Alexine Castillo Yap
Indie and alternative musicians have the infuriating tendency of taking long stretches of time before releasing new music. Thankfully, though, there is always enough new indie music coming out to keep any fan occupied in the meantime. 2018 has already seen several big names (at least, big in the indie world) releasing new albums over
I have to be honest. Indie music is a little bit difficult to get into, let alone Southeast Asian indie music. However, thanks to the wonderful thing that is the internet, it’s now easier than ever to discover musicians from all over the world. Underground as it may be, the Southeast Asian indie music scene is, and
Indie pop icons Beach House have shared a new track, “Dive,” from their upcoming album 7, which is due for release on May 11. They have also released tour dates for North America and Europe. The new track — which comes with a trippy, psychedelic, black-and-white music video directed by San Charoenchai — is the second
February 24th, 2017: famed Chinese photographer and poet Ren Hang took his own life, and the art world was never the same. He was only 29 years old. On his website, Ren had frequently been updating a section called “My Depression“, where he openly discussed his longstanding battle with the mental illness (English translations of
Japanese Breakfast channels the ups and downs of high school proms, crushes and the stirring feeling of falling in love in the newly-released music video for “Boyish.” Directed by Michelle Zauner herself — the frontwoman and brains behind Japanese Breakfast — the music video is an ode to moving on from unrequited love and onto
Kendrick Lamar and SZA made jaws drop upon the release of their collaborative single “All The Stars” last month. The slick, catchy tune–released as part of the soundtrack for the upcoming Black Panther film (Black Panther: The Album)–now has an equally enthralling music video, directed by Dave Meyers, to accompany it. The music video does more than
Critically-acclaimed director Ana Lily Amirpour of A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night fame and the iconic Karen O of legendary New York rock band Yeah Yeah Yeahs have joined forces to create “Yo! My Saint“, a dazzling production combining the worlds of film, music, and fashion for Kenzo’s Spring/Summer 2018 collection. The film depicts a
This poem is an ode to those who brighten up grey, gloomy, late-morning classrooms; those who manage to exude radiance where there is none; those who glow in the dark. I heard about your secret: that after you’ve switched off your light, your skin becomes phosphorescent. I heard that you glow in the dark. Your
18-year-old viral Indonesian rapper, Brian Imanuel, known by his stage name ‘Rich Chigga,’ is releasing his debut album soon, but has so far shown no intentions of dropping his racist stage name — a blatant play on the n-slur which he has long been criticised for. Imanuel had previously stated in a Fader interview in 2016
2017 was a busy and triumphant year for Slowdive. The unexpected return of the beloved, influential, ’90s-indie rock icons came with an extensive tour and a critically-acclaimed full-length self-titled album — their first since 1995 — which boasts material worthy of an already stellar discography. And what better way to celebrate than by wrapping up
Japanese Breakfast — the lo-fi indie pop solo project of Little Big League’s Michelle Zauner — finally made it with a concert in the country of their namesake breakfast food, promoting their sophomore album Soft Sounds From Another Planet. The show, their first in Japan, was held at the intimate live venue UNIT located in
During my last lesson with the lotus painter, the asphalt road in front of her studio glistened nigh-metallic under the sun. The air was not air so much as it was an incredibly dense state of matter in between liquid and gas that bordered on defying the laws of physics. My shirt had already begun
