Greetings, Decibel readers! We have some very prominent new releases today, including a couple bands that have played a major role in shaping their respective styles of music over the last couple decades. But we also have some really scary, avant-garde, and brutal stuff to show you… Read More »Five For Friday: August 7, 2026
HYBE is preparing to dominate the conversation once more with the upcoming debut of TUIDE, the first group under their newly established ABD label meant to cater exclusively to girl groups. The optimist in me continues to hope that a new group means a new… Read More »Song Review: TUIDE – GRLS
There are a number of acts who have debuted in the past few decades and have dozens of song ratings on this blog. I thought it would be fun to lay these ratings out in chronological order, line-graph style, and take a macro view of… Read More »ROMEO: A Career In Song Ratings
Just like NewJeans’ soft, lightly experimental sound went on to influence years of girl group releases in their wake, I fear we’re about to see the same with Cortis’s success. Hopefully, this will be more REDRED than Acai, but either way I’m worried this means… Read More »Song Review: WAYF BOYS – WAYF BOYS DO
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!