Zeta Bar and Another Chivas Music Experience present DJ Sassy Pandez spinning on 22 and 23 October. A supermodel and an international DJ, Sassy is “the sexiest DJ in the world” and, judging by her Maxim cover, they’re not far from the truth.

At the fifth official Moto GP party at Zouk KL, the house-heavy DJs lined up for this celebration of motor sports will be: Hernán Cattáneo, Benny Benassi, DJs Are Not Rockstars (Alexander Technique) and local talents, Joey G and Twilight Actiongirl.

The King of Crunk Lil Jon will bring his A-game to the launch of Lollipop, the new urban night at Kuala Lumpur's Mist Club. Flying half way around the world for a single launch – life must be sweet for Jonathan Mortimer Smith (Lil Jon’s real name).

Indie rockers, take note. Mark these words, Van She is going to be the next big thing to hit the underground scene. With a sound that fits perfectly into a LapSap rave, Van She's material is highly rooted in the 80's - heavy on synthesizer while managing a more textured sound to maintain a fresh catchiness.

The last we saw of Heineken Green Room was in 2006 at Kuala Lumpur Performing Arts Centre where Munich-based Chicks On Speed wowed the crowd with their unconventional, avant-garde electro. It’s been two long, lonely years since that fateful night but on 1 November, Heineken Green Room will return to KL shores with a whole new concept and even more interesting artistes in its line-up.

Get your jazz shoes on, because multiple award-winning artist Diana Krall makes a stop in Kuala Lumpur on her Greatest Hits World Tour 2008! With more than eleven critically acclaimed albums under her belt, the Canadian singer and songwriter is all set to hit the stage with her cool, heavy-lidded vocals and incredible dexterity at the piano. E

As part of the Hennessy Artistry: The Global Art Of Mixing series, LA-based rock outfit Until June are all set to hit Kuala Lumpur at the end of this month! If you haven't head of the band yet, you will soon. Critics liken their sound to the piano-based rock of Keane, Coldplay and Ben Folds Five, but Until June answer for themselves in a phone interview with KLue.

Electronic Disturbances at Republic is dedicated to the “sounds of technology”. This month, the artiste in the spotlight is Flica. Who is Flica, you ask? The one-man electro-acoustic band is the alias of one Euseng Seto.

Still reeling from the Merdeka celebrations and feeling the patriotism deep in your veins? For your dose of Malaysiana in September, Broadway Parodies Lagi Lah! (BPLL) will not fail to please.

Finn Peters might have a first name for a last name, but there are more significant things to say about this flute and sax extraordinaire! For one, his ensemble, the Finntet, won 2007’s BBC Jazz Best Band Award. And then there’s the fact that he’s been dubbed as one of the leading jazz players in the UK today.

Fat Boys Records’ Pesta Malam Indonesia was a landmark undertaking bridging the gap between serious music lovers here and in our southern neighbour, and the festival did for the massive but under-satiated Indo rock crowd here what Rock the World did for the alternative rock scene – the PMI gave it a sense of solidarity, a shared purpose and pride in loving an art form unfairly maligned for being perceived as a disruption to the local music industry.

Gigs in the Valley can get repetitive after a while. It’s always the same names, at the same venues with a bazaar thrown in for good measure. After all, what good is a gig these days if you don’t have a little shopping going on?

Remember when Canadian princess Avril Lavigne first appeared on our radar in the early millennium? In the midst of saccharine sweet and virginal pop stars like Jessica Simpson and Mandy Moore, Lavigne was marketed as the opposite with her “punk” image

Judging from the popularity of the Rainforest World Music Festival with KL-ites, expect the streets to be eerily empty come 11 to 13 July as thousands make their annual pilgrimmage to the Sarawak Cultural Village in Santubong for a weekend of good music, good partying, good drinking and a good break away from the drudgeries of the city.

The Hennessy Artistry: The Global Art of Mixing series just keeps getting better, and this month’s event sees its most international line-up yet. While we’ve been used to attending Hennessy Artistry events in a club, they’re shaking it up and offering something different this time around. Be prepared for a concert experience at the Bukit Kiara Indoor Arena, featuring performer like Flo Rida, Machi, Latin Prince, Pop Shuvit and VJ Callen.

KL Sing Song, organized by Troubadours, is back for its fourth round this July. It’s time once again for the spotlight to shine on some of the best singer-songwriters our local front has to offer. And the line-up for this year’s KL Sing Song doesn’t disappoint. Spread across three days at the black box of Pentas 2, KL Sing Song will feature 20 acts performing stripped down sets in an intimate setting, allowing the audience to appreciate the music in its rawest form.

Despite being a very niche genre, post-rock music is enjoying a healthy run this year. Texan band Explosions in the Sky blew the roof off Ruums when they were here in February without even singing a verse. Perhaps boosted by the response that the band enjoyed, Soundscape Records are bringing down Japanese post-rock band Mono this July.

Rockonrave is billed as Malaysia's first non-stop music festival, featuring two giant stages facing each other on top of Cineleisure Damansara's rooftop.

Dubbed “The Biggest Art & Music Fest” of 2008, Hall Of Sounds has a whopping twenty eight bands scheduled to rock the stage in MCPA Hall this June.

Fête de la Musique literally translates to Festival of Music. It’s that time of the year again, people – time to get cultured.