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Redressing history
Life, Amitha Amranand, Published on 24/11/2016
» Two new plays have examined the notion of 'justice'. One digs into the political history of Chile and Thailand, the other takes us inside an American jury room
An Evolution Theory
B Magazine, Chanun Poomsawai, Published on 16/10/2016
» Made up of quiet, intimate songs sprinkled with quirky humour, Devendra Banhart's ninth LP is his most focused to date.
The Peacetime Sound
B Magazine, Chanun Poomsawai, Published on 02/10/2016
» After trading in dark atmospherics the LA indie rockers craft a looser and more relaxed sound on their latest offering.
Rock of ages
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 20/09/2016
» In 1992, Moderndog as students went onstage in The Coke Music Award with the sole intention of messing things around -- it was at the time a relatively sombre affair with a lot of bands opting for jazz. "It was the only chance we had to make loud noise in the Chulalongkorn University Auditorium," said the band's lead singer Thanachai Ujjin in a recent interview with Life.
A true one-off: Remembering Gil Scott-Heron
Life, John Clewley, Published on 06/09/2016
» The music and biting satirical poetry of Gil Scott-Heron have been booming from the World Beat beatbox this week. Earlier, I had watched a fascinating 2003 BBC documentary on his life and work, Gil Scott-Heron: The Revolution Will Not Be Televised. The title was taken from one of his most popular songs which has been covered many times by other musicians, although if he were to write the song today it might be called, "The Revolution Will Be Digitized Or Tweeted".
Brothers of reinvention
Life, Published on 11/08/2016
» Though oceans apart, Bangkok and Brazil's city of Sao Paulo have much in common. Both are cities of extremes where scattershot urban planning and stark economic disparity have resulted in a wild patchwork of affluence and squalor.
Cinema paradiso?
Life, Published on 05/08/2016
» In July 2004, House RCA opened its doors as Bangkok's alternative cinema. Twelve years on, to the surprise of many including the owners, it's still standing as a home for small movies, indie darlings, overlooked hits and second-run titles, an anomaly in the near-monopoly market of theatre chains that dictate public taste with big movies.
Perseverance pays off for Getsunova
Life, Pimchanok Phungbun Na Ayudhya, Published on 21/07/2016
» In the age when content consumers are spoiled brats, why "buy" when you can get almost anything for free? News, magazines, movies, music. A record store can be as difficult to find as running into physical copies of any new albums.
Sense behind the madness
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 08/07/2016
» One is either enthralled, frustrated or confused by Apichatpong Weerasethakul's films. It's possibly a reflex of a complex and conflicting emotion -- you are not sure whether it's yourself as an audience or Apichatpong as a filmmaker that inspire those reactions.
Moving back to move forward
Guru, Published on 01/07/2016
» Your childhood is supposed to be the happiest time of your life, but for many, this is not the case. The Disappearance of the Boy on a Sunday Afternoon paints a touching story of a man who returns home after leaving his abusive family, upon realising that the only way to move on is to confront his past.