Music

A K-pop group’s title track isn’t always the best song on their album, even if it’s the one most people will hear. Sometimes, b-sides deserve recognition too. In the singles-oriented world of K-pop, I want to spotlight some of these buried treasures and give them… Read More »Buried Treasure: aespa – Yeppi Yeppi

K-pop history is stuffed with great albums, and there’s only so many Buried Treasures and Battle of the B-sides features available to cover all these noteworthy tracks. The album format has always been special to me. Whether it’s a full-length or mini, albums have the… Read More »Bite-Sized Album Review: GFriend – The Awakening

King & Prince have had a very strong 2021. Beating Hearts was an instant hit for me, while Magic Touch and Namae Oshiete proved to be huge growers. But with On The Moonlit Night, When You Fall In Love (how’s that for a mouthful?), they’ve… Read More »Song Review: King & Prince – On The Moonlit Night, When You Fall In Love

Octane Big ‘Uns Countdown – Week of 9/18/21 RANK ARTIST SONG TITLE 1 BEARTOOTH The Past Is Dead 2 KINGDOM COLLAPSE Unbreakable 3 GEMINI SYNDROME Die With Me 4 HALESTORM Back From The Dead 5 ATREYU/TRAVIS BARKER Warrior 6 STARSET Infected 7 ARCHITECTS Dead Butterflies 8 POP EVIL Survivor 9 FROM ASHES TO NEW Light […]