Perhaps I’m a hopeless G-Friend stan. Or perhaps, after countless overly slow cookie-cutter ballads, I truly am desperate for anything that deviates even slightly from the formulaic norm. Whatever the …
Read More »Indie Focus: Run River North’s ‘Drinking From A Salt Pond’ is a potential classic
Run River North is a band I’ve been aware of for a little while. I saw the music video they recorded in their cars and their performance on ‘Jimmy Kimmel …
Read More »Indie Focus: O.O.O’s ‘Home’ uses unique qualities to separate from the pack
The first EP by band O.O.O (which stands for Out Of Office), ‘Home’ sets O.O.O apart and demonstrates the band’s unique qualities and sound. —– In various interviews after the …
Read More »YoonA & 10cm’s “Deoksugung Stonewall Walkway” is monotonous & ruins dreams
YoonA and indie band supreme 10cm have combined on “Deoksugung Stonewall Walkway” as a part of SM Entertainment‘s quest to invigorate their digital sales ranking by flooding Korean music charts …
Read More »Lee Hi’s “Breathe” is executed to perfection, but doesn’t do her talent justice
After a really impressive debut back in 2012 and a triumphant sophomore year in 2013, Lee Hi is now, somehow, having her first proper comeback in over two years. However, …
Read More »Cosmic Girls finally drop a poverty “Catch Me” MV, but at least the concept is better
Cosmic Girls have debuted with double title tracks, and “Catch Me” is thankfully the fierce flip side of the aegyo mess that was “Mo Mo Mo“. That’s not to say …
Read More »FIESTAR execute visual concept flawlessly on “Mirror”, while song is both hit & miss
FIESTAR are back with “Mirror“, their first return after members Yezi and Cao Lu gained a bunch of recognition for their individual activities. While FIESTAR have never necessarily been a …
Read More »Lee Hi’s “Hold Your Hand” is an inspired & catchy song laid over a unique MV
While Lee Hi‘s “Breathe” was a pleasant song for a dying whale, “Hold Your Hand” was more along the lines of what I expected to here from her to begin …
Read More »SNUPER have Sweetune channel A-ha for their catchy “Platonic Love” return
SNUPER, a group whose debut I didn’t even bother to cover, are back with Sweetune and “Platonic Love” to serve us modern A-ha‘s “Take On Me” realness. Throwing back to …
Read More »Lee Seung Gi desperately attempts to please fans with “Meet Someone Like Me”
Though I’m aware of his previous efforts as a singer, “Meet Someone Like Me” is the first song that I have ever heard by Lee Seung Gi. It had been …
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