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ALBUM REVIEW: TOKO KILAT EP
Cross-border supergroup calls their music pro-rock, beckoning back to the basics of alternative with high energy drums, guitar and bass....

ALBUM REVIEW: 'API' - Kidd Santhe, Gard
API is a project by two Malaysian rappers, Kidd Santhe & Gard. It’s a joyful take on the trap sound, keeping things interesting and...

THROWBACK REVIEW: 'Dunia Batas' - Payung Teduh
Release Date: April 1, 2012 Genre: Folk / Acoustic / Jazz My introduction to Payung Teduh was a live performance of their song 'Resah'...
ALBUM REVIEW: ‘High Visceral Pt. 1’ - Psychedelic Porn Crumpets
An aptly named album for an aptly named band, a brain melting journey into a hot summer-y abyss. RELEASE DATE: MARCH 19, 2016 GENRE:...

Weekly Assembly (11/3) - Fi7i, Cage the Elephant, Carly Rae Jepsen, Andrew Bird and more!
Weekly Assembly is a collection of our favourite new releases! Work It Out (feat Froya) - Dizkopolis GENRE: EDM / SYNTH POP/ ELECTRONIC /...

ALBUM REVIEW: 'Wasteland, Baby!'- Hozier
Wasteland, Baby has some powerful moments that shows Hozier's growth in songwriting, but the potholes along the way leave a lot for...
ALBUM REVIEW: Andy Shauf's 'The Party' personifies the introvert experience
With the mask of grand and beautiful instrumentations, Andy Shauf brings a surprisingly intimate yet objective commentary on the sweet,...

Singles Only Sunday (24/2) - LOKO, plvindre, Ardhito Pramono, Cage the Elephant and more!
Every Sunday, ATR compiles a list of recently released tracks for your auditory pleasures! This week's features indie rock bands LOKO,...

ALBUM REVIEW: 'PSJKB' - Iqbal M.
Iqbal M. merges tight musicianship with snarky, in-your-face commentary. His ‘crazy man’ persona rarely loses its confrontational appeal...

A song for people pleasers, 'Capacity' sees Charly Bliss explore new sound
Charly Bliss started their career as musicians revitalising 90s grunge with a brighter twist (some call it bubble grunge), but with their...

ALBUM REVIEW: Better Oblivion Community Center - Better Oblivion Community Center
Two writers of hard fate and tough luck, Phoebe Bridgers & Conor Oberst, come together to form a band. The result is a beautiful album...

Singles Only Sundays (10/2) - Lunadira, Poppy, LUST, King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard and more!)
Every Sunday, ATR compiles a list of recently released tracks for your auditory pleasures! ur cute but boring - Lunadira GENRE: POP / R&B...

LUST's new single comes with a profound music video pastiche of modern life
GENRE: POST PUNK/ INDIE ROCK/ PSYCHEDELIC POP/ ANTHEM LABEL: Independent 2 years after they've released their EP 'Chingichanga', Kuala...

ALBUM REVIEW: 'Murder' - SevenCollar T-Shirt
Malaysian alternative rock veterans stick to the familiar in their fourth album Release Date: 16 December 2018 Genre: Alternative Rock/...

Putaran Bulanan: January 2019
In Putaran Bulanan, (or Monthly Spins) we give you a collection of our favourite songs for the past month. January see the Vampire...

Liminal Being: An autobiographical, ambient story of transition
Singaporean/Malaysian-based Botanic Records brings to you detail-oriented sound artist, wanhanzan, and his new EP Release Date: 20th Nov...

Best Singles of 2018
Some albums aren't as good as they, but contain some of the catchiest songs. Some tracks are just pure singles, still waiting for an...

Best Albums of 2018
I'm finally done. This is a top 20 of my favourite albums of 2018. In lists such as this I always try to find the midpoint between how...

Regina Spektor's 'Begin to Hope' can be sweet, hilarious & heartbreaking
Regina Spektor's knack for storytelling breaks all rules of structure and adds a whole pinch of drama & honesty Release Date: 2006 To...
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