Take the bass out of a jazz session and everything else has to hold the floor. That is the working premise of ‘Fun with Suwon and Friends Vol.2,’ the second jam session EP from pianist…
Author: Luna
Success stories usually skip the invoice. ‘Golden Scars’ does not. The new single from Peruvian singer-songwriter Santiago Cisneros sets a confession about what winning actually costs on top of a 108 BPM pop production bright…
‘Take a look around’ opens like a window at daybreak. The new single from Korean five-piece Another Season sets classic pop chord movement against a samba rhythm that refuses to sit still, and vocalist Hyo…
Some songs circle their subject. ‘Yes, I Like’ walks straight up to it. The new single from Seoul R&B artist SUL takes the plain affirmation of its title at face value, then builds a slow-tempo…
Not every rage beat is built for a mosh pit. ‘RIDE,’ the latest single from Seoul-based producer and rapper Yammo, aims that distorted, hard-hitting energy somewhere less obvious — straight at a love song. A…
Not every cry for help is loud. ‘SOS,’ the solo comeback from South Korean R&B/Soul artist scripta, sends its distress signal in a whisper—a slow-tempo groove that keeps its emotion on a tight leash. It…
There is a particular ache in measuring a love against the first one. ‘첫사랑의 기준은!’—“What Defines First Love!”—is the second collaboration between Korean R&B/Soul artists Ender and Soyeon, a slow-tempo ballad that sits with that…
Some songs are about the high; ‘JUICE’ is about the comedown that follows. The new single from artist-producer-DJ LEVEN is an R&B/Soul study of a brief encounter—the fleeting rush of wanting someone, and the hollow…
It might be the most disarming line in recent indie rock: show me a picture of your mother. On ‘I Wanna See Your Mother’s Picture,’ the cheeky new single from Korean four-piece Men And Them,…
Some songs take three minutes to make their point; ‘OhWah!’ makes it in a single syllable. The funk-charged new release from SIMILE LAND—the Seoul five-piece increasingly cast as Korean indie’s enfant terrible—is built around one…
