Indie band Moccca to headline Japanese rock festival
Indie band Moccca to headline Japanese rock festival
JP/24/GUESS
Mocca to be in Japanese rock festival
JAKARTA: Retro-pop band Mocca is expected to stage a concert in
Okinawa, Japan, in late November, sharing the bill with scores of
hot Japanese indie acts.
The Bandung, West Java-based indie band will perform in a
music festival titled Sound Rainbow: Living with People of Asia,
a show that is expected to draw a crowd of 20,000 people,
Astaga.com newsportal reported.
Going against their penchant for performing in small venues as
their indie creeds dictate, Mocca -- also a headliner for one
date in the festival -- is scheduled to stage their gigs at two
baseball stadiums in Okinawa.
Mocca was among the first indie bands to achieve a huge
commercial success. With their debut album, My Diary, Mocca
shifted 70,000 copies, an indie band record.
The band's follow-up, Friends, hit the shelves earlier this
year and received rave reviews.
Both albums were released by Fast Forward Records, an
independent record label from Bandung. In Japan, Friends was
released on local label Rosemary Records/Apple Crumble Records.
Mocca wrote all their lyrics in English but they penned some
of their songs in Bahasa Indonesia for a soundtrack album to
children's movie Untuk Rena (For Rena). -- JP
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Usher gives U.S. magazine readers dating tips
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Usher gives magazine readers dating tips
NEW YORK: Need some dating tips? Ask Usher.
The R&B singer, who is starring in his first lead role in In
the Mix, shared his secrets with Time magazine.
"Women love compliments, you know what I mean? Buy her a
drink," he said. "Talk to her about whatever it is that she wants
to talk about. As long as you keep her laughing, you got it."
The film features the 27-year-old musician as Darrell, a
playboy New York City disc jockey who finds himself in an
interracial relationship with co-star Emmanuelle Chriqui.
Usher, whose 2004 Confessions had huge critical and commercial
success, isn't the only musician with a movie these days. Rapper
50 Cent has his own movie, too. Both show the stars baring some
skin. But does Usher think he's the better man?
"I'm a smaller guy. 50's got the arms, I got the abs," he
says. -- AP
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