After Chester French, Anouk, Isabel Guzman, Adele and Temposhark, Vampire Weekend is another hot new act to look out for that will likely break out in 2008. People are buzzing about the New York City quartet who combine melodic indie rock, new wave pop with traditional African rhythms. The group likes to describe their fresh new sound as "Upper West Side Soweto" and that sums it up pretty nicely.
The story of Persepolis might just be the story of our lives... says Otto Fong. He ponders on how a Singaporean gay person like himself is able to relate to the animated film about an Iranian girl growing up during the Islamic Revolution.
I was just a kid when Tone-Loc's rap classic "Wild Thing" was first released in 1988. After school, I used to spend time at Radio Veronica's studios in Hilversum, The Netherlands where I handed records to DJ Wessel van Diepen, one of the big Dutch radio personalities at the time, during his weekly radio show (together with Caroline Tensen who is now a major Dutch TV star, but I digress)