Back in August 2004, the first issue of Decibel was independently published in Philadelphia. Considering the climate at the time, this was a truly terrible idea. The music industry was awkwardly transitioning from physical to digital mediums while print media was soon to be overthrown… Read More »Celebrating 22 YEARS in Print! Subscribe to Decibel and Support Independent Media!
Event Horizon The Making of Isis’s Celestial Aaron Turner will probably go to his grave before revealing specifics on the concept behind Celestial. Turner and the rest of his bandmates are unified in believing that the work of deconstructing towers and deciphering sgnls is best… Read More »Isis – Celestial
Something happened the other day on one of my favourite roads in Romania, and what concerned me even more than the situation itself was the attitude of the person involved. Then the story started spreading online, the comments came in,… The post A Man Was… Read More »A Man Was Confronted Over What He Did Beside One of the World’s Most Beautiful Roads. His Response Made People Even Angrier – But Others Did It at Places You’d Think Were Untouchable
ARTMS pre-released their track Born Stunner a couple weeks ago and it would be an understatement to say I disliked that song. Every once and awhile, some poor release bears not only the brunt of its own shortcomings but the brunt of being the latest… Read More »Song Review: ARTMS – Blue Blood
Stray Kids announced their latest mini album well in advance, first teasing it with the release of its opening track Run It back in June. That song offered an interesting branch away from the core Stray Kids sound, attempting a more World Cup, anthemic energy.… Read More »Song Review: Stray Kids – This & That