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
As far as blogging goes, I haven’t exactly been productive since returning from my latest Korea trip. Many excuses could be made, but I’m gonna go ahead and blame the cat. Not that I actually own a cat, but during October I was cat sitting for a couple of friends. The cat was super cute… Continue reading
After backing up No Brain on Immortal Song 2 on a couple occasions, Kingston Rudieska made their first own appearance on the show during part one of the Yang Hee Eun special, aired June 16th. They did so with a ska rendition of “아름다운 것들“, the Korean version of Joan Baez song “Mary Hamilton”. The… Continue reading
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
The episode of Immortal Song 2 that aired on May 5th was an ‘immortal campus band’ special with the participants covering bands such as Sharp and Sand Pebbles. As has been the case for most of the show’s episode over the last couple of months No Brain could be found competing, and today they did… Continue reading
End of March crime comedy Over My Dead Body (시체가 돌아왔다) starring Lee Bum Soo, Ryu Seung Bum and Kim Ok Vin opened on Korean cinemas. A day later, on March 30th, came the digital release of the soundtrack and on April 12th followed the CD release. Responsible for most of the movie score was… Continue reading
Episode 3 of the Playground series was published on YouTube yesterday. This week we get to see funky rock band Ynot?, jazz saxophonist Hyunpill Shin and ska band Kingston Rudieska engage in panel discussions together with the hosts between song performances. If you don’t know Korean or simply don’t care for the talk, like before… Continue reading
Ska band Kingston Rudieska released a new digital single on March 21st. The title is 니 말이 화나 and in addition to a song with the same name it also includes instrumental track “Dandelion (민들레)”. The single release directly precedes the band’s Whatska 2012 Korea tour, started yesterday and going on till mid-April. Come June… Continue reading
In December of 2012 a full 35 years will have passed since the release of Sanullim‘s very first album, 산울림 새노래 모음. This of course is cause to celebrate, so this year we can look forward to no less than two albums of Sanullim covers and remixes. Leading up to those albums a number of… Continue reading