Ethos Collective and Úm Ba La are launching Scene Incubator, a recurring Sunday series built around Saigon’s original acts. Starting May 17, every other Sunday brings two to three bands to a professional stage with an affordable flat fee and a drink included. First lineup: Lulaby, Route 59, and ChipPunks.
Doesn’t matter if it’s a Wednesday. HCMC shows up and dances restlessly to the sounds of hardcore and metal. Sát Rát Thrash! at Blue Monkey brought together Encased in Flesh, Cút Lộn, Elbowdrop, KINH, and Finnish crossover force Foreseen for a night that had no business going as hard as it did. Full gallery now on the site.
these lineups in Sát Rát Thrash! s a must headbang
– Foreseen
– Cút Lộn
– KINH
– ElbowDrop
– Encased in Flesh
Insanity61, the Swiss metalcore act made a rare international stop in Saigon, in only 90 secs! Empathize, more acts, more precise performance. shout out to Sinitary Crew and Route 59 for their debut
Saigon Sailor delivered a relentless night of uncompromised. Cút Lộn opened with brute-force heavy hardcore. COCC followed, trapping the room in suffocating post-rock loops. Dis Fig plunged the floor into post-industrial, mechanical dread, before fan-favorites 9xacly ignited a frantic pit, until the cops abruptly pulled the plug.
Saigon punk band Stray Station are back from hiatus with new single “Don’t Think,” and they’ve made their return with the same no-fuss approach as their last release. The sound has shifted toward slower, weightier punk territory, but the band’s raw energy and directness remain completely intact.
Five original bands. A jury of international producers. Six guaranteed paid gigs on the line. Blue Monkey is building something Saigon’s underground music scene has needed for a long time — and it starts April 3rd.
Ethos Collective marked its first anniversary with a packed night at Blue Monkey, bringing together irihi, The Breeze, Jaigon Orchestra, Bedlam Royals, happyco., KINH, and Cút Lộn. More than a show, the Collectival was a loud, heartfelt celebration of the Saigon underground scene, built by the community, for the community.
Ethos Collective marked its first anniversary with a packed night at Blue Monkey, bringing together irihi, The Breeze, Jaigon Orchestra, Bedlam Royals, happyco., KINH, and Cút Lộn. More than a show, the Collectival was a loud, heartfelt celebration of the Saigon underground scene built by the community, for the community.
Ethos Collective marked its first anniversary with a packed night at Blue Monkey, bringing together irihi, The Breeze, Jaigon Orchestra, Bedlam Royals, happyco., KINH, and Cút Lộn. More than a show, the Collectival was a loud, heartfelt celebration of the Saigon underground scene built by the community, for the community.
