April 2026

Hump-Day Song of the Week: Dear Hope by Dabda (다브다)

Posted on 29 April, 2026 by Poplicola Music 0

This week’s is from Seoul math rock quartet Dabda, who have a new track “Dear Hope” off their upcoming record due this summer. It’s six minutes of soaring, roaring sound, and really gets going around the two minute mark, at which point you probably won’t be able to stop listening. Sure, I don’t understand a word of Korean, but it doesn’t matter, even though you can plug the lyrics in your favorite translator to get an idea (and the video does show some english translations). On Bandcamp.

Inflation blues

blue and red cargo ship on dock during daytime

Man, people really hate the economy. It’s not a new story. In fact, the only thing interesting about it how not new it is. People hate the Clinton economy. People hated the W. economy. People really hated the Great Recession economy (go figure). People hate the Obama economy, even as it came roaring back better than before the Great Recession. People hated the Trump economy (less so, but that’s another story that’s the same story). People really hated the pandemic economy. People continued to really hate the Biden economy, even as it came back roaring better than before, well, anything...

Hump-Day Song of the Week: Kid Gloves by Prism Shores

Posted on 15 April, 2026 by Poplicola Music 0

Sure, we’ll be back with some real posts someday soon, but until then, enjoy this ear worm from Kid Gloves’s new record Softest Attack just released last week.