The Power98 interview with Sara

Last Friday, we went down to Power98 for a 'live' interview with DJ Sara Wee, who's also from the awesome local band 53A.

We didn't mange to take any photos or videos due to how Power98 is within CMPB, but it was great to finally meet Sara in person.

Also great was the fact that Sara played 3 songs from 'Waiting For Friday' for Power98 listeners, including the title track, 'If It Wasn't For You' and 'Lollipop'.

Thank you to those of you who tuned in, and if you'd like to hear any of those 3 songs on Power98 again, here's what you can do:

1) Vote for our songs to appear on The Power98 Countdown by texting: TPC [space] SONG TITLE to 9820 9800

2) Request for our songs by sending a Power SMS to 9820 9800

3) Call in to request for our songs by dialing 66911 980

We can do this!

Our cover of Adele's 'Someone Like You'

Adele is an amazing singer who's enjoying great success with her new album 21.

At Mosaic, we performed an acoustic cover of 'Someone Like You', one of the most beautiful songs on the album.

Here's how it went:

The 987 interview and performance

We made our 987 debut on Saturday, thanks to Rozz who we first met at Youth.SG's FEED ME campaign.

We were a little nervous about going on-air at first, but Rozz was such a darling that we really enjoyed ourselves in the end.

If you didn't manage to tune in on Saturday evening, here are 2 videos containing footage of us speaking to Rozz + 'live' acoustic versions of album tracks 'Go Away' and 'If It Wasn't For You'.

Enjoy!

Waiting For Friday with...Yeo Yann Yann

We've come to the 9th and final video from the 'Waiting For Friday with...' series!

Wrapping up the series is none other than Yeo Yann Yann, an actress that we love and are proud to know as a friend.



Yann Yann shot to fame with movies like 881, and is currently making waves in the Malaysian television industry.

For more of Yann Yann, visit her blog here: http://blog.omy.sg/yann/

Album reviews

The first review of our album appeared in TODAY a couple of weeks ago, courtesy of Kevin Mathews and Christopher Toh:




To our surprise, we woke up to news this morning that there's a review in today's issue of The Straits Times too. It still feels a little strange to read professional reviews of our album, but we're really thankful for all the support from local newspapers so far.

Many thanks to Kai Chai and Eddino for the following review:

Our acoustic cover of 'Animal' by Neon Trees

We performed 2 acoustic covers at the Mosaic Music Festival: 'Someone Like You' by Adele and 'Animal' by Neon Trees.

'Animal' was a pretty challenging song to sing, so we hope what you like what we did with the song, including a little tribute to a Kelly Clarkson hit towards the end of this video:



Oh oh...I want somemore...Oh oh...what are you waiting for...

THE WAITING FOR FRIDAY PARTY

To celebrate the success of 'Waiting For Friday', we're throwing a party at Home Club on 1st April (Fri) to thank you guys!

Everyone's invited, and we'll be performing all your favourite songs from the album, such as 'If It Wasn't For You' and 'Waiting For Friday'.

Many thanks to Home Club for making this possible, and we're also really excited to have the awesome PeepShow as our opening act for the night.

So be prepared for a Friday night of fun fun fun (but no Rebecca Black), and let's show the world what we have got!




OFFICIAL FACEBOOK EVENT PAGE:
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=206717732688092

ENTRY:
Free entry for the first hour (9pm – 10pm) and for those who turn up with a copy of ‘Waiting For Friday’, which will also be available at the door for $16. Otherwise, $12 per entry after 10pm inclusive of one standard drink. INCLUDES FREE ENTRY TO BEAT! AFTER

(Yes, we deliberately planned the Waiting For Friday party to take place at Home Club on a Friday (1st April). No, it's not a joke!)

金刚乐团首张创作大碟隆重发行!

Many thanks to Weetz and Weijie for helping us to take our first step towards conquering the music industry in Taiwan.

LOL.

If this is a dream

then we never want to wake up.



Thank you for helping us to jump 9 spots from last week to overtake Justin Bieber and hit #4 on the HMV sales chart.

Just weeks ago, we never would have imagined being anywhere near the top 10, and yet here we are on the charts, among international bestsellers like Avril Lavigne, Bruno Mars and R.E.M.

From the bottom of our hearts, thank you for believing in us.

1 weekend, 2 interviews, 3 gigs

So the weekend that just passed was a pretty busy but awesome one.

Saturday was Mosaic Music Festival day for us, which began with an interview with a journalist from Malaysian newspaper The Star. We'll post up the article when it's out, and many thanks to the Esplanade for making the interview possible.

After our soundcheck at the Esplanade Concourse, we headed over to the Esplanade Library to be interviewed for a segment called In The House. It was quite nerve-wrecking to be interviewed in front of a seated audience, and the cameras and lighting made us feel like we were on TV. Nevertheless, the session went pretty well and we wrapped things up with a stripped down version of 'If It Wasn't For You'.

