ITZY started the year off strong with “Born to Be” in January. While main-vocalist Lia was on hiatus, the other four members continued on performing. After nearly a year, fans were ecstatic to hear about her return in their new release. ITZY’s ninth mini album, “GOLD”, released on October 15. It features six new songs, […]
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Why You Should Listen to Charm by Clairo
Claire Cottrill, more commonly known as Clairo released her third studio album on July 12th, 2024. The album has garnered a lot of attention since its release, gaining over 5.5 million streams on its first day on Spotify. Now the album has reached over 247 million streams on the platform. Charm is an alternative/indie album […]
Kep1er’s Stellar New Comeback Marks the End of an Era
Summer releases in k-pop don’t usually have strings attached. Kep1er released their first and final album as a nine-member group. Their 2.5 year contract came to an end, all but two were able to renew it. It’s a goodbye for some, a bittersweet beginning for the rest. With their first full album, “Kep1going On”, the […]
We Missed You: A Review of Blink 182’s One More Time…
The year is 2015 and Tom DeLonge, founding member, lead singer, and guitarist of Blink-182 announces his split from the band to pursue other interests. In 2016, Blink-182 absorbed guitarist and vocalist Matt Skiba into their group to fill the void. With him, they released the albums California (2016) and NINE(2019) shortly after. Fast forward […]
The Art of Unified Songwriting in Boygenius’ “the rest”
After releasing their debut album “the record” earlier this year, the supergroup known as boygenius is taking the world by storm. Now releasing a four-track accompanying EP titled “the rest,” boygenius is sure to win you over. Phoebe Bridgers, Julien Baker, and Lucy Dacus – AKA boygenius are the biggest indie-music sensations of 2024. Garnering […]
Swanfest 2023: A Day with Dance Gavin Dance, and Friends
HEY YOU! Have you ever heard of Swanfest? It’s a rock/metal festival that was started back in 2020 by the lead guitarist of Dance Gavin Dance, Will Swan. The festival first took place in Sacramento CA, and that is where it remained until this year when the band made the move across the country to […]
BTS’ V Releases Stellar First Solo Album ‘Layover’
Following in his fellow bandmates’ footsteps, Korean singer Kim Taehyung, more commonly known as V, debuted his first solo album ‘Layover’. Layover marks V’s official debut as a solo artist following his bandmate Jungkook who debuted his single ‘Seven’ earlier in July. Announced on August 7, 2023, ‘Layover’ released globally on September 8, 2023, with […]