Gig starts at 5, and Rumah Api is in Ampang. Check their FB page for more info.

Moonshine & The Bee are hosting Feedback, a series of open mic nights. The series starts on the 6th of December, with special appearance by Liyana Fizi and Zalila Lee, and will go on every Tuesday at The Bee in Jaya One, PJ. Jangan segan silu, break out that song book you’ve been keeping in your desk, and give it a shot.

For more info, visit Moonshine’s facebook page.

Looking for a gig today?. Head to Rumah Api and get yourselves some good fun and a copy of Shock and Awe’s latest issue at  ”SUBORDINATION”, Shock and Awe’s fourth issue (keep’em coming guys and girls!) launch party featuring Suara Anak Muda, Kuchalana, Reconstruct, Daghila, Hurricane and Sickness.

Head to the event’s FB page here. There’ll be a few more launch parties in Kuantan and Batu Pahat, have a look at the flyers on Shock and Awe’s blog.

The Bee recently opened a new outlet in Publika KL, and from a quick glance, it seems to be a promising venue. This coming 3rd of December, 6 bands will be performing at the newly minted stage, which includes Tengku Adil, Couple, OJ Law, M.U.Z.E, and 2 bands from across the stream Caracal and Inch Chua & The Metric System.

Tickets are going for RM18 a pop and the show starts at 8pm. Check in if you’re in town.

They first released a compilation, and now Figure 8 & The Secret agents presents Up To The Sky Festival 2011, happening in Singapore this coming 3rd of December 2011.

The festival will feature over 16 bands (both international and regional) and includes the likes of Mogwai (DJ Set), Deerhoof (US), White Shoes and The Couples Company (ID), The Great Spy Experiment (SG) and our KL boys They Will Kill Us All and Tenderfist.

Up To The Sky Festival 2011 will also be running a video programme, headed by the one and only Vincent Moon (of La Blogotheque), Ho Tzu Nyen (SG), Ruangrupa and Dimas Wisnuwardono.

This is one exciting festival not to be missed (there is still time to purchase that bus ticket) and will be held at Old School  in Mount Sophia. Tickets are going out for SG$89 (standard) and SG$50 (students), available through Gatecrash, S.A.M Machines, SingPost Offices and STB TicketCube Orchard.

Head over to their website for the full lineup and details.

Come November, Soundscape Records and The Actors Studio brings for the 3rd edition of The Hidden Sessions, featuring the likes of Iqbal M, Like Silver, Silent Scenery, The Maharajah Commission, Enterprise, and Khottal . Tickets are RM30 a pop, and is available at The Actors Studio (Lot 10), iLasso Tickets and KLPaC Box Office.

For more info, please head over to these websites:
The Actors Studio
Soundscape Records 

Moonshine’s edition this month looks set to be quite an exciting one with indie pop hero OJ Law, fresh from the recent release of his sweet new album, the rejuvenated Silent Scenery, also armed with a recent new album and relative newcomers in Enterprise and singer-songwriter Amir Jahari.

Show starts at 9.30pm on Thursday, 20th October 2011 at Laundry Bar, The Curve, Mutiara Damansara, Kuala Lumpur. Admission is by minimum purchase of 1 drink. Check out the event’s Facebook page for more info.

There are 3 more days of screenings left in the first instalment of Punk Rock Film Week, a free event curated by people in the local DIY punk scene which has seen screenings of The Taqwacores documentary amongst other things already. This coming weekend will see the screening of the now quite rare Urgh! A Music War concert film, capturing the tail end of the post-punk explosion, whilst Saturday and Sunday will see documentaries on Punk in South East Asia and the Riot Grrl scene respectively. The remaining schedule:

FRIDAY, 30 SEPT 2011, 8:00PM
SESSION 5 – POST-PUNK 1980
Urgh! A Music War (Music/UK/1982/122min)

SATURDAY, 1 OCT 2011, 8:00PM
SESSION 6 – PUNK IN SOUTH EAST ASIA
Taring Babi (Documentary/Indonesia/2008/35min)
At A Glance: Food Not Bombs KL (Documentary/Malaysia/2004/25min)
Sarjan Hassan: The Interview (Interview/Malaysia/2010/20min)
Sabah: Degenerate Generation (Music Report/Malaysia/?/15min)
Rumah Api (Report/Malaysia/2010/5min)

SUNDAY, 2 OCT 2011, 8:00PM
SESSION 7 – RIOT GRRRL!
Don’t Need You: The Herstory of Riot Grrrl (Documentary/US/2005/40min)

Screenings start at 8pm on the respective days at No. 50B, Jalan Kemuja, Bangsar Utama (shophouse next to Bangsar LRT Station)(2nd Floor above B.Y. Air-Con & Car Service Centre), Kuala Lumpur. Admission is free but the floor space is limited to only 40 people so entry is on a first come first served basis. Check out the event’s Facebook page for more info.

Another edition of Moonshine is set to happen this Thursday with Liyana Fizi, who just recently launched her debut solo album “Between The Lines”, set to headline. Fellow performers will be familiar faces from the singer-songwriter scene like Rashdan Harith and Zalila Lee and another not so familiar name in Dzamira Dzafri.

Show starts at 9.30pm on Thursday, 29th September 2011 at Laundry Bar, The Curve, Mutiara Damansara, Kuala Lumpur. Admission is by minimum purchase of 1 drink. Check out the event’s Facebook page for more info.

Soundscape Records brings you the 5th edition of their Kontakt series of events, dedicated to promoting underrated and up and coming acts from the local gig scene, this time featuring post-rock newbies The Metaphor, experimental electro outfit Like Silver (fresh from their slot at Baybeats in August), and the long awaited return of Silent Scenery, who will be releasing their latest full-length album These Still Moments very soon.

Show starts at 9.30pm on Thursday, 22nd September 2011 at Laundry Bar, The Curve, Mutiara Damansara, Kuala Lumpur. Admission is by minimum purchase of 1 drink. Check out the event’s Facebook page for more info.