It’s mid-March and just a day away from the start of the world’s largest music showcase festival–South by Southwest–in Austin, Texas. The music portion of SXSW 2016 lasts from March 15 to March 20 and offers more than 2,000 showcasing artists. 16 of those are Korean. Anna’s Recommendations Chris from Korean Indie took the… Continue reading
This year the 5th Punx 44 Festival will take place in Stockholm, Sweden. Among the invited bands are SCUMRAID. Dates: June 10-11, 2016 Location: Cyklopen Facebook event
The last few months have been rather busy. So much in fact that it’s almost been 3 months since the last randomness post. Although what’s great about that is that I’ve finally managed to find some sort of balance between work, blogging, and life in general. Coming off my usual February KMA high I could… Continue reading
WAGWAK will perform at the next live music event at Boulebar on Surbrunnsgatan in Stockholm Date: March 19, 2016 Location: Boulebar Surbrunn Facebook event
Korea’s national music chart Gaon published the charts for February today. Here’s a look at how the local indie music managed during the month. Gaon Korean Album Chart January proved to be a relatively good month for Korean indie albums sales, but the same unfortunately can’t be said of the Korean album chart for February… Continue reading
When I first listened to PAKK‘s 곡소리 (A Wail) it felt like coming home. The EP opens with a cacophony of guitar, bass and drums before finding more of a structure. When the song gets going the progression is similar to that of Apollo 18. The guitar is laying down the melody supported by a… Continue reading
On the 1st of November 2015, Atmo announced that the band would henceforth be known as PAKK. PAKK is led by Kim Daeinn aka jellyboy who just so happens to be one of my favorite musicians since about a decade ago. For some background on PAKK, check out IROK’s mini-interview with Atmo from 2014. While… Continue reading
Today, February 29th, the winners of the 13th Korean Music Awards were announced. EBS Space 공감 had a livestream for the event and a 2h special of the awards ceremony will be broadcast midnight between March 7-8. Album of the Year: E SENS – The Anectode Song of the Year: BIGBANG – “Bae Bae”… Continue reading
After a month of KMA focus here on Indieful ROK, it’s finally become time for my to share my own predictions. Lots of great albums and songs nominated this year, but then 2015 was also a really strong year for Korean music in general. Album of the Year Although my own Album of the Year… Continue reading
As anyone that has been following this blog during the past month will have noticed, I’m very interested in the Korean Music Awards–it’s always a great joy to see so many of the artists I like get a bit of spotlight and listening through the nominated albums and songs from genres I’m not usually exposed… Continue reading