Show : Disorder Live!

Next Show : Messier 24 At Kinosaurus, Aksara Kemang (December 12)

Next Show : Grand Charlie, Rawamangun (Thursday, Nov 26)

#DumDumTour in Cirebon (Sept 27th) and Pekalongan (Sept 28th) with Barefood, Fernie Sue and Swell

Show : #BasedCityRockers at Rossi Musik, Fatmawati (13/09/2014)

Next Show : BISING! at Radiant Studio, Rempoa (14/06/2014)

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Next Show : Hostage Mini Fest 2014 at Bebop Studio (Tebet) on June 7th

We are playing this studio show on June 7th. As you can tell by the name, it is organized by our very own bass player, Gary Hostage. Jan will be in the action twice since Raincoat is playing as well. This will be the first time Vague and Raincoat playing the same show. Your favorite noise entertainer Individual Distortion is on the bill, as well as Bogor's finest punks The Kuda. I am excited to see Hell on Fire as well. 

Come out! It will be fun.

Show : #BADASSTONES at Basement UNISBA, Bandung (18 May)

We played Bandung for the 3rd time last Sunday with fellow Jakartans, Amukredam. The venue was this empty hall at a university building complex. It was pretty awesome. Wreck was awesome considering how young the band is (it was only their 2nd or 3rd show). They will be a force to be reckoned with in the future for sure. MDAE from Jogja killed it as well with their post-punk/garage/grunge hybrid and i'm happy to have found another rockin' three-piece. Thank you Ruang Kecil Records and Sekte Gotong Royong for organizing the show!

Show : Rossi Musik (16 May) with Collosvs (AUS), Memorial (KL) and Nailed (KL)

So, we played this show a few days ago. Apologies for the late post hahah, I completely forgot to update this thing. Rossi was fun as usual, and I had the pleasure of seeing Nailed for the first time and they absolutely...nailed it. Shout out to Trueside for organizing the show!

Next Show : JFCC Charity Jam at Akmani Hotel with Sore, Auman and Teenage Death Star (22/3/2014)

The JFCC Charity Jam has been made possible by a generous grant from the family of Timothy Mapes, a former Wall Street Journal correspondent who passed away at 42 in 2010 after a long battle with brain cancer. Our thanks go out to Glynn and Elizabeth Mapes, who felt that their son Tim, a former JFCC member and Indonesian music aficionado, would enjoy having an annual event held in his honor.

Obviously we are very excited (and nervous) to play this gig. We will play first at 8 PM sharp. It will be our longest set yet. We are also very keen to witness the performances of other bands who are wayyy tighter than us, especially Auman from Palembang.

See you there!

Next Show : Lemuria SEA Tour 2014 Jakarta Leg at Rossi Musik, Fatmawati (23/2/2014)

Last Show of 2013 : Fuzzy Friday at Cafe Mondo, Kemang (27/12/2013)

So we are playing this for our last gig of 2013! It's the first edition of #FuzzyFriday and it takes place at Cafe Mondo, Kemang. We are playing early since Gary has a flight to catch later that night. See you!

Next Show : Relapse! Waiting Room Reunion at Rolling Stone Cafe, Sunday (8/12/2013)

Yes, it's the same Waiting Room from the late 90's era. This is their first reunion show where they will be performing partial if not full Fugazi covers set. I don't know about you, but we are stoked to play this show. Fall, 7 Deadly Sins, Nervous Breakdown and Matiasu are playing as well, if that's not enough incentive for you.

See you there!

Show : Bergoyang Bersama Total Jerks at Porcea Studio, Depok (Nov 30th)

Alright, so I should've posted this BEFORE the show actually takes place. My bad. Anyway, we played this last Saturday. It was our first time venturing into Depok area and it was also the first hardcore/punk show we had played in a while. 

The studio was quiet far so by the time we got there, we had missed a few bands. The Spikeweed delivered their Ramones/Descendents power chords tunes as expected, and CBA did a pretty exciting cover of Fugazi's Waiting Room. Antiseptic was loud as hell and it's pretty amazing how they've managed to keep the band going for almost 20 years now, despite the line-up changes. Real Project were really tight and Total Jerks closed the show with their obvious 80's influenced (think Minor Threat) brand of hardcore. 

The highlight for me, of course was The Kuda. I'm biased though. Despite not performing 'Hey Jansen', their contribution to Rocket Rain soundtrack, they delivered a solid late 70's/early 80's head bopping hardcore punk with some post-punk/garage influences. This band needs to be more well known because of how good they really are.

Next Show : THURSDAY NOISE #1 at Borneo Beerhouse (October 31st, 2013)

Okay, so here's the next one for us. We are playing the very first edition of Thursday Noise who apparently focuses on indie rock/pop/alternative/shoegaze/fuzz-laden goodness, etc. I hope it will be a regular event.

