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Salam: Relevant Reggae

Reggae is a difficult genre to tackle, especially in Malaysia where it is more commonly associated with rockers way past their prime who still sport dreadlocks and speak in bad faux patois. It’s either that…

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Sudarshan: Not a Fool

Being a part of Tiga Segi Tiga, which is probably just one in hundreds of bands local Dada frontman Kuning Pening has formed with him, the uninitiated could easily mistake Sudarshan (and by extension the rest of his peers) as nothing more than a novelty comedy act. They’d be right, and they’d be wrong. For […]

Music

Kai Fish: Homerton Baby

Kai Fish, better known for his role as bassist of indie rock band Mystery Jets, released his debut solo album Life In Monochrome earlier this year. Reflecting a period of transition in the musician’s life; amidst the end of a 6 year relationship and beginning of the new relationship that resulted in his marriage, we […]

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The Kooks: Junk of the Heart

The Kooks’s album Junk of the heart

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They Will Kill Us All: ‘Under The Red Sky’

TWKUA’s new single ‘Under The Red Sky’

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The Weeknd: Thursday

Coming out of nowhere (aka the internet), r’n’b outfit The Weeknd proves that there’s more to them than mystique

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Little Dragon : Ritual Reunion (Peacefrog)

Little Dragon, big album!

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The Rosebuds: Loud Planes Fly Low (Merge)

It’s life after divorce for the ex-husband-wife duo, The Rosebuds

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They Might Be Giants: Join Us (Rounder)

They Might Be Giants finally goes back to releasing albums for the rest of us adults

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Yuksek: Living on the Edge of Time (Universal)

French producer, Yusek’s newest album Living on the Edge of Time