After a 4 month hiatus, summarized in Gaon’s 2015 half-year charts, I figured it was time to start having a look at the various k-indie albums and songs that placed themselves on any of Gaon’s music charts during the month of July. Clearly it was the month for hyukoh following appearances on popular variety show… Continue reading
We’re getting close to the end, but have a few more episodes to go of the special summer band survival format of Yoon Do Hyun’s MUST. As our commentary series continues, this week Youngmi of Dream, Girl, Lightinthemind of Korean Rock is Real and Dahee of Dahee’s Plastic Castle joins me on the panel for the episode that aired… Continue reading
Our commentary series for what has turned out to be one of the best shows on Korean TV right now continues and we’re now on a regular schedule. This week Lightinthemind of Korean Rock is Real, Youngmi of Dream, Girl, Dahee of Dahee’s Plastic Castle and Sangha of strangeseasonsin join me on the panel for the episode that aired on June 12th. Watch the… Continue reading
Today, December 27th, Shinhwa‘s Shin Hye Sung released a special album called embrace. Rather than his usual ballads, this time around the old time k-pop idol is offering a set of seven modern rock songs all crafted by Mate vocalist Lim Heon Il. In addition to Lim Heon Il, another few names familiar from the… Continue reading