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Recent releases by TWS, RIIZE and IDID have me wondering if I’m starting to go full circle and enjoy weirdly atonal boy group hip-hop tracks again. It helps when the production is interesting and the subject matter isn’t simply “I’m so cool, look at me.”… Read More »Song Review: NEXZ – I’m Him
New Jersey’s Disintegration Annex popped up just a few months ago, experimenting with noise, the darker side of ambient and even a few extreme metal influences. They released a two-track single and began working on a full-length, but new ideas quickly formed. Carving Arrows From Idols is a three-song… Read More »Full EP Stream: Disintegration Annex – “Carving Arrows From Idols”
There’s no better way to start a Friday than with a serving of dark, foreboding, and irresistibly catchy black metal. Änterbilia takes the classic sounds of bands like Gorgoroth and Darkthrone and plays in a style akin to bands like Ungfell and Kvelgeyst — raw and melancholy, but with… Read More »Track Premiere: Änterbilia – “Årsgång”
As we enter the pre-Chuseok holiday period, new K-pop releases are bound to slow down. However, that doesn’t affect Japanese releases from K-pop idols since they don’t have to worry about Korean music shows being cancelled. i-dle are taking advantage of this with new J-pop… Read More »Song Review: i-dle – Where Do We Go