The beat goes on

BAYBEATS, Singapore’s leading free outdoor youth-targeted music festival, offers a curatorial change. Held at Singapore’s Esplanade —Theatres By The Bay, this year’s instalment sees the Esplanade itself curating the event.

Previously, its team worked closely with Wakemeup Music — an entity closely associated with emo rockers and pop punk.

So you can expect more styles of music come Aug 29 to 31.

Representing Malaysia are rockers who constantly experiment with different sounds, The Otherside Orchestra, and straight-from-the-hip Brit rockers, The Deserters.

Both bands are already well-established at home as solid live acts.

Big acts from Singapore include 60s inspired rock band Force Vomit and legendary independent band from the 90s, The Oddfellows.

Auditions were held earlier this year to find fresh Singapore acts, and wildly-named bands such as The Oslo Castaways, You And Whose Army and Peep Show were unearthed. These represent different types of rock, from those inspired by Pink Floyd to straight up four-chord rock.

The festival has acts from beyond our shores including dance act Agrikulture from Indonesia, metal band Faspitch from the Philippines, synth group Joy Electric from the US and indie rockers Jebediah from Australia.

For the full schedule, visit www.baybeats.com.sg.