Our Lo-fideo Vid Of The Week: Khottal

Khottal comprises of eight Malaysian members–Qairul, Chorie, Ezha, Hafidz, Uzir, Farhan, Azfar and Zarul–who like stirring up their neighbourhood with a bit of eclectic indie goodness in the wee hours of the morning.

Influenced by a diversity of bands including Arcade Fire, Magic Numbers, Death Cab For Cutie and Broken Social Scene, the octet's MySpace compares them to a mixed bag of pills that skips between punk, unpolished pop, indie rock, and jangly and fey melodies. As far as their Lo-fideo submission goes, we like them pills.

Here's their unplugged 'Oceanic Panik':

We’re giving Junk readers a chance to be a YouTube star! Send us the YouTube video link of you or your act/group performing music. Interesting/entertaining live performances of any music genre are wanted (from reggae and shredding guitars to hip hop or ivory-tinkling ala Alicia Keys).

All videos will be featured here, on our Lo-Fideo site. The best monthly Lo-Fideo submission will be highlighted on the site and will be featured in Junk magazine.

Every quarter (three months), the three monthly winners will compete for top honours in the Lo-Fideo Quarterly Roundup. Quarterly champions gets a spread in Junk, get featured on JunkTV, and might even win cool prizes or perform at future Junk events.

Click here to find out how you can participate.

Note: This competition is open to all UNSIGNED amateur/bedroom acts from Malaysia and South East Asia only. While we welcome music video submissions, only videos of LIVE PERFORMANCES will be eligible to qualify for our Vid Of The Week and Quarterly Roundup.