Yew Kuok Cheong: Penang’s Soundmaker

Cheong posing inside of Soundmaker. He has run this place for a decade, the only underground venue available on the island.

The pulsating heart of northern Malaysia’s music underground radiates from the first floor of a battered building along the shoreline of Georgetown coastal thoroughfare Pengkalan Weld. Its ribcage—a black-tinged loft where Penang’s wretched rock and roll youth come together to mosh away their frustrations—is a do-it-yourself (DIY) concert hall, rehearsal room and recording studio with… Continue reading Yew Kuok Cheong: Penang’s Soundmaker