Khee Hoon Chan

Unwinnable • 11th October 2024

Envy's Sound Continues to Swell and Swoon on Eunoia

Eunoia, the second album since the return of vocalist Tetsuya Fukagawa and a major shake up in the lineup in 2018, underscores the band’s unchanging vision of deeply cathartic screamo.

29th May 2024

Trash and Treasure: The Holycrap Family on Zinemaking and Keepsaking – Broken Pencil

The Moniker of Singaporean art collective Holycrap says a lot about them: for one, they are brought together by their love of rubbish.

Unwinnable • 7th December 2023

World’s End Girlfriend Composes Requiems For The End of Days - Unwinnable

If there’s a haunting, apocalyptic soundtrack for the end of times, then World’s End Girlfriend’s sprawling albums would most probably fit the bill.

Bandcamp Daily • 7th May 2020

Inside 65daysofstatic’s “A Year of Wreckage,” A Monthly Run of Bandcamp-Exclusive EPs

Having released seven albums that are as eclectic as they are diverse—not to mention their beloved score to the No Man’s Sky video game—65daysofstatic’s strength is their multifariousness.

Unwinnable • 31st December 2018

The Best Music of 2018

I wrote about Janelle Monae's "Dirty Computer", which is Album of the Year for 2018.

Unwinnable • 13th December 2018

The Gentle Furor of GDJYB's Math-Folk

Hong Kong quartet GDJYB performs their unique brand of math-folk music with Honglish lyrics – a mix of Cantonese and English. The result is music that’s quintessentially GDJYB, which is breezy yet instrumentally astute, sometimes even verging on cinematic.

Exploits • 2nd November 2018

The Legacy of Sister Rosetta Tharpe

Not only does Sister Rosetta Tharpe belong to the pantheon of rock and roll divinity, she deserves to be heading it; she was probably single-handedly responsible for the birth of the genre.

Unwinnable • 4th July 2018

The Mathematical Brilliance of WarioWare | Unwinnable

The annals of math rock is a motley of multifarious influences, from the understated sounds of minimal music to the aggressive intensity of post-hardcore.

Unwinnable (Exploits) • 1st June 2018

Art vs. Artist

From the moment we accept the idea of separating the art and its artist, we become culpable of the latter’s transgressions.

Unwinnable (Exploits) • 14th May 2018

Elephant Gym's "Angle" and the tunes of Asian Math Rock

Despite its admiration of toe, Elephant Gym is more than just an imitation of the Japanese titan’s music; Angle showcases its tremendous versatility, from the heart-pounding, fragmentary composition of “Frog” to
the lighter, jazz-infused harmonies in “Day Time".

Unwinnable • 27th July 2017

Chester Bennington: The Voice I Grew Up With | Unwinnable

She played his band’s old songs, carefully listening to Chester’s self-lacerating lyrics again like she did when she was 12. She felt like a kid again.

Unwinnable • 31st December 2016

The Best Music of 2016 | Unwinnable

Alcest, the pioneers of blackgaze, have crafted yet another masterpiece with their latest offering, Kodama.

Unwinnable • 25th December 2016

Unwinnable Presents Stuffed On Santa | Unwinnable

"I’ve never really gotten into August Burns Red; the metalcore band is definitely technically proficient and, but their abrasively harsh, screamed vocals never sit well with me."