This week marks the beginning of every indie artist’s dream festival, South By Southwest (SXSW), where up and coming performers will cater to industry professionals and die-hard music fans in …

The fifth edition of Zandari Festa, South Korea’s largest indie showcase festival, kicks off this weekend, and I’m fucking mad I’m not going. This year, from September 30 through October …

Idol band F.T. Island are back to make up for all these years they’ve spent torturing us with weak singles by finally releasing an actual anthem worthy of being called …

SM Entertainment has released the performance video for NCT 127’s critically acclaimed, award-deserving, utterly stunning, better-play-this-at-your-fucking-wedding quality debut single, “Fire Truck”. However, in true SME fashion, they managed to screw …

There’s no better challenge for a K-pop group to take than a comeback following a member shake-up. And now after six years with the same lineup, BEAST returns for the …

While most of you trolling this site are hyped about attending KCON in Los Angeles later this month (I’m pressed IATFB didn’t fly me out to cover the stupid thing, …

Although I didn’t make it to half the Japanese shows I wanted to at SXSW 2016, March 18 could very well be remembered for the Japanese acts I did end …

On March 18, in what was likely the definitive highlight of SXSW 2016, I had the opportunity to catch the final screening of the X Japan documentary, “We Are X“, …

Day three of SXSW 2016 was marked by a blend of artistry from two distant corners of the Korean musical spectrum, with hard-to-put-my-finger-on-it rock band Jambinai on one end, and …

“Diverse” was the quintessential word getting tossed around at The Belmont on Wednesday, as Korea’s widest assortment of exports left their mark at K-Pop Night Out. The lineup was stacked …