***for full gig listings jump to the bottom***

Greetings,

Of interest in Phnom Penh tonight is the return of Thursday Club at art gallery Sra’Art where Geography of the Moon collaborate with artist Frida Falcon.  Elsewhere, find Alli G & Chema at Trattoria Bello, while Soul Front play Botanico, and Kiss Bang Bong are amongst the bubbles at The Plantation. Later and funkier, The Broken Cymbal play new St 308 venue Can Can and K’n’E return to Oscar’s on the Corner.

On Friday Tamarinda kick off the evening at Botanico@Odom Garden, Joshua Chiang launches his solo album with Boxchords and Gareth Bawden at Cloud (see our Leng Pleng feature below), and Mirasol Aguila celebrates her birthday with Soul Legends at Sunset Boulevard.  Geography of the Moon are back at Bosporus, Visa Runners are at Sam’s, The Broken Cymbal find themselves at LaPetanque, Jam-Cha commence their weekend at Duplex, and K’n’E are at Oscar’s on the Corner.

 In Kampot, the return of Grass Snake Revival to Monkey Republic and the Kampot Geezers make their way 1960.  In Siem Reap Kodi & Alex jazz up The Harbour.

On Saturday in Phnom Penh November Band are at Craft, Dairon Gonzalez & Friends are at Seekers Spirits and Funky Chicken play Le Moon Rooftop.   For the metal fans Cloud hosts No Justice Fest, featuring the long-awaited return of Nightmare AD, along with Doch Chkae, As The Heart Betrays and new band Winsum Losesum.  Around the corner, The Broken Cymbal play their last show with Yuval Riklis at Hub Street Cocktails while Jam-Cha back-to-backs with shows at Central Café early and Oscar’s on the Corner late.

In Siem Reap, Electric Soup are at Star Bar.

**For the rest of the gigs check out the listings at the bottom of the page**

Speaking of Siem Reap, punky quartet The Wildmen (pretty much as it sounds) have released a five track EP, recorded at 60 Road Studios, on Soundcloud – free for all to enjoy.  Leng Pleng stand-outs: Walk the Talk and It Is What It Is.

Just in case you missed it, the mainstream (!) media has deigned to take some notice of our underground cultural scene with this celebration of bar/venue/gallery/etc Cloud.  Congratulations to Pierre-Yves and the team.

In other news Will Canuck of blender has retired his Andrew Holm pen name on Khmer Nights and is now penning his own Phnom Pemh expat lifestyle blog at www.herenowkh.com. It can also be found on Facebook at @hereknowkh. All of the same music, arts and expat musings and listings as before but straight from the source.

The Leng Pleng Feature

No apologies for Everything: Joshua Chiang’s debut solo album

Joshua Chiang, Singaporean expatriate and Phnom Penh resident today releases his long-awaited solo album, Everything Under The Sun on Bandcamp.  You can listen (and purchase) here, at the listening party tonight at Cloud, and at the official launch with The Boxchords (and Gareth Bawden) at the same venue on Friday.  The first single/lyric video, also released today is I Wanna (Spend All My Time in the Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame).  He sat down with Leng Pleng earlier this week to talk about songwriting, influences, mashing styles and (briefly) COVID.

“There is a certain overarching structure to the album,” says Josh.  “Even though there is not a single mention of the city within the lyrics (because I don’t seem to be capable of writing songs about places) in my mind this album will always be tied to Phnom Penh.  On some level it tells of a spiritual journey.”

Read the entire article here

Steve Porte Photo of the Week

 

More from Laneway Fest on Sunday, 10 April, 2022: Michelle Neukirchen on cello with Skin & String.

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See you around the traps.

your correspondent,

 

Guillermo Wheremount
LengPleng.com
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Weekly Gig Guide – week commencing Thursday 21 April 2022

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