Every Thursday Naver Music presents a Korean indie musicians and bands through its On Stage Session series. In addition to introducing the artist, each ‘episode’ brings a set of high quality live videos and accompanying photos. The format has been created by Studio Lovo, that also share the videos on both Vimeo and YouTube with a slight… Continue reading
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Broccoli, you too? Promote Concerts with Digital Single
Indie pop band Broccoli, you too? rose to fame after releasing first-full length album 보편적인 노래 end of 2008 — an album that well over three years later still counts among the currently best selling Korean indie albums. A year and a half ago came second album 졸업 and as the band is preparing for… Continue reading
Mongoose Return with Girlfriend EP and Music Video
It’s been a year since modern rock and synth pop band Mongoose released their well received fourth full-length album Cosmic Dancer. Two days ago Luova Factory uploaded a music video for new Mongoose song “Bohemian Girlfriend”, hinting that a new album was already on the way. Turns out the trio are releasing EP Girlfriend on… Continue reading
Naru and Park Sol Join Forces in The Solutions
Singer-songwriters Naru and Park Sol have formed a duo going by the name The Solutions. The two met as Park Sol was part of the Support Your Music project where Naru acted as producer. Set on bringing the world ‘future pop’, they’ve been going for the sound of The Black Skirts meeting The Koxx. The… Continue reading
K-Indie on Gaon’s Digital Chart, 2012.05.27~2012.06.02
The new charts from Gaon are out and the presence of Busker Busker remains strong. Their first album is currently at position 9 on the album chart, the lowest position it has held until now, but all songs from it remain in the top 200 of the digital track chart. Since last week both the… Continue reading
Epitone Project Releases Second Album
On June 7th Epitone Project will release his second full-length album, 낯선 도시에서의 하루. It’s been two years since the first after which we’ve primarily heard him together with Lucia. The new release offers a total of twelve new titles, including the song “다음날 아침” which is a duet with Han Hee Jung. Building anticipation… Continue reading
Free Market’s Bassist Solo Debuts as Hyehwadong Boy
It hasn’t even been a month since Free Market released their second album, but already bassist Jung Hyun Woo is ready with a solo release. Under the moniker Hyehwadong Boy he has set out to become the next big name in modern rock. with first mini album 사랑해 더 사랑할게 released on June 5th. A… Continue reading
Windy City Make Reggae with Digeridoo
Kim Banjang‘s reggae band Windy City is back with a digeridoo player in the lineup. On June 1st the band is releasing digital single 잔치레게 including not just a song with the same name, but also both a radio edit and an instrumental version of the same. Ahead of the release came an entertaining trailer:
Acoustic Band Bye, Lupita Release First Album
Jazz pop oriented acoustic band Bye, Lupita debuted with a self-titled EP in the beginning of June 2010. Two years later they are ready to release their first full-length album Voyage, with the CD version out on May 29th and the digital release following on May 30th. The album holds ten new titles, including “version… Continue reading
Greenplugged Omnibus Album Brings New Songs
The Greenplugged Festival was held last weekend, and just like the year before the arrangers had increased anticipation for the event by releasing a Greenplugged Omnibus Album, this year called Sum∞ 두 번째. The digital version of the compilation was released already on May 11th whereas the CD release was first scheduled a week after,… Continue reading