Music of 2008

Happy New Year everyone! How was your new year? I spent Jan 1 having a real nice dinner with my extended family. And sis came along too! Then we headed over to Jess' place and had a blast playing Taboo! Let's do another round!

I didn't have time to post this last year so here it is...

2008 in music was alright. Funny, I can't really remember too much about it! So no lists for this category. I'm more picky about my music so I don't have enough to make a ''top ten''. Here's some music stuff that struck a chord in me last year.

Ash. Thanks to cousin Trixy, sis and I managed to get free tickets to go see Ash. A trio from Ireland that plays somewhat alternative rock music. It was at Fort Canning Park and we got prety good lcoations. 2nd row and the girl in front of me was short so I got a full view of the singer. The bass player was sexy man. Great night...

Goldspot. This really little known band from LA is, I find very cool. The singer is Indian and you totally can't tell when you listen to them. Go check them out on Youtube. I really like Friday.

Paramore. I think I really got into them when ''That's What You Get'' came out. Before, I just totally admired lead singer Hayley for her beautiful voice and I love how they write and compose their own songs! Then ''Decode'' came out about the same time with their DVD and I was hooked. Go check out acoustic versions of their songs on Youtube. Wonderful.

We Will Rock You. Early in 2008, one show changed my view on musicals. It was the most rocking musical I ever watched and I had the pleasure of watching it twice! For details, check out my previous blog post about it... February I think.

Singfest. My number 6 moment of the year. And I got to meet One Republic! If only we got there earlier to get better seats. But still, it was awesome and I had a great time with Sis and her friends!

The Script. The best discovery this year. The first time I saw them was at last year's MTV Asia Award. After so many out-of-tune artists that performed, they came on, were in tune and had a wonderful song. ''The Man Who Can't Be Moved'' was my number 1 song of the year. Their CD was pretty awesome too and their Irish accent is kinda charming! Go check them out if ya got the time...

I hope that this year there will be more interesting acts coming to Singapore. I reeeaally hope that acts like Paramore, The Script, All American Rejects and Jason Mraz will come. MCR is currently taking a break, being normal people, so I wish them all the best and guys, please come out with new material soon! And if not, have a few kids! Haha... :)

2009 is upon us. Let's all hope that it'll be a better year and that the recession will pass us quickly, ya?