Although it has yet to surface among the Seoulsonic Facebook events, KoreAm offers two tickets while letting us know that the Seoulsonic bands have gotten another New York date added to the tour: Giveaway: Han Benefit Concert. The concert takes place on March 25 and sees Galaxy Express, Idiotape, and Vidulgi OoyoO play some music… Continue reading
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Link Roundup, week 10
So much interesting reading material was posted lately I had no chance to keep up with the link posting. Here’s a roundup to conclude the week: First up a couple of interviews. – Seoul Music Room has talked to Sighborg: 60 seconds with Sighghghghghborg!– wassereis spent some time translating this interesting interview with Jieun and… Continue reading
Additional spotlights on Apollo 18
It’s March 12 and Apollo 18 are getting ready to perform an acoustic set as a US tour send off special. Korea Gig Guide has the details and some bonus info: Apollo 18 Preparing For Lift Off. (Personally I’m very excited to learn that National Pigeon Unity has a new album coming out). Hopefully at… Continue reading
Digital singles from Hit The Nine and Mate
Twitter has become a source for daily news in the Korean indie music world. Today I found out about the release of two digital singles because of it. Brownie Entertainment tweeted high resolution cover art for Hit the Nine‘s self-titled debut single. The seven member all girl group released the two track single on March… Continue reading
Interesting articles from Groove Korea’s music issue
The March issue of Groove Korea is out and this time it’s a music issue which means plenty of interesting articles: – Podcast: Korean Homesick Blues catches up with Dave Candler, whose podcasts have been embedded in the Indieful ROK sidebar for some time now.– Where The Music At? gives some well deserved love towards… Continue reading
Mini-Interview with Idiotape
So a little while ago I realized that while I’ve been eagerly posting updates on Apollo 18 and their impending US tour I had spent much less effort covering the whereabouts of the bands participating in the Seoulsonic North American. I also realized that I haven’t kept up with Idiotape at all since first discovering… Continue reading
Link Roundup: random items
I’m not yet sure whether there’ll be any time for any new blog updates for the next couple of days, so to ensure that you have a bit of weekend reading anyway here’s some more or less interesting links gathered over the last few months. First up a very brief lesson in Korean: Korean Word… 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
Link roundup: artist interviews, profiles and more
Wanna find out about some more artists worthy of attention or just looking for a bit of weekend reading? Here’s a collection of links I didn’t get around to posting sooner. Recently Kamala-Chan launched a new weekly feature that goes under the name “Wonder-Girl Wednesdays” over at K-RoK Rocks!!!She started with Storyseller, that was my… Continue reading
Seoulsonic North American dates confirmed
Today DFSB Kollective sent out a press releaseannouncing the schedule for its Seoulsonic North America tour. The tour, which is focused around Galaxy Express, Idiotape, and Vidulgi OoyoO, has been confirmed for the following locations: March 9-12: Toronto, Ontario @ Canadian Music Week (CMW)March 16-20: Austin, Texas @ South By Southwest (SXSW)March 24: New York… Continue reading