Fun K-pop stuff tends to happen on my birthday. I share the day with my all-time favorite K-pop song The Chaser, as it was released exactly twelve years ago. Then last year, rookie group The Wind made their debut on May 15th. I still question… Read More »Song Review: The Wind – Sirius Pt.2
If there’s one overriding trend in K-pop marketing this year, it’s double title tracks and pre-releases. It seems like every major idol group has several promoted tracks from their newest album. IVE released HEYA several weeks ago to great success, but we all knew Accendio… Read More »Song Review: IVE – Accendio
“It feels chaotic starting over from scratch at thirty,” Austin McCrutcheon tells me of the formation of his new band Hot Joy. You wouldn’t know it, though, listening to their debut EP Small Favor. Over in less than fifteen minutes, these songs are confident and placid,… Read More »Artist Interview: Austin McCrutcheon of Hot Joy
– May 15th, 2024 – Tour With Kublai Khan TX Underway! Photo by E. Aaron Ross Chicago’s HARM’S WAY is pleased to unleash a video for “Terrorizer.” The track comes by way of the band’s critically lauded Common Suffering full-length, released last Fall via Metal… Read More »Harm’s Way Releases “Terrorizer” Video
How about 29 minutes of blended thrash-prog to start your Wednesday? Beginning with their debut Between Forever …and the End in 2013, followed by the Alchemist EP, Hemotoxin continued to evolve with their 2016 release Biological Enslavement and 2020’s Restructure the Molded Mind. Now, with the help of fellow Ripped to Shreds bandmate Andrew… Read More »Album Premiere: Hemotoxin – ‘When Time Becomes Loss’