While fellow Boys Planet alum ZEROBASEONE opted for a lighter sound, EVNNE debuted with the edgier beats of Trouble. That song didn’t do much for me, though I appreciated its energy. Ugly faces a similar dilemma. Its thumping beat is incredibly addictive, but the composers… Read More »Song Review: EVNNE – Ugly
January has already been stuffed with debuts, but TWS are surely the most hyped of all. They’re Pledis Entertainment’s first new boy group since Seventeen, buoyed by a similar brightness they’re calling “boyhood pop.” Pre-release Oh Mymy: 7s was a promising taste of this sound,… Read More »Song Review: TWS – Plot Twist
Eager to continue the momentum built from their fearsome debut album Festering Grotesqueries, Portland deathgrind quartet Dripping Decay holds nothing back on their vicious six-song EP Ripping Remains EP. Vocalist Eric Stucke, guitarist “Maniac” Neil Smith, bassist Jackson Jordan, and drummer Jason “The Machine” Borton spent the… Read More »Full EP Stream: Dripping Decay – “Ripping Remains”
The Alternative Weekly Roundup is a column where our staff plugs a variety of new releases in a concise, streamlined format. Albums, singles, videos, and live sets. Check back each Monday to see what we were jamming the week prior. Carpool – “Open Container Blues… Read More »The Alt Weekly Roundup (1/22)
It’s become more common than not for marquee K-pop acts to pre-release material before unveiling their title track. At best, this allows for more left-field songs to gain attention, broadening the sound and texture of an artist’s discography. At worst, it waters down the power… Read More »Song Review: (G)I-DLE – Wife