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[Review] Eye to Eye – “창문 너머 어렴풋이 옛 생각이 나겠지요”

The sister trio to Brown Eyed Soul, Eye to Eye had a solid debut, with a foray that was good, but sadly, unoriginal. The best way to describe it is, as I said in my review, “…as if the production team substituted the male vocals for female ones over identical melody structures.” But since then, … Continue reading »

[Viral Vids] Girls Generation Arrive in NYC For Late Show with David Letterman

Girls Generation have arrived in New York City, y’all! They’ll be making history (because life is a mystery) on the Late Show With David Letterman tonight in their first US performance of the year. In true GG style, the girls appear before NYC mortals in a behemoth of a bus. And of course, hell breaks … Continue reading »

[Review][Single] Fame-J – “Sniper Sound VS Over Class”

Fame-J’s debut production is on fire. For his first big profile track, he brought on two hip-hop duos and made them rap against one another. In essence, this is a polished rap battle by rival groups. For a first time producer, this is an exceptional track with an equally talented set of rappers. Get ready … Continue reading »

Month In KPOP – January

Aside from our residential troll (Aiya!Tuc), we like to keep the focus of Kpop on the music. In most cases, we do that by writing music reviews on the latest singles and albums released by all our favorite idols, indie gems and hip-hop peeps. Today, I present a monthly blog post entitled “Month In Kpop“, … Continue reading »

[Review][Single] EXO – “What Is Love”

At first I thought the whole dual promotional stunt by SM‘s latest minions, EXO K & EXO M, was a neat idea and a unique marketing tactic in and of itself. However, now that it’s gradually being put into action, I really don’t know how I feel about any of it anymore. Knowing that I’ll … Continue reading »

Lesser Stuff You Need To Know, Vol. 5

Drowningn00b is back with his monthly series, Lesser Stuff You Need to Know! No, really, this is stuff you need to know… Continue reading »

[REVIEW/OP-ED] B.A.P, Not Your Normal Bowl of Bap

Help me welcome McRoth’s Residence’s newest contributing writer, NaRae, to the Team! She’ll be here to review and fangirl her little tush off to the latest in KPOP right next to me from here on out. Show her some love and read her very first review of B.A.P and their debut single, “Warrior”, below! I’m … Continue reading »

[Review][Album] B.A.P – “Warrior”

Up until today, I’ve kept hush-hush about B.A.P and the hype that’s been surrounding them from day one. I mean, why would I have jumped on a rookie’s bandwagon before they’ve debuted when I hadn’t even listened to their music yet? That’s just not how I tend to roll, plus the fact that the overwhelming hype cloud … Continue reading »

[Review][Album] Brian Joo – “ReBorn, Part. 1″

contributing writer drowningn00b reviews Brian Joo’s “Reborn Part. 1″ Since his last release, ‘Unveiled’, Brian Joo’s career has changed in many ways. He embarked on a US club tour (read more about it here), expanded his English language material with new duets and reworked hits, and starred in a leading role in the Korean production … Continue reading »

[Review][Single] Dal Shabet – “Hit U”

It doesn’t always hit me how thick the K-pop jelly is until people start requesting I write reviews for pop groups that I have either never heard of or have completely looked over. One good example of such a group is the female sensation, Dal Shabet. I didn’t realize they were actually popular (and still … Continue reading »