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A pop renaissance
B Magazine, Chanun Poomsawai, Published on 14/06/2020
» If Madonna's long, illustrious career has taught us mortals anything, it's that a pop chameleon makes the best kind of pop music.
Into the Great Unknown
B Magazine, Chanun Poomsawai, Published on 08/12/2019
» Over the years, avid neoclassical fans may have seen the name Anne Müller popping up alongside the genre's staples like Nils Frahm, Ben Lukas Boysen and Ólafur Arnalds. And for good reason -- the classically trained Berlin-based cellist and composer is known for her inventive approach to compositions, a skill which has manifested itself in her (perhaps best-known) contribution to Frahm's 2011 7fingers and 2017 Solo Collective Part I, a live project she co-founded with violinist/singer Alex Stolze and pianist/conceptual artist Sebastian Reynolds.
In for the kill
B Magazine, Chanun Poomsawai, Published on 28/04/2019
» From debuting on CBS's The Late Show With Stephen Colbert to being the first K-pop group to perform at this year's Coachella, BLACKPINK are unstoppable in their quest for global pop domination, which is the ultimate goal that lies at the heart of South Korea's ongoing cultural export scheme. Like their label mates Big Bang and 2NE1, the Seoul-based quartet is meticulously designed by industry behemoth YG Entertainment. But what really sets BLACKPINK apart from their peers is their collective cosmopolitan edge -- Jisoo representing Korea, Lisa bringing the spicy Thai flavours and New Zealand-born, Australia-raised Rosé and New Zealand-raised Jennie completing the picture with their multicultural upbringing. Singing and rapping in Korean, Japanese and English, they're probably the first all-female idol group to have amassed an army of fans, endearingly known as "blinks", not only from Asia, but also North America and elsewhere, in just a few years.
A little thing called love
B Magazine, Chanun Poomsawai, Published on 25/11/2018
» Has anyone even noticed that Michael Bublé has been gone for two years? Well, us neither (for some reason it feels like he's always there forever blessing us with his rendition of great American songbook classics). But, yes, he did take a little hiatus following his oldest son's illness. There was talk of him retiring, which has turned out to be simply talk because here he is with his 10th studio effort, Love, a follow-up to 2016's Nobody But Me.
StillnessIs The Move
B Magazine, Chanun Poomsawai, Published on 13/05/2018
» Grouper/ Grid of Points
Borns this way
Chanun Poomsawai, Published on 11/02/2018
» During his 2011 TEDx Talk, the then 19-yearold singer-songwriter Garrett Borns regaled the audience with the story of when he went to perform in Paris and how he was nervous about the language barrier since he spoke no French.
The Order Restored
B Magazine, Chanun Poomsawai, Published on 18/10/2015
» After a two-year hiatus following their lukewarm 2013 LP Lost Sirens and the departure of longtime bassist Peter Hook, iconic English post-punk outfit New Order are finally back with their 10th studio record, Music Complete. In Hook’s place, the band have introduced Bad Lieutenant’s Tom Chapman. And to make things even more exciting, not only have Bernard Sumner and Co reunited with multi-instrumentalist Gillian Gilbert and vocalist Dawn Zee, they’ve also recruited a panel of eclectic collaborators which includes Elly Jackson (La Roux), Iggy Pop and Brandon Flowers (The Killers).
All out of faith
B Magazine, Chanun Poomsawai, Published on 02/08/2015
» Among all the ’90s pop ditties, Torn by Australian actress-turned-singer Natalie Imbruglia has got to be one of those few iconic ones that never fails to inspire adults in their late twenties/early thirties to chant along as if their lives depended on it. Little did they know, though, that their beloved karaoke jam is actually a cover of a song by the LA alt-rock band Ednaswap. Imbruglia’s version is hands down the most popular, but it isn’t the only one that exists — the track was first recorded by Danish singer Lis Sorensen as Braendt (“Burn” in English), then by Endnaswap themselves followed by American-Norwegian singer Trine Rein.
All too human
B Magazine, Chanun Poomsawai, Published on 24/05/2015
» Patrick Watson mixes electronic psychedelia with his signature orchestral soundscapes on his slow-burning fifth LP