Remember how last week I was making excuses about not blogging because my husband and I had started to look for an apartment? It’ll likely be many years before I can use that excuse again as we bought our first apartment (we’ve been renting until now) a few days ago. It was very sudden–a week… Continue reading
That I’m a huge supporter of Korean indie music shouldn’t come as much of a surprise to anybody familiar with this site. All awesome bands aside, however, few things get me as excited as 90’s k-pop. Enter Sasquatch. When I first got around to listening to Utopia I could hardly stop. For little over a… Continue reading
It’s my first weekend home alone in a year and with no elaborate plans I’m using all the free time to do some much needed catching up. I just went through a month’s worth of K-pop entertainment blogs and the most surprising headlines I found was that about an idol pop punk band – turns out it… Continue reading
After a successful 50th edition celebration with many exclusive tracks, the world-wide music blogger collaboration known as the Music Alliance Pact is back with the final set of songs for this year. Replacing the original MAP member Nialler9, we’ve now been joined by Irish music blog Harmless Noise. I’m on a quick visit to Korea… Continue reading
There’s no doubt electro rock is the new big thing around Hongdae. A number of bands have shown up to follow the path set out by the likes of The Koxx and Glen Check, and of course many could be found auditioning for a chance to play the 2012 Ssamzie Sound Festival as Hidden Masters…. Continue reading
The Ssamzie Sound Festival is running on its 14th year and as usual lesser known bands get a chance to audition for a spot at the festival. In August all of the bands that made the top 40 were invited to perform four songs each in a theatre, two of which would be considered entries… Continue reading