January has already been stuffed with debuts, but TWS are surely the most hyped of all. They’re Pledis Entertainment’s first new boy group since Seventeen, buoyed by a similar brightness they’re calling “boyhood pop.” Pre-release Oh Mymy: 7s was a promising taste of this sound,… Read More »Song Review: TWS – Plot Twist
Eager to continue the momentum built from their fearsome debut album Festering Grotesqueries, Portland deathgrind quartet Dripping Decay holds nothing back on their vicious six-song EP Ripping Remains EP. Vocalist Eric Stucke, guitarist “Maniac” Neil Smith, bassist Jackson Jordan, and drummer Jason “The Machine” Borton spent the… Read More »Full EP Stream: Dripping Decay – “Ripping Remains”
The Alternative Weekly Roundup is a column where our staff plugs a variety of new releases in a concise, streamlined format. Albums, singles, videos, and live sets. Check back each Monday to see what we were jamming the week prior. Carpool – “Open Container Blues… Read More »The Alt Weekly Roundup (1/22)
It’s become more common than not for marquee K-pop acts to pre-release material before unveiling their title track. At best, this allows for more left-field songs to gain attention, broadening the sound and texture of an artist’s discography. At worst, it waters down the power… Read More »Song Review: (G)I-DLE – Wife
In connection with my desire to fully keep up with the J-pop industry, I’m planning to do a weekly round-up of any new releases that have caught my ear. Some of these may have been covered on the blog already, but my hope is that… Read More »New & Noteworthy J-pop of the Week (January 21, 2024)