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This year I renounced my Singaporean nationality for a Hong Kong passport – despite my dad strongly advising me against it. “The city is going down the drain,” he says. “Best get out while you can.” It made me think back to what I had read in a New York Times interview with Anson Chan earlier this year: “We have to think about people here who have no alternatives. They are not rich like some…

April with Mystic Queen Mags

Aries – Don’t let your problems grind you down. Let them whittle you into a superior, more beautiful being. (more…)

Album Review: The Feeling

A self-titled album midway through an artist’s career is usually a statement of some kind. Be it a musical reinvention (Blur), an artistic statement (Beyoncé) or colour-based silliness (Weezer, Weezer and Weezer), the eponymous non-debut is designed to catch your attention. So what are The Feeling aiming for with their fifth album? Perhaps it’s just a reminder that, a decade after their debut and…

Perils of…singing live

As I write this, I am hungover, and trying to forget that I sang live in a busy pub of locals, friends, enemies, and lovers, in my hometown for the first time. This was by far one of the most nerve-wracking, terrifying experiences of my young adulthood. I’ve been putting this one off for a while now, but it had to come at some point. And last night was the night. Singing live is something I have…

Qmunicate is now on Spotify!

We’re excited to announce that, as of today, qmunicate is to start curating Spotify playlists along with our regular music section output. And you can access it here! (more…)

The Sacrifical Poetry Review: Do All “Slam” Poets Sound the Same?

I mean, the answer is no. To clarify who I’m talking about by “slam” poets, I am not talking about poets who enter poetry slams and I am not even talking about those who do well in them. I’m not saying that “slam” is a particular style of poetry either – in fact I’ll be saying quite the opposite. The poets I’m talking about are those who get lumped into the simplified and often derisive term…

EP Review: Immersion- Analogue Creatures 10

  Seventeen years have separated us from the married couple’s last outing under their Immersion alias, with their pioneering efforts in the nineties minimal techno scene sealing their status as cult figures. (more…)

March with Mystic Queen Mags

Aries – Your birthday is coming up fast so it might be time to focus on you. Go out, get your hair done, grab a coffee. But try not to spill it all down your front when that cute person from your lecture walks past, everyone saw and they were embarrassed for you. (more…)