Desktop Error closed out two nights of DIY vendors and independent Thai music Sunday night at the Noise Market festival.
Hungry for something other than factory-spun culture and Grammy-manufactured pop music, a throng of fans gathered for two days of independent music and handicrafts this past weekend.
More than 30 bands played Saturday and Sunday at the first Noise Market festival hosted on the grounds of Museum Siam, near Wat Pho. Dozens of vendors sold hand-made products, T-shirts, records and art as bands ranging from nu-rock and synthwave to punk and shoegaze contributed brief sets to an expansive soundscape.
The event was organized by Panda Records’ Wannarit “Pok” Pongprayoon, who normally stages the defiantly anticommercial Stone Free festival outside of the city each year as a Big Mountain alternative. After several years in a Saraburi province rock quarry, Stone Free is unlikely to happen as planned next month, as Wannarit said he is yet to secure a new venue.
Cut the Crab, Photo: Patchamon Suriyont
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