JX Soo
JX Soo has been writing for NME since 2021, with a focus on Japanese and Asian music scenes. They previously founded and wrote for Singaporean independent webzine Big Duck Music. They also have a photographic-based visual arts practice, and has vowed to never become a DJ.
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ATARASHII GAKKO! in London: an electric debut from Japan’s youth leaders
June 10, Indigo at The O2: Showcasing material from new album ‘AG! Calling’, the J-pop ambassadors bring sharp choreography, hip-hop swagger and punk spirit to their first London show
Clockenflap 2023 recap: YOASOBI, Caroline Polachek, Pulp and more shine in Hong Kong
Returning after a four-year break earlier this March, Hong Kong’s premier music festival is finally back in its familiar end-of-year slot. NME brings you a highlight reel of this edition’s coolest moments
Subsonic Eye – ‘All Around You’ review: Singapore indie rockers fend off urban alienation
The quintet greet the anxieties of adulthood and refine their sensitive brand of indie rock with conviction on their fourth album and Topshelf Records debut
YOASOBI: the “ultimate J-pop unit” faces the world
With record-breaking hits including ‘Idol’ and ‘Into The Night’, iconic anime theme songs and an immersive literary outlook, YOASOBI have rocketed to the forefront of Japanese music – and are more than ready to take on the world
No Party For Cao Dong – ‘The Clod’ review: generation-defining Taiwanese indie rockers return with clouded catharsis
Devastated by the death of their drummer Fan Tsai, the quartet return with their second album – their first full-length in seven years
Indonesia’s Java Jazz shares first lineup featuring Cory Wong, MAX, Ginger Root and more
Also featuring Oslo Ibrahim, Romantic Echoes and more
pH-1 announces ticketing details for ‘About Damn Time’ Asia tour
Hitting stops in Singapore, Malaysia, Taiwan, Thailand and Hong Kong
One Click Straight announce sophomore album
The self-titled follow-up to ‘The Midnight Emotion’ arrives later next week
Legendary Cantopop composer Joseph Koo has died
The Hong Kong composer wrote over 1,000 tracks for TV, films like ‘A Better Tomorrow’ and Bruce Lee's ‘Fist Of Fury’, and hits by Cantopop megastars including Anita Mui and Leslie Cheung
Robert Plant and Ronnie James Dio weren’t “great frontmen”, says Twisted Sister’s Dee Snider
Plant “looked amazing, great hair…stood on stage with one hand raised and sang his ass off. Not a frontman in my opinion,” the Twisted Sister frontman said
Blue to perform in Malaysia this February on ‘Heart and Soul’ tour
They're also performing in Singapore, Manila and Jakarta
Mikhail Red says a sequel to ‘Deleter’ is possible: “We intended it to be very open-ended”
The psychological horror movie starring Nadine Lustre is also getting cinematic releases in the US, UAE and Singapore