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Youth Portal's 'Film Song' uses college project as visuals
Malaysia's dream pop outfit, Youth Portal, made a music video for one of our favourite songs off of their self-titled debut. Film Song...

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,...

Songs About Jane (Vinyl Review)
Keywords here are Groove & Jahat. I was lucky enough to win this album off Universal Music Malaysia and what better way to relive my...

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...

Singles Only Sundays (17/2) - Masdo, VIONA, LUST, Fi7i, Rico Nasty and more!
Every Sunday, ATR compiles a list of recently released tracks for your auditory pleasures! Dinda - Masdo GENRE: POP YEH YEH / NUSANTARA...

Kyoto Protocol goes full DIY in Valentine's Day track and music video
Straight from the Kuala Lumpur band's archive all the way back in 2008, comes a song about heartbreak. Kyoto Protocol has been a staple...

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...

Celebrating Edith Piaf.
Celebrating 100 years of France's most beloved national chanteuse. In 2015, Parlophone alongside Warner Music France released a record...

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...

Grease, a forgotten gem.
How this 1978 Motion Picture Soundtrack makes it one of the most palatable musical albums of its time. When I first moved back to PJ...

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...

Azmyl Yunor's 'Kurangkan Maju' music video, a meditation
15 minute video of small town scenery reminds us what we stand to lose in the face of rapid development. Release Date: 30 Dec 2018 Lo-fi...
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