At every concert ever, artists say the same damn thing in the mic at the end of the show: “I’ll be back! I promise!” But none of us can hold …
Read More »[Event] Turbo lit up the California desert and made my K-pop dream come true
My love for Turbo runs deep. One night in my early days of K-pop, I wandered around YouTube with a curious mind, and I fell down a rabbit hole that …
Read More »If I had to watch these videos before Thanksgiving, then you sure as hell must as well
Hello all, it’s Thanksgiving weekend in MURICA, which means I’ll be back … whenever. Most importantly, I was browsing Twitter and having a nice time until I was suddenly and …
Read More »[Event] Oi-SKALL Mates bring Japanese ska and their energetic show to LA
Sometimes I feel like we get stuck in this rut of K-pop or J-pop and we never step outside of it. We become attached to our genres and never venture …
Read More »[Event] Kidoh finally got a show together in LA and rocked Club Bound
As you might remember from our recent exclusive interview with KIDOH, he mentioned he was hoping to put a show together while in LA. Time was ticking and I was …
Read More »[Video Interview] [Event] VAMPS talks new music, Miyavi collab at outstanding LA show
Being granted a surprise interview with VAMPS was probably one of the most frightening shocks I’d ever received. When I had gotten an email that said I secured an interview …
Read More »[Video Interview] Kidoh talks Stardom & Topp Dogg exit, his new music, loving LA
When I heard Kidoh was spending quality time in Los Angeles, I threw caution to the wind and reached out to him to find out all the dirt on what …
Read More »[Event] Hyukoh blesses fans by making them an emotional mess at Los Angeles tour stop
Hyukoh stood on the stage at the Mayan Theater tired and sick with a cold, and rocked harder live than any indie band I’ve ever seen. I don’t even know …
Read More »[Event] AOORA (Trophy Cat) & Edward Avila surprise with a packed showcase at KCON LA
I’ve been a fan of AOORA since back in his Double A days, and I watched him grow into this daring artist who released an entire album’s worth of 19+ …
Read More »[Event] G2 and Reddy double up in Los Angeles at ‘K Hip Hop Fest Part II’
Last year when I sat down with Reddy here in Los Angeles, I never expected to see him back in the States so soon. This time round he was accompanied …
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