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  • LIFE

    Rumba in the jungle

    Life, John Clewley, Published on 30/10/2018

    » Everyone knows about the famous "Rumble in the Jungle", the epic heavyweight boxing match between George Foreman and Muhammed Ali held in Kinshasa, then Zaire, in 1974. The fight was immortalised in the Academy Award-winning film documentary When We Were Kings.

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    Mitski, demystified

    B Magazine, Published on 26/08/2018

    » Born to an American father and a Japanese mother, Mitski Miyawaki spent her childhood essentially being a nomad and a stranger in foreign lands. After stints in countries like Congo and Turkey, she relocated to New York, where she pursued her artistic passions, dabbling in film study before eventually focusing on music. This gave her a bit of a head start in the industry because, by the time she graduated, she'd already self-released two records, Lush and Retired From Sad, New Career In Business, as part of her school projects.

  • LIFE

    Justin Timberlake sells song catalogue to Hipgnosis

    Life, Published on 30/05/2022

    » Justin Timberlake has sold the rights to his songs including hits such as Cry Me A River and Rock Your Body to Hipgnosis Song Management, the latest pop star to cash in on his body of work in the red-hot market for music streaming.

  • LIFE

    Real women rock

    B Magazine, Chanun Poomsawai, Published on 05/07/2020

    » "Los Angeles, give me a miracle/ I just want out from this," Este, Danielle and Alana Haim waste no time getting down to the (ugly) business of their hometown on the ska-infused opening track of their latest album Women In Music Pt. III.

  • LIFE

    From the highway all the way to church

    B Magazine, Chanun Poomsawai, Published on 22/03/2020

    » This year's first unlikely collaboration has officially arrived courtesy of Houston trio Khruangbin and their fellow Texans, Leon Bridges.

  • LIFE

    Go further west

    B Magazine, Chanun Poomsawai, Published on 23/02/2020

    » Throughout their decades-spanning career in the music biz, Pet Shop Boys have always operated within the realm of sophisticated synth-pop that advocates varying degrees of dancefloor abandon. For lyricist Neil Tennant and composer Chris Lowe, however, it's not just about the allure of club culture or pure hedonism. From day one, social consciousness gets woven into the sonic fabric of their music. "In a West End town, a dead-end world/ The East End boys and West End girls," Tennant sings about the class and wealth gap on their 1984 debut single West End Girls.

  • LIFE

    Step into a dystopian world

    Guru, Kankanok Wichiantanon, Published on 14/08/2020

    » Though Peeralada Sukawat, best known as Pyra, made her debut in 2016, she found international recognition when her track White Lotus was released in 2018. The soulful electro-pop/R&B singer recently released two new singles, Plastic World and Dystopia, which were produced in Los Angeles with Grammy-nominated producer Sean Hamilton. Guru spoke to Pyra, who recently signed with Warner Music Thailand, about what influences her work and the messages she hopes to convey in her latest singles.

  • LIFE

    Sukosol family sings for charity

    Life, Published on 20/11/2019

    » Kamala Sukosol and her talented children -- Marisa, Sukie and Noi -- will be back with three rounds of the annual charity concert titled "The Sukosol Family: The Music & The Show" at Sukosol Hotel, Si Ayutthaya Road, from tomorrow until Saturday at 8pm.

  • LIFE

    The age of angst

    B Magazine, Chanun Poomsawai, Published on 01/12/2019

    » Maybe it's a sign of the times, but taking a look at the young, emerging artists of today, you might notice that a great many of them tend to speak openly about their anxieties and insecurities. Much like her contemporaries Mitski, Hana Vu and Beabadoobee, 18-year-old singer Griff channels all of these feelings through unfiltered lyrics that read like a page out of her diary.

  • LIFE

    Keep on rockin' in a lockdown

    Life, John Clewley, Published on 14/04/2020

    » The sonic landscape of my life in central Bangkok has changed dramatically over the past few weeks of social distancing. Gone are the sounds of construction drills, booming pile drivers, honking horns, unmuffled motorcyles and throbbing tuk-tuks. I can hear birdsong of all kinds in the mornings and, at dusk, the whirring and squeaking of different bat species as they zoom around hunting for insects.

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