Electric Muse is currently in the middle of celebrating its 10th anniversary. I’ve been following the label since the beginning and have greatly enjoyed a majority of its releases. As I can’t be in Seoul to celebrate in person, here’s a list of my 10 favorite releases on Electric Muse until now. Click the album… Continue reading
The KMAs are just so much fun! Although there are things to question about the awards themselves and all that goes around they always help me find new interesting music that I may otherwise have overlooked–particularly in genres I’m otherwise not keen on exploring on my own. Last week Sangha shared her thoughts on who… Continue reading
The week that just passed may have been the most exhausting in my entire professional life. I’m very lucky to have an interesting and challenging job, great colleagues and supportive managers, but as circumstances would have it I have found myself without ability to do anything worthwhile once I’ve left the office. Coming home on… Continue reading
Usually I reserve these “randomness” posts for late Sunday evenings, but as I didn’t get around to writing one yesterday (a combination of too much work related stress & signing up with NetFlix) and I have some random stuff to write about I figured why not do one today instead. The Seoul Record Fair took… Continue reading
Today I was very happy to find that Chris Park has gotten started doing interviews for his wakesidevision. First band up is post-rock act Glittering Blackness, Fall: Glittering Blackness, Fall Interview
Today it is exactly 15 months since I learned of the existence of Glittering Blackness , Fall. Encouraged by Shay, I had ventured on a quest to find some proper Korean post-rock on MySpace and I was most impressed by what I found. At the time they politely declined a mini interview for Indieful ROK,… Continue reading
It was only yesterday that I said I knew of no proper Korean post-rock bands, but after surfing MySpace I know better. At the very least there is Glittering Blackness , Fall (I knew I had found what I’d been looking for as soon as I saw the name). Though I’m not all certain that… Continue reading