music criticism

Scene Report · Essays · 19 Mar 2026

When It Comes To Lagu Raya, Everybody Is A Critic

Are all new lagu raya fast-food music, or are we simply being unjustly nostalgic?

By Farhira Farudin · 6 min read

Scene Report · Essays · 20 Nov 2025

The Boiler Room crisis exposes how vulnerable the indie scene is under institutional pressure.

By Shameeta

Scene Report · Essays · 28 Jul 2025

With Spotify’s gradual slide into enshittification and its growing embrace of AI-generated content, what reason is left to stay?

By Farhira Farudin

Scene Report · 25 Jul 2023

From Lunadira’s electrifying performance to an incident that caused international uproar, here are the highs and the lowest lows of the only…

By noisy headspace

Scene Report · Essays · 27 Apr 2023

The frontman of Mascot discusses the dangerous trap of mediocrity when writing your own music.