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Album track

Plastic Section's new album is about to be released on CD by Panda Records. It'll also be available through iTunes etc.. Here's a track from it.. the rest any day now..

Spin It Out

In other news - the next Plastic Section gig will be at Bangkok's groovy Fatty's Bar on Friday, July 12, with an amazing line-up including solo guitar experiment Wednesday, singer-songwriter Eico and the great folk rock of Matthew and the Fishes..

More gigs coming in July.. details soon!

Cheers to The King Khan & BBQ Show

It's been a while between posts here, so thought I'd do an update.

Last Saturday night (June 1) Plastic Section were a support band for the amazing King Khan and BBQ Show at Cosmic Cafe in Bangkok. It was a very fun night with a great crown and brilliant music. As well as being incredible performers, King Khan and BBQ were also great guys, happily signing the 7" singles they were selling (cheap too!), chatting with everybody and watching the support bands. Mark Sultan even very kindly gave me a copy of his "$" CD, which is excellent and highly recommended! Thanks also to Popscene for organizing another great event in Bangkok, and to The Standards who always put on a high-energy, exciting performance.

This gig was also the first with Plastic Section as a 3-piece, as Wannarit Pongprayoon (Pok) has joined myself and drummer (as well as guitarist) Put Wednesday Suksriwan  to play bass, filling out our sound in a very satisfying way.

In other news, Plastic Section's new album is about to be released on CD by Panda Records in Thailand. I'll post the cover, track list and details on how to grab a copy here when it's out.. any day now!

And finally, our next gig is on Saturday night at a new beer joint in Bangkok called Hemmingway's, near Asoke BTS station in Sukhumvit. We're on at 7pm - details here


One more thing - writer and Bangkok resident Dave Crimaldi has written some very kind words about Plastic Section on his excellent blog about the Thai indie scene. You can check it out here if you're interested.

Cheers!

Plastic at the Zoo

Following the next gig at Fatty's Bar in Bangkok on April 4 (see below) Plastic Section will be playing at a new venue called Zoo, near Democracy Monument in Bangkok (Zoo used to be called Chez Lodin). This will be an amazing night, with Thai artist Wednesday (experimental solo guitar improvisations), Eico (amazing Japanese singer-songwriter and guitarist who is a very unique performer), My Post Life (Wannarit Pongprayoon from Stylish Nonsense doing his unique solo songs) and Plastic Section bringing the rock and the roll. Should be a good one!!

Plastic Section at Fatty's

Next Gig! Plastic Section are playing at the cool Fatty's Bar in Bangkok (10 mins walk from Rama 9 MRT station). Also on the bill are singer-songwriter Scott Allan Knost from the US and the amazing Thai band Chaldni Chandi. Organized by Popscene Live. Plastic Section will also be performing some new songs. More details here.

Note: Plastic Section will be plugged in!

Next gig - April 4

Been a while between posts here.. Last weekend I did a solo acoustic Plastic Section performance at the Keep On the Grass festival in Saraburi, Thailand. It was great fun! Here's the poster:

Photos from the event can be seen on our Facebook page.

At this stage, the next Plastic Section gig will be on Thursday April 4 at Fatty's Bar in Din Daeng, Bangkok - just down the road from where the last few Plastic Section albums were recorded. More details coming soon...

Small Faces

There is now a Plastic Section Facebook page, which is updated more frequently than this blog.. If you'd like to sign up for the latest updates and info, please visit here. Cheers!

Frantic!

Happy New Year! Plastic Section released a new album online called Frantic! to welcome the Year of the Snake, get it while it's free!

Frantic!

New music and gigs gigs gigs!

It's been a while between posts - just got back from a groovy trip to Japan with some nice whisky and even nicer records (Magic Sam, Pussy Galore, Guitar Wolf and Pizzicato V).

As soon as I got back I recorded two new songs, and added two recorded earlier in the year for a new Plastic Section EP called 'Off the Rails' - get it free here!

In other exciting news:

Plastic Section have four gigs coming up:

Thursday November 8 at the Robin Hood Hotel, a nice pub opposite Emporium on Sukhumvit Road in Bangkok. The night is presented by the great Popscene crew, so it's gonna be a good one.

Friday November 9 at the LUSH music and arts festival, being held at the very groovy Train Night Market in Bangkok's Chatuchak  district (near the famous Chatuchak weekend market). It looks like a great festival, with lots of bands, art events and performances. Details here.

