I have determined that Youtube is my kryptonite. As much as I try to ignore the videos presented to me by the algorithm, my curiosity eventually caves to its pressures. For instance, Youtube has been trying for months to get me to watch funny videos of &TEAM, and as someone who is still trying to take their time with new K-Pop acts, I refused to let a bunch of new, hot, and silly guys take my attention away when I wasn’t ready. But I have finally relented, and I am so, so glad that I did.
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Yeonjun – No Labels, Album Review
In the little over two years I’ve been listening to K-Pop, I think this is the first time I’ve checked someone out as a solo artist rather than the group they are a part of first. In fairness, Yeonjun was slapped all over my Youtube’s homepage thanks to reactors I like. His face was also quite the pull.
Read moreConcert Review: Motion City Soundtrack & Say Anything
Given that Motion City Soundtrack and Say Anything found popularity around the same time in the mid-2000s, I really shouldn’t be that surprised that these two teamed up for a co-headlining tour, but I was! It was a pleasant surprise!
Read moreBad Suns – Accelerator, Album Review
With K-Pop dominating my life, and I don’t see that it will ever stop, it means I was really slow to the punch on new music from other artists I’ve loved for such a long time. Take, for example, Bad Suns. You’d think after seeing them for the first time in years would have propelled me to listen to their new album, Accelerator, as soon as it dropped. Nope. But better late than never, I suppose.
Read moreAFI – Silver Bleeds the Black Sun…, Album Review
I’m almost ashamed at how long it took me to listen to AFI’s new album, Silver Bleeds the Black Sun…, but I did finally do it!
Read moreGhost – Skeleta, Album Review
I’m ashamed for how long it took me to finally listen to Ghost’s newest album, Skeleta, given that it’s the first new music they’ve released since 2022. But here we are. I guess better late than never.
Read moreConcert Review – The Academy Is…
It’s hard to believe that I’ve been listening to The Academy Is… for twenty years and have only managed to see them for the second time. And the first time was just two years ago at a festival!
Read moreConcert Review: AFI
Listen, the beginning of October put me in a real pickle. I could have seen AFI in Columbus over the weekend, but my sister and I already had tickets to see comedian, Nate Bargatze. And because we went to see AFI in Cleveland on Tuesday instead, that means I missed out on White Reaper in Columbus. Why is everyone touring at the same time?!
Read moreConcert Review – Here Come the Mummies
Okay, now I am almost certain that Here Come the Mummies tour annually, so I can expect to see them in my nearest city every year. And that makes me so, so happy.
Read moreTwenty One Pilots – Breach, Album Review
As I mentioned when Twenty One Pilots released the first single from Breach, it felt like Clancy had just been released. And it practically was! At only a year and a half, Breach has been released to the masses, and I am certainly not one to complain. Especially now that I’m used to these K-pop groups releasing EPs every six months!
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