FKA twigs - CAPRISONGS
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CAPRISONGS certifies FKA twigs in consistently improving her extraordinaire musical style while letting herself be freely expressive.

FKA twigs has gone naked in her debut mixtape. Taking a retrospective comeliness on her discographies, none of her records’ covers frankly articulate the real face of twigs. EP2 solely captures her torso to half eyes articulating the intimate and seductive theme on its spacious minimalism presentation. A porcelain-look portrait manifests her focused ... read more

Earl Sweatshirt - SICK!
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Earl Sweatshirt’s SICK! doesn’t discombobulate as much as his earlier artworks as he fuses concise bars and better production.

Thebe Neruda Kgositsile is inseparable from the energetic, fiery, and creative persona as he gained global recognition under his stage act Earl Sweatshirt as a former crew of Odd Future. To leave a mark in the hip-hop industry, Thebe started paving his solo musical trajectory by releasing the complex lyricism Doris followed by the dismal of I Don’t ... read more

The Weeknd - Dawn FM
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To this point, what do you associate The Weeknd with? An R&B dude loving to show his House of Balloon? A cross-carrying Starboy? A joker-inspired After Hours popstar? Perhaps the last image is the strongest persona imprinted by Ables Tesfaye to the public. It is After Hours that became the medium for Tesfaye to challenge himself in exploring new artistic direction, which was decoded as the rebirth of the 80s-synth era in the face of contemporary R&B and The Weeknd's musical ... read more

BAP. - MOMO'S MYSTERIOUS SKIN
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Of all the boundary-pushing and quality-defying underrated Indonesian acts in the past ten years, it is nearly unthinkable not to bring BAP. into the table. It becomes an arduous job to introduce BAP. for his diverse personas. He is the—artistically—human-shaped chameleon who could transform himself into the hip-hop scene with his experimental, jazzy, and punk touch under the act of BAP., and tweak his demeanour in rock orbit with his experimental progressive rock band of BAPAK, and ... read more

Senyawa - Alkisah
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Senyawa, a Yogyakarta-based experimental, avant-garde, and doom metal duo, consisting of Rully Shabara and Wukir Suryadi has been breathing in the underground realm and gaining international recognition in the global market. This year, they have laid their 7th album titled Alkisah (Once Upon a Time) with up-to 34 versions released by up-to 44 labels globally. A different album by Senyawa means a different journey to take on. Listening to this record means you commit to a 39-minutes spiritual, ... read more

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