In spite of the lunar new year holiday a fresh episode of I Am A Singer (나는 가수다) aired today, January 22. The theme was soundtracks and Tei had opted for Can‘s 내 생에 봄날은, used in 2001/2002 SBS drama Piano (피아노). In the mid-round performance he offered a bossa nova version, that didn’t suit… Continue reading
With the most recent episode of Star Audition 2 (위대한탄생2) aired on January 20 it was once again opportunity to do some indie spotting (via proxy). This time Jung Seo Kyung (정서경) could be seen singing Dear–a Mad Soul Child song featured in popular movie The Man From Nowhere (아저씨).
In December news came about a new reality TV show on Mnet where actress Kim Ok Vin formed a band with Hongdae musicians for OK Punk (김옥빈의 오케이 펑크). With Kim Ok Vin providing the vocals, the all star band backing her up consists of GoGo Star vocalist Lee Tae Sun (bass), Devin of N.EX.T… Continue reading
Save for I Am A Singer I don’t follow any Korean TV shows myself, but it is definitely so that there is an increasing interest in Korean indie music which can be traced through–and perhaps even more so thanks to–all of the audition/survival shows out there. Since the idea of “indie spotting” was suggested as… Continue reading
As Jaurim did not have a graduation stage to celebrate graduating from I Am A Singer (나는 가수다) we’ve run out of excuses to offer commentary on the show on this blog for now. At least for me, however, that does not mean I’ll stop watching the show which means there is still the opportunity… Continue reading
Rookie idol boy band MYNAME held a special goodbye stage of “Message” on KBS show Music Bank January 6th. Making it all the more special they had invited Dalmoon to together perform an acoustic version of what is originally a dance track. According to allkpop MYNAME had met Dalmoon while holding a guerilla concert in… Continue reading
Top Band contestants Axiz may not have made it to the top of the KBS2 band audition survival show, but after being picked up by Universal Music the band seems more successful than any of the bands that made it farther in the competition. On the January 1st edition of SBS Inkigayo the band members made… Continue reading
As you may recall, Jaurim got to join the fine lineup of singers in MBC’s I Am A Singer (나는 가수다). I’ve been following the show since, but have been doing a poor job at actually writing anything about them afterwards but that’s about to change. I wrote about Jaurim’s first appearance on the show… Continue reading
As mentioned just before the weekend Jaurim was the newcomer in I Am A Singer (나는 가수다) this week. The first part of the seventh round aired today, July 31, and as such the songs performed were all released today as well on a digital album called <나는 가수다> 경연 7-1. ‘내가 부르고 싶은 노래’…. Continue reading