The Midwest will experience the third edition of rising dungeon synth festival Great Lakes Dungeon Siege in just a few months, finding itself at a new location with a combination of rare live performances and scene staples. At the heart of it all is a… Read More »Fest Preview: Great Lakes Dungeon Siege Returns to Detroit October 24-25
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 »WONDER GIRLS: A Career In Song Ratings
Japanese mega-girl group/collective Sakurazaka46 recently released a few stunning singles, which got me thinking about what a 20+ member group can sound like. In my mind, the music should be as immense as the configuration, and I haven’t often felt that way about tripleS’s output.… Read More »Song Review: tripleS – Baby Flower
Three years ago, Fifty Fifty’s Cupid brought them global attention. But just like a bubble (see what I did there?), their prospects burst when the group fractured. This new group configuration has been flooding the market with material but nothing’s yet recaptured the public interest… Read More »Song Review: Fifty Fifty – Like A Bubble
Recently, I’ve been ranking K-pop artists against each other based on their singles runs and I was surprised how high Treasure ended up. This isn’t because I dislike the group. I just can’t immediately point toward one big highlight in their discography. For me, they’ve… Read More »Song Review: Treasure – If I