When K-pop super-label YG Entertainment introduced BLACKPINK in August 2016, the Korean music industry had no shortage of polished girl groups. What it didn't have was an act that could capture the ...

San Francisco has a wealth of music festivals but none quite like Noise Pop Festival. As opposed to a weekender at a park, the city-sprawling festival happens over the course of two weeks, taking over ...

Fragaria, a New Zealand-style vegan ice cream shop, quietly soft-opened in downtown Maitland on Thursday, and the neighborhood wasted no time finding it. Co-owner Abel Alvarado accidentally left the ...

“Etherea,” Koko Pops’ 2026 show, was an electrifying culmination of visual aesthetics, chaotic energy, and passion. A stark contrast to last year’s apocalyptic showcase, this year’s production ...

China has imposed a de facto ban on South Korean cultural products since 2016, when Seoul received US anti-missile technology. Tense relations between the East Asian neighbours are improving under ...

When referring to a soft drink, do you say pop, soda, or Coke? Your stance on the centuries-long debate reveals more about your roots than your flavor preference. In some states, ordering a "Coke" ...

I'm not always a highly organized individual. I can plan an event to the letter. But then "chaos" would be a good word to describe my Hot Wheels collection. They're everywhere inside the house and ...

Pop-rock band LANY released their sixth studio album, "Soft," on October 10. Frontman Paul Klein's near-fatal car accident inspired the album's theme of vulnerability. The Nashville-formed duo will ...

Musician Dave Ball, who made up half the British synth-pop band Soft Cell, is dead at 66. Along with singer Mark Almond, Soft Cell was best known for the 1981 hit song “Tainted Love.” Almond ...

David Ball of Soft Cell, whose delectably sleazy synth-pop arrangement drove that English duo’s 1981 hit “Tainted Love” to the top of the U.K. singles chart, died Wednesday. He was 66. The producer’s ...

English synth-pop duo Soft Cell, consisting of vocalist Marc Almond and instrumentalist Dave Ball, helped usher in the second British invasion of musical artists in the ’80s, most notably with their ...