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What's happening on Thailand's music landscape this week
B Magazine, Tatat Bunnag, Published on 01/03/2020
» Homeshake (March 2)
Indie rock done right
B Magazine, Chanun Poomsawai, Published on 09/02/2020
» "When I was 18/ Someone got stabbed in a church/ But I got used to it/ And forgave all the ways and the names/ It was so long ago, anyways," vocalist Jeremy Gaudet recounts on Murder In The Cathedral, the opening track to Kiwi Jr.'s debut album, Football Money. The vivid songwriting, buoyed by his bandmates' jangly instrumentation, is delivered with the kind of drawl that would have you thinking fondly of Pavement's Stephen Malkmus and The Strokes as well as the Modern Lovers' Jonathan Richman and Parquet Courts' Andrew Savage.
The way things used to be
B Magazine, Suthon Sukphisit, Published on 29/12/2019
» Many household tools and items which were widely used in the past have become obsolete. New technology and innovation means that all manner of things are on the verge of extinction. And while the items detailed below can still be found in many households, their ubiquity is no longer what it once was.
Is nothing sacred?
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 15/12/2019
» "Hey… you're that farang who teaches English, right?"
Super fun time for families
B Magazine, Story by Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 10/11/2019
» A group of children were standing in two lines waiting for a trainer to signal them to jump on two separated trampolines. They took turns to play. Each of them jumped until reaching a height to perform a front flip before dropping in a foam pit.
Ring the alarm
B Magazine, Tatat Bunnag, Published on 01/09/2019
» A recent trend in South Korean dramas is the blending of romantic stories with sci-fi elements, usually related to some kind of new and exciting technology. Examples include last year's I'm Not A Robot, a romantic comedy about a relationship between a human and a robot, and Memories Of The Alhambra, a tragic love story set in the world of augmented-reality action gaming.
Setting it off
B Magazine, Chanun Poomsawai, Published on 14/07/2019
» From its humble start lurking in the shadows of J-pop to partially dominating the globe, the unstoppable power of K-pop has been fascinating to witness. Today, in the hazy wake of the Gangnam Style craze, the genre has grown to have its own annual convention, KCON, which is aimed to celebrate South Korean culture at various locations around the world. In North America, K-pop boy bands and girl bands are being received with open arms. Groups like seven-member boyband BTS have even gone so far as to win 2017's Billboard Music Award for Top Social Artist, beating pop royalty like Justin Bieber, Selena Gomez and Ariana Grande.
Giddy up, boy
B Magazine, Chanun Poomsawai, Published on 14/04/2019
» On Mitski's latest album Be The Cowboy, the cowboy image that's classically reserved for American white males is, even though for a fleeting moment, suspended and transferred to the Japanese-American singer-songwriter. According to Mitski, this is part of her mantra, "be the cowboy you wish to see in the world", a joke with herself that she uses to combat feelings of imposter syndrome. Though meant as a joke, it's a kind of joke that digs deep into the firmly rooted notions of masculinity, race and femininity.
Against all odds
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 03/02/2019
» Kru June is perpetually late for school. She is the first to admit it, and the last to arrive. On this particular morning, the teachers and students of Baan Kui school have already begun morning assembly as she arrives, hurrying across the arid sports field where the morning ritual takes place.
Cricket balls
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 09/12/2018
» Thursday was day one of the first test cricket match of the Australian summer.