Thus far, XG have presented several distinct styles. Most prominent is their mix of hard-hitting hip-hop and R&B flourishes, which has already won them many devoted fans. But every once and awhile, the group shifts things over to the dancefloor. New single Something Ain’t Right… Read More »Song Review: XG – Something Ain’t Right
Photo by George Muncey Porter Robinson made his grand return to music in 2021 with his magnum opus, Nurture, after an almost absurdist breakthrough from enduring years of depression and the desire to quit music. Now we find Porter reeling in from two years of intense… Read More »Album Review: Porter Robinson – ‘Smile! :D’
Today Modern Color‘s fourth full length album There Goes the Dream is out on Other People Records. Produced, mixed, and mastered by Corey Coffman of Gleemer, it’s the most freeflowing album in the band’s ten year career and blurs the lines between post-hardcore and indie… Read More »Track By Track: Modern Color – ‘There Goes the Dream’
Mystic Story has become known as a creative, slightly left-of-center agency, home to quirky girl group Billlie, the violin-powered idol band Lucy and K-pop’s original sonic rulebreakers Brown Eyed Girls. Now, it’s time for a more traditional boy group with the soon-to-debut ARrC. Before their… Read More »Song Review: ARrC – Dummy
HYBE and Geffen’s American (K-pop adjacent) girl group KATSEYE made a pre-debut last month with the solid but underdeveloped Debut. Less than a month later, they’re back with follow-up Touch, which succumbs to the same issues as its predecessor without developing its own strengths. Like… Read More »Song Review: KATSEYE – Touch