#this town needs

[whatsthesound]

Hong Kong’s top live music venue is gone again. Club’s Facebook posts cites  the cancellations of recent weeks (like Stiff Little Fingers) leaving them unable to make rent. A big loss for the scene which had been looking up as the year started but the no-shows keep mounting....

[fyeahcindie]

Listen/purchase: Ingmar by Sweetheart Garden

Sweetheart Garden formed in 2018 in Hong Kong 

Vocal-Faye, Guitar-Victor, Guitar-Hammer, Bass-Mann, Drums-Him

A couple of quirky things about the band: 1. All of their songs seem to have male names (Arne, Hendrik, Ingmar); 2. They have already planned their exit strategy, with two members going abroad later this year. From fb:

“成立於2018年年頭，最初由吉他手Victor，貝斯手阿文和主唱Faye組成，目的是寫一些cheesy pop songs（咦？）。後來找了阿謙擔任鼓手一職，亦因此機緣巧合野生捕捉了第二位吉他手Hammer，並組成了現在的陣容。團員們聽歌都很雜，日系音樂、廣東流行歌、Metal、Rave到Post Rock都有，不過正所謂「食個啲唔一定痾個啲」，總之寫出來的東西五個人都覺得好聽就好。由於兩名成員出國在即，只希望在有限的時間裡繼續做自己喜歡的音樂，好聽好玩開心就好。Peace.”

We posted Arne a few days ago, let’s hear Hendrik from the same event at This Town Needs aka Hidden Agenda:

[fyeahcindie]

ttbert1 YT channel has a full set of 小紅帽 Silhungmo from back in June.  =D

This was for Neon Lit Music Launch Party at TTN (This Town Needs aka Hidden Agenda). The other bands on the bill were ゲシュタルト乙女 Gestalt Girl (Japan) and Sweetheart Garden (HK) Neon Lit Music seems to be all about promoting shows and bringing bands to HK.  You can see their upcoming events at fb.  =D

Sweetheart Garden have 2 new songs available at bandcamp, and they posted a clip from their set to their YT channel:

“Sweetheart Garden is a Hong Kong indie band that lasts only for a limited period of time, from March to September 2018. Members include Faye (vo.), Victor (gt.), Hammer (gt.), Mann (ba.), and Him (dr.).”