It’s been a while since I last rounded up various links from around the web, but my Google Reader has been filling up with a bit too many starred items as of lately so since we’re in a way on the subject of recommendations today anyway here’s plenty of artist recommendations: First out on the… Continue reading
Via twitter came the news yesterday that a third EP from Joa Band can be expected this month. The title is 인생은 알 수가 없어 and the release date set to July 18. For those that wish to learn more about the band, *sa’idah* of Music is universal. Now listen. has a nice writeup: 좋아서… 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
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
A bunch of links found via my feed reader over the last few days: The Korean has put one of the bands that turned me towards the more alternative sides of Korean music on his list of influential artists: 50 Most Influential K-Pop Artists: 46. Deli Spice In addition to sharing a link to a… Continue reading
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
A number of jazz/bossa/light electronica stylereleases were brought to my attention this weekend. Over at Luminosity, Mardi shared some info on “acid pop band” Be My Guest, that debuted with single The First Temptation on August 6: [Profile] Be My Guest She also reported that a project group from students at Hanseo University, Tonight, released… Continue reading
Almost eight months after rumors about a single were first posted here, male/female guitarist/vocalist duo Raspberry Field released 토요일 오후에 on July 20. A teaser video showed up a week earlier. The single features three songs: the title track; 3月 featuring balladeer Cho Kyu Chan (who happens to be the husband of Hey, sister of… Continue reading
Realizing I will never have the time to do something useful with all those Korean indie music related posts I’ve starred in Google Reader over the last few months, here’s a selection of links from the past couple of days: Malaysia based entertainment site Voize has provided its audience with an introduction to The Koxx:… Continue reading
Another round of assorted links: Shawn Despres had a talk with post-rock act Glittering Blackness, Fall before last weekend’s Lotus Carnival: Something Glittering At The Carnival Dramabeans reports that electropop act BellaMafia vocalist Juni has been cast in new SBS drama I Am Legend (나는 전설이다): Juni added to I Am Legend K Bites has… Continue reading