Nell’s position in between indie and mainstream

koreanpop.org posted a short piece concerning Nell‘s position in between indie and mainstream today, prompted by the band’s recently released album Separation Anxiety: Boys embrace: Nell, Separation anxiety

Liner has been composing again. New instrumental Tearliner song up at his blog: ‘무제’ [Studio Guide]. His buddy Kang Jihoon (the other half of Low-End Project) has assisted, playing electric guitar, and a couple of other people too can be heard in there.

Ibadi to release debut album

Ibadi, new band with Horan of Clazziquai Project on vocals, will release its first album, Story of Us, on April 4. The music is described as modern folk/acoustic pop and something of a sample can be found at Pandora TV.

Gim Hyung Tae Thanked for Being Inspirational

Gord Sellar (previously saxophonist of now defunct Dabang Band) issued a “Thank You” to Gim Hyung Tae (of Hwang Sin Hae Band fame) through his blog a couple of days ago: Thank You, Gim Hyung Tae Perhaps not that newsworthy in itself, but a good read if you want to familiarize yourself with No-Hold-Barred Artist… Continue reading →

Putting an extremely busy week behind me, updates should now get back to normal (that is whenever I find something interesting & k-indie related I’ll make a post on it). First up: the promised update on The Invisible Fish. The first EP of The Invisible Fish, Through The Glass Wall, is now available for… Continue reading →

Mark Russell Reviews Yozoh’s First

Mark Russell has posted a review of the sweet sounding Yozoh‘s first album over at Korea Gig Guide: Her Name Is Yozoh…

Former Bluedawn member slowzz posted the second track from the recently released EP of his solo project, The Invisible Fish, along with an interview in Korean on his blog today: 뒤로. Through The Glass Wall was released on March 15, five days later than first announced here, and will soon be available for international order…. Continue reading →

New Tearliner song on Liner’s blog: Once Upon A Time There Is A Boy [Guide-2]! Following that last link should also provide you with an opportunity to find out how Liner looked as a kid ^^

Zitten interviewed!

There’s an article on Pastel Music‘s new signee Zitten posted on London Korean Links today: A Meeting with Zitten. I wrote it after an email interview with the vocalist, Yong-Wook, a couple of weeks ago. While making friends with him I was lucky enough to get a full preview of the upcoming album, Fragile, and… Continue reading →

Plenty of Soulmate action right now it seems. It was only a few minutes ago that I learnt that Swedish Lasse Lindh will have a Soulmate Forever concert on March 29 with fellow Soulmate OST colleagues Monla and Blue ‘Sorbet. And just now, I learnt through Sunday Diary that Cho PD and Postino have teamed… Continue reading →