This year’s edition of the Greenplugged Festival will take place between May 17th-18th. The third line-up announcement was made on April 12th, and the same day the first three songs from this year’s Greenplugged Ombinbus Album Sum∞ debuted online. This is the third year that Greenplugged put out their own compilation, and just like previous… Continue reading
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Daegu’s Club Heavy Celebrates 17th Anniversary with Compilation Album
It is easy to think that Seoul always has been and still is the one and only place for indie music happens in Korea, but in fact is has many hopes. One of them is Club Heavy in Daegu, that has been around since 1997 showcasing local talent as well as bigger names from outside… Continue reading
BGBG Record Promotes Korean Blues
On October 5th, boonga Boonga Record launched the 블루스 더. Blues tour. It started with the release of a compilation album with the same name to be followed by the first show of the tour at Ruloorala Stage the same evening, with performances from Kang San-eh and blues men Kim Dae Joong, CR Taegyu and… Continue reading
Lucia and Jaejoo Boys’ Sabo Cover Jaejoo Boys and Afternoon
Pastel Music continues to celebrate its 10th Anniversary with digital singles where Pastel artists cover other Pastel artists. Volume 5 in this series will be released on September 24th and it has something of a Jaejoo Boys theme. The first track has former Jaejoo Boys’ member Sabo covering “선택”, from Afternoon–once the other half of Jaejoo… Continue reading
Covers from Guckkasten on I Am A Singer 2 June Compilation
The June round of I Am A Singer 2 finished on June 24th. On July 10th comes a double CD release with all the covers performed as part of competition during June and with Guckkasten among the contestants that means a couple of covers from Guckkasten have been included as well. For the 70-80’s round… Continue reading
Sogyumo Acacia Band and Zitten do Covers for Pastel Anniversary
Zitten has had two of his songs covered on the first couple of digital singles celebrating Pastel Music’s 10th anniversary. As volume 3 of Ten Years After is released on July 2nd, time has come for Zitten to instead cover Casker‘s “향 (Scent)”. Participating on the same digital single is Sogyumo Acacia Band that have… Continue reading
(((10))) + Brown Wing Overdrive = Zombie Allergy
In 2010 experimental noise duo (((10))) toured USA together with Tzadik tied avant-garde duo Brown Wing Overdrive. As the tour came towards an end the two acts recorded music together and the result was presented with Zombie Allergy, a joint album released on June 23rd. Also in 2010, on October 10th to be specific, itta… Continue reading
Black Hole, Black Syndrome, Diablo and Lee Hyun Suk Live for Metal Honey
Last year a series of concerts were held under the name Metal Honey, showcasing some of Korea’s biggest names in heavy metal. Today, June 12th, came a 2CD live album with the highlights from Diablo, Black Hole, Lee Hyun Suk Project and Black Syndrome — all offering songs spanning most of their long careers.
Electric Muse Celebrates 5 Years with Special Compilation
Several labels are having big anniversaries this year and celebrating accordingly. Pastel Music is celebrating 10 years with covers on digital singles, Beatball Records will be celebrating 10 years with a concert in a couple of weeks, and Electric Muse is celebrating 5 years with a compilation released on June 7th. The title is 5th… Continue reading
Han Hee Jung and Afternoon Sing Covers for Pastel Music’s 10th Anniversary
Following volume one of Pastel Music’s 10th anniversary celebrations, the second digital single in the series was released on June 1st. Continuing with covers of songs previously released under Pastel Music, the single has Han Hee Jung singing Eloise‘s “미성년” and also sees Jaejoo Boys‘ Park Kyung Hwan return under the moniker Afternoon while performing… Continue reading