Now heading into their third overseas tour, formed in Tokyo in 1991, veterans of boundary-pushing sound that merges shoegaze, heavy metal, noise rock, electronica, and dream pop.
Since their much-talked-about self-titled EP in 2019 to the Sinsurén Inferno LP in 2025, these Kota Kinabalu misfits push a “Burning Spirit” blend of fast, high-energy Japanese rock and roll hardcore.
Formed in 2011, shaping a dark, reverb-soaked sound drawn from 90s shoegaze, coldwave, and cabaret tones, spanning A Warm Romanticism In Coldwave Room (2013) to Nostalgia (2017).
Formed as a side project by longtime friends, united by a shared love for fast-paced music beyond rigid genres, evolving into a defined sound with the 2020 debut Too Early to Be Late, rooted in 90s and early 2000s hardcore and punk.
Formed in 2019 by members across different acts, bound by a shared obsession with 90s midwest emo, math rock, and punk and hardcore, forged on the road through relentless shows.
Now in their immaculate maturity, Kias sound timeless beyond imitation, risen from their glorious ruins, each lineup pitched up in heaven, an unparalleled force brushing against paradise.
From their 2015 debut to Tubes in 2021, delivering psychedelic hard rock drifting into doom, with live sets shaped by improvisation.
From solo beginnings to a five-piece, one of Manila’s defining indie acts, shaping dream pop through melodic haze and fuzz, from Unexppectedly EP (2020) to Silver Fairy LP (2023).
Playing O! at the core since 1997, shaped by ’77 punk, hard rock, and prog explorations reaching into Pink Floyd territory, rare for the genre.
Emerging from the new wave of local shoegaze and releasing consistently since 2024, this Klang Valley nü-gaze band builds towering walls of distortion where melody drifts beneath waves of noise.
Formed in 2006, grounded in punk with excursions into reggae, shaping a sound that remains subversioning in spirit, constantly versioning itself while pushing against lines of speciesism.
DOGTOOTH started in 2023, moving through alternative rock with a touch of shoegaze, where grit meets drifting haze.