On their 2010 cut "Their Bodies Covered in Flames," Korean death metal band Seed's insistence on making tight and taut music illustrates that metal is, in fact, a music of restraint.
There are few songs on the Korean pop charts, or any chart for that matter, that could get a party going as quickly as "Up In This Club" the new song by vocalist Joe Rhee and featuring rapper Keebomb.
With shades of acoustic rock, 1980s Cuban dance music and early hip-hop, "Like A Cat," the title track of the new AOA album scheduled for release on Thursday is another winner.
The 15-year-old "love child" of Rainbow Coalition founder the Rev. Jesse Jackson and Dr. Karin Stanford, Ashley Stanford-Jackson isn't one to let the boundaries of language stand between her and the music that moves her or makes her move.
With "I'm Sorry," Teen Top's most recent single, released on Sunday, the boys are back, adding some serious pep to the sound of the late-1990s boy band slow jam.
By trimming down their sound to tastefully refined melodies over this raw hip-hop groove, Hello Venus have reinvented themselves with a sound that feels just right for the present time.
Pop Star Masumi released "Girls Make The World Go Round" last month and she's hoping the energetic dance single can join Cindy Lauper's "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" as another girl power anthem for the ages.
There is something intoxicating about "I Don't Know," the debut single from the five-member South Korean girl group D.Holic.
What is exciting about "Half an Hour," the new single from K-pop duo Almeng, is their willingness to stray from the rulebook, combining dance sounds and styles at an almost schizophrenic pace.
Skillful, creative music production gives "Evanesce" an emotional impact that makes it the standout track on Super Junior's new album "Mamacita".
Floating in a sea of K-pop ballads that seem to barely have a pulse, South Korean singer Seo In Young's new single "Thinking Of You," featuring vocalist and producer Zion T, is an island oasis.
EDM Artist Jericho DeAngelo huddled with KpopStarz earlier this week for some exclusive Halloween musings on Hallyu, which he hardly finds frightening at all.
Dumbfoundead is one rapper not afraid to reveal his own life and reflect on his own personal growth in his lyrics. This is particularly true about the track "Cool and Calm" off of his 2011 album "DFD."