When Taemin released his single Veil last week, I was surprised it wasn’t paired with a music or performance video. After all, he’s one of K-pop’s premiere visual artists, with choreography and sheer star presence often elevating the songs themselves. It turns out we just… Read More »Song Review: Taemin (SHINee) – Veil
Greetings, Decibel readers. I’ll never forget the first time I heard At the Gates. Like a lot of people in my age cohort, in high school in the early-2000s, my first introduction to the band was via Slaughter of the Soul. In my case, a friend told me… Read More »Five For Friday: September 19, 2025
Japanese girl group XG are gearing up for their first full-length album next January, and given J-pop’s extended promotional period its main single has dropped a few months early. Thus far, XG’s output can usually be slotted into three distinct categories: hip-hop, dance and r&b.… Read More »Song Review: XG – GALA
Americans love to demonize things–themselves, each other, events they are helpless to trace to a root cause. The best way […] The post Album Review: Wednesday – ‘Bleeds’ appeared first on The Alternative.
You can create all the sickening riffs and guitar tones you want, but if you don’t have the songwriting skill, you’re just another one of the dozens of deathcore pretenders desperate to become the next big thing. Gatineau, Quebec band Blackdog are fully aware of… Read More »Track Premiere: Blackdog, “Change Your Dreams With Mine”