Thanks to Eshe I came across this charming interview with always awesome Apollo 18 in Daejeon Access: Apollo 18-interview. Among plenty of interesting tidbits, it mentions some about upcoming international tours. Another interview that surfaced in English recently was that made with Monni by Star Today a few months ago. Wassereis offers a translation of… Continue reading
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No Reply album and other updates
On September 15, Happy Robot‘s pop duo No Reply released second full length album Dream. On the same day a music video for main track 내가 되었으면 was launched, and those that wish to sing along can find the lyrics on the Happy Robot blog. Some time ago Violet Sweets shared a bunch of information… Continue reading
Ynot?, Orgeltanz, Yellow Monsters, …Whatever That Means
Figured I ought to share a couple of links I came across via Facebook: Shawn Despres has written some about Incheon Pentaport Rock Festival, including bits on Ynot?, Orgeltanz, and Yellow Monsters: Incheon Pentaport Rock Festival @ Dream Park, Incheon (Jul. 24th – 25th 2010). Melodic punk band …Whatever That Means was interviewed by Busan… Continue reading
Daejon Rock Fest related links
Since yesterday, the aforementioned Daejeon Rock Festival has become a Facebook event. Preparing visitors for the many great artists to play there, two links of particular interest were posted: – A live report from shoegazer band’s Vidulgi OoyoO‘s recent show in Shanghai: Cuckoo for Vidulgi OoYoO – An interview with Daejeon native punk rock band… Continue reading
Interviews and other links
K.O.A. Zine has been updated with yet another very interesting interview, including some Korean indie music history. This time the interview subject is 3rd Line Butterfly‘s Sung Kiwan: Sung Kiwan: Renaissance Man of Hongdae For more questions and answers, over at Omona They Didn’t! there’s a translated 10Asia interview with Kim Jae Wook, that still… Continue reading
Language practice: Yellow Monsters & Guckkasten
Every now and then my feed reader offers me something interesting in languages (besides Korean) that I don’t really understand all that well. Chopstick Yeti offers an introduction to new super group Yellow Monsters: Yellow Monsters. The catchy rock trio gathers GumX guitarist Yong Won, My Aunt Mary bassist Han Jin Young, and Delispice/Omega 3… Continue reading
Interview roundup
Not just an impressive amount of reviews, but also a whole bunch of interesting interviews showed up online over the months when activity on this blog was low. Thanks to Mark Russell, I found out about The Creators Project interviews with both DJ Soulscape and EE:– A Chat with DJ Soulscape– A Chat with EE… Continue reading
Ninaian interviewed about solo project and Sokot Band
While Joseph Kim is in Korea he keeps meeting interesting people with the occasional interview for K.O.A. Zine. Most recently the zine in question offers a chance for anyone to learn more on Ninaian and his former Underwear Band: Hyun Min Park: “You, Me, and Everyone.
Kafka & Kingston Rudieska in new Groove Korea
A new issue of Groove Korea will be out soon, and so a few interesting articles showed up in my feed reader today. Kingston Rudieska put out their second full length album, Ska Bless You, on July 29 and it was reviewed for Groove by Chris in South Korea: Review: Ska Bless You by Kingston… Continue reading
DJs and House Rulez
Via Omona They Didn’t! I came across an English JoongAng Ilbo article where, among others, DJ Guru from Idiotape has been interviewed: From turntablist to POP idol While on the theme of danceable electronic music, a reader from Sweden and soulvirtue both alerted me on the release of the third full length album from House… Continue reading