Seoul-based showcase festival Zandari Festa consistently attracts both great Korean and international acts as well as other attendees, making it easy to catch up with old and new friends alike. As such, for the past couple of years has been one of the highlights of my annual Korea trips. So also this year. Zandari Thursday,… Continue reading
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Galaxy Express – Yeonan Dock
In order to reshape the image of Incheon, Kyungin Broadcasting has put together a compilation with covers of songs originating from the coastal city. The first part of 인천 – Sound of Incheon was released on September 4th. With each artist contributing a different style of music, the cover album opens with Galaxy Express‘ rock take on Kim Trio‘s 1979 hit “연안부두“.
Gaon Charts September 2015
The monthly Gaon charts for November were published last week, but as I still haven’t gotten around to posting on the Korean indie entries on the various Gaon charts for September in spite of having all the tables prepared it’s time to catch up. Just like July and August September was looking good for hyukoh… Continue reading
Gaon Charts August 2015
August came to an end during last week and today is Thursday–that means that the Gaon charts for August are now published. Much like July, this has been a good month for hyukoh. Gaon Korean Album Chart If one was to study Gaon’s album chart for August, it seems the month was not a particularly… Continue reading
Randomness #30
Time goes by so quickly. This is nothing new, of course, but I think it holds more true during summer. And I thought having a family with a young kid staying with me and my husband for a month would feel like a long time, yet now it seems they left too soon. The 4… Continue reading
Galaxy Express US Wild Live Tour 2013 Schedule Announced
After announcing in January that a Galaxy Express US tour will happen this year again, today the schedule for the band’s Wild Live Tour 2013 was announced. Starting in San Francisco on March 7th, the tour will also take the band to several locations in Texas with stops in a total of 14 states and… Continue reading
SXSW 2013 Adds More Korean Bands
With less than two months to go before the Music part of SXSW 2013 kicks off in Austin, the SX Schedule is out though actual dates and venues are yet to come. As noted previously 3rd Line Butterfly, Galaxy Express, Goonam, Lowdown 30 and No Brain are all ready for the festival. Now Windy City… Continue reading
SXSW 2013 Announces more Korean Bands
Today SXSW made the third announcement with bands scheduled to play SXSW 2013. New on the list were 3rd Line Butterfly, that played the festival already last year as one of the Seoulsonic 2012 bands, and the three bands that will be touring North America as part of Seoulsonic 2013: Goonam (previously Goonamguayeoridingstella), Lowdown 30… Continue reading
Galaxy Express To Release Third Offline Single
Galaxy Express will return with a new album in November. Building up anticipation for the release, the band set out to release three singles with the third and final coming out on October 29th. The title is 언제까지나 and like the previous two it’s an offline only release–a statement for the Stop Dumping Music campaign in which Korean… Continue reading
Two New Singles from Galaxy Express
Leading up to an album release in November, from August through October Galaxy Express are releasing one single per month. The September single came out on September 27th, introducing new Galaxy Express song “호롱불”. Also on the single is a live track combining Wild Days song “Love is” with To The Galaxy track “여명의 설원” as well as… Continue reading