Last week I was approached by Kinzli – a London based singer/songwriter that has left Korea for love – as her band Kinzli & the kiloWatts has a new album out. Available already through iTunes and a few other outlets, the official date of release in the UK is set to September 6 and it’ll… 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
Thanks to Widhi, we can learn that traditional Irish music project Bard will return to Europe this month. The group will play at the An Spailpin Fanac pub in Cork, Ireland, on July 10. If you’d like to learn more on the band, I’d like to recommend checking out a recent post over at Widhi’s… Continue reading
Like me a couple of weeks ago, the people over at Milk Milk Lemonade have had a listen to the new Vidulgi OoyoO bliss.city.east split album: Bliss City East / Vidulgi OoyoO: Split Album Release. Not only do they write about it, but they also offer a download of Mermaid Queen. And today I noticed… Continue reading
Some links gathered during the past couple of weeks: Over at fine music blog Running with Chopsticks, Melissa provides an introduction to 500won – the guy that had his demo songs re-tagged “Sigur Ros with Mogwai” many years ago: Korean music: 500Won Allkpop reports that actress Yoo In Na has made a photo shoot together… Continue reading
A final collection of reviews before moving on to a new month! refresh_daemon has posted another review on an Oh Ji Eun album, accompanied by a fine selection of videos. This time it’s her second: Inbox: 오지은 – 지은 Another couple of second full length albums recently reviewed by refresh_daemon are those of EZ Hyoung… Continue reading
Another week has seen another round of reviews published online. As usual Chris Park offers a fair bunch of new reviews via wakesidevision:– 차이나 몽키 브레인 (China Monkey Brain) – Monkey Garden Review– Daydream – A Land of April Review– 해이 (Hey) – Vegetable Love Review– Loveholic – Invisible Things Review– Mellow Year – The… Continue reading
refresh_daemon has apparently fallen for the strong vocals and songwriting skills of Oh Ji Eun. Read his review of her first full length album at Init_Music and don’t forget to check out the videos: Inbox: 오지은 – 지은
More interesting reviews have found their way online since the other day. refresh_daemon has picked up the Jelly Boy release I named as one of my favorites of 2007: Inbox: 해파리소년 – They Dream Daydream Everyday And over at wakesidevision two recent additions address Korean music:– 뷰티풀 데이즈 (Beautiful Days) – 2집 – 집시들의 시간… Continue reading
Lots of interesting reviews have been posted over the last month or so. I’ve probably missed plenty, but here’s a collection of what I found in my feed reader. The Silent Ballet has once again listened to some Korean music. In a recent review of Apollo 18‘s Blue album, the Red and Violet EPs get… Continue reading