The SB Mixtape, 6/11/2020: Solo Dance Party

2020 is not pulling any punches. First the wildfires in Australia, then Covid-19, and now the Black Lives Matter protests and ensuing police violence…

SB Decade in Review: A Song a Year, Part 1 (2010-2014)

As we cross over into the 2020s, retrospectives on the past decade of K-pop abound. Year on year, the shifts in the K-pop scene may not be apparen…

The SB Mixtape 9/12/2019, K-pop in Paris

Recently, I visited Paris. It was a magnificent place, but one thing I realized it is so much more than the sidewalk cafes and accordion players that …

The SB Mixtape 7/18/2019: Report To The Dance Floor

There are songs you can dance to. There are songs you want to dance to. And then there are songs that you have to dance to. The songs that instantly f…

The SB Mixtape, 9/25/2018: K-pop On Broadway

I've always had a soft spot for musicals. They're the thing I go to when I want to feel larger than life; when I want music that doesn't just get in my…

The SB Mixtape: 10/19/2017, Rock On!

Like many other music nerds, I tend to go through moods in terms of my music. Sometimes, it's all about the bubblegum pop, other times it's moody R&amp…

The SB Mixtape: 5/4/2017, Horns

So, I don't know about y'all, but where I live, it snowed this week. This wouldn't be an issue if I lived somewhere where it was actually winter, but I…

The SB Mixtape, 1/25/17: Last Goodbyes

Sometimes, the hardest thing to say to a person is goodbye. When we've laughed, cried, and gone through so much of life with a group, leaving them hits…

The SB Mixtape, 11/04/2016: Better Than the Title Track

In a perfect world, the title tracks promoted by any musician would be the best song on their album. However, as anyone who's ever listened to a full a…

The SB Mixtape: 5/18/2016, I Love The 80s!

Welcome back to another round of the SB Mixtape! Despite being born in 1994, I love the 1980s. I love the cheesy blockbusters like Top Gun, the stil…