SARAH LOHMANN WRITES — Longing is a difficult emotion to capture. Often wistful, it teeters between pain and love, and Moon Tang sets it as the tone for her recent project, Water Comes Out of My Eyes, as she sings, “Staring as the sun goes down, I miss having you…
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MUSIC REVIEW: HOW TRIPLES IS MAKING THEIR MARK ON K-POP
SARAH LOHMANN WRITES — K-pop has always been rife with experimentation—throughout music, styling, and choreography. With their debut mini album Assemble, the South Korean girl group TripleS brings a fresh, trendy, Y2K-inspired sound. Making their mark in a saturated and ever-evolving market, they implore listeners to be their authentic selves…
HIP HOP POPS: 88RISING BREAKS THROUGH FOR ASIAN AMERICANS
JOSEPH LITTAUA WRITES — Asians have always held a somewhat contentious place in American pop culture, with caricatures of Asians in movies and TV shows (i.e. the Asian comedy sidekick, or exotic Asian vixen) and minimal Asian representations on the music scene at large. Except for considerable Asian Youtube stars…
MUSIC REVIEW: IS ‘JOJI’ ABOUT TO BECOME ‘FILTHY’ RICH?!!
JOSEPH LITTUA WRITES—Joji, a Japanese-Australian R&B singer, is not your classic success story. In fact, one might argue that he is not yet a star. But his transition from dark social commentary via his old Youtube Channel, TVFilthyFrank, to the music that he is known for today is somewhat astonishing.…