Our first acoustic set kicked off at 6.15pm, and we were glad to see many friends at the Concourse. But we were definitely more relaxed for our second set at 9.15pm, which ended on a good note with 'Lemonade'.

Here are the songs we performed for both sets, including the Adele and Neon Trees covers which we did for the first time:

Set 1:
Lollipop
Go Away
So Love!
Animal (Neon Trees cover)
If It Wasn't For You
Someone Like You (Adele cover)
Waiting For Friday

Set 2:
If It Wasn't For You
Stranger
Animal (Neon Trees cover)
Waiting For Friday
Someone Like You (Adele cover)
How Could You?
Go Away
Lemonade

Then came Sunday aka Go Red For Women Picnic Day, which saw us heading to Sengkang for a soundcheck at 1.30pm and a performance at 5.30pm. Many thanks to Jason and his team for having us, and congratulations on the post-event media coverage!

We're now in the process of editing some videos that were filmed during these gigs, but here's the first of several videos to come:

Our performance of 'Waiting For Friday' during our second set for the Mosaic Music Festival!

Waiting For Friday with...Diya

We've come to the second last video from the 'Waiting For Friday with...' series, and this one features singer Tan Diya, also known as one half of pop duo The Freshman!

We've known Diya for several years now, and even wrote a song called 'Our Secret' together with her a couple of years ago, when we were both ambassadors for Youth.SG's FEED ME campaign.

Check out how Diya manages to spoof both blogger sixpegs and one of her own songs in this video:



Last but not least, visit http://thefreshman.com.sg to find out more about Diya's music!

Boys Friday

We managed to scan the article about us in last Friday's issue of The Straits Times!

Look Ma, we're in the papers!

Namely on page D5 of the Life! section in The Straits Times:



and page T6 of today's TODAY:


which can also be read online here:
http://www.todayonline.com/Entertainment/EDC110318-0000305/The-experienced-newcomers

Many thanks to Eddino, Kevin and Chris for the coverage, and we really hope that both articles will help to shed more light on us and our debut album.

TGIF!

Gig Alert: Go Red For Women Picnic Day

We're going acoustic at Mosaic on Saturday, but Sunday will be a rocking affair at the Go Red For Women Picnic Day.

Presented by the Singapore Heart Foundation, this is an event for women to come together with their loved ones to relax, pick up healthy lifestyle tips and participate in exercise demonstrations aimed at raising awareness of having a healthy heart.



We'll be performing at around 5pm, but come down from 3pm onwards to check out a wide range of activities, including the maiden flight of the heart-shaped Go Red For Women kite, which will be breaking the Singapore Book of Records for the largest kite ever to take flight in Singapore.

Fore more information, check out http://www.goredforwomen.sg and make a date with us on Sunday. We'll be performing songs from Waiting For Friday, which will be on sale at the event too.

Never say never

We never thought we would be able to say this, but we actually have an album that's on the HMV sales chart:


This is truly an amazing time for us as a band, and we're really grateful for the support from all of you so far.

Thank you for buying the album, thank you for congratulating us, thank you for retweeting our tweets, thank you for sharing our videos, thank you for liking our Facebook posts, thank you for coming to our gigs and thank you for making us believe in ourselves like we never have before.

Yahooooooooo!

Sometimes it feels really good to know that there are media channels out there that make the effort to feature indie bands like us.

Yahoo! Singapore's website has a great section called Music Scene, which has featured homegrown acts like Ling Kai and Shirlyn Tan.

Thanks to writer Ewen Boey, we're featured in Music Scene's latest post, which details our journey so far:


Click here to read the full article:
http://sg.news.yahoo.com/blogs/musicscene/king-kong-jane-juggles-music-life-20110315-110323-979.html

Get our album delivered to your home

That's right, you can now get a copy of our album delivered right to your doorstep.

Simply purchase Waiting For Friday via the hyperlink below, and the good people at Getup Merch will ensure that our debut album reaches you within a couple of days.

http://www.getupmerch.com/brands/King-Kong-Jane.html

Easy peasy!

Going acoustic at Mosaic

The Esplanade's Mosaic Music Festival has begun, and we're honoured to be part of the lineup for this coming Saturday (19th March).

At 4.30pm on that day, we'll be at the Esplanade Library for the In The House segment, to share our thoughts about producing our debut album Waiting For Friday.

At 6.15pm, we'll head over to the Esplanade Concourse to perform an acoustic set. A second set follows at 9.15pm.

Our Baybeats performance at the Esplanade took place in 2007, and now that we're performing songs from our debut album at Mosaic, it definitely feels like we've come full circle.

