Some entertainment for the weekend: The new Taru album has gotten some attention from allkpop: Indie singer Taru releases second album, “100 Percent Reality”. Soompi too offers some more information on that one as well as a couple of other recent and upcoming releases:– Hongdae’s Goddess, Taru Releases Sophomore Album– Indie Band Dear Cloud Releases… Continue reading
After what turned into more than a month of focus on academia rather than music I’ve fallen behind with the blogging again. Here are some interesting reads and more posted during that time that may keep you occupied over the weekend. First up, a story from when I visited Berlin end of April and, among… Continue reading
The members of Apollo 18 have been back in Korea already for a couple of weeks now, but memories from the band’s first US tour are still fresh. Kamala-Chan followed up her pre-tour interview with the band with another interview: K-RoK Interview: Apollo 18 – SXSW Follow-Up. Chris Park too followed up his pre-SXSW interview… Continue reading
refresh_daemon of Init_Music made it to the LA date of the Seoulsonic tour and as expected those that did not make it missed out on a face melting experience. Today he posted a highly recommended read – a live report sharing his impressions from Big Phony, Vidulgi OoyoO, Galaxy Express, and Idiotape: Seen: 2K11 Seoulsonic… Continue reading
allkpop has acknowledged the release of No Brain‘s High Tension today, including a passage on the purpose of the album: No Brain returns after five years with sixth album, “High Tension”. Though contrary to what the headline suggests No Brain has continuously been releasing mini albums and singles as well as contributing to various soundtracks… Continue reading
Thanks to Un0m3 I found out not only that Monni released a brand new album, their third full length 단 한번의 여행, on March 25, but also that it’s available as a free download from Mnet until March 30. Check out the third album introduction video here. Two of the songs on the album, 너… Continue reading
Apollo 18 only have two more shows to play before wrapping up their first US tour and heading back home:– March 26: Tulsa, OK @ The Eclipse– March 27: Fort Worth, TX @ 1919 Hemphill Following some hard work many of their shows got a bit of promotion by local outlets before they got there,… Continue reading
Yesterday allkpop offered no less than two posts covering indie bands. Seems like acoustic duo 10cm has already sold 20,000 copies of first full length album 1.0 – a high number for any artist these days: Will indie band 10cm surpass Jang Gi Ha and the Faces? And it seems like we won’t be hearing… Continue reading
A set of recently collected links: Today Apollo 18 twote a photo from the latest issue of SXSWORLD where Kim Daeinn had been interviewed for an article called Beyond Karaoke: Asian Bands Target Global Audiences (beginning to the right halfway down the first picture, and also at the very bottom). Kim Jae Uck of Walrus… Continue reading
The Seoulsonic bands are not the only ones playing for charity. Via Korean rock is real I came across this Hankyoreh article: S.Koreans mobilize to support Japan. Turns out Wiretap In My Ear (aka Prana), GoGo Star and Romantic Punch will all be playing for Japanese earthquake relief on March 19. Update March 17: Again… Continue reading