A new year is upon us and new music with that. The music bloggers of the Music Alliance Pact return also in 2016, on the 15th of every month, ready to bring you some of the best music the world has to offer. From Korea, this year starts with a song off one of the… Continue reading
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Best of 2015: Aggregate Edition
Honoring Indieful ROK’s original intent of being a manual aggregator of sorts, I’ve had a look at what some Korean music blogs around have listed as the best releases of 2015 and made a summary. The blogs in question are Weiv, IZM, Music Y, and DiffSound. And to get some more input I also weighed… Continue reading
Mini-Interview with Neon Bunny
I’ve been following Neon Bunny‘s career with great interest since the very start. Yet I haven’t seen her perform live a single time. That’s about to change in a week and a half as she’s set to perform at Modern Sky Helsinki on August 29th. With more than four years passed since our first interview… Continue reading
Mini-Interview with Juck Juck Grunzie
Every now and then I come to realize that I have barely even mentioned bands that I thought I would’ve blogged plenty about for years. Juck Juck Grunzie is one such band. Great band, great people, great music. Definitely something to write about. Thanks to Mark Russell Juck Juck Grunzie got a post on IROK… Continue reading
Music Alliance Pact – July 2015
It’s the middle of July and as with any other month, that means a brand new edition of the Music Alliance Pact. As the middle of July happens to coincide with summer time on the northern hemisphere, this month’s Korean pick reflects exactly that. Say Sue Me released new EP Big Summer Night yesterday, July… Continue reading
Mini-Interview with POPE X POPE
In 2012 The Hitchhiker released debut album Insatiable Curiosity and got it praised by the music lovers that found it. A few experimental releases later, now known as POPE X POPE, the band successfully finished crowdfunding its first full-length album under the new name. Intriguing material is to be expected for sure, and the same… Continue reading
Mini-Interview with Flash Flood Darlings
I’m always keen to check out whatever music is promoted by YOUNG,GIFTED&WACK. After being featured on the Sangsang Madang Plugged compilation last year, the real hype for Flash Flood Darlings started some time around December with his first digital single and the announcement of a forthcoming album. Vorab and Tesoro was released by YOUNG,GIFTED&WACK in… Continue reading
Mini-Interview with KMA President Chang-nam Kim
When the nominees for the 12th Korean Music Awards were announced a couple of weeks ago it was the first time since 2009 that all-new categories were introduced: Best Folk Album (최우수 포크 – 음반) and Best Folk Song (최우수 포크 – 노래). A few hours earlier a Tumblbug campaign to sponsor this year’s prices… Continue reading
Music Alliance Pact – February 2015
Music Alliance Pact day has arrived! That means a brand new compilation of some of the world’s very best music, handpicked by music bloggers all across the globe. This year I’m making an active attempt at listening to more music in general than I’ve done in recent years while also keeping better track on the… Continue reading
KMA2015: Rookie of the Year
Before leaving room for a some other type of blog posts, the series to introduce all the nominees for this year’s Korean Music Awards continues from Artist of the Year yesterday with the nominees for Rookie of the Year today. Crush Crush release his first digital single Red Dress end of 2012. Since then… Continue reading