Via the official Clazziquai Twitter account news of a best of album was announced today. This compilation is exclusively available via Okestra, an application for iPhone, iPad and iPod: The Best Clazziquai Okestra. As part of the package come lyrics and the possibility to record yourself singing as well as feeds from YouTube and Twitter…. Continue reading
Today, April 16, is Record Store Day. While it may not yet have caught on in Korea, I’ve had a post related to buying Korean indie music saved in draft state since long so I figured this would be a good day to finish it. In honor of the day, first up a couple of… Continue reading
Sorry about the lack of updates today, and this is nothing related specifically to Korean indie either, but perhaps with your help it could turn into something of the kind later on: MTV Iggy’s 25 best new bands in the world 2011. MTV Iggy is no stranger to Korean music and only within the last… Continue reading
Today, April 5, the first few tracks off the Greenplugged Omnibus Album, Sum∞, turned up online. Amongst other contributions it contains new songs from DOT (별빛의 노래), Super Kidd (북극곰), Ibadi (두근두근), Lee Jang Hyuk (나무), Bye Bye Sea (비타민 소녀), and The Finnn (물방울 속에 갇힌 바다). The compilation also introduces a collaboration between… Continue reading
Unfortunately I was much too tired to get much of anything done during the last couple of days so I never got around to compiling any sort of weekend reading post. In case you happen to be looking for something of the kind now here are some texts, photos, and videos that may be of… Continue reading
Before I move on to some news, while still on the subject of videos over at Dahee’s Plastic Castle the YouTube Clip Of The Week: 11/04/03 was a most recommended performance from Hwang Shine Hae Band of their legendary spicy noodle song 짬뽕. The song was very popular when it first came out, and it… Continue reading
Chris Park made it a bit easier to enter the wakesidevision competition where three lucky winners will receive a signed copy each of Apollo 18‘s US tour CD: Apollo 18 (아폴로 18) Signed US Tour CD Contest. Go tell him which song you think is their best!
Pleasant People, the movie starring Jiyoung Lee of Oh My Melodies and emo pop band I Love JH, was well received at Slamdance back in January. Saturday April 16 the people of Chicago will get a chance to watch this charming movie at Chicago International Movies and Music Festival – ticket information here. Yesterday it… Continue reading
As mentioned previously one of the members of soft-rock band Mate is about to enter military service. Soompi has a post following Friday’s episode of Yoo Hee Yeol’s Sketchbook, where the other two members shared some of their plans for what to do during this forced hiatus: Mate Performs On Yoo Hee Yeol’s Sketchbook Before… Continue reading
March 24 is about to begin in eastern US and that marks the date when the 2K11 Seoulsonic bands first take on the stage in New York. BeaconPass has been plugging the event: SEOULSONIC Presents Vidulgi Ooyoo, Galaxy Express, Idiotape, Big Phony, Kite Operations. For those that cannot go to The Knitting Factory themselves, Livestream… Continue reading