Keeping It Peel - John, But Not Forgotten: The Bands

About the artists playing at the John Peel Day commemoration at P.O.W. - The Prince of Wales, 101 Dunlop Street, Little India, Singapore - Thursday, 9 Oct 2008

• We GANG: In keeping with the Peel tradition of spotlighting new bands, Keeping It Peel features the debut performance of We GANG – fronted by local music maverick Adrian Bestium. This is Bestium's next move after he masterminded the brilliant Rocket Scientist album, 'Hiss' - released online months before Radiohead got a similar idea. We GANG presents something different after the hiss: a healthy dose of Ramone-tic bubblegum pop that's already brought the privileged few who've heard it to near-hysteria with joy.

• Jon Fong: a rare chance to see a solo acoustic performance by a performer better known as one half of the electronic duo, The Karl Maka. Formed through their love of both old Hong Kong movies and electronic synth sounds, The Karl Maka's infectious pop has been putting the right amount of neon where it needs to be since they formed two years ago. Expect to be charmed as Jon goes it alone for this specially-requested one-off appearance.

• Etc: John Peel might be the only "musical influence" Etc's Ben Harrison is certain of, and he takes pride in the fact that Peel once referred to his guitar-playing as being "noisy, but not too noisy". Famed for both their off-the-cuff performances and bittersweet psychopop songs, Etc will probably reference Peel at this show. But how? When it comes to Etc. the best way to find out is to to be there.