ROCK’S NOT DEAD …ROCK’S NOT DEAD …
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ROCK HISTORY | PoP LEGENDS : THE BEATLES SUPER DELUXE EDITIONROCK HISTORY | PoP LEGENDS : THE BEATLES SUPER DELUXE EDITION
After the success of last year’s Sgt Pepper remix reissue, this 50th anniversary edition of my favourite Beatles album was the one to look out for!
ROCK HISTORY : WE LOVE PROG!ROCK HISTORY : WE LOVE PROG!
Prog!
ROCK HISTORY | PoP LEGENDS : STYXROCK HISTORY | PoP LEGENDS : STYX
Mention Styx online and chances are you are going to be trolled. But for a time, the pop-rock quintet were one of the biggest bands on the planet.
U2 – SONGS OF EXPERIENCE|REVIEWU2 – SONGS OF EXPERIENCE|REVIEW
Songs of Experience is the fourteenth studio album by Irish rock band U2. Released on 1 December 2017, it was produced by Jacknife Lee and Ryan Tedder with Steve Lillywhite, Andy Barlow, Jolyon Thomas, Brent Kutzle, Paul Epworth, Danger Mouse, and Declan Gaffney.
(more…)PoP LEGENDS | NEIL YOUNG + PROMISE OF THE REAL – THE VISITOR [REVIEW]PoP LEGENDS | NEIL YOUNG + PROMISE OF THE REAL – THE VISITOR [REVIEW]
Photo credit : Matt Furman
Another year, another Neil Young album.
COSMIC ARMCHAIR – CONTACT [REVIEW]COSMIC ARMCHAIR – CONTACT [REVIEW]
Cosmic Armchair is the electronic pop duo of Cosmic Jane (vocals/songwriting/production) and Cosmic Ben (production/keyboards) who release beat-heavy synthpop songs with a different view of everyday issues. In 2014, leading European alternative electronic label Alfa Matrix signed the duo, making Cosmic Armchair their first Asian signing.
(more…)PoPINIONS: WILL STREAMING SERVICES & MAJOR LABELS DRIVE THE FUTURE OF THE SINGAPORE MUSIC SCENE?PoPINIONS: WILL STREAMING SERVICES & MAJOR LABELS DRIVE THE FUTURE OF THE SINGAPORE MUSIC SCENE?
Attended the inaugural session of Spotify Talks, where a panel consisting of Calvin Wong (Warner Music), Tan Chee Meng (Spotify), Sunita Kaur (Spotify), Linying (Artist) and, Kevin Foo (Foundation Music) discussed the topic “Looking Beyond the Music”.
As we sat listening attentively to the thoughts and opinions of the panellists, we were struck by a couple of points.
ROCK HISTORY – IT’S STILL ROCK N ROLL TO MEROCK HISTORY – IT’S STILL ROCK N ROLL TO ME
Back in 1980, singer-songwriter Billy Joel was already railing against the stratification of rock & pop music.
WHITE LIES: INTERVIEW THAT NEVER WASWHITE LIES: INTERVIEW THAT NEVER WAS
In 2011, I interviewed White Lies‘ Jack Lawrence-Brown ahead of the trio’s debut performance in Singapore. However, the concert never happened. Two years later, I will be watching White Lies playing at a private event and thought it would be a good time to dig out the interview that never ran at TODAY for the sake of completeness.
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