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!
What does famed soul-selling blues guitarist Robert Johnson have to do with a metal festival in central Tennessee? Technically, not a lot, but I recently watched a documentary about the crossroads-loving Johnson which explained the background behind the phenomenon of describing certain music as “the… Read More »Film Review: Death Reigns Shows That You Can’t Stop Rock and Roll, Even in the Bible Belt
Seattle doom pushers Mother Crone are performing the soundtrack to this year’s Pacific Northwest winter—dark, heavy and gloomy—on their new single “Unseen Way.” If you ever want to be discouraged from living in this part of the country, spend six months here during a La Niña weather event:… Read More »Track Premiere: Mother Crone – “Unseen Way”