A new weekend has come, and while some may be looking for activities other may be looking to catch up on a bit of reading. Let’s start with some things taking place tomorrow, April 16: For starters: if you’re in the vicinity of Chicago don’t forget that you’ll have a chance to check out charming… Continue reading
After becoming smitten by Pika, Chris Park began exploring Loro’s – the band where she, among other things, play the cello:– 로로스 (Loro’s) – Dream(s) Review– 로로스 (Loro’s) – Pax (팍스) Review
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
Apollo 18 have now returned to Korea from their US tour, but only after first stopping by Japan to play another couple of gigs. Ken of the fine blog Japan Live attended the Sunday show and has now provided a live report accompanied by a few photos: Apollo 18’s Tokyo Landing.
Continuing his series of Delispice reviews, refresh_daemon has now shared his thoughts on their 4th and 5th albums:– Replay: Deli Spice – D– Replay: Deli Spice – Espresso Also recently reviewed by refresh_daemon is the second full length album from Nastyona: Inbox: Nastyona – Another Secret During the week that just passed Chris Park became… Continue reading
Impact 98FM, whose SXSW Galaxy Express Interview has been previously mentioned, also performed video interviews with the other Korean bands making it to SXSW. As of yesterday all have now been posted on YouTube:– SXSW Vidulgi Ooyoo Interview– SXSW Idiotape Interview– SXSW Apollo 18 Interview The Apollo 18 one was filmed following their gig at… Continue reading
It’s April 2 and time has come for the 2K11 Seoulsonic tour‘s final even at The Roxy Theatre in Los Angeles. Mark Russell posed a few questions on the tour to Galaxy Express, Idiotape, and Vidulgi OoyoO and published the answers over at the KOCCA blog: Korean Music – Reporting From Abroad. People in the… Continue reading
MTV Iggy caught Idiotape live during SXSW and provided a review: Concert Review> Idiotape @ SXSW 2011: Korea’s Electro Rock Trio Blow It Out. To get more of an idea about what it might be to see Idiotape or any of the other 2K11 Seoulsonic bands live yourself, the livestream from last week’s show in… Continue reading
Electronic britpop style band Glen Check debuted with digital EP Disco Elevator on February 11 and followed it with an iTunes version of the same on March 21, the latter also including an acoustic version of EP track Metro. Check out the official YouTube account to sample everything but said acoustic version. Yesterday Kamala-Chan picked… Continue reading