Activity has been very low here at IROK over the last couple of months. A few weeks in Korea followed by plenty more weeks with a focus on work and very little in terms of music besides alternated repeated play of Depeche Mode and Lucid Drums. We’ll have to see if there’s any chance of… Continue reading
Music Alliance Pact time! Plenty of great music from all over the world awaiting below. I first heard Cumeo Project as they were featured on Vatican Analogue’s Saehansori compilation, but it wasn’t till I got their promo-email ahead of the release of Promised Land on April 7 that I gave Cumeo Project a proper listen…. Continue reading
It’s been much longer than I planned since I got to writing one of these randomness posts, even though I really enjoy doing them. It started with a week-long vacation in New York, where the hotel wifi policy effectively discouraged me from any sort of productive online activity. New York was awesome, but either very… Continue reading
In 2012 The Hitchhiker released debut album Insatiable Curiosity and got it praised by the music lovers that found it. A few experimental releases later, now known as POPE X POPE, the band successfully finished crowdfunding its first full-length album under the new name. Intriguing material is to be expected for sure, and the same… Continue reading
The various charts from Gaon covering the month of February were published last week. Following up from the status in January, here’s a summary of how the various k-indie related albums and songs fared this time around. Gaon Korean Album Chart Although February offered several interesting releases, only a couple of Korean indie albums sold… Continue reading
A day late, but the Music Alliance Pact has returned another month to bring you some of the best music globally right now. From Korea it’s all about Flash Flood Darlings. Vorab and Tesoro remains an excellent listen even after countless hours of repeated play and the music video for album opening track “별 Byeol”… Continue reading
I’m always keen to check out whatever music is promoted by YOUNG,GIFTED&WACK. After being featured on the Sangsang Madang Plugged compilation last year, the real hype for Flash Flood Darlings started some time around December with his first digital single and the announcement of a forthcoming album. Vorab and Tesoro was released by YOUNG,GIFTED&WACK in… Continue reading
The Korean Music Awards are over for this time. The winners were announced yesterday meaning that today it’s time to see how we fared in our predictions. Sangha of Strange Seasons went first, I followed, and then Jung, whom I asked to participate after reading his excellent 2014 in Review series at hellokpop, contributed his… Continue reading
Today, February 26th, the winners of the 12th Korean Music Awards were announced. Unfortunately there was no livestream this year, but the awards ceremony will be broadcast on MBC Music at 9pm on Saturday, March 7th. Without the livestream and no possibility to attend the awards myself, I had to rely on Twitter to… Continue reading
February has been passing by fast. Really fast. It’s already been a month since the previous Randomness post, but as I hope you’ve noticed I’ve anyway kept plenty busy with all the Korean Music Awards related blogging. The original plan was to cover all the nominees in all categories, but after covering just the main… Continue reading