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All jokes aside
Life, Onsiri Pravattiyagul, Published on 13/01/2014
» In the sea of present political madness, the currents are strong and directionless. We find ourselves slowly drowning, grasping for extending hands, awaiting a voice of reason to pull us toward open sky. Surprisingly, that voice comes from a zany online TV programme which somehow finds a sublime balance between lunacy and intelligence.
A mountainous good time
Life, Onsiri Pravattiyagul, Published on 17/12/2013
» Despite a long-time rumour that its locale would be moved outside of Khao Yai, the fifth Big Mountain Music Festival stood firm on its mountainous terrain.
Discretion is the better part of valour
Life, Onsiri Pravattiyagul, Published on 08/11/2013
» While Thailand is currently buzzing with the anti-amnesty bill protests, this week another news item also captured my attention. It would have been elevated to talk-of-the-town status if it weren't for the current political quagmire.
Bordering on the sublime
Life, Onsiri Pravattiyagul, Published on 07/11/2013
» Kuala Lumpur is now gearing up to welcome its favourite music festival, Urbanscapes, featuring Franz Ferdinand and Two Door Cinema Club among many others, at the end of this month. And in preparation, the festival staged a satellite show which brought Mew and Explosions In The Sky to KL last week.
Respectable Debut
Life, Onsiri Pravattiyagul, Published on 28/08/2013
» In its attempts to become the premier international music festival in Thailand, Sonic Bang recently garnered in excess of 20,000 attendees who were accommodated in the air-conditioned comfort of Impact Arena.
Good vibrations
Life, Onsiri Pravattiyagul, Published on 23/08/2013
» FORITS first run, Good Vibes Festival turned Sepang International Circuit into a mini music festival that didn't forget arts, fashion and food. Held at a Go-Kart track, Good Vibes managed to change the space into a convenient site for music lovers. Malaysian artist Nini Ramlan also had a hand in giving the once dull racetrack a facelift with installation art while Malaysian brand Chic Yamada launched a capsule festival collection on the day.
Dogg daze
Life, Onsiri Pravattiyagul, Published on 23/01/2013
» Ask any 90s kids, a chunk of our formative years would have been spent listening to or trying to get into hip-hop, rap and R&B before some of us discovered alternative rock. Then ask any club-going hipster, and electro would still rank high on their list even with the more recent invasions of dubstep and trap.
Fat of the Land
Life, Onsiri Pravattiyagul, Published on 22/02/2012
» Undoubtedly, Fat Radio has been influential within the Thai music industry for the past decade. As a non-music-label-controlled station, Fat Radio is at liberty to reach out to smaller labels and unknown bands which it has claimed to continue doing so until today.