury HK$80 Saturday 22 May 2010 We Make Proud Music 2010 音樂會 @ 香港西灣河聖十字徑２號協青社賽馬會大樓 (YOUTH OUTREACH HANG OUT 蒲吧, 1/F, 2 Holy Cross
Path, Sai Wan Ho. ) 8:00pm - 11:00pm Bands: Adrian Tsing, Gloria Tang, PORK & 利得彙 Free Sunday 23 May 2010 Aonami and Baifan Asia Tour 2010 @ Philia Lounge, 4-8 Arbuthnot Road, Central (above D-i, next to Cafe O) 10:00pm - 2:00am Bands: Aonami (Japan) & BaiFan (China) Free Monday 24 May 2010 + Tuesday 25 May 2010 MUSIC DIASPORA @ Skylark, 1/F Parekh House, 63 Wyndham St, Central (next to the 7-11 on
Wyndham) 8:00pm - 12 midnight Bands: Lilian Au, piano; Li-Meng De Bakker, musical illustrator; Amy Chan, lighting
designer for The World of a Distorted Mirror Suite and Metamorphosis One &
Two; Sharon Chan, writer; Sandy Ho, piano; Fei Hung, piano; Kiki Leung,
violoncello; Michelle Rocha, writer; Tse Tai Shun, piano; Morton Wan, piano;
Morton Wan, piano; Austin Yip, violin. HK$200 Tuesday 25 May 2010 Mark-1 Band Showcase @ The Wanch, 54 Jaffe Rd., Wanchai 9pm - 12:30am Bands: The Smooth Jelly Club, Autological, Fukada, Morino & Koya Acoustic Blues Trio Free Friday 28 May 2010Music Matters Live! with H&M Presents@ The Cavern, Lan Kwai Fong8:00pm - 1:00amBands: Pesawat (Malaysia), BEILEI 叶蓓蕾 (Shanghai),D.O. (Canada), Dira (Indonesia), DD/MM/YYYY (Canada),Inward Eye (Canada), Ah5ive (Singapore)FreeFriday 28 May 2010
Music Matters Live! with H&M PresentsAUSSIE BBQ@ Beer Bar, Lan Kwai Fong8:00pm - 1:30amBands: F.B.I., 26 (Australia), Drawn from Bees (Australia),Dappled Cities (Australia), Moja (Japan) & JulienDrolon (France/Philippines)FreeFriday 28 May 2010
Music Matters Live! with H&M Presents
@ LUX, Lan Kwai Fong8:00pm - 1:00amBands: Quasar, Teal, Kris Lao, Shairah (Canada),Li-Tong (Shanghai) & Helium3FreeFriday 28 May 2010
Music Matters Live! with H&M Presents
@ Backstage, 1/F., Sompteux Central, 52-54 WellingtonSt., Central10:00pm - 1:00amBands: Juicyning, Logo, Galaxy Express (Korea),Sasi the Don (Malaysia) & Guarav Bangia (India)Free
Saturday 29 May 2010Girls with Guitars 2
@ ROCKSCHOOL, 2/F corner of Luard Rd & Jaffe Rd., Wanchai
9:00pm
- 12:30 am
Bands: Heather, 9 MAPS, Reign Lee &Dark Secret (Zhuhai)HK$100Saturday 29 May 2010
Music Matters Live! with H&M PresentsCANADIAN BLAST!
@ The Cavern, Lan Kwai Fong
9:00pm - 12:30am
Bands: D.O. (Canada), DD/MM/YYYY (Canada),Inward Eye (Canada), Dehli to Dublin (Canada)& Jully Black (Canada)FreeSaturday 29 May 2010
Music Matters Live! with H&M Presents
@ Beer Bar, Lan Kwai Fong
9:00pm - 1:00am
Bands: Guarav Bangia (India), Pesawat (Malaysia),BEILEI 叶蓓蕾 (Shanghai), O.T.O. (Macau), Dr Eggs (France), Galaxy Express (Korea) & Elyzia (Singapore)FreeSaturday 29 May 2010
Music Matters Live! with H&M Presents
@ LUX, Lan Kwai Fong
9:00pm - 1:00am
Bands: Robynn Yip, Marsha Yuan, 85Up2 &Shotgun PoliticsFreeSaturday 29 May 2010Music Matters Live! with H&M Presents
@ Backstage, 1/F., Sompteux Central, 52-54 Wellington
St., Central
10:00pm - 1:00am
Bands: REDPOLL 紅頂雀 (Singapore), Julien Drolon(France/Philippines), AH5IVE (Singapore) & OceanBoulevard (Japan)FreeSaturday 29 May 2010 Ian Curtis You are No Good for me @ PHONOGRAPH, No.2 Austin Avenue, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong 9:00pm - 3:00am Bands: The Yours, Laura Palmer, Hard Candy & False Alarm HK$120 Saturday 29 May 2010 Maniac CD launch party @ 香港西灣河聖十字徑２號協青社賽馬會大樓 (YOUTH OUTREACH HANG OUT 蒲吧, 1/F, 2 Holy Cross
Path, Sai Wan Ho. ) 8:00pm - 11:00pm Bands: Maniac, Qiu Hong 秋紅, In Love And Pain! & 鐵樹蘭 Tie-shue-lan HK$100 Sunday 30 May 2010 Angie Hart (Frente!) Live in Hong Kong @ ROCKSCHOOL, 2/F corner of Luard Rd & Jaffe Rd., Wanchai 8:00pm
- 10:30pm Bands: Angie Hard (Frente!) (Australia) & Karmen Cheung Yuen Tung HK$225 Wednesday 2 June 2010 Wolves n' Swallows @ The Wanch, 54 Jaffe Rd., Wanchai 8pm - 12:30am Bands: Six Pack of Wolves & Stagger Swallows Free Wednesday 9 June 2010 These New Puritans @ Grappa's Cellar, Jardine House, Central 7:00 - 11:00pm Bands: These New Puritans (UK) & The King Khan & BBQ Show (Canada) HK$360 |
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independent organisation
promoting original live music in Hong Kong.