Saturday November 10 at Harmonica (one of the best venues in Bangkok!) on Sukhumvit 39, with Little Fox, Before Champ, EICO and headlining the great guitar experimenter from the US, Dustin Wong! Check it out.

Saturday December 1, playing at 2 pm at the Stone Free II festival - a completely indie festival from Panda Records and The World Will Never Know crew, over three days with about 50 brilliant bands. In Saraburi, about an hour from Bangkok. Details here.

I'll be playing some different songs at every show, including some new ones from the upcoming new Plastic Section album. The multi-talented Bank Redtwenty will be on drums for most (all?) of the shows.

Gig on Sunday!

Plastic Section will play at Harmonica, Sukhumvit 39 in Bangkok this Sunday night, August 19, supporting the excellent Summer Dress. Starts around 9pm, 100 baht entry fee. See you there!

Plastic Section Rock N Roll!

Back to Motorcycle Emptiness

Plastic Section will be performing at the funky Motorcycle Emptiness Bar in Bangkok, near Town in Town. Come and have a beer and hear some of our new songs!

Plastic play on Sunday

This Sunday, July 15 Plastic Section are back at the groovy Harmonica on Sukhumvit Soi 39, Bangkok. Also playing is Plastic Plastic (seems to be a common theme here...) and Achi & Co. It should be a fun night of very diverse sounds, only 100 baht to get in which includes a drink. See you there!

Photos from recent gig..

Here are some nice photos taken by Kik Wongchalard during Plastic Section's recent performance at the Popscene night at Dickinson's Culture Cafe in Bangkok. Bank Redtwenty on drums. It was a really fun gig, broken strings and all!

Next Gig - 07.07.12

Plastic Section will play a Popscene Live event this Saturday, July 7 at Dickinson's Culture Cafe in Bangkok. I've never been to this venue, but the Popscene Live events are always great, as are Plastic Section's performances! This time with the multi-talented Bank Redtwenty on drum drums. We should hit the stage around 10pm. It's free. See you here!!

Free songs

There are quite a few Plastic Section songs that can be downloaded for free at Bandcamp. here's one of them:
Train Train Train

New Harmonica Gig, Friday June 29

On Friday June 29, Plastic Section will be playing at Harmonica again (one of Bangkok's coolest venues, on Sukhumvit 39), opening for rock band Zero Hero and rock and roll / rockabilly band The Keylookz - two of the most interesting bands in the Thai indie scene. I'm a late addition to the bill so my name isn't on the poster, but I'll be playing probably around 9pm. Should be rockin' see you there!

Sol Space

A Part of Me, A Part of You at Sol Space was a big success - great music all evening! Here's a photo by Tokin Teekanun taken during my brief set:

Robin Hood

Thanks to everybody who came along to Harmonica last night, I had a great time playing with Harmonica owner Put on drums - we'd never played together before but it's rock 'n' roll so it's easy! It was good to play some new songs too..

On Thursday June 21 I'll be playing for Popscene Live at the Robin Hood pub on Sukhumvit Road, Bangkok (almost opposite Emporium shopping centre) with Bank Redtwenty on drums. Also on the bill are the great The Standards and Class A Cigarettes - it'll be a good one!

Live video

Thai artist Tokin Teekanun filmed part of my set at The Space in Bangkok last weekend for his The World May Never Know project. You can see some of Jasper Haynes great photos in the background (including a great shot of Andy Worhol that he took as a teenager!). The songs I perform in the clip (a rare acoustic performance for me) are "Rose Coloured Windscreen," written by Australian underground rock legend Kim Salmon, and "Train Train Train" and "Burn" written  by me.

see it here

A Part of You, A Part of Me

In an earlier post I mention a project I'm involved with by Thai artist Tokin Teekanun called A Part of You A Part of Me. The idea was to get different musicians and songwriters to create a piece based on something personal, then get different artists and filmmakers to make videos to accompany the music. There will be two live shows for this project and it's an event not to be missed if you're in Bangkok! Plastic Section is performing on June 9 at SOL Space gallery, listed on the poster and Ben Basement Tape.

For the project, my song "Clumsy" inspired a video made by experimental filmmaker Namfon Udomlertlak, who also starred of the amazing Thai indie film Eternity.