Yesterday allkpop offered no less than two posts covering indie bands. Seems like acoustic duo 10cm has already sold 20,000 copies of first full length album 1.0 – a high number for any artist these days: Will indie band 10cm surpass Jang Gi Ha and the Faces? And it seems like we won’t be hearing… Continue reading
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A little something from SXSW
SXSW is over for this year and the Seoulsonic bands as well as Apollo 18 are all moving on to new destinations. However they did not leave without making a few impressions. Thanks to McRoth I came across a very colorful series of Apollo 18 photos from SXZT. Visit AnnieRay.net and click through the photo… Continue reading
Indie Afternoon starts today!
As mentioned previously tbs eFM has a Korean indie music program hosted by Ray Kang called Indie Afternoon starting today, March 20. It’s a weekly show aired on Sundays from 2-4pm and in addition to playing songs from listener requests there’ll be interviews, a chance to get to know some more about old Korean indie… Continue reading
Korean Music Power TOP100 2011
Yesterday 대중음악 SOUND published a list of the top 100 names in Korean pop for 2011. Scatterbrain has the full list in Korean and allkpop offered some of the more Kpop oriented names: Who are the Top 100 in K-pop for 2011?. Although not so much in the very top, several names in the list… Continue reading
Another Seoulsonic date and related updates
Although it has yet to surface among the Seoulsonic Facebook events, KoreAm offers two tickets while letting us know that the Seoulsonic bands have gotten another New York date added to the tour: Giveaway: Han Benefit Concert. The concert takes place on March 25 and sees Galaxy Express, Idiotape, and Vidulgi OoyoO play some music… Continue reading
Additional spotlights on Apollo 18
It’s March 12 and Apollo 18 are getting ready to perform an acoustic set as a US tour send off special. Korea Gig Guide has the details and some bonus info: Apollo 18 Preparing For Lift Off. (Personally I’m very excited to learn that National Pigeon Unity has a new album coming out). Hopefully at… Continue reading
Turn It Up To 11 on DramaFever
In North America it is still March 10 and Galaxy Express, Idiotape, and Vidulgi OoyoO will really kick off the tour by hitting the stage in Toronto just a few hours from now. Anyone wishing to see what they have been up to on the tour till now may have a look at the first… Continue reading
Seoulsonic special North American tour album
March 10 marks the first official date on this year’s Seoulsonic North America tour, as Galaxy Express, Idiotape, and Vidulgi OoyoO take on the stage at CMW. On the same day there is also the premiere for a “deluxe edition 2K11 SEOULSONIC compilation album” on iTunes simply going under the title 2K11 Seoulsonic North America… Continue reading
Yang Jungmo leaving Star Audition
Sad news from MBC’s Star Audition. In yesterday’s episode it was time for Kim Tae Won’s mentor school during which two of his adepts were eliminated. Sweet Guerillaz vocalist Yang Jungmo performed Boohwal‘s 비밀 – a song from Collaboration Project ‘ + [plus]’ / +1 where former Boohwal vocalist Park Wan Kyu had been invited… Continue reading
Link Roundup: random items
I’m not yet sure whether there’ll be any time for any new blog updates for the next couple of days, so to ensure that you have a bit of weekend reading anyway here’s some more or less interesting links gathered over the last few months. First up a very brief lesson in Korean: Korean Word… Continue reading