The 7th annual Seoul Record Fair will take place during the weekend of June 17-18 at Seoul Innovation Park. Just like last year the event offers sales of limited edition vinyl pressed especially for the event as well as a set of strictly limited edition cassette tapes. Vinyl The vinyl trend has definitely grabbed a… Continue reading
In September 2014 Goonam supported USA/Cambodian pop band Dengue Fever for a couple of shows in the US. Turns out that the two bands also spent some time together in a studio, the result of which will become available on orange 7″ vinyl limited to 500 copies for Black Friday 2016, November 25. The music… Continue reading
Lang Lee released her second full-length album 신의 놀이 on July 13. Billed as her final album, it is a 96-page book with lyrics and essays accompanying the downloadable tracks. The death centered release has been in the making for 3 years. Instead of using a record studio, the 10 songs from 신의 놀이 were recorded at Amenohi Coffee.
Two years after the release of second full-length album Day Off, the time has come for screamo band Hollow Jan to put out new material. On July 10 Hollow Jan will have a release show for new single Scattered By The Breeze at Club Sharp. It introduces new song “Scattered By The Breeze” and also… Continue reading
The 6th annual Seoul Record Fair will take place during the weekend of June 18-19 at Seoul Innovation Park. Much like previous years, limited edition vinyl pressed especially for the event will be available. New for this year is the addition of limited edition cassette tapes. Vinyls The limited edition vinyl will often sell out… Continue reading
As great of a year as 2015 was when it comes to music, the year of 2016 has come off to a great start and promises to offer plenty more. The Black Skirts is now with HIGHGRND and has just released what is supposed to be the last single before his 3rd full-length album. Big… Continue reading
Some of the best news to reach me last week was that of a new release from Tearliner. On October 22nd 열네 살 내 마음의 문 was released. At 23 tracks it counts as Tearliner’s 2.5 album while also doubling as the soundtrack for new MBC drama 4teen. The drama is based on a Japanese… Continue reading
This is old news by now, but since there is still a week to go before the 4th Seoul Record Fair takes place–June 28-29 at Platoon Kunsthalle–I figured I should follow up my post on this year’s special vinyl editions with something on the two releases announced later. The first three vinyl re-issues announced for… Continue reading
The first instance of the annual Seoul Record Fair took place at Platoon Kunsthalle in November 2011. The event has been expanding with every year since at the same location and this year it is set to take place as a 2 day affair between June 28-29. Last year’s record fair saw success with vinyl… Continue reading
Noizegarden, or nOiZeGaRdEn if you prefer, was one of the most influential rock bands in Korea during the 90s. The band formed in October 1992 and remained active until 1999 whereupon the members went in different directions. During these years Noizegarden released 2 full-length albums and participated on a number of now classic compilations. It… Continue reading