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Greetings:

In Kampot this weekend, the big deal is PepperFest volume two, featuring Frankie Teardrop Dead, Bamboo Train, and Alli G & TheQuilas on Friday and Roberto Salgado, Geography of the Moon, Cartoon, and After God on Saturday.

Before all that, tonight, Thursday, you can find Alli G at Kep Natural in Kep, and in Phnom Penh Chakra Shakers at Cloud and Adam Marsland solo at Oscar’s on the Corner.

Friday night in Phnom Penh Clay George is at Craft, John Peter is at Botanico, Miserable Man is at LOLA Music Lounge and Mike & Margie are at Little Susie.  Chi-Town is at Hometown Hangout and Chakra Shakers are at Oscar’s on the Corner.  In Kampot, Geography of the Moon are at Monkey Republic and The Wildmen are joined by Electric Soup at Laundry in Siem Reap.

Saturday in Phnom Penh Bustaka Band are at The Deck, Chakra Shakers with The Fish Brothers are at Craft, Vart Van is at Botanico and Arome Khmer are at Bat Muk Yu.  Later on, Fender Benders are at Oscar’s on the Corner.  On the coast,  Graham Cain is at The Bay in Kampot.

Looking forward to Tuesday – New Year’s Eve – Nesat Market Festival in Koh Kong features Soselo Summer, Geography of the Moon, Frankie Teardrop Dead, Khmer Blind Band, The Doors of Perception, The Broken Cymbal, Virginia Bones, Men of Faith, Skeptical Chemistry, and Tired Panda, and 17 Crush is at Kep West, while Intan & Friends play Zannier Phum Baitang in Siem Reap.  In Phnom Penh, Craft hosts Jammin’ with George and Scott Bywater is at New Penh 278.  Chakra Shakers are followed by The Extraordinary Chambers at Oscar’s on the Corner – note there will be no countdown – while there’s a boat party with David Chhor hosted by Little Susie, and for a headbanging New Year, Waterflower from Latvia are joined by After God & Doch Chkae at Cloud.

Kampot Radio Top 100 Songs of All Time Poll – 2024 version

There’s still time to vote in the Kampot Radio Top 100 Songs of All Time poll.  Voting will be accepted up until midnight on 30 December.  Get yourself over to kampotradio.com, make your donation, choose your songs from the list and then listen from noon on 31 December as we count on down from 100 to 1.  

The LengPleng Interview

Speeding up and slowing down – Geography of the Moon’s 2024

Geography of the Moon were first interviewed in LengPleng in 2019, on their second visit to Phnom Penh.  Post-COVID they returned to Cambodia and were interviewed in 2022 and 2023 – in the spirit of an annual GOTM article we present Virginia and Andrea’s look back at 2024.

LP: Welcome back to Phnom Penh.

VI: We got back a week ago today.

AN: Feels like a year.

VI: It doesn’t feel like it’s changed very much.

Read the full article here

2024 – an incomplete and selective review of the year

As usual LengPleng asked performers, audience and venues to reflect on their highlights of the year.  If you didn’t get to contribute, this will remain as a live article open to new contributions through until early next week.

Read the full article here

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Steve Porte Photo(s) of the Week

Steve’s photos as usual making up the cover for the annual Around the Traps book, a volume collecting the interviews and articles from LengPleng during 2024 – available very soon.

 

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See you around the traps.
your correspondent,

 

 

Guillermo Wheremount
LengPleng.com
gigs@lengpleng.com (mailto:gigs@lengpleng.com

 

Weekly Gig Guide – week commencing Thursday 26 December 2024

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Thursday

Friday

Saturday

Sunday


Monday

Tuesday – New Year’s Eve

Wednesday

*Note that Wednesday events are often not announced until early in the week – check back here for updates*

Coming soon:

  • Saturday 4 January
  • Tuesday 7 January
  • Friday 10 January
  • Saturday 11 January
    • Japan Guitar Shop plus Geography of the Moon, 6.30 pm, on a boat
    • Summer Lee Carlson & Mute Speaker, Stanton Sessions Festival
    • Geography of the Moon, 10 pm, Oscar’s on the Corner
  • Tuesday 14 January
  • Wednesday 15 January
    • Kind of Blue tribute, 8 pm, Bellini
  • Friday 24 January
  • Saturday 25 January
    • The Originals Acoustic Sessions featuring Summer Lee Carlson & Mute Speaker, Matsumara Fishworks and Mute Speaker, 6 pm, The Deck
    • 1974 Tribute, 9 pm, Oscar’s on the Corner
  • Sunday 9 February
    • Get In The Penh XI with Jasons (Japan), Riot in School (China), Mi-Na-Gi (Japan), Nightmare A.D. and Reign in Slumber, 7.30 pm, Oscar’s on the Corner
  • Friday 14 February
    • Summer Lee Carlson & Mute Speaker, 6 pm, The Deck

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By Weekly Wrap