Required Reading: Run River North On Music, Friendship, and Struggling to Stay Together

Far too often, I come across interviews that are little more than glamorized press releases. Feature articles read like a more filtered version of an artist’s Wikipedia pages, and any information presented is carefully curated and polished for public consumption. I understand the intention but when an artist(s) isn’t afraid of getting a little raw, […]

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Required Reading: Danny Chung Chops It Up with Legendary Producer Chops

I’ll admit it. I haven’t been as diligent in making sure you have some important reading to go with your scheduled regiment of a-Tunes news. Our Required Reading features were meant to alleviate that by bringing you some great contextual reads (and views) from other fine sources. So let’s just pick back up with things with this […]

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Required Reading: “Don’t Try to Pigeonhole Asian-American MC Lyrics Born”

Tsutomu Shimura is as dynamic of a musician as they come, so it’s only fitting that he wouldn’t want to be pigeon holed. You may better know him as Bay-Area artist Lyrics Born, who has never been afraid to push the boundaries of Hip-Hop and bring in elements of other genres and cultures and set it […]

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Required Reading: Rino Nakasone Choreographs Her Dream Career

Rino Nakasone is one of the brightest stars of the dance world, and she’s certainly left her mark in music industries the world over. A new interview/article by Tokyo Weekender does a great high level review of Rino’s professional life – from it’s start to her semi-controversial days as a Harajuku girl to earning […]

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Required Reading: Superstars (Including Wanting Qu & G.Na) Who are Unknowns in their Home of Canada

The National Post has a great article about some of the biggest stars to come out of Canada… but are virtual unknowns in their own communities. Models, actors, and yes – singers too – have come out of our Northern neighbors’ borders and hit it big in internationally, yet experience mild obscurity when they return to […]

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Required Reading: Inside Emmalyn Estrada’s & G.R.L.’s Slow Healing Process

We’ve been following Emmalyn Estrada‘s career closely for the past few years, but it’s hard to imagine how long the past 6 months have been for her and the rest of her group, G.R.L. Labor day weekend brought the tragic end to the life of their bandmate, Simone Battle, as she took her own life one […]

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Required Reading: Complex Checks In with CL of 2NE1 and Her Upcoming US Debut

This isn’t an incredibly long interview, but it hits a lot of the important points in just a few questions. Complex decided to check in on CL as she prepares for her upcoming US debut and picks her brain regarding the process. They talk about whether or not she’s gonna sex up her image, her […]

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Required Reading: How Psy Literally Broke the Internet (aka Youtube)

We actually came across this article last month, but in case you hadn’t heard – Psy‘s “Gangnam Style” has been a ridiculous success (if not also a bit of a one hit wonder). And I’d be willing to bet, even after the huge initial success for the 2012 hit, no one expected it to cross […]

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Required Reading: David Choi Waxes Poetic on Being a Bearded Asian

Buzzfeed can be an entertaining if not formulaic website – but there’s no denying their content caters heavily to those of us with short attention spans and a predilection for lists. So when I saw that David Choi had “written” a piece for the website, I thought I should check it out. I’m glad I […]

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Required Reading/Watching: Far East Movement & Friends Remember the ’92 LA K-Town Riots

Far East Movement is getting ready to drop their K-Town Riot EP album tomorrow, and their new BTS series on VEVO gives a little context behind the project and the Koreatown Los Angeles neighborhood that they’ve been reppin’ since day one. In addition to the video, they have a brief interview session with LA Weekly, where the […]

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