Where can you go to hear a live band play Steely Dan's "Reelin' In The Years" or the 11-minute opus that is the live version of "Sultans Of Swing", complete with sax solo? Well, The Blackbird at Gillman Barracks, that's where.

The Blackbird's resident band, Reverie, plays songs that aren't always on your Spotify Top 10; instead, revelling in dishing out rarer tracks that you don't always hear on Singapore's live music circuit.

But Reverie has a bigger stake in The Blackbird than you think: Singer & guitarist Surath helms the venue, while multi-instrumentalist Joanna helps coordinate events held there, including the recent She Shines music event, and BigO's 40th anniversary show.

With Blackbird's 2nd birthday coming up, the two of them share the highs and lows of being in a cover band and running a live music venue.

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"Lion City Rock Theme" performed by Kevin Mathews and Chris Toh.

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Follow The Blackbird: Instagram

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

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Email us: lioncityrocksg@gmail.com

Listen: The Lion City Rock Playlist

Read Chris' Full Sput Ahead! (Substack review)

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We're continuing our Lion City Rock x BigO 4-O series for the 40 Years Of Counter-Culture music festival, which will be held on 12-13 April at The Blackbird to celebrate the 40th anniversary of BigO Magazine, one of the cornerstones of Singapore's indie music scene of the 1990s.

The line-up features The Mother, Typewriter, Obstacle Upsurge, Force Vomit, Plainsunset, Opposition Party, Disko Biscuit, The Oddfellows, Rudra, The Pinholes, Astreal and our guests for this episode: The Great Spy Experiment!

They're probably one of Singapore's best live bands of all time, and in this episode, the band talks about the challenges and opportunities that have shaped them to be who they are.

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"Lion City Rock Theme" performed by Kevin Mathews and Chris Toh; excerpt from "Unity Song" performed by The Fast Colors. Excerpts from "Siti in the City", "Class 'A' Love Affair", Wasted" and "In The Sun" performed by Great Spy Experiment

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LINKS

Get your tickets for BigO 4-O: 40 Years of Counter Culture

Follow The Great Spy Experiment: Instagram / Facebook / Bandcamp / Spotify

Related episode: It's Saiful Idris

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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Like, share and subscribe to Lion City Rock on RedCircle, Spotify, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts. Give us a 5-star rating and review – it really helps others search for some good ol' Lion City Rock!

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!

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