Korea’s national music chart Gaon published the charts for April last Thursday. Here’s a look at how the local indie music managed during the month. Gaon Korean Album Chart While March was a good month for album sales, April didn’t deliver to the same extent. On the indie front, Busker Busker‘s 2012 album continued to… Continue reading
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No Brain @ London, UK
As part of the K-Music Festival running in London throughout September, No Brain will spend a Friday evening at Scala playing after a yet-to-be-announced supporting band.
Continue readingSXSW 2015 @ Austin, Texas
As has become common in recent years, also the 2015 edition of SXSW Music will be featuring a set of Korean bands. The first round of artist announcements came on October 22nd and includes The Barbarettes, Big Phony, Eastern Sidekick, EE, No Brain and su:m. Additionally it was reported after MU:CON that Asian Chairshot too… Continue reading
4th Seoul Record Fair Vinyl Specials Announced
The first instance of the annual Seoul Record Fair took place at Platoon Kunsthalle in November 2011. The event has been expanding with every year since at the same location and this year it is set to take place as a 2 day affair between June 28-29. Last year’s record fair saw success with vinyl… 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
Pia and Windy City Perform on Immortal Song 2
Rock band Pia made their first appearance on Immortal Song 2 during the Lee Seung Hwan special, broadcast on September 1st. With a couple of camel statues on stage, Pia made Lee Seung Hwan’s “붉은 낙타” into their own also inviting No Brain‘s Lee Sung Woo to sing on stage. Prior to their performance vocalist Yohan had… Continue reading
Original Taste and No Brain Merge Rap and Rock
Juvie Train of Buga Kingz together with fellow rapper Double K and DJ R2 has formed the unit Original Taste. For their debut track they’re attempting to merge rap with rock and to ensure success they’re featuring No Brain. Digital single 괴물 is released on June 28th and a music video is soon to follow…. Continue reading
No Brain Cover Yoon Bok Hee on Immortal Song 2
The May 26th episode of Immortal Song 2 was a Hang Ki Bok Hee special. Earlier this month No Brain announced that they would step out of Immortal Song 2 after this episode and so their performance of Yoon Book Hee‘s “친구야 친구” was preceded by clips of all of their previous performances on the… Continue reading
No Brain Cover Wonder Girls on Immortal Song 2
The latest ‘legend’ to get a special on Immortal Song 2 was JYP and with near 20 years worth of hits behind him it played out over two parts. The first part aired on May 12th and had Teen Topcover JYP’s “Honey” in an arrangement made by electronica producer Postino. No Brain made their appearance… Continue reading