Los Angeles’ Iress is set to bring a beautiful touch of doom to this heavy summer with their fourth full-length album, Sleep Now In Reverse, out Friday on Dune Altar. Deepening their craft, blending shoegaze, doom, and post-rock, when asked to describe the album in… Read More »Album Premiere & Interview: Iress – ‘Sleep Now, In Reverse’
Only Twin is the current project of Thomas Dutton, who some Fueled By Ramen fans may remember from Saving Durden. However, Only Twin has pushed significantly into some new sounds, and with many years in on this project, Dutton now feels he has a better… Read More »Artist Interview: Only Twin
Without a single word yet said, the co-nerds of Kill Screen burst out in a hearty laugh when connecting over Zoom with Zeal & Ardor mastermind Manuel Gagneux. Expecting to see the multi-instrumentalist sat in front of a standard blank wall or a workspace filled… Read More »KILL SCREEN 042: Manuel Gagneux of ZEAL & ARDOR Explores the Good Greif of Gaming
I first wrote about XG’s Undefeated as part of my weekly J-pop round-ups back in April and I wasn’t too impressed. A few months later, the group has added a performance video to the song’s promotion, offering imagery beyond Valorant video game animations. Like many… Read More »Song Review: XG – Undefeated
K-pop’s title tracks might gain most of listeners’ attention, but many album tracks are worth equal spotlight. I call these “buried treasures.” Beyond this, K-pop’s albums deliver thousands of additional tracks that settle for a more limited audience. It’s these songs that will become a… Read More »Battle of the B-Sides: JYJ, Nu’est, 2PM, J.Y. Park, BoA