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
It’s mid-March and just a day away from the start of the world’s largest music showcase festival–South by Southwest–in Austin, Texas. The music portion of SXSW 2016 lasts from March 15 to March 20 and offers more than 2,000 showcasing artists. 16 of those are Korean. Anna’s Recommendations Chris from Korean Indie took the… Continue reading
It’s been a while since I last go to writing one of these randomness posts. I had a special topic in mind, but great tragedy struck in the world of K-pop and I couldn’t find a way to write around it. Since then I’ve spent a couple of weeks in Korea with some of my… Continue reading
Every month Hello Rookie offers indie bands a chance to compete in the spotlight for a well respected title. The ten acts up for Hello Rookie of November were revealed on Thursday: – Mot influenced singer-songwriter Park Soyu – Modern rock band Band 24th – Busan based, eight member strong ska and reggae band Ska Wakers… Continue reading
After a month of near daily Top Band 2 posts we’ve finally arrived at the first commentary of an actual episode. It aired on May 5th and KBS offers VOD to anyone with a KBS account (foreigners may sign up too). Daum does not allow embeds of the videos related to this episode, but if you… Continue reading
With the first week over we’re ready to take on the next. Here is batch no. 8 with bands that made it through the first round of auditions for KBS band survival show Top Band 2. Sharing their opinions on the bands together with me and fellow Korean Indie editor Chris are Lightinthemind of Korean rock is real and Dahee… Continue reading