By Sinead Rows of sponsors and merchandise greet audiences at the door, which leads to a gloomy cavernous room filled with monochrome-clothed, bucket-hatted 20-somethings: so far,…
Tag: Fire E.X. 滅火器
It’s our birthday! In lieu of Asian Pop Weekly’s 12th year anniversary this August, we decided it was high time to shine a light on the…
By Sinead It is somehow entirely fitting that FireEx’s滅火器 career trajectory has been shaped and shadowed by key events in Taiwan’s recent history. The band came…
![[Album Review] Fire E.X. 滅火器樂團 – Stand Up Like A Taiwanese 無名英雄 (2019)](https://asianpopweekly.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/fex_orig-480x270.png)
Just as Fire E.X. are much more than your typical rock band, Stand Up like a Taiwanese is much more than your standard concept record.
By Matt Taylor It’s that time of the year again! The most prestigious music awards in the Chinese speaking world, the Golden Melody Awards, will be…
By guest contributor Ciarrai DonnellyPhotos by Cheng-Kai Kao It’s not every day that you hear a nose flute on 5th avenue, but walking through the Upper…
By Jocelle Koh What happens when music from one of Asia’s foremost cultural centres is displaced in a concrete jungle like New York? One can only…
By Jocelle Koh Hot off the press without further ado, here’s your basic survival guide for who was nominated at all the award categories at the…