It’s been over a month since our last New Music Tuesday – I know, I’m sorry. I have some valid reasons which I’ll get into at another time, but basically I’m here to make amends. I’ve just spent the past couple hours going through most of the known releases from the past several weeks by our artists […]
Read More New Music Tuesday – 6/28/16: The Catch Up EditionRussell Llantino, a rapper you may better know as Pryde (or D-Pryde), announced via Instagram that he recently attempted to take his own life. Thankfully, he reached out for help and was able to come out of the situation a live, but he posted his message from the hospital after the scary bout. If you’ve […]
Read More Pryde Reportedly Attempts Suicide – Says He is ‘OK’May was a pretty busy month for yours truly, but with it’s final hours ticking away, I wanted to take a moment to share a very special project that we were involved with for AAPI Heritage Month. One of the best parts of running this site for the past 8 years has been being able […]
Read More Presenting the Official White House AAPI Heritage Month Playlist 2016Wow. That’s really all I can say after reading Kina’s story about why she was MIA at the tail end of last year. I remember distinctly thinking that she had been surprisingly quiet lately, but I chalked it up to her needing time to recharge and reconnect with her family. I had no idea that […]
Read More Read Kina Grannis’ Incredible Story of Being Stranded in Jakarta for 100 DaysI wasn’t able to get around to New Music Tuesday yesterday, so you’re getting today. I know, you look forward to these weekly round-ups as if your life depends on it… or maybe these (quasi) weekly posts are only noticed by a shrinking but ever faithful group of fans of this blog. Where ever you fall […]
Read More New Music Tuesday (on a Wednesday) – 5/11/16 – Clara, Yuna, Big Will, Yung Koconut, Mike-Dash-E, Mount VermontI’m not exactly well versed in Jpop or Japanese music as a whole, but this came across my desk and I just had to share it with you all. Babymetal, a fusion of the Jpop idol girl group concept and heavy metal which means you get all the coordinated dances, cutesy poses and poppy vocals […]
Read More Did You Catch the US TV Debut of Babymetal – The Heavy Metal Japanese Teenage Idol Girl Group?Beware the ides of March. Or not, because this time the 15th of the 3rd month of 2016 happens to fall on a Tuesday… and you know what that means around here, right? New Music Tuesday… although technically this post is going up on the wee hours of Wednesday (Eastern Standard Time), but for most […]
Read More New Music Tuesday: 3/15/16 – Jeremy Passion, Steve Aoki, AM Kidd, Heesun Lee, Paul Jisung Kim, Sam TsuiIt’s been about 6 months since we last did this, so let’s go ahead and acknowledge throwback Thursday with our own Snapshot edition. What if you could go back in time and see some of your favorite artists 10, 15, or even 20+ years ago? Well now here’s your chance to do just that with […]
Read More Snapshot: Throwback Thursday #TBT – 3/10/16Far too often, I come across interviews that are little more than glamorized press releases. Feature articles read like a more filtered version of an artist’s Wikipedia pages, and any information presented is carefully curated and polished for public consumption. I understand the intention but when an artist(s) isn’t afraid of getting a little raw, […]
Read More Required Reading: Run River North On Music, Friendship, and Struggling to Stay TogetherFor our readers our there who are feeling a little music-starved, you are in for a treat this week. This is one of the stronger collections of new music we’ve had in a while, with a couple superlative tracks thrown in for good measure. I’m not even tryna play this up, this is a good […]
Read More New Music Tuesday: 2/16/16 – Verseatile, Z.Woods, J.Han x Sam Ock, Alexander Spit, Steve Aoki, Mike-Dash-E, Yung Koconut, Charlie Kim
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