Saigon alternative rock outfit Neon White are back with “Delirium,” their third single and clearest statement to date. Darker, heavier, and more atmospheric than anything they’ve released before, the track arrives alongside a music video from local creative studio Mini-Creative that matches the song’s controlled intensity beat for beat.
GAI 荄, Windrunner, and new project Pastgloom have released “Victus Sum,” a melodic progressive metalcore single tied to the EP “Glass Angels Initiative: Code Orange.” All net proceeds go to VAVA in support of families still living with the consequences of Agent Orange contamination in Vietnam.
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.
All Mixed Up Vol. 9 traded heavy for melodic, bringing together four acts across dream-pop, punk-edged alternative, feel-good rock, and industrial electronic. From Drive Lullaby’s hazy warmth to My Broken Society’s dystopian edge, the night proved the series still knows how to keep things unpredictable.
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.
NO COVER Vol. 21 at Mooney’s Bar traded a laid-back weekend for serious musical weight. Moving from The Mighty Mèo’s acoustic command and Fall of Stardust’s technical reggae, to Nghệ’s nostalgic indie and Chippunks’ cramped-room energy, the annual staple offered a solid reminder of the local’s roster’s depth
