Whenever I see a newly-debuted group with a long acronym for a name, I’m instantly curious what the letters stand for. The answer is usually entertaining, but “HITGS” is almost perfunctory in its meaning. “Hip, Innocent, Teenager, Girls, Story.” Yeah, that’s like a mad lib… Read More »Song Review: HITGS – Sourpatch
I’ve been searching for my entry point with NEXZ’s music. They’ve released material in both Korean and Japanese, befitting their status as a “global” group, but too much of it has fallen into the kind of chant-heavy swaggery peddled by so many current boy groups.… Read More »Song Review: NEXZ – O-RLY?
Last year, The Black Label’s rookie girl group MEOVV released a pair of singles. Neither Meow nor Toxic did anything for me, with the first being oddly inscrutable and the second quite boring. But as they say, “the third time’s the charm,” and MEOVV are… Read More »Song Review: MEOVV – Hands Up
Tucson, AZ, alt rockers Commoner recently signed to New Morality Zine, and earlier this year they released their Change of Heart EP. […] The post Video Premiere: Commoner – “Parting Gift” appeared first on The Alternative.
You can’t stop grinding death machine Haggus, you can only hope to be minced to fucking bits by them! The Oakland trio’s prolific run of singles, EPs and splits will be temporarily interrupted by their fifth full-length album from our dear pals at Tankcrimes later… Read More »Haggus to Release New Song, “Savage Depravity,” via the Decibel Flexi Series!