We’re almost at the end of Indieful ROK’s Top Band 3 commentary series. Today myself and Kevin have a look at episode 10, broadcast December 4. If you want to watch the show yourself all episodes can be streamed from the official site The Top 4 bands meet in the semi-final to battle for a… Continue reading
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Zandari Festa 2015 Review
Beginning of October 2015 I happened to be on vacation in Korea. I had already been there for a couple of weeks of vacation, meeting friends and going to various shows, without being able to make up my mind about whether or not I should go to Zandari Festa the last weekend before going back… Continue reading
Stephen Epstein’s Us and Them
End of November the Asia-Pacific Journal published a peer-reviewed article by Victoria University of Wellington professor Stephen Epstein on Korean indie music: Us and Them: Korean Indie Rock in a K-Pop World. More specifically, it complements the 2014 documentary of the same name co-produced by Stephen Epstein and Timothy Tangherlini. The article does a great… Continue reading
SXSW 2014, Austin, Texas, USA
SXSW 2014 will see a record number of Korean artists performing, among them Big Phony, Crying Nut, Glen Check, Hollow Jan, Idiotape, Jambinai, Kiha & The Faces, Love X Stereo, Nell, No Brain, Rock’N’Roll Radio.
Continue readingMUST Era Of The Band Episode 1 : Mnet Legend 100
It’s been five months since we concluded our last commentary series, but with Mnet announced a new band survival show I saw a new chance to get invested in a Korean TV. Participants from previous panels here on the site were invited to once again share their opinion publicly and for the first episode of… Continue reading
Crying Nut Featured on Mighty Mouth’s Navigation
K-pop oriented hip-hop duo Mighty Mouth released new mini album Navigation yesterday, September 19th. For the opening track and song with the same name, “네비게이션”, punk legends Crying Nut are featured. A piece of the song can be heard in the beginning of the music video for mini album lead track “이럴때면”:
Last Minute 2K12 Seoulsonic Tour Details
The 2K12 Seoulsonic North America tour with Korean indie legend 3rd Line Butterfly and Crying Nut together with awesome fresh rock band Yellow Monsters is kicking off tomorrow in San Francisco. Unfortunately there’ll be no Yellow Monsters at the SF show because of health reasons, but there’s no need to be too disappointed as that… Continue reading
Seoulsonic 2K12 North America Tour Dates
The dates for the Seoulsonic 2K12 North America tour have been floating around various ticket sites for a while now, but we’ve patiently awaited a press release to make sure it’s all official and we don’t miss anything. With only a couple of weeks left we have yet to receive any sort of official info,… Continue reading
Seoulsonic Bands Coming to Canadian Music Fest
Following the SXSW announcement yesterday, today CMW added the Seoulsonic bands to the artists appearing at Canadian Music Fest end of March. This means that people in Toronto have a chance to catch 3rd Line Butterfly, Crying Nut and Yellow Monsters live some time between March 21st-25th. Source: Canadian Music Fest
Galaxy Express & Seoulsonic Bands on SXSW 2012 Schedule
The schedules for SXSW 2012 came live today and no less than four Korean bands were included among the showcases. Just like last year, there’ll be a Seoulsonic North America tour and just like then the tour will also drop by Austin, Texas in March for the festival. The bands travelling under the Seoulsonic banner… Continue reading