The 2K12 Seoulsonic North America tour with Korean indie legend 3rd Line Butterfly and Crying Nut together with awesome fresh rock band Yellow Monsters is kicking off tomorrow in San Francisco. Unfortunately there’ll be no Yellow Monsters at the SF show because of health reasons, but there’s no need to be too disappointed as that… Continue reading
The dates for the Seoulsonic 2K12 North America tour have been floating around various ticket sites for a while now, but we’ve patiently awaited a press release to make sure it’s all official and we don’t miss anything. With only a couple of weeks left we have yet to receive any sort of official info,… Continue reading
Not expected until tomorrow, energetic rock trio Yellow Monsters released new digital single 눈사람 a day early, on February 7th. They’ll kick off their World Fuckin’ Tour 2012 in Korea this weekend and offer this single as a gift to fans. The single comes with but one song, “눈사람”–a Yellow Monsters style ballad with some… Continue reading
Courtesy of music webzine 100BEAT, Daum’s Music Bar has presented a summary of 2011 listing some of the best singles and albums the year had to offer. The lists have been posted part by part throughout January, with the TOP 10 albums revealed this week: 1. Chang Kiha & The Faces – 장기하와 얼굴들 2…. Continue reading
Today the nominees for the 9th Korean Music Awards were announced. Out of all the awards in Korea it’s considered the most prestigious among musicians and a majority of the nominees are indie artists rather than idols. The winners of the awards will be presented on February 29th. Album of the Year nominees: Idiotape –… Continue reading
Following the SXSW announcement yesterday, today CMW added the Seoulsonic bands to the artists appearing at Canadian Music Fest end of March. This means that people in Toronto have a chance to catch 3rd Line Butterfly, Crying Nut and Yellow Monsters live some time between March 21st-25th. Source: Canadian Music Fest
The schedules for SXSW 2012 came live today and no less than four Korean bands were included among the showcases. Just like last year, there’ll be a Seoulsonic North America tour and just like then the tour will also drop by Austin, Texas in March for the festival. The bands travelling under the Seoulsonic banner… Continue reading
Figured I ought to share a couple of links I came across via Facebook: Shawn Despres has written some about Incheon Pentaport Rock Festival, including bits on Ynot?, Orgeltanz, and Yellow Monsters: Incheon Pentaport Rock Festival @ Dream Park, Incheon (Jul. 24th – 25th 2010). Melodic punk band …Whatever That Means was interviewed by Busan… Continue reading