Going International

I’m quoting this review from here!

“Band Of The Day

They are called White Shoes & The Couples Company. I think I was in love with them the first time I even heard the name. They’re from Jakarta, Indonesia – like, how many indie bands making their own back-to-the-future sounds do you know from downtown Jakarta? I mean, c’mon. A breath of fresh air on the last night of SXSW 2008, White Shoes (lots of bands with ‘white’ in their name this year – hey, it’s a trend) came onstage and we all start swooning with delight. At this stage of the game – they’re band number 80something for me – it’s becoming a blur and the bands are starting to sound the same. Or, like, that awful, terrible, ridiculous, pointless band who played just before White Shoes, sounding like The Blizzards fronted by Paddy Casey playing the greatest hit of The Coronas. Yeah, that bad.

Then, White Shoes appear and, you know what, they deserve a new paragraph of their own. On a new page

A bunch of happy-as-you like kids playing sunnysideup pop with lots of glammy straight-no-chaser oohs and aahs, the band exude charm and gumption and sass. You know right away – and oh boy, she knows it too – that their lead singer is a star. Aprilia Apsar pouts and smiles and points her fingers a lot like all stars do. She also does a spot of singing. Then, the drummer gets in on the act, playing a wicked drum solo and ending by juggling his drumsticks. You have to smile. The music too is quite wonderful – all retro-facing, darling, old-fashioned songs to learn and sing. Put on your White Shoes today.”

Now. This is what we call “Going International.” Not like some singer/band that talk too much about going international but only out to Malaysia… LOL Salut for White Shoes & The Couples Company.