Oh My Girl’s voice is severely missed in the modern K-pop landscape. And to be clear, I’m talking about pre-2020 Oh My Girl, back when the group sang gorgeous melodies over ornate, fantastical instrumentals. That’s a strain of girl group music we just don’t hear… Read More »Song Review: Hyojung (Oh My Girl) – Purple Note
Monsta X’s Shownu and Hyungwon debuted as a duo in the summer of 2023. I saw them perform that year at KCON, yet for the life of me I can’t remember the song. That tends to happen with these slinky, bass-driven tracks that K-pop churns… Read More »Song Review: Shownu x Hyungwon (Monsta X) – Do You Love Me
A French experimental extreme music collective going by the moniker of Non Serviam (“I will not serve” in Latin) is definitely not going to fit into any easy genre category. On their latest single, “Victory to Kali,” taken from their upcoming third full-length, La Lune Dont… Read More »Track Premiere: Non Serviam – “Victory to Kali” (ft. Mirai Kawashima of Sigh)
– May 20th, 2026 – Band release new song and visualizer “Drottinn Fyrirgefur Allt” Pre-order of debut album now live! Album Cover by Paolo Girardi FORSMÁN, one of the most promising new names to emerge from Iceland’s black metal underground, release their new song “Drottinn… Read More »Icelandic Black Metal Outfit Forsmán Announce New Album “Brenndar Rústir & Fuðrandi Fjörur” to Be Released on June 26th, 2026
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 »SHINEE: A Career In Song Ratings