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: TWS – First Hooky
Anyone who was around during the console wars of the early ’90s certainly remembers one of its most oft repeated slogans: “Genesis does what Nintendon’t.” A sleek black console with more power than its NES competitor and a library catering to a “mature” audience (i.e.… Read More »KILL SCREEN 029: Mitchell Luna of SHOCK WITHDRAWAL Was Born in a Bullet Hell
Counting Hours are back! Not that the Finns were ever missing, but the glacial pace at which the Vantaa-based quintet–featuring members of Shape of Despair/ex-Rapture, Impaled Nazarene, and ex-Colosseum–move, they might as well be always gone. Debut album, The Will, appeared out of nowhere in… Read More »Track Premiere: Counting Hours – “Away I Flow”
– January 24th, 2024 – New Track Streaming + Pre-orders Available Photo by KEYGEN CHURCH Stream KEYGEN CHURCH’s “La Chiave Del Mio Amor” HERE KEYGEN CHURCH will release its stunning Nel Nome Del Codice full-length on March 22nd via Metal Blade Records. KEYGEN CHURCH is… Read More »Keygen Church to Release Stunning “Nel Nome Del Codice” Full-Length March 22nd on Metal Blade Records
After a promising pre-debut single, rookie group POW’s subsequent songs didn’t hit me as hard. Their agency seems to be throwing many different sounds at the wall, which is always a tricky prospect when a group is first starting out. New single Valentine switches things… Read More »Song Review: POW – Valentine