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 (July 19, 2026)
BTS have been drip-feeding music videos from their comeback album Arirang, releasing the most recent ones as Spotify premium exclusives. This limits their audience to paying Spotify listeners (which I am not), but they’ve also uploaded the new mv for Normal on YouTube, thus earning… Read More »Song Review: BTS – Normal
There are a number of acts who have debuted in the past few decades and have dozens of song ratings on this blog. I thought it would be fun to lay these ratings out in chronological order, line-graph style, and take a macro view of… Read More »RIIZE: A Career In Song Ratings
The Bias List is a K-pop blog that also covers a fair amount of J-pop. But just like most music fans, I enjoy tracks from all around the world. So, I thought I’d start a monthly round-up of some of the non-K-pop songs that have… Read More »Global Pop Round-Up: July 2026 Edition
Greetings, Decibel readers! This week brings a variety of heavy music, with two particularly horrifying releases from long-running experimental acts. But there’s also some classic revival albums as well and some catchy melodeath if you just want some riffs! — Coffin Hunters – Cosmic Dawn The… Read More »Five For Friday: July 17, 2026