“I’m in a bit of a moth phase,” a park ranger friend of mine mentioned as I scrolled through his latest iNaturalist observations. I tried to cloak my inner voices that were equally impressed by his depth of knowledge and perplexed as to why one… Read More »Ontario’s Hidden Nightlife: The Fascinating World of Mothing
Just a year after their debut release, Idyll, Denver post-metal band SUNGRAVE return with a collaborative new EP with Creaturess. Cold Flesh and No One was written, produced, and performed by SUNGRAVE and Creaturess as part of the bands’ joint fall 2025 tour. “The EP was… Read More »Album Premiere: Creaturess and SUNGRAVE – Sepulchral Echoes
Unless I’m forgetting someone, we have our first debut of 2026 with project group Latency. However, this is more like a re-debut for most members. This band consists of familiar faces (Loossemble’s Hyunjin and cignature’s Jeewon, Semi and Haeun), reinventing idols as rockers. Today, we… Read More »Song Review: Latency – It Was Love
Boy group Waker impressed me very early in 2024 with their debut Atlantis. Sadly, they haven’t had many more chances to impress, with one follow-up in mid-2024 and not a single title track last year. Those of us who have been around K-pop for long… Read More »Song Review: Waker – Like That
If you’re a deluxe Decibel subscriber, hard times have already come your way, as this month’s Decibel Flexi Series entry is a freshly re-recorded version of the Cro-Mags’ classic “Hard Times” just in time for the 40th anniversary of the hardcore legends’ The Age of Quarrel debut,… Read More »CRO-MAGS Premiere Exclusive New Recording of “Hard Times” via the Decibel Flexi Series!