Portland noise-sludge trio HISS arrive with some ugly credentials already baked in. The band may be new, but its members have been grinding through the Pacific Northwest heavy underground for years: guitarist/vocalist Robert Comitz and bassist/vocalist Kirk Evans previously played together in Still/Form, while drummer… Read More »Album Premiere: HISS – A Cheapened Crown
Vampires and Dracula are undeniably metal but the ideas are often presented in the most corny way possible. Fortunately, that isn’t an issue for New Jersey black/death metal band Dragsholm, whose new album gets into the story behind the fanged legend. From the Bloodlines of Bram is… Read More »Track Premiere: Dragsholm – ‘Battling Through the Stormlands’
Moon Destroys have always sounded like a band built for big skies and strange gravity. Formed by Juan Montoya—founding member of Torche—and Evan Diprima of Gold Pyramid and Royal Thunder, the band first emerged with 2020 EP Maiden Voyage, then came fully into focus with… Read More »Video Premiere: Moon Destroys – ‘Flowers’
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 »TVXQ (O5): A Career In Song Ratings
The official start of summer may still be a few days away, but we’ve already entered the summer season of K-pop music. At its best, this means bright, buoyant fare that conjures images of beach days and sunny nights. My number one wish is that… Read More »Song Review: STAYC – 2 L0VE