Music
Swift wins 8 Billboard Award trophies
LAS VEGAS — Another day, another domination for Taylor Swift: She was the red hot winner at the Billboard Music Awards yesterday (May 19).
Beatles’ guitar fetches US$408,000 at auction
LOS ANGELES — A custom-made electric guitar played by the late John Lennon and George Harrison of the Beatles sold at a New York auction yesterday (May 18) for US$408,000 (S$506...
Denmark’s De Forest wins Eurovision song contest
MALMO (Sweden) — Denmark’s Emmelie de Forest has won this year’s Eurovision Song Contest with her ethno-inspired flute and drum tune “Only Teardrops,” despite tough competition...
1D back with ‘edgy’ album
LONDON — British boy band One Direction, one of the biggest pop acts today, is working on an “edgy” third album and will start a world tour next year, they said in a press...
The human league
LOS ANGELES — Thomas Bangalter, one-half of the influential French dance-music act Daft Punk, has a house high in the Hollywood Hills. He and his musical partner, Guy-Manuel de...
Music review: Don’t Know What Happiness Is - Livingstone Diaries | 4/5
It has been 20 years since the alt-rock likes of Teenage Fanclub, Eugenius, BMX Bandits, Matthew Sweet and The Posies brought melodic edge to rock music, updating ’70s country...
Music review: Grown Ass Man - Shouting Matches | 3.5/5
Now, here’s a band that perfectly channels the classic rock ’n’ roll of The Rolling Stones, The Band and Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers. It’s a pleasant surprise, considering...
Music notes: The one-line album review
Hard To Put It Down | Tiger Huang


