As mentioned previously tbs eFM has a Korean indie music program hosted by Ray Kang called Indie Afternoon starting today, March 20. It’s a weekly show aired on Sundays from 2-4pm and in addition to playing songs from listener requests there’ll be interviews, a chance to get to know some more about old Korean indie… Continue reading
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Indieful ROK on the radio
If you follow Indieful ROK on Twitter or if you’re a fan on Facebook you may already know that I was interviewed for radio over the phone yesterday. It was a short 10 minute piece for 1013 Main Street on Korea’s tbs eFM. The show will be aired tomorrow, March 17, starting 11am (+9GMT). If… Continue reading
KoreAm puts Korean indie music on the cover
The March issue of KoreAm will be out shortly and this month the journal has a music focus. Oliver Saria wrote a piece on the state of Korean indie music that was also published online: ROK Heavy There’s a few quotes from Apollo 18, and of course it also mentions Galaxy Express, Idiotape, and Vidulgi… Continue reading
Indieful ROK 3rd Anniversary Thank Yous
A year goes by so quickly It’s January 10 and Indieful ROK is celebrating its 3rd anniversary! I’ve had a marvelous year and most of it can be attributed to this blog. I’m so very grateful for all you wonderful people reading and commenting, or contributing to the existence of Indieful ROK in some other… Continue reading
A18, NPU & Lupin rehearses Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence
And so begins another year! After an unplanned holiday hiatus time has come to take care of a number of year-end posts looking back at 2010, but first here’s something else. Yesterday a bunch of my favorite musicians put on what I can’t imagine being anything but a great show for New Year’s Eve. Today… Continue reading
30 days of K-INDIE meme
Yesterday wassereis suggested for the “30 days k-pop” meme to go k-indie instead. Having previously considered taking on another 30 day challenge from a k-indie perspective to bring some life to Indieful ROK’s Facebook page I decided to give it a go. wassereis already posted on her “favorite k-indie guy band”: Meme Day 1. I’ll… Continue reading
Status update
I’m beginning to feel like apologies for the recent lack of updates on my part are long overdue. Two thirds into May I lost the broadband connection in my then apartment, and upon moving to my new home I found that the cable allegedly serving me Internet is just that – a cut off cable… Continue reading
Updates to be resumed shortly, I hope…
Just a quick note to say I’m sorry for the lack of updates this weekend. Got another few time consuming projects that have had to take precedence, but at least the Indieful ROK Facebook page has gotten a few more updates. And then there are the usual updates on Indieful ROK’s Twitter, too.
Introducing Indonesian Indie Lessons
Some time ago, Widhi contacted me inquiring for the possibility to become a guest contributor here at Indieful ROK. Until then it was nothing I had considered – I kinda like running this thing on my own – but as I read further I realized that she might be just the right person to write… Continue reading
1000th post!
After several days of failing to figure out how best to commemorate the 1000th post on Indieful ROK, I’ve decided it’s better to give up and move on with the usual updates. The only thing I can think of right now is to once again say thank you so much for visiting, reading, commenting, making… Continue reading