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 Quickfire with the bands playing Underground 97!
We fired some questions at the bands and got some really interesting answers ;) Who likes Led Zeppelin II? Who would like to have Wes Anderson direct their next music video? Who was caught pissing in a public park? hahaha For the answers and more click on QUICK symbol. |
Want to buy an Epiphone Firebird?
Want to buy lots of gear at great price?
Are you a female drummer?
Then check out the ads in our
Classified Ads section!
那請在我們網站的"分類
廣告"一頁張貼你自己的 廣告。
Musicians -
it's completely free to place ads.
Click on box to view!
如你需要在這裡張貼廣告，請到"聯絡"一頁透過電郵把資料發給我們，費用全免。
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The
Underground music channel on HKGFM.net
Where can you go to listen
to cool bands from around
the world such as Band of
Skulls, e-god, Kasabian
AS WELL AS our own
great bands such as
Poubelle
International,
Killer Soap, Transnoodle,
Gong Wu, Thinking Out
Loud and Hungry
Ghosts?
在哪裡我們可以聽到全世界最精彩的樂
隊表演，如Band of Skulls, e-god,
Kasabian，還有我們本地出色的樂隊如Poubelle International, Killer Soap, Transnoodle, Gong Wu,
Thinking
Out Loud 和 Hungry Ghost 呢？
當然是在HKGFM.net 裡的 The Underground Music
Channel 了！
We're talking about The
Underground
channel at
HKGFM.net. They feature
alternative bands as well as
unsigned bands and of
course bands from The Underground Compilation
CDs. They also have other stations for your other
moods.
CHECK IT OUT NOW!
這個電台頻道播放另類樂隊、獨立樂隊、和在The Underground 的雜錦碟裡收錄了的樂隊歌曲。
HKGFM.net
還有其他不同精彩的音樂頻道去配合你不同的心情需要。
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USEFUL LINKS
有用
連結
Besides our cool website.....
除了我們的網站
Myspace Page
Chris B Twitter
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Radiodada
Hong
Kong indie music programme
"Underground Battlefield"
"Underground
Battlefield" is a
2 hour programme on Hong Kong's indie scene.
Each
week, a band is invited to
the programme for a chat. The
show also plays
music by Hong
Kong indie bands, and reports on
live gigs and other band
news.
Radiodada.hk
香港獨立樂隊訪問節目"地下戰場"
"地下戰場"是一個有關香港獨立樂隊的
兩小時節
目。
每星期請來一隊嘉賓樂隊談天說地，
也播放香港樂隊的作品，及報導樂隊演
出與出版的新消息。 每週六下午三時
Upcoming guests / 嘉賓名單
22 May - Killer Soap
29 May - Dr. Eggs
Radiodada.hk is a web radio
focusing on creative and living sub-culture. Program topics
include
advertising, creative,
music, food, diving. Each show is recorded and
aired live, and on-demand playback is also
available on the web site.
Radiodada.hk
是香港一個以創作與文
化生活為題材的
網上電台，節目範圍包括廣告創作、音樂、
飲食、潛水，即時錄播，亦可於網站
上重播收聽。
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Our new
t-shirts are cool!
我們的新T-shirt
真酷！
We've got Girls
sizes - 10 and 12 and
Regular sizes - M, L, XL and
XXL.
我們提供女裝尺碼－10和12
及普通尺碼－
中，大，加大和加加大碼
Guys! - look cool
and get girls talking to you, asking if you're a
musician!
Girls! - look super cool and have guys looking at you!
T恤以黑和鮮黃為主，正面由T恤設計比賽優
勝者Samuel所設計，背面印有"為支持原創的你而設的原創好音樂！"，專為各位音樂型人而設。
Only HK$100
available at The Underground events and through our
website! Please contact us via contact@undergroundhk.com
if you would like to buy a
T-shirt in Hong Kong.
只需要一百港元你就可以擁有這件超級有型的T恤。
如欲購買，我們會在演出中售賣T恤，你也可以於本站"聯絡"一頁發電郵給我們。
Profits from the Tshirts (HK$50) goes to charity, so thanks for your
support!
