Best-Of compilation albums are uncommon in K-pop, but if any group deserves to have their singles bundled into an anthology it’s Seventeen. They’ve been releasing bangers since 2015, though I’ve found their more recent work harder to get into. This album features four new songs… Read More »Song Review: Seventeen – Maestro
IVE have quickly established themselves as one of this generation’s representative girl groups, unleashing hits that stay on the charts for months (I Am is still in the top 50 more than a year after its release). With their previous EP, they began branching in… Read More »Song Review: IVE – HEYA
– April 29th, 2024 – Anniversary tour starting today! Germany’s best kept progressive metal secret DISILLUSION are re-releasing their critically acclaimed album Back To Times Of Splendor in a 20th Anniversary Reissue edition via Metal Blade Records today. Re-mastered by Tony Lindgren at Fascination Street… Read More »Disillusion “Back to Times of Splendor (20th Anniversary Reissue)” Out Now
Spanish Love Songs have been on my list of bands to see live since their 2020 release of “Brave Faces Everyone” and they did not disappoint. For a band who’s lyrics center around life’s challenges and heavy topics, they surely know how to make it… Read More »Photography: Spanish Love Songs, Oso Oso, Sydney Sprague, Worry Club
Well, what a nice surprise! Not only have RIIZE released three new b-sides from their first mini album, but they’ve recorded behind-the-scenes music videos for two of them. In both sound and execution, One Kiss and 9 Days are definitely not title tracks, but I… Read More »Song Review: RIIZE – 9 Days