Debuting around this time last year, rookie girl group Candy Shop has had a hard time making their mark on the industry. With vaunted producer Brave Brothers at the helm, they should be releasing banger after banger. Sadly, their music thus far has felt like… Read More »Song Review: Candy Shop – Tip Toe
When a song hits big in K-pop, the industry tends to drive that same sound into the ground over the next few years. With aespa’s Supernova and Whiplash both major hits in 2024, it was only a matter of time before pounding club beats and… Read More »Song Review: STAYC – Bebe
Extreme in its extremities. the new five-track EP from Pyramid Mass, Gargling Rot, drills into your brainpan with some potent, industrial-strength sludge before launching into a death metal barrage and seamlessly finding some ambient soundscapes to float in. It’s all presented surprisingly cohesively with contrasting sounds… Read More »Full EP Stream: Pyramid Mass –Gargling Rot
You can’t beat the classic sounds, but you can definitely present them in exciting ways, which is exactly what Amammoth do on their new album, Distant Skies and the Ocean Flies. Steeped in doom, stoner and sludge influences from Sleep, Electric Wizard, Melvins and Black Sabbath, the Aussie… Read More »Full Album Stream: Amammoth – “Distant Skies and the Ocean Flies”
WayV’s Ten has a new mini album out later this month and — like seemingly everyone in K-pop — has teased it with a pre-release single. Pre-releases often end up being bigger hits than the actual title tracks, as artists want to come out of… Read More »Song Review: Ten (WayV) – Bambola