From pulverizing shoegaze to sleepy indie pop, this year’s edition of the Esplanade’s annual festival promises to be another massive celebration of Asian indie music. Here are five of NME’s can’t-miss highlights
The second phase of artists includes the likes of Noah, Samsons, Tipe-X, Lyodra and more
The music video arrives nearly a year after the single itself was released
The stacked lineup also features Dewa 19, Pamungkas, Danilla Riyadi, Isyana Sarasvati and more
New additions to the Jakarta festival include Nadin Amizah, Tiara Andini, Basboi and Vira Talisa
Senyawa, Grrrl Gang, Lomba Sihir, The SIGIT and many more are booked for the three-day festival
Political pop, meditative folk, apocalyptic experimentation, playful hip-hop – here are the releases we loved this year
Part of the label Sun Eater's December edition of its 'Sounds Cute Might Delete Later' monthly release series
“Through this song we were reimagining a phase where we’d want to run away from Jakarta the most"
The Indonesian band scripted scenes for fans to film and act in
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