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  Keeping up with Norah Jones

  B Magazine, Chanun Poomsawai, Published on 26/07/2020

  » Does anyone recall the precise moment when jazz finally crossed over to mainstream pop? Here's a hint if your memories prove a little hazy: "My heart is drenched in wine/ But you'll be on my mind... Forever."

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  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.

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  Top 25 Singles of 2019 (Part II)

  B Magazine, Chanun Poomsawai, Published on 29/12/2019

  » As tradition dictates, we rummaged through some 200 singles we'd reviewed over the past 12 months and narrowed it down to 25. Here's what we learned in 2019: Thai fusion is still very much a go-to for most up-and-coming bands including Southern Boys and Suthep Entertainment, who both look to their roots for inspiration. This year also had its fair share of blazingly political moments, thanks to Solange, Lana Del Rey and our own rap troupe Rap Against Dictatorship. One final note, even though this list is split into two parts spreading across this and next week, these tracks are not ranked and their order is completely arbitrary in nature.

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  With wild abandon

  B Magazine, Chanun Poomsawai, Published on 09/06/2019

  » Over the course of nearly a decade, we have on more than one occasion gushed about how UK outfit Wild Beasts were top-shelf purveyors of erudite indie-rock. Even though they regrettably called it quits in 2017, they remain one of the very few rock bands who managed to strike an impeccable balance between indie and art-rock. Ranging from baroque to barbaric, their five-album discography charts leftfield territories with strutting confidence. Not many rock bands are able to incorporate geeky literary allusions into their songwriting and still look pretty damn cool doing it.

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  Recalling her past life

  B Magazine, Chanun Poomsawai, Published on 10/02/2019

  » While much has already been discussed about the 2016's viral YouTube video in which super producer Pharrell Williams became visibly in awe of singer-songwriter Maggie Rogers and her demo of Alaska, Williams' organic reaction never gets tiring to watch. It's pure, genuine and far more emotional than any of the today's TV singing competitions could ever hope to elicit. And, thanks to that very video, Rogers has garnered well-deserved attention, amassed a sizeable fanbase, and struck a record deal with Capitol Records -- all in just over a year.

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  Fear No More

  B Magazine, Chanun Poomsawai, Published on 17/02/2019

  » After providing the chart-topping main theme songs alongside Japanese composer Yoko Shimomura for Kingdom Hearts and Kingdom Hearts II, Utada Hikaru returns for the video game series' latest instalment -- this time with EDM producer and self-confessed Kingdom Hearts fan Skrillex in the fold. Titled Face My Fears, the four-track EP marks the continual, almost two-decade-long collaboration between Hikaru and game director Tetsuya Nomura that first began prior to the release of the first game in the early 2000s.

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  Shopping For Change

  B Magazine, Chanun Poomsawai, Published on 18/02/2018

  » Shopping/ The Official Body

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  In the House of Lorde

  B Magazine, Chanun Poomsawai, Published on 02/07/2017

  » Follow-up to 'Pure Heroine' finds songstress capturing the spirit of being young through nuanced songwriting and pop production du jour.

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  A Restrained Take on Electro Sound

  B Magazine, Chanun Poomsawai, Published on 04/09/2016

  » Roosevelt's full-length debut is pastel-coloured electropop swathed in retro disco grooves and soft rock influences.

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  Still sounding oh so Super

  B Magazine, Chanun Poomsawai, Published on 24/04/2016

  » Synth-pop veterans the Pet Shop Boys pick up where they left off three years ago, luxuriating in the glittery sparkle of a disco ball.

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