Ocean Indie Music Awards Clash: The Honored Ocean Flag Winner Emerges
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This year's Ocean Indie Music Awards featured many emerging bands, presenting a diverse range of musical styles including psychedelic electronic dance, post-rock, slowcore, glam rock, hard rock, and punk rock. Their lyrics were rich with reflections on real life and a defiant spirit against the world, showcasing the purity and infinite possibilities of original music. The jury evaluated the bands based on originality of music, team performance, musicians' skills, stage presence, unique style, and commercial potential, ultimately awarding "餵飽豬" the Ocean Award and Ocean Flag, "雨國 Kingdom of Rain" the Jury Prize, and "紛亂交錯 Find The Intersection" the Ocean Star Award.
Encouraging original music has always been a steadfast commitment of the New Taipei City Government. Bands must pass multiple rounds of selection to have the opportunity to perform on the festival's main stage. Today (20th), New Taipei City Mayor Hou Yu-Ih attended the event to present the Ocean Award to the winners. Last year's Ocean Award winner, oo-Lâu, was also invited to pass on the Ocean Flag to this year's winner, continuing the spirit of original music. The Ocean Award winners then delivered an exciting encore performance, eliciting continuous cheers from the audience!
Tomorrow (21st), the Ho-Hai-Yan Rock Festival will feature even more exciting performances, with well-known bands such as P!SCO, GOOFY STYLE (JP), 88balaz, Sorry Youth, NICOLAS CAGE FIGHTER (AU), and MIXER, inviting everyone to let loose and experience the wild and exhilarating rock music! For more information on the 2024 New Taipei City Ho-Hai-Yan Rock Festival, please visit the relevant links.
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