售賣Tshirt的利潤（港幣＄50）將會全數捐給慈善機構。 謝謝你們的踴躍支持！ Overseas
price - HK$130 (includes packing and postage)
海外價－130港元 （已包
括包裝和郵資） Please use paypal. 請使用Paypal 付款。
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Congratulations to
Rustic (Beijing)
Global Battle of the Bands China Champion becomes the World Champion!
中 國Rustic 樂 隊 稱 冠2009年 全 球 樂 隊 爭 霸 賽！
The Global Battle of the Bands 2009 World Final at the London Scala on April 27th 2010 featured national final winning bands from every corner of the globe. The World Final was delayed due to snowstorms and the volcanic ash almost delayed this rescheduled date.
The bands competing came from Italy, Australia, Belgium, Japan, Norway, England, Kazakhstan, Israel, Montenegro, Ukraine, Romania, China, Netherlands, Scotland, Serbia, Nepal, Malaysia, Canada, Iceland and Germany to compete for the GBOB Best New Bands in the World title.
After an entertaining evening of truly fantastic performances it was a shame that only one band could take the title - and that honour fell to flamboyant punk rockers Rustic from Beijing, China (pictured). They were the unanimous first place choice of the judges with Endless Dark from Iceland in second place and Explicit Licks from Norway in third.
The Global Battle of the Bands is a yearly challenge open to bands of all genres with the top prize being US$100,000 in band development: one week in a London recording studio, a 10-date UK tour and US$10,000 in cold hard cash. The competition is open to all genres and in China in 2009, nearly 100 bands signed on to take part.
Rustic first won the Beijing final on 20th September 2009 and then went on to win the China final in Hong Kong on 7th November 2009. Before winning the world final, Rustic had already pocketed a Gibson SG guitar, free Dragonair flights & accommodation to Hong Kong as well as a mini-tour of Hong Kong.
The World Final judging panel comprised of Mads Hauge (co-writer of Natasha Bedingfield's US smash "Soulmate", more recently Mads has co-written and produced the #1 hits "Mama Do","Boys & Girls" and "Cry Me Out" for Pixie Lott). Alex Revenco (Romanian rock journalist who recently interviewed AC/DC in the States and also Senior Editor for "Jurnalul National" newspaper) and Kjell Haune (Norwegian composer & producer and first Norwegian composer to have two of his own musicals produced in London's West End.)
Rustic's story from their preliminary heat performance all the way to them winning the World Final was filmed by niurenku.com and will be released as a documentary later on in 2010.
In 2010, the world final will be held in Kuala Lumpur in December 2010. Heats for China bands will open by July 2010.
2009年全球樂隊爭霸賽（Global Battle of the Bands，GBOB）全球總決賽於2010年4月27日在斯卡拉劇院（London Scala）舉行，來自全球各地的各國優勝樂隊參加了冠軍的角逐。全球總決賽因雪災而延期舉行，並且險些由於冰島火山災害導致再度延期。
參賽樂隊分別從義大利、澳洲、比利時、日本、挪威、英格蘭、哈薩克、以色列、蒙特內哥羅、烏克蘭、羅馬尼亞、中國、荷蘭、蘇格蘭、塞爾維亞、尼泊爾、馬來西亞、加拿大、冰島和德國趕赴倫敦，競逐GBOB全球最佳新生樂隊的頭銜。
當晚的表演非常精彩，但遺憾的是只有一支樂隊能夠奪得冠軍頭銜--而這一榮譽最終被來自中國北京的眩目朋克搖滾樂隊Rustic（附圖）所贏得。評審委員們一致將冠軍票投給了他們，而來自冰島的Endless Dark樂隊和來自挪威的Explicit Licks樂隊分列第二、三名。
全球樂隊爭霸賽每年舉辦一次，是一項對所有類型的樂隊開放的賽事，最高獎品為價值10萬美元的樂隊發展大獎，包括一間倫敦錄音室一週的使用時間、英國十日遊，以及1萬美元現金。2009年，該賽事接受中國所有類型的樂隊參加，吸引了近100支樂隊報名參賽。
Rustic先在2009年9月20日的北京賽區決賽中勝出，隨後又贏得了2009年11月7日在香港舉行的中國區決賽。在稱冠全球總決賽之前，Rustic已經贏得了一把Gibson SG吉他、免費的港龍航空機票和香港住宿，以及香港的短期旅遊。
全球總決賽的評審團成員包括Mads Hauge（Natasha Bedingfield風靡全美的《Soulmate》詞曲作者之一；近期還參與創作並製作了Pixie Lott的榜首歌曲《Mama Do》、《Boys & Girls》和《Cry Me Out》）、Alex Revenco（羅馬尼亞搖滾樂記者，近期在美國採訪了AC/DC樂隊，並兼任報紙《Jurnalul National》的高級編輯），以及Kjell Haune（挪威作曲家兼製作人，首位擁有兩部音樂劇在倫敦西區上演的挪威作曲家）。
Rustic從最初的預賽表演到奪得全球總決賽冠軍的經歷都被niurenku.com一一錄製了下來，並將製作成紀錄片於今年稍晚發行。
2010年的全球總決賽將於2010年12月在吉隆玻舉行。中國樂隊預賽將於2010年7月展開
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