Tomorrow, I’ll post a year-end recap and my ten honorable mentions before launching into my Top 50 K-pop Songs of 2023 countdown on Monday. But in the spirit of my monthly “Risers and Fallers” feature, I thought it would also be fun to take a… Read More »Year-End Countdown Prelude: A Re-evaluation of Last Year’s Top Tens
At one point several years ago, Portuguese death-doom trio Music in Low Frequencies went by the unfortunate acronym of M.I.L.F., which was either a “lost in translation” sort of thing, or just a serious lapse of judgement. The current moniker is more apropos for an outfit… Read More »Full Album Stream: Music in Low Frequencies – ‘Catharsis’
Near the northeast corner of the City of Greater Sudbury is a lake that, when seen from the air, is a perfect silhouette of a wolf howling. The lake is called Wolf Lake. What makes this lake so special is not its coastline but rather… Read More »Help Us Protect Wolf Lake Before It’s Too Late
Instrumental duo Fermentor have been at it for a while, releasing their self-titled first EP in 2011. Since then, they’ve released a demo, an EP, a full-length and two full-lengths, their latest being Mind Meld, which was released earlier this month. In case you didn’t hear it,… Read More »Video Premiere: Fermentor – ‘Sensory Overlord’
A K-pop act’s title track isn’t always the best song on their album, even if it’s the one most people will hear. Sometimes, b-sides deserve recognition too. In the singles-oriented world of K-pop, I want to spotlight some of these buried treasures and give them… Read More »Buried Treasure: ATEEZ – Silver Light