VIXX have always been a group that never managed to catch my attention musically. I never disliked them but I never got into them either, mainly because I guess nothing …
Read More »Junsu’s “How Can I Love You” for ‘Descendants Of The Sun’ is 4 minutes of boring
Junsu is a talented singer with quite the discography both in and out of TVXQ/JYJ. But while evaluating “How Can I Love You” as a song, I unfortunately can’t give …
Read More »Indie Focus: Lee Yongwon’s ‘Vancouver’ rides punk influences to success
After the announcement of Yellow Monsters going on hiatus, I was curious to know what the members would be up to. Lee Yongwon, the band’s vocalist and guitarist, seemed to …
Read More »Block B don’t return with an upbeat track, but somehow make it work for “Toy”
After getting me to begrudgingly to admit their rap ballad “A Few Years Later” was actually quality, Block B are back with a chill song in “Toy” that I really …
Read More »JYP teams with Conan O’Brien & Steven Yeun to drop hot “Fire” #StanConanOppa2K16
The much anticipated Conan O’Brien episode in Korea has arrived (which I’ll cover later), and as part of that, JYP has released “Fire“, which features Conan, actor Steven Yeun, and …
Read More »NCT U switches gears for “Without You”, but the end product is unfortunately similar
NCT U dropped the sweg from “The 7th Sense“ and changed gears for “Without You“, and while I think they got much closer with this effort, I can’t characterize the …
Read More »JYP and his plastic pants have returned to bless and terrify on “Still Alive”
JYP has returned to us with “Still Alive“, which seems more like a skit for ‘Saturday Night Live Korea‘ than an actual attempt to make quality music, but that’s just …
Read More »NCT U aims to bore everybody to death with “The 7th Sense”
NCT U, SM Entertainment‘s revolving boy band that came with their own sasaeng creator, released the music video for “The 7th Sense” recently, and boy is it … a whole …
Read More »Chen and Heize save ‘SM Station’ and bless us with disco-inspired “Lil’ Something”
Chen of EXO and Heize of ‘Unpretty Rapstar 2‘ fame combined on “Lil’ Something” for ‘SM Station‘. While this wasn’t Heize’s first collab with an EXO member, thankfully this EXO …
Read More »LABOUM’s “Imagine More” an imperfect but ultimately appealing upbeat comeback
LABOUM got my attention with the outstanding “AALOW AALOW” and they aimed to keep it with their latest effort, “Imagine More“. “Imagine More” got off to an enjoyable start, with …
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