Nazirah Ashari
A supporter of the South East Asian indie music scene and forever a sucker for good music reviews (where she learns English too); Nazirah knows a good music when she listens to one. A hijab-wearing Muslim with a huge interest in world affairs and fashion, Nazirah is definitely not your typical musi c freak. Shoot her an email if you're planning to embark on a South East Asian backpacking trip soon. She surely knows where to dig good food and good music.
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Sallie Ford And The Sound Outside - Untamed Beast
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Tuesday, 19 February 2013 13:41
Like most women going through heartbreak, Sallie Ford is anguished. She’s distressed and the feminist in her let that anger soar as she penned her emotions down the way a songwriter would. In Untamed Beast, the sophomore offering from Portland-based singer, she opens up. The opening garage-soul number “They Told Me” sets the tone to the record a...
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Album Review: Kendrick Lamar, good kid m.A.A.d city
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Tuesday, 30 October 2012 08:24
If you were old and conscious enough then – back in the year 1994 – to sink in and experienced first hand the idea of musical greatness in a form of hip hop classics namely Nas’ Illmatic; or perhaps in 1996 – when Tupac’s All Eyez On Me was dropped – you saw history unfolding and I envy you. Years passed, Nas continues to make one grea...
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Album Review: Lianne La Havas, iTunes Festival EP
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Tuesday, 16 October 2012 09:27
Ah, tell me about it, the goodness of a live album – a sacred medium containing the pleasure of experiencing live music in the comfort of your own home or iPod – and not within a venue where you have to fight with a hundreds of sweaty people trying to push you aside for those precious spots in front of the stage. I’m not trying to dishonor the ac...
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Mumford & Sons are a powerful live band. They could turn a packed venue – arena sized or clubs- into a folk revivalist party; turning doubters to believers. Combine incredibly talented and handsome-looking multi-instrumentalists Brits in their ‘30s inspired attire with the energy of thousands-over strong crowd singing along to the rollicking-...
Album Review: Lianne La Havas, Is Your Love Big Enough?
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Monday, 27 August 2012 16:06
What’s up with British chanteuses and their affection and gifted talent for soulful love songs, anyways? Adele owes her global success to that broken love she once had while Amy Winehouse’s “Love is a Losing Game” is an ultimate love song curse. Then there’s instrumentalist crooner like Corinne Bailey Rae whose neo-soul love numbers have earned h...
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Live Review: Javelin's synth and dance rhythms at Portland's @MississippiStud @JavelinJamz http://t.co/gA6siZC2d6
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Featured Artist: Santa Monica surf-pop band Cayucas may be ready to break out with their new LP. @cayucasband http://t.co/7bQbZOIfBD
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Live Review: Synth pop duo Holy Ghost! played a high energy show @theTroubadour. @HolyGhostNYC http://t.co/24Qk3imn0N
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New Song: Here's "Better Days," from former BNB Artist of Wk @EdwardSharpe + the Magnetic Zeros http://t.co/141p8EWLjF On tour; LP: July
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