We hope to see you guys there, as we'll be performing acoustic versions of songs from Waiting For Friday, as well as a couple of brand new covers. Copies of our album will be on sale at The Esplanade Shop on that day too.

To find out more about Mosaic Music Festival, visit:
http://www.mosaicmusicfestival.com/2011/microsite/day9.html

To check out an interview we did with Walk On Music about Mosaic, visit:
http://www.walkonmusic.net/2011/03/king-kong-jane-at-mosaic-music-festival.html

Presenting our new album promo trailer

Waiting For Friday now available in Gramophone stores

'Waiting For Friday' has been on sale in HMV stores since last Friday, and it's been awesome to hear from those of you who have already bought a copy of the album.

Thank you for keeping our dreams alive.

Over the weekend, we went down to HMV stores in both 313@Somerset and CityLink Mall to take a look, and were beyond thrilled to see the album being displayed on shelves:





Other than HMV, we're proud to announce that the album is now available in Gramophone stores too.

Gramophone stores can be found in the following locations, so do help us to spread the word!

1. The Cathay
2. The Centrepoint
3. Jurong Point
4. Ngee Ann City
5. One Raffles Place
6. Parkway Parade

Waiting For Friday with...Pam Oei

She's one of Singapore's most well-loved actresses, known to many as 1 of the 3 amazing Dim Sum Dollies.

Here's none other than the fabulous Pam Oei!



To find out more about Pam, check out her Wikipedia page here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pam_Oei

As you may have noticed, all the videos from the 'Waiting For Friday with...' series have featured the date of 1st April, Friday.

That's the date of the 'Waiting For Friday' party that we're throwing at Home Club, where we'll perform our ENTIRE debut album.

So mark your calendars and stay tuned for more details about the gig.

Last but not least, get your copy of the album from HMV stores!

WAITING FOR FRIDAY HITS HMV STORES TODAY!

The wait for Friday is over.

Our debut album 'Waiting For Friday' hits stores today!

Get your copy from HMV stores in 313@Somerset or CityLink Mall!

More stores will be selling the album soon. Stay tuned for updates in the next few days!

To listen to songs from the album, visit:
http://kingkongjane.bandcamp.com

To read the 4-star review of the album by TODAY newspaper, visit:
http://www.todayonline.com/Entertainment/Cdreviews/EDC110310-0000186/Waiting-For-Friday-l-King-Kong-Jane

Feeling the love at Love-In

We had a blast performing at Love-In, which was a particularly meaningful gig for us.

'Waiting For Friday' went on sale for the first time ever, and it felt really surreal to see copies of the album being displayed at the merchandise booth.

We would like to say a big THANK YOU to everyone who bought a copy on that day, as well as those of you who came up to congratulate us after our set.

To the organisers of Love-In, thank you for having us and for being so awesome to work with over the past few months. Many thanks for playing songs from our album in between sets too!

Next up on the gig calendar?

- 19th March, Sat: 2 acoustic sets at the Esplanade's Mosaic Music Festival
- 20th March, Sun: Performing for Go Red For Women Picnic Day in Sengkang
- 1st April, Fri: The 'Waiting For Friday' album release party at Home Club

Yes, there's going to be an album release party at Home Club on 1st April (no kidding), and we'll be performing our ENTIRE album on that night. Details are still being worked out, but please keep that Friday night free for now!

Last but not least, copies of 'Waiting For Friday' will be on sale at all of these upcoming gigs, but you can also get them in HMV stores at 313@Somerset and CityLink Mall.









For more photos of Love-In, visit http://www.facebook.com/Heiwa2011

Lyrics and audio for album track Lemonade

Lemonade is the final track in our debut album, and was once named "The Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Song".

Some of you may remember this as the song that the famous dancing uncle boogied to at the Esplanade, and some of you may have noticed that it's the song that we love to end our gigs with.

Just 1 more day to Love-In at Hong Lim Park!

"Peace is...when it works." - Ian Ho, 2011

See you guys at Hong Lim Park tomorrow!

Remember that the event begins at 5pm, but we'll perform at around 7.30pm, and that copies of 'Waiting For Friday' will be available for purchase =)

Waiting For Friday with...Shou Chen

Shou Chen is a versatile actor with music, theatre, film, TV, and radio credits. Picked by The Straits Times as one of S’pore’s 30 under 30 rising talents, Shou Chen was recently seen in COLLAB Theatre Ensemble’s Metamorphoses (2010).

Here he is with his adorable dog, to tell us why he looks forward to our fav day of the week:



To find out more about Shou Chen and his upcoming productions, visit:
http://shouchen.net & http://shouck.com

Waiting For Friday with...Ginette Chittick!

Ginette Chittick is an indie icon who wears many awesome hats.

She spins at Home Club, lectures at LASALLE, runs a label named FruFru & Tigerlily and plays bass for the legendary Astreal.

Dun play play.

