Weekly Gig Guide - Week Commencing Thursday the 13th February 2014

It’s been a while since the Leng Pleng Gig Guide has been so loaded with gigs. Some returning heroes and some new faces combine this week to ensure a very busy weekend for music-lovers in Phnom Penh.

The party starts early on Saturday afternoon at Showbox, where Sliten6ix will celebrate the launch of their debut EP Nevermore. The band’s record label Yab Moung Records will be distributing the EP for free to promote ‘the first ever Hard-Core EP recorded, pressed and released in Cambodia’. Look out for a download link soon. Sliten6ix and other guest bands will be playing a ‘hardcore matinée show’ from 3pm and you will be able to grab your own copy of what could become an historic recording release.

Sharky Bar is back in business again on Saturday following a January gig hiatus. The Second Coming is a triple bill featuring three of Phnom Penh’s best-known bands. The Teaner Turners, Bum N Draze and Stiff Little Punks will be blowing away the cobwebs (and probably laying waste to several cases of beer) with the assistance of new band members and new set lists. Expect a loud, brash and celebratory evening.

Another triple bill can be enjoyed on Saturday at Equinox, where Michelle Flemming, Roxanne Dumont, and Robin Narciso perform individual acoustic sets. Each of these talented singer-songwriters has something unique and interesting to offer in very contrasting styles. Michelle is a powerful singer from Holland with a great stage presence. Roxanne is from Belgium but sings a very groovy Latin style. Robin is from Italy and is the lead singer of hardcore band Sangvar Day.

The Cambodian Space Project offer a welcome alternative to all those romantically-themed Valentine’s Day gigs with a return to Equinox this Friday. The psychedelic spaceship is expected to be rocking hard following a recent tour of Europe. Check out the excellent video below to see how the band performed at La Grange à Musique (GAM) in Creil, France.

Taking Cambodian rock’n’roll to a very different place, Sliten6ix put together this black-and-white promo for their new EP Nevermore :

International drumming virtuoso Lewis Pragasam has been busy at Oscar 51 recently, collaborating with a succession of excellent musicians for various special performances. This weekend’s huge schedule of gigs really goes off with bang on Thursday night with Misspent Youth, a blues-rock super-group featuring four outstanding players - Chris Kebeck (guitar/vocals), ‘Smokin’ Kenny Smith (guitar/vocals), Dave Zdriluk (bass/vocals) and Lewis himself. Jack sincerely hopes this will be the first of many Misspent Youth gigs as I am currently ‘on assignment’ in Siem Reap.

Until next time, watch out for those wrong-way drivers,

JACK DIAMOND.

Latest Gigs

Thursday  13-Feb-2014

• 6:30 PM ~ Frisco Tony The and Beatniks at The Sundance Inn & Saloon
• 9:00 PM ~ Fluxus Night at Meta House
• 9:00 PM ~ Diego Dimarques trio at The Groove
• 9:00 PM ~ DJ Wez-T at Dusk till Dawn
• 9:30 PM ~ Lewis Pragasam , Kenny Smith , Chris Kebeck and Dave Zdriluk at Oscars 51

Friday  14-Feb-2014

• 4:00 PM ~ DJ Sequence , DJ Donabelle and DJ Alan Ritchie at Phnom Penh Passenger Port
• 6:30 PM ~ Valentines at The Himawari
• 7:00 PM ~ Chaktomok Violin Trio at FCC-Phnom Penh
• 7:00 PM ~ Sea Wolf at Boulevard Club
• 7:00 PM ~ Euan Gray and Charlie Corrie at The Doors
• 7:30 PM ~ Louise Norup and Barry Speirs at The Cabaret Restaurant
• 7:30 PM ~ Miss Sarawan at The FCC in Siem Reap
• 8:00 PM ~ DJ Nicko , DJ Mat and DJ Possum at 80s90bar in Siem Reap
• 9:00 PM ~ Kheltica at Paddy Rice
• 9:00 PM ~ Ritchy Boisson , Leon Kondo and Ten at The Groove
• 9:00 PM ~ The Cambodian Space Project at Equinox
• 9:00 PM ~ DJ BBoy Peanut and DJ Gigahurtz at Star Palace Night Club
• 9:00 PM ~ X-Pat Sound System at Meta House
• 9:00 PM ~ DJ Alexis G at Nova Penthouse
• 9:00 PM ~ Bert Bevans * at Code
• 9:00 PM ~ DJ Susu and DJ Maily at The RiverHouse Lounge
• 9:30 PM ~ Marsyas at The Slur Bar
• 10:00 PM ~ Dr. Wah Wah , DJ Rob and DJ Strange Fruit at Dusk till Dawn
• 11:00 PM ~ DJ Per at Pontoon

