What do echoes, money, dogs and time have in common? What's the dark side of tribute bands? And how much stroking is necessary before a podcast episode can actually begin?

Laurence and Noel of Welcome To The Machine, a Pink Floyd tribute band from Singapore, answer those questions and more. Their new show, a complete performance of Pink Floyd's landmark album, The Wall, is a cross between a musical and a rock gig. But more importantly, it answers the age-old question: which one's Pink?

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"The Wall", "Time", "Comfortably Numb" & "Coming Back To Life" performed by Welcome To The Machine.

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LINKS

Welcome To The Machine: Website / Instagram / Facebook / YouTube

Get tickets for The Wall

Follow Lion City Rock: Facebook / Instagram

What would you like us to talk about? Email us: lioncityrocksg@gmail.com

Oh, and Kevin wrote a song for National Day too! Listen here

Listen: The Lion City Rock Playlist

Read Kevin's Power of Pop Substack / Bizarro World

Read Chris' Full Sput Ahead! (Substack review)

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Dominic Chin has been singing ever since he was in his teens. His first original song, "You First Believed" – a tribute to Singapore's founding father and first Prime Minister, went viral. Now, 11 years later, he's back with a new single, "Needy" and plans for a new album drop at the end of the year. In between, he's performed thousands of shows – on his own and with the MDC – as well as collabed with some of the coolest name in the scene, including Jean Seizure, lamin and Marian Carmel. Oh, and he's co-written a song for National Day, called For Singapore, along with RINES and Gail Belmonte.

So what was that music journey like? How is songwriting helping cope with mental health? And what did LKY have to say about that song dedicated to him?

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Recorded in May 2025. "Screen Scars" by K.Mat. "You First Believed", "Needy" & "Cry" by Dominic Chin. "You Do You" by Dominic Chin & lamin. "CLSE2U (Re-License To Cry version)" by Dominic Chin and Jean Seizure. "Here (Re-License To Cry version)" by Dominic Chin and Gail Belmonte.

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LINKS

Dominic Chin: YouTube / Instagram / Spotify

Follow Lion City Rock: Facebook / Instagram

What would you like us to talk about? Email us: lioncityrocksg@gmail.com

Oh, and Kevin wrote a song for National Day too! Listen here

Listen: The Lion City Rock Playlist

Read Kevin's Power of Pop Substack / Bizarro World

Read Chris' Full Sput Ahead! (Substack review)

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Can you believe that it was 60 years ago when Naomi and The Boys released their megahit, "Happy Happy Birthday Baby"? That same year, the Lion City decided to make its way in the world by itself! Coincidence? Maybe.

But to mark SG60, we decided to do what all Singaporeans do best: go makan chicken rice – what else?

Oh, and Kevin wrote a song for National Day too! Listen here

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"I Love Singapore" performed by The Fast Colors.

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LINKS

Follow Lion City Rock: Facebook / Instagram

What would you like us to talk about? Email us: lioncityrocksg@gmail.com

Listen: The Lion City Rock Playlist

Read Kevin's Power of Pop Substack / Bizarro World

Read Chris' Full Sput Ahead! (Substack review)

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It's been a long time coming, but we finally did it! We have Leslie Low on the show! Sure, it took us the better part of three years – specifically three years, seven months and 3 days – but hey, who's counting?

Leslie one of Singapore's finest songwriters, and if there ever is a Rock 'n' Roll Hall Of Fame for Singapore musicians, he should be in it! So we got him to answer all our crucial questions:

How did he get started all those years ago?

What did author Don Bosco and Lion City icon Chris Ho do to shape his music journey?

And who's going for his gig on 10 Aug, 5pm at the Esplanade Recital Studio? (tickets going fast, don't say we never say - link below)

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"Screen Scars" by K,Mat, remixed by Chris. "Jump Back", "Daddy In The Lift" by Leslie Low. "Circling Square" by Humpback Oak. "How's Life" by The Observatory. Special thanks to The Substation for arranging this and to Bad Habits for hosting us.

