I was scrolling down the Concert Calendar at Mark Russell’s Korea Gig Guide today and there was one concert announcement that caught me by surprise. The upcoming event i’m talking about is the one that will take place at Sangsang Madang Live Hall on May 24. Two Korean underground labels – GMC Records [hardcore] and… Continue reading
Article on The Invisible Fish
I know there’s been a lot of The Invisible Fish on this blog already, but after hearing Through The Glass Wall (available from mrkwang) I do think he deserves it. In fact I liked it so much that I had mrkwang help me perform an interview with him (and who isn’t curious to know what… Continue reading
The Nell interview on YDH’s Love Letter
FLY_HIGHHH over at the soompi forums has translated the Nell interview on Yoon Do Hyun’s Love Letter April 4 (YouTube, beginning at 1:25). It’s quite amusing: read it! If you go ahead and watch the video, you will also be able to hear a part of 딩기리디딩 – the first song written by Nell vocalist… Continue reading
Birdy Bitz Alien’s Swedish Fan?
I was just skimming through the official album info for Birdy Bitz Alien‘s Virtual Reality and I found a couple of sentences that really caught my interest: 첫 싱글 [Tomorrow]로 영국, 스웨덴등에서 이미 팬을 확보한 버디비츠에일리언!외국의 블로그들의 입소문을 타고 드디어 정규앨범[Virtual Reality] 발매! Now, I don’t understand much Korean but I believe the first sentence… Continue reading
Congratulations, Joshua!
Congratulations to Joshua! By the roll of the dice, he’s won our contest for The Invisible Fish‘s debut EP Through The Glass Wall. Thanks to everyone who participated :) Joshua suggested we have an alphabetical listing of Korean bands/artists with their bios and other relevant info. Kind of like the ‘bandfile’ at ssamnet, i imagine,… Continue reading
Sagitta says “Hello Stranger”
As if I wasn’t excited enough about the return of Nico last night, the first news to reach me this morning is that mellow psych pop act Sagitta too will return with a second album in just a few days. The title is Hello Stranger and the date is May 3. They have switched labels… Continue reading
Birdy Bitz Alien’s Little Match Girl
Jelly Boy posted a song from his space travel alias Birdy Bitz Alien’s recently released album Virtual Reality on the blog this morning: Little Match Girl. Cute dreamy electronics as usual, but the glockenspiel and strings adds a touch of melancholy and makes me even more exited about the eventual arrival of that album in… Continue reading
Nico returns with a new album
Nico is back! This all too unknown modern folk pop duo released their second album, 중곡동 연가, yesterday. The album is also available in a limited edition, which for just a little extra money will get you their four years old first album, A Boy Behind The Curtain. Samples can be found at Hyang Music.
Super Kidd to release second album
Goofy rockers Super Kidd will release their second full album, called Action Lover, on May 15. After hearing 어쩌라고 on their debut EP, I had thought they’d go big already after their first album with fangirls flocking by their feet, but I suppose the goofyness (put on display in the 2006 movie Like A Virgin… Continue reading
Yoon Band to play in the UK
KoME has gotten the news that Yoon Band will make two shows in the UK on June 6 and 8 respectively. The support acts are English Steranko, that followed YB through their European tour some years back, and Korean American electronica guy Tomikita (who btw will play in Seoul with YDH himself as guest late… Continue reading