Saturday  15-Feb-2014

• 3:00 PM ~ Sliten6ix EP Launch at The Show Box
• 5:30 PM ~ DJ Flo , DJ Funkelastiks , DJ Lefty , DJ Il Toro * and DJ Egospell at Koh Rong Samloem in Sihanouk Ville
• 7:00 PM ~ Sea Wolf at Boulevard Club
• 8:00 PM ~ Ringtail at The Village
• 8:00 PM ~ Stiff Little Punks, Teaner Terners and Bum N Draze at Sharky Bar
• 8:30 PM ~ Vibratone at The Slur Bar
• 8:30 PM ~ Dean Bailey at The X-Bar in Siem Reap
• 9:00 PM ~ Michelle Flemming , Roxanne Dumont and Robin Narciso at Equinox
• 9:00 PM ~ DJ Tonle Dub and DJ Mercy at Meta House
• 9:00 PM ~ Euan Gray , Barry Speirs and Ritchy Boisson at The Groove
• 9:00 PM ~ DJ Bree , DJ Stroke and DJ Woody at Code
• 9:00 PM ~ DJ Island at The Laundry Music Bar in Siem Reap
• 9:30 PM ~ Joe Wrigley & The Jumping Jacks at Oscars 51
• 9:30 PM ~ Krom at The Doors
• 10:00 PM ~ Elvis Fandango at Shanghai Bar
• 11:00 PM ~ DJ Illest at Pontoon

Sunday  16-Feb-2014

• 9:30 PM ~ Elvis Fandango at Oscars 51
• 10:00 PM ~ DJ Sequence , Dj Klang , DJ DaveBreeze and DJ TropicalAlien at Ritchies Bar in Sihanoukville

Monday  17-Feb-2014

• 8:30 PM ~ French Nostalgie at The Slur Bar
• 10:00 PM ~ DJ Tam at The RiverHouse Lounge

Tuesday  18-Feb-2014

• 10:00 PM ~ DJ Susu and DJ Simon C Vent at The RiverHouse Lounge

Wednesday  19-Feb-2014

• 8:00 PM ~ Barry Speirs at The Doors
• 8:30 PM ~ Tamaraka Trio at The Slur Bar
• 10:00 PM ~ DJ Wez-T and DJ Simon C Vent at The RiverHouse Lounge

Coming Up

• The Fumes at Equinox
• Jahzad at Equinox, Equinox
• Swagger at Meta House
• Pop Music Quiz Night at Equinox
• RJ Marshall at Equinox
• Wat A Gwaan at The Slur Bar
• Stonewall * , Bob Passion and Didier Wampas * at Sharky Bar
• Vibratone at Equinox
• Submarine Brass at Equinox
• The Grass Snake Union at Equinox
• Dub Addiction at Equinox
• Bands of Cambodia Music Video Night at Equinox
• The Adobo Conspiracy at Equinox
• Didier Wampas * at The X-Bar in Siem Reap
• Cambodia Living Arts at Doors
• Sonny & Pervaz at Le Jardin
• DJ Tech 12 and MC Hydro Phonics at Pontoon
• DJ Mocity at Pontoon
• DJ Achaya and DJ Wah-Wah at The Kep Lodge in Kep
• DJ Nicomatic and DJ Wah-Wah at Meta House
• DJ Tonle Dub and DJ Mercy at Meta House
• Doors + Code Red at Doors
• DJ Lefty at The RiverHouse Lounge
• DJ Funkelastiks and DJ Alan Ritchie at The RiverHouse Lounge
• DJ Wez-T and DJ Simon C Vent at The RiverHouse Lounge
• DJ Flo at The RiverHouse Lounge
• DJ Tim Coates and DJ Mikus at The RiverHouse Lounge
• The Tuk Tuk Sessions at Equinox
• X-Pat Sound System at Meta House
• The Cuban Brothers * at Code
• MWAUKA & The Gang at The Village
• MC Gobshite, Tiny Toones and DJ DSK * at Code