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Win a suit from TM Lewin!

March 25, 2013 - 11:47pm

GET spiffy with our LOUD: Style Issue suit giveaway!

One lucky reader will walk away with a suit – one jacket and one pair of pants – from TM Lewin, worth $1,008.

Send in your entry explaining why you or your friend is worth a stylish makeover.

We also need you or your friend's details and a recent picture.

Closing date is April 2.

Still going strong

February 26, 2013 - 2:27pm

By: 

Noor Ashikin Abdul Rahman

IN AN age where musical groups come together and break up faster than Taylor Swift changes her beaus, it’s heartening to know that there are the rare good ones who are able to stick around.

Canadian post-hardcore band Silverstein is one example.

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From riot to quiet

February 26, 2013 - 2:20pm

By: 

Noor Ashikin Abdul Rahman

TNP PHOTO: Choo Chwee Hua

THEY laugh like old friends, make inside jokes and come across like a band that is on the same page.

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Let's hear it for the boys

February 19, 2013 - 9:39am

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Tan Kee Yun

PHOTO: Reuters

MOVE aside all you leggy babes, here comes South Korea’s coolest, spiffiest dudes to send temperatures skyrocketing beyond rational levels.

Last year, K-pop land witnessed the rise to prominence of all-girl outfits such as Sistar, Secret and f(x).

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Rapping for a Victoria's Secret model

February 19, 2013 - 9:33am

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Cheow Sue-Ann

TNP PHOTO: Choo Chwee Hua

WRITING a girl a song is the best way to make her happy.

And making Hungarian model Barbara Palvin happy is just what 19-year-old local rapper Hariz Mohamed Yacob – better known by the moniker Kiddosheldy – did.

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Oh yes, we need a man

February 12, 2013 - 8:06am

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Tan Kee Yun

PHOTO: Reuters

THEY’re four strong-headed, sassy ladies who have no problems taking charge of their personal lives and burgeoning showbiz careers.

But label them bra-burning feminists? Hell no.

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Date these boys!

February 12, 2013 - 7:49am

By: 

Juliana June Rasul

PHOTO: Universal Music

LAST week, Justin Bieber became the first pop star ever to have five No. 1 albums before the age of 19.

His latest chart-topping album is Believe Acoustic, in which the Canadian prodigy croons to you while accompanied by just a guitar.

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Laneway Festival: Hot hot heat and idol worship

January 29, 2013 - 6:00am

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Noor Ashikin Abdul Rahman
Jennifer Dhanaraj
Kane Cunico

TNP PHOTOS: Kane Cunico

HOW far would you go for your favourite music act?

Indie music fans came from all over for the Laneway Festival festivities over the weekend.

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The case for metalcore

January 8, 2013 - 11:11am

By: 

Tan Kee Yun

PHOTO: My Paper

SOMETIME last year, I chatted briefly with a local gig organiser who griped – for a whole 15 minutes – about the pains of bringing in a certain “niche genre” act.

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Stepping out of Beyonce's shadow

January 8, 2013 - 11:05am

By: 

Juliana June Rasul

PHOTO: AP

IT IS tough to be the baby sister of a pop star like Beyonce.

Just ask Solange Knowles.

The 26-year-old US artiste has lived in Beyonce’s shadow for years.

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April 17, 2012 - 11:27pm

 

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