The last time I listened to Reflex was their 2014 release, ‘My All‘, and ‘Let’s Burn‘ continues their melodic pop-rock style in a full-length form. Even though Reflex’s style isn’t …
Read More »Amber’s “Borders” has an excellent premise, unfortunate execution
Amber released “Borders” as part of ‘SM Station‘, and it’s quite the shift in that it’s not a power ballad nor is it trying to be coffee house indie. Amber …
Read More »Matilda’s upbeat debut with “Macarena” is surprisingly a lot of fun
Matilda recently made their debut with “Macarena“, which yes, is the same title as the viral hit song from decades past. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3LoC3dkXl4 Dammit. This was supposed to be some mediocre, …
Read More »KittiB is “Doin’ Good” with Verbal Jint after overcoming domestic violence
After a successful guest spot on Yezi‘s “Sse Sse Sse“, KittiB is back with her own music in “Doin’ Good” featuring Verbal Jint. Despite initial excitement about the concept, the …
Read More »DEAN’s “Bonnie & Clyde” is a perfectly modern R&B gem
DEAN‘s “Bonnie & Clyde” is an impressive and rare take on modern R&B out of Korea. The instrumental itself was rather basic sounding, but DEAN effectively used his vocal as …
Read More »Luhan’s “Adventure Time” boasts the lyrics of the year & a ready-made meme
Luhan is back with “Adventure Time“, which is somehow related to Vogue China and I guess explains the constant presence of the foreign model. Either way, the best part is …
Read More »GOT7’s “Fly” brings more maturity to the table for better and worse
GOT7‘s return with “Fly” was welcome after a successful teaser campaign that effectively built a lot of hype with a promise of a more serious concept than they previously had. …
Read More »Red Velvet’s amazing “One Of These Nights” MV letdown by paint-by-number song
After being delayed for a day due to quality reasons or something, SM Entertainment finally allowed Red Velvet to drop their comeback track, “One Of These Nights“. If you told …
Read More »Yuju & Sunyoul’s “Cherish” is the spring ballad everyone was trying for
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 …
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