After six record breaking and unforgettable parties this year, it has all come down to this. The party to end all parties, the holy-grail of all H-Artistry events, and the promise to ‘mix it up’ even bigger and bolder, the biggest H-Artistry “The Global Art of Mixing” party of 2011 will be descending upon the Malaysia International Exhibition & Convention Centre (MIECC) at Mines Resort City on 12 November 2011.

MTV World Stage Live In Malaysia 2011 is just mere minutes away! Follow this live blog as we bring you all the happenings from i-City, Shah Alam!

Watching Back And Forth can be surmised into this: You go in thinking you know all about Foo Fighters. You come out having a deeper appreciation for the band and what they are all about. And it’s true what they say. Rock ‘n’ roll isn’t just music. For the Foo Fighters, it’s their lives.

It’s been two years since her debut album The Show and Lenka is back with a greater zing of indie-pop, backed with a hearty dose of electronic beats. In town recently to promote her sophomore album entitled Two, the 33-year-old Australian singer-songwriter also gave a private showcase in the intimate setting of TAB at Orchard Hotel on a Saturday evening to a sizeable crowd ranging from the likes of teenage girls to the older and more sophisticated.

Relentless rain, cloying mud and uneven grounds – that certainly do not sound like it’s the most comfortable setting for an outdoor live music festival. But if Glastonbury can do it, what’s stopping Southeast Asia’s first St. Jerome’s Laneway Festival, held on the historic slopes of Singapore’s Fort Canning Park on January 29, 2011? The 11-hour indie music festival saw a 6000-strong crowd of music lovers singing and dancing to the beats of nine critically-acclaimed bands from the likes of Beach House, Foals, and The Temper Trap.

Indie kids, here’s a music festival that will truly make you go ga-ga for – Australia’s St. Jerome’s Laneway Festival is set to hit Singapore shores come January 29, 2011 at Fort Canning Park

Paramore (Photo: Aloysius Lim/Warner Music)

“Singapore, it’s nice to meet you!” shouted Hayley Williams to the packed Singapore Indoor Stadium last Sunday. The greeting has at least been five years in the making. For the thousands of teenage fans who queued up outside the venue as early as the night before, watching Paramore larger-than-life right before their very eyes was like, to paraphrase the lyrics from “Misery Business,” watching their wildest dreams come true.

Mention “super massive,” “epic,” and “grandiose” in the same breath when it comes to live performances and chances are, someone’s talking about Muse. Having won a slew of “Best Live Act” awards and with gargantuan stadium feats firmly etched in the minds of fans thanks to the far-reaching powers of YouTube, it’s no wonder the 11,000-strong crowd were incredibly psyched for Big Night Out 2010.

It took a while to get in, but once things got rolling, the event ended up being one of the biggest gigs in recent local rock history. It was a night full of mosh, energy, and good ol’ fashioned rock. Though, it didn’t have the brightest of starts.

Produced by LAMC Productions, Big Night Out 2010 featured headliners Muse, backed up by post-hardcore band Saosin, and punk rockers Rise Against. Needless to say, as we took our place in line to get into Pen A, it seemed 90% of the people seemed to be there for Muse – we even saw people buying Muse T-shirts and putting them on right there and then. Total tally for Rise Against/Saosin tees – 3. Ouch. Though to be fair, that was just Pen A – hopefully there were more in the other queues. We also noticed a fair number of high heels in the crowd, and made a mental note to stay far away from them once we got in – there’s nothing quite like a 5-inch heel coming down on your foot in the mosh pit.

Boys Like Girls Live In Singapore (Photo: Hype Records)

“I gotta feeling. That tonight’s gonna be a good night,” crooned Martin Johnson, lead vocalist and guitarist of Boys Like Girls. The cover of the Black Eyed Peas’ hit single was definitely a great opener for their full-length debut show at the newly opened Compass Ballroom at Resorts World Sentosa on January 28.

The other day, my editor was asking me about my opinion of local bands and if I do have any recommendations for the blog. Well, my friends. I have many, of course!