Here's what the wonder woman has to say about her wait for Fridays:



For more of Home Club, visit http://www.homeclub.com.sg
For more of FruFru & Tigerlily, visit http://frufru.net

4 more days to our Love-In gig at Hong Lim Park!

Let's get physical

Today, these boxes were finally delivered to us


Let's see what's inside one of these boxes


YES, WE ARE HOLDING A COPY OF OUR DEBUT ALBUM AT LAST


As announced previously, the album goes on sale for the first time this Sunday (6th March) at Hong Lim Park, where we perform at 7.30pm!

Lyrics and audio for album track 'If It Wasn't For You'

Presenting 'If It Wasn't For You', track 7 of our debut album.

We'll be performing this song and other tracks from 'Waiting For Friday' at our gig in Hong Lim Park this coming Sunday, 6th March.

5 more days to go!

Waiting For Friday with...Alvin Ng

This is video #4 of the 'Waiting For Friday with...' series, featuring Alvin Ng, frontman of alternative rock band EN-X!



Alvin is a great vocalist and songwriter, and you have to check out EN-X's awesome live shows if you haven't. For more of Alvin and EN-X, visit:

http://www.facebook.com/enxtheband
http://www.youtube.com/enxtheband

Lyrics and audio for album track 'Go Away'

It's Friday, which means it's time to unveil another track from our debut album!

Presenting 'Go Away', track 4 of 'Waiting For Friday', which drops in March:

Gig Alert: Love-In @ Hong Lim Park on 6th March

Heiwa is a collective of 6 Diploma in Arts Management students from LASALLE College of the Arts, who aim to raise awareness about domestic violence, change perceptions of how people can help, and spread the message of peace through music.

For the past few months, Heiwa has been putting together a picnic-style music concert that will take place at Hong Lim Park on 6th March. We're proud to be one of the acts in the lineup, which also includes Basement In My Loft, Etc, For This Cycle, Sean Harrison, The Pinholes, TypeWriter and Zahidah.

Details are as follows:

Love-In
6 March 2011, Sunday
Hong Lim Park
5pm onwards (we will perform at around 7.30pm)
Free Admission

Official Website: http://www.love-in2011.com
Official Facebook Event Page: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=154333291283180

On that day, we will be selling copies of our debut album Waiting For Friday for the very first time, so do make a date with us and all the other awesome musicians who will be performing.




If you have no idea how to get to Hong Lim Park, this should help:

Public Transport:
Clarke Quay MRT Station
Bus services 186 & 970 available at Upper Pickering Street.
Bus services no. 2, 12, 33, 54, 147, 190, CT 28 available at New Bridge Road.
Bus services 2, 12, 33, 51, 61, 63, 80, 174, 174e, 197, 961, 961C, CT 28 available at Eu Tong Sen Street.

Lyrics for Stranger

Waiting For Friday with...Dwayne Tan

In this 3rd installment of the "Waiting For Friday with..." series, actor and singer Dwayne Tan tells us why he looks forward to Fridays too:



Dwayne is an all-rounded talent who has written a novel, released an album and performed in numerous theatre productions. Check out the following websites to find out more about his accomplishments:

http://www.dwaynetan.bravehost.com
http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/DwayneTan

Like what you've seen from the "Waiting For Friday with..." series so far? We've still got several videos lined up, and would like to say that it's been a blast to film them with Weetz, because of how we now know people like Ling Kai, Peggy and Dwayne on a more personal level.

All of these people are great at what they do, and it's been really interesting to find out what Fridays mean to each of them.

Listen to album track 'Stranger'

It's Friday, which means you get to hear another track from our upcoming album!

Here's 'Stranger' in its full glory:




You can also listen to the song on:

Our Bandcamp Page:
http://kingkongjane.bandcamp.com/album/waiting-for-friday

Our Facebook Page:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/King-Kong-Jane/7610025689

Lyrics for Lollipop

Happy Lunar New Year

Happy Lunar New Year from Ian the Rabbit and the rest of us!

(Thanks for the drawing Pris!)

Walk On Music: King Kong Jane album out in March

Our upcoming gigs and album have been featured in music blog Walk On Music!

Click here to read the post:

http://www.walkonmusic.net/2011/02/king-kong-jane-album-out-in-march.html

Waiting For Friday with...sixpegs

sixpegs aka Peggy Chang is one of Singapore's most well-known bloggers, and she's the second personality to be featured in our "Waiting For Friday with..." series!

Known for her striking good looks and popular blog at www.sixpegs.com, Peggy is also a model who won Channel U's "Hey Gorgeous" a few years ago.

Watch the video below to find out why Peggy looks forward to Fridays!




To see more of Peggy (you know you want to), check out her blog at www.sixpegs.com

We hope your Friday is going well during this Lunar New Year holiday! Stay tuned for more videos...