The phrase “summer special single” always catches my attention. Summer’s my favorite season for music and “special” implies that the song will be distinctly tied to the season. Today, we’ve got a “special single” from rookie boy group AmbiO, who debuted earlier this year. The… Read More »Song Review: AmbiO – Blue Splash
Monsta X’s Kihyun first promoted as a soloist back in 2022 but hasn’t made a comeback since. Much of that, I’m sure, is due to a lengthy military hiatus, but new single So Good picks up right where he left off. As expected, it’s a… Read More »Song Review: Kihyun (Monsta X) – So Good
We don’t know if they were inspired by the recent “Revivalcore” nostalgia for early ’00s metalcore, but the, ahem, core—guitarists Dave Buschemeyer and Trevor Dykstra—of Canadian blackened metalcore outfit Spread the Disease have reunited on a new full-length, The Darkness, the Dread, the Suffering. The pair… Read More »Full Album Stream: Spread the Disease –The Darkness, the Dread, the Suffering
A lot has changed within Crowhurst since the band, led by frontman Jay Gambit, released their last major project, III, in 2019. Though the band released a few smaller projects in the immediate aftermath, it’s been seven years since Gambit and his ever-changing list of collaborators released a… Read More »Interview: Crowhurst Founder Jay Gambit Discusses New Album, Thorns
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 »ONLYONEOF: A Career In Song Ratings