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International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPA) yang berpusat di London punya data pendapatan pelaku industri musik dari jualan rilisan fisik, yang bisa bikin kalian heran. Menurut IFPA ini, di 2020 silam pendapatan dari jualan CD turun 11,9 persen, dan pendapatan dari ngejual rilisan fisik dalam bentuk apa pun turun hampir 5 persen.

Entertainment Retailers Association (ERA) bilang, pada 2022 kemaren penjualan musik dalam semua sektor—baik fisik, streaming, maupun download—justru n

Indonesian craft beer is on the rise, with local breweries producing unique, high-quality beer despite the difficulty of obtaining an alcohol production permit.

Back in 2012, when South Jakarta's establishment Coffeebeerian started serving home-brewed India Pale Ale (IPA)-styled beer, the customers' response was less than encouraging. Many "didn't like the taste" and found it "bitter and tasted like jamu [Indonesian traditional herbal medicine]”. It's hardly surprising since, for decades, Indon

When Indonesian all-girl group Dara Puspita were making a name for themselves as one of the country’s most badass rock acts throughout the ’60s and the ’70s, none of the members of FLEUR! had even been born yet.

But more than half a century later, Tanya Ditaputri, Yuyi Trirachma and Tika Pramesti are carrying on Dara Puspita’s legacy with fun, nostalgia-inducing rock’n’roll – best exemplified in their debut album, which was finally released last month after a two-year delay.

FLEUR! began as a