End of November the Asia-Pacific Journal published a peer-reviewed article by Victoria University of Wellington professor Stephen Epstein on Korean indie music: Us and Them: Korean Indie Rock in a K-Pop World. More specifically, it complements the 2014 documentary of the same name co-produced by Stephen Epstein and Timothy Tangherlini. The article does a great… Continue reading
A few weeks ago Busan based band Say Sue Me released the EP Big Summer Night. With its surf rock sound the record is a perfect fit for the season. It’s a great release all the way through, the instrumental opening and closing tracks doing a great job welcoming and eventually sending off the listener…. Continue reading
It’s been a while since I last go to writing one of these randomness posts. I had a special topic in mind, but great tragedy struck in the world of K-pop and I couldn’t find a way to write around it. Since then I’ve spent a couple of weeks in Korea with some of my… Continue reading
As I mentioned the dance as one of the reasons why I like the music video for we are here‘s “Hopeless (희망은 없다)” in my Randomness post a couple of days ago, I figured I should take some time to list the choreographed Korean indie videos that I find to be the most memorable. … Continue reading
This article listing Anna’s favorite releases of 2008 was originally edited by Philip Gowman and first posted on London Korean Links The Invisible Fish – Through The Glass Wall For last year’s critics’ choice Bluedawn’s goodbye album was one of my picks. Though it still saddens me that Bluedawn is no more, the two members are… Continue reading
Naver Onstage has consistently brought out high quality live videos showcasing some of Korea’s best musical talents over the past three years. Every Thursday this special project introduces a new artist and the initiative was awarded the Special Committee’s Price at the 2014 Korean Music Awards. Counting a total of 179 episodes, the latest band… Continue reading
This article listing Anna’s favorite releases of 2007 was edited by Philip Gowman and first posted on London Korean Links in December 2007. adultchild – B TL B TL To me, 2006 was a pretty weak year, music-wise, and it wasn’t really till the very end of November that it began to shape… Continue reading
These days, whenever somebody asks me for my favorite bands I make sure to mention Modsdive. I’ve been following them from the very start and though the band is still new, they offered one of the best performances I saw last year. Now their first album The Stasis of Humanity is ready for release and… Continue reading
That I’m a huge supporter of Korean indie music shouldn’t come as much of a surprise to anybody familiar with this site. All awesome bands aside, however, few things get me as excited as 90’s k-pop. Enter Sasquatch. When I first got around to listening to Utopia I could hardly stop. For little over a… Continue reading
Most of the time I don’t really mind not understanding the lyrics when listening to Korean music–after all the language barrier is what prompted me to get invested to begin with–but every now and then there’s the odd artist that makes me wish I had allowed myself the time to study the language properly. Lang… Continue reading