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Get tickets for Passing: Leslie Low in Concert

Read Kevin's Power of Pop Substack / Bizarro World

Follow Lion City Rock: Facebook / Instagram

What would you like us to talk about? Email us: lioncityrocksg@gmail.com

Listen: The Lion City Rock Playlist

Read Chris' Full Sput Ahead! (Substack review)

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WE'RE BACK! Welcome to the new phase Lion City Rock, which is... pretty much like the old phase Lion City Rock, if we're being honest – but with more sprinkles!

We've quite a few things in the pipeline, though, and we're going to do our best to make sure they all come to pass. Just what are they all about? Listen to find out, lah...

"Nothing Is Real" and "Screen Scars" by K,Mat; "Finer Life (Cover)" by The Fast Colors. Episode image done by Olly Maguire.

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LINKS

Get tickets for Passing: Leslie Low in Concert

Find out about Rockoustika

Read Kevin's Power of Pop Substack / Bizarro World

Follow Lion City Rock: Facebook / Instagram

What would you like us to talk about? Email us: lioncityrocksg@gmail.com

Listen: The Lion City Rock Playlist

Read Chris' Full Sput Ahead! (Substack review)

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DID YOU KNOW that Leslie Low's music journey kinda sorta began at the same time as one of Singapore's influential arts companies, The Substation? Well, we didn't – until we were asked to support this cool event on 10 Aug, 5pm at the Esplanade Recital Studio.

Passing is a lyrical and sonic journey through Leslie's indie-pop and soft rock reflections as an artist growing up, living in, and experiencing Singapore. He has handpicked personal favourites from his solo repertoire, and will be backed by Sean Lam (Concave Scream, Hanging Up the Moon) and Alexius Cai (Piblokto).

This is part of The Substation's programme, Gathering Ground 2025, and follows recent collaborations to celebrate the music of Singaporean artists, many of whom began their formative years at the old Substation Garden or Guinness Theatre – including Leslie!

Get your tickets from Eventbrite here

"Finer Life" performed by The Fast Colors

Was there a better way to spend a Sunday than having your eardrums blasted and your face melted by some of the biggest bands of the 1990s? Well, if you're not into that sorta thing, then yes, probably.

But for us at the Lion City Rock pod, Day 2 of the BigO 4-0 show brought the house down as six bands took the stage at The Blackbird! Disko Biscuit, The Oddfellows, Rudra, Astreal, The Pinholes and Opposition Party brought the two-day celebration of BigO magazine's 40th anniversary to a close the only way they knew how - with amps turned up to 11!

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Photo by Opposition Party

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"Lion City Rock Theme" performed by Kevin Mathews and Chris Toh. Audio snippets recorded at The Blackbird on 12 & 13 April. Additional recording from Room 526.

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LINKS

Our Lion City Rock videos with the BigO 4-0 bands

Read Kevin's Digging Up Singapore's Indie Roots on Power of Pop Substack / Bizarro World

Follow Lion City Rock: Facebook / Instagram

What would like us to talk about? Email us: lioncityrocksg@gmail.com

Listen: The Lion City Rock Playlist

Read Chris' Full Sput Ahead! (Substack review)

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As crowds throng the spaces to listen to political candidates wax lyrical about how they plan to improve Singapore, the LCR team look back on two days in April when crowds thronged The Blackbird Singapore to listen to veteran indie rockers who came together to wax lyrical about the 40th anniversary of BigO magazine, the pre-eminent champion of local indie music back in the late '80s and throughout the 1990s.

What made the grade? What were the big surprises? And who were the candidates - er, sorry, Lion City Rockers - who rocked our boat? There's no commentary about GST, but plenty of talk about GSE!

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Photo by Little Ong

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"Lion City Rock Theme" performed by Kevin Mathews and Chris Toh. Audio snippets recorded at The Blackbird on 12 & 13 April.

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LINKS

Read Kevin's Digging Up Singapore's Indie Roots on Power of Pop Substack / Bizarro World

Follow Lion City Rock: Facebook / Instagram

Email us: lioncityrocksg@gmail.com

Listen: The Lion City Rock Playlist

Read Chris' Full Sput Ahead! (Substack review)

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Let us know what you like (or don't like!) so we can improve it. Also, we can do much more if you drop a donation in the link provided. Every little bit helps. Thank you very much for all your support! We appreciate you!-