 
This show will have Morfem, Mellon Yellow, Skandal (Jogja) and us. Shout out to our friends Barefood who had to pull out from the show. I'm sure they will play the next one! It's right on Halloween, so you know it's going to be fun! Come out!!!

Next Show : Humming Mad #8 : GLIMPSE (August 23rd, 2013)

After a very quiet month of Ramadhan, it's time to get back to the swing of things! We are playing a show on August 23rd. It's organized by our very good friends in We.Hum.Collective. What makes this show special? Two things : first, it has Tapestry and Fight Me Dragon who should quench your thirst for all 90's indie rock/emo. Second, IT'S A HOUSE SHOW! It will be the first house show in Jakarta that I will attend and play at, so i'm pretty psyched for it.

The show has good bands such as : Amukredam, Woodcabin and Wasted Boys Project from Bandung, Seems Like Yesterday, Ultra Enigma,Forever/Always and What The Sparrow Did To You. The last two bands i'm not too familiar with, so it should be fun checking them out. 

The entry fee is Rp. 25.000. While it might seem a bit much for a local punk/DIY show, please keep in mind that We.Hum had to rent the house for the purpose of putting on the show and keeping our local scene alive and running. So please spare a bit of your work money for all these awesome bands that play for pretty much nothing.

Show : VOLUME at UNISBA, Bandung this Saturday (May 4th)

We will be back in Bandung for the 2nd time ever this Saturday! The line-up is a bit random, and I will admit having not heard about half of those bands, but hey it's good to get out of your comfort zone, right? Tell all your Bandung friends to come and hang out! See you!

SUPERBAD! Vol. 50

Finally! More show to play! 

We are playing the legendary monthly event SUPERBAD, curated by The Secret Agents this Sunday (28/4) at Jaya Pub, Sarinah. Also playing are our good friends Barefood and two Jogjakarta bands : Answer Sheet and Lazyroom. We are truly stoked to be playing this and hopefully will see some familiar faces there!

Show : March 7th at POP UP! Demajors

Hey! We are playing POP UP, a bi-weekly event from Demajors this Thursday (March 7th). Also playing are our good friends and criminally underrated Barefood and of course the one and only show stealer, Individual Distortion. 

You better come to this because it will be nothing but fun. We will play a brand new song that doesn't even have a title yet.

Tell your friends!!!

ps. The amazing poster was done by Ditto Pradwito of Barefood :)

Recap : Bandung Show on February 17th with Amukredam

So we did our first ever show in Bandung recently with fellow Jakartans, Amukredam. We got there a few hours before the show started so we actually got to see every single band played. This is not in any way a comprehensive report but hopefully will give some insights to what the show was about.

Safe House Bistro is a relatively new venue that has been utilized for Bandung DIY gigs for the past few weeks. It's a very modest cafe that looks more like a house than anything, so naturally we were stoked. I wish Jakarta had venues close to this shape or form. I think it's also worth mentioning that the venue is not off the main roads so it had a very relaxed and chilled-out atmosphere to it. It was relatively similar to how things were in Jogjakarta. 

 














Terapi Urine was about to play and they looked like they could've been Club 80's tribute band with their sporty attires. From the very get go, it's obvious that they knew how to have fun and fun they were! They played a modern-grindcore with lots of wit and humour and executed a few 'tricks' during their performance that made them very memorable that afternoon. Wasted Boys Project is consisted of younger looking kids, playing somewhere between early 00's metalcore and more modern post hardcore/screamo stuff. While there are plenty of rooms for improvement, the potential is there. 

Amukredam had a very good set, despite their singer's Tomo not being 100% healthy that day. Fugazi's "Shut The Door" cover was a very nice surprise and hopefully it wouldn't be the last time they play it. WeThePeople was missing their original singer and duty on vocals was taken by Acil Fardiaz. Their newer songs actually sounded a lot more interesting than the ones on the EP with even further nods to Dischord records on the guitar department. I can't wait for their next releases. 

Singapore's Sjanse was next and they delivered an intense screamy set with a lot of emphasis on technicality. I can't believe how tight they were. The drummer was a lot of fun to watch because he's really good. Spiritualized Mammals shifted the mood in Safe House with their brand of psychedelic-experimental music. I wish i could remember all the instruments they were using, but there was at least one i wasn't really familiar with which only fascinated me even more. And yes, the singer did take off all his articles of clothing. Again.

 














Ssslothhh didn't really need much introduction as their brand of hardcore infused sludge/post metal kicked the SafeHouse in the ass that night. They were loud and yet really tight. They should've been the closing band that night :)

 














We played last and by this time a lot of people had already left because it was pretty late. There were unfortunately no videos so i can't really tell if we sounded like shit or not. But props to people who stayed to see our set, much love! 

 














Major thanks to Circle Split collective, Duo MC Anak Naga, Acil Fardiaz, Arfian, Rambo, Aditya Indra and all the bands playing, old friends and new friends. It was a humbling experience, thank you Bandung. 

Except for the first picture, all photos were taken by Toro Elmar.