Last year I attended Korean showcase festival Zandari Festa for the first time. I’d been hesitating about going for weeks, but ended up having such a great time that this year I made sure to plan a trip to Korea in time for Zandari Festa 2016. As this was I had prepared a bit better,… Continue reading
Two years after the release of second full-length album Day Off, the time has come for screamo band Hollow Jan to put out new material. On July 10 Hollow Jan will have a release show for new single Scattered By The Breeze at Club Sharp. It introduces new song “Scattered By The Breeze” and also… Continue reading
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
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 nominees for the 12th annual Korean Music Awards were announced today at 11am, KST. The Korean Music Awards do not take sales into consideration and the winners are determined by a panel of music critics and industry experts, making it a Korean version of the Grammy’s. This year the ceremony will take place on… 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
This article listing Anna’s favorite releases of 2007 was edited by Philip Gowman and first posted on London Korean Links in December 2007. adultchild – B TL B TL To me, 2006 was a pretty weak year, music-wise, and it wasn’t really till the very end of November that it began to shape… Continue reading
The 15th of March has come upon us and the bloggers in the Music Alliance Pact have once again joined forces to bring you some of the very best music which the world has currently to offer. From South Korea we’re extremely happy to be able to present a great track off the new Hollow… Continue reading
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.
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In 2006 Hollow Jan released the celebrated full-length album Rought Draft In Progress, that went on to win Best Rock Album at the 2008 Korean Music Awards. The screamo band disbanded not long thereafter, but to the joy of fans returned with original members for the Club Ssam closing event in May 2011. After a… Continue reading