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The Money Shot Horns
The Money Shot Horns are a crowd pleaser. Their brand of funk, groovy soul and R ’n’ B appeals to many, thanks to charming lead singer Dooley Chandler. His magnetic stage presence and the talented musicians in the band form a lasso that pulls you onto the dance floor from the very first note.
www.myspace.com/themoneyshothorns
My Skin Against Your Skin
My Skin Against Your Skin has given Andrea Huang (黃盈誼) room to grow from her days as the head-thrashing lead singer of Rabbit Is Rich (兔子很有錢) into a performer with a wider repertoire. She still punks out, but now also delves into smoky blues-rock vocals reminiscent of another queen of disquietude, PJ Harvey.
www.myspace.com/myskinagainstyourskin
Go Chic
Go Chic takes chick power to the nth degree with irreverent but relevant lyrics written from the point of view of modern youth. Hilarious, dangerous and fun, the band takes the piss out of everyone from culture vultures to foreign men, and redefines the “Asian girl” stereotype in the process.
www.myspace.com/gochictheband
Dr Reniculous Lipz and the Scallyunz
With catchy, fun and wacky rhythms and lyrics and rhymes that tickle the brain, Dr Reniculous Lipz and the Scallyunz are a bit like Dr Seuss for grown-ups. Add a rocking live band (with bassist Molly Lin (林孟珊), who occasionally dresses as a nurse), and you have a treat for the eyes, ears and feet.
www.myspace.com/theskallyunz
Skaraoke
Skaraoke’s frontman Thomas Hu (胡世漢) is as engaging and professional as Money Shot’s Dooley Chandler, with the manners of a dapper gentleman and the style of a streetwise hepcat. The group’s big band sound is full of raging horns and toe-tapping beats that speak ska, reggae, rocksteady, swing and jazz. There’s even a bit of karaoke in the mix.
www.myspace.com/skaraoke
Collider
Collider has lost none of its dark, soul-wringing power, despite several lineup changes. Its newest member, bassist Thomas Squires, helps create an angst-ridden and beautifully torturous sound.
www.myspace.com/colliderrockband
New Hong Kong Hair City
New Hong Kong Hair City has set the bar for expat female talent with lead vocalist and keyboardist Danielle Sanger belting out and growling songs full of passion and vigor. Macgregor Wooley matches her intensity on vocals and saxophone.
www.myspace.com/newhongkonghaircitytw
Point 22 (.22)
Composed of a trio of “founding fathers” from the expat music scene, including festival co-founder Wade Davis, Point 22 (.22) is a rock band with songs that are either gut wrenchingly funny or so catchy that they stick in your head for days.
www.myspace.com/point22
Blood Orange
Blood Orange (血橙) is what would happen if you sent a bunch of punks back in time to the jazz age and told them to form a band. With chaotic, discordant melodies that smack into full stops then twist back around for more, it is an instrumental band that doesn’t need a vocalist — the music is the frontman. www.myspace.com/bloodorangetw
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