– November 21st, 2023 – Tickets On Sale This Friday + Upcoming Album Art Revealed Faroe Islands-based folk metal collective TÝR will return to North American stages next Spring. The Battle Ballads headlining tour, named in honor of their upcoming new full-length of the same… Read More »Týr Announces Battle Ballads North American Headlining Tour 2024
Where they from? Bochum, Germany. Man, I’m sick of talking about sports here, let’s talk about politics instead! [Watches 30 seconds of CNN], OK, you know what? Probably not a good idea either. Uh, uh, Thanksgiving is this Thursday! Any big plans? I’m gonna eat… Read More »Blast Worship: Feind
With long-awaited returns from second and early-third gen boy groups SHINee, Infinite, EXO, Teen Top and U-Kiss, 2023 has been a dream for us older K-pop fans. Or rather, it would have been a dream if the majority of these comebacks hadn’t underwhelmed to various… Read More »Song Review: VIXX – Amnesia
“24K+” is the weirdest rebrand. It’s an offshoot of boy group 24K, who debuted all the way back in 2012. Yet, no original member remains and their new style/concept is markedly different from what 24K had been doing most of their career. I’d understand the… Read More »Song Review: 24K+ – Roller Coaster
Before I take a brief look at many of K-pop’s smaller agencies, there are a few that I have more to say about. Consider these “bonus” write-ups — shorter than the “big four” but longer than a paragraph or two could cover. As usual, the… Read More »Grading the K-Pop Agencies 2023: WOOLLIM ENTERTAINMENT