Going into higher gear. The Low Mays’ 人生贏家2: 明星生活 (Life Winners 2: Popstar Life) – I once wrote about the band here and their track about Flat Earth. I’ve since watched an interview and am convinced these five (six?) Hong Kong men are just taking the piss and they do it well. The autotune on […]
Turning Points
I am not far off from completing my Master of Public Policy and Management. Outside of social relationships and sports, life has pretty much revolved around this course. It is one I have mostly enjoyed and more than anything I’ve appreciated the breadth and depth that the program affords. I intend to write a list […]
Chinese rap, bubbles, and political everything
“Asian” Hip-hop I watched VICE’s first episode of their second season of Minority Reports. Titled ‘Hip Hop’s Reckoning with Asian Rappers,’ the half-hour show in my opinion tackled the easy, or at least obvious, questions. Easy in the sense that cultural appropriation (which VICE angled as appreciation through their choice of footage), Rich Brian’s first […]
My Greatest Invention – Dawes
This is the last in a series of posts on my musical year in 2018. Today, I talk about something by Dawes. I admit I fell off the Dawes bandwagon a little bit after 2016’s We’re All Gonna Die. It had too much bite, masking a little bit of Taylor Goldsmith’s excellent song-writing. In its restraint, Passwords […]
Hunned Banz – Tanukichan
Today, I talk about something by Tanukichan, who pretty much redefines ‘wall of sound’ for me. I don’t know much about shoegaze. Most of it sounds the same to me. In fact, I don’t even know if Tanukichan’s album, Sundays, qualifies as shoegaze. What I enjoy about this song is the fact that Tanukichan’s voice sails […]
Joel Mak 