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Interview with Oh Hee Jung (오희정)
Oh Hee Jung was the vocalist of the band beautiful days who I listened to before. I never really know members of bands that well, unless I’ve met them in person. When she mentioned her EP, Everybody Here Wants You Back, was releasing, I contacted her about it and was able to listen to it. ...
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Mini-Interview with SALTNPAPER
MYK may be best known for his work in hip-hop, but his songwriting skills extend farther. A couple of weeks ago he released his first mini album under the alias SALTNPAPER offering more of a modern rock oriented sound. Already from the brief samples in the the trailer it was clear that the SALTNPAPER mini ...
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J-Tong (제이통) : 모히칸과 맨발
I met J-Tong during Seoulsonic 2K13. He was traveling with the tour, but I don’t know what capacity he participated in. He sent me an email with a link to one of his music videos and I was floored by both the song and the content of the video. His style of hip-hop is kind ...
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Why bandcamp is beneficial to bands
(Disclosure: I don’t work for/promote bandcamp for any reason other than my personal opinion of how it can benefit bands to distribute their music to international audiences) My full-time job is a writer who analyzes the technology industry, mainly for the United States. I originally focused on mobile, meaning Apple’s iOS and Google’s Android platforms. ...
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Slide Rosa : Ticket to Ride
I’ll be honest. I really enjoy when labels reach out about their music because it makes discovery a lot easier. And considering I like listening to almost any genre, giving an album a chance takes no work. Slide Rosa is on Dada Music and she plays mellow acoustic folk music. It’s a really laid back ...
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Rooster Ride (루스터 라이드) : 고생 끝에 Rock이 온다
I didn’t know it at the time, but a member of Rooster Ride stopped by when I was filming Yellow Monsters 3rd Anniversary show. Rooster Ride’s style is pop rock. It comes across as direct and high energy. There’s really nothing amazing in the style of music that they chose, but their energy makes every ...
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Music Alliance Pact : May 2013
It’s the middle of May and with that the Music Alliance Pact stands ready to offer yet another fine selection of songs from all over the world. As of this month we no longer have The Guardian among us and instead welcome Drowned in Sound as the new representative of England. From South Korea we’re ...
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가게 : Gage
I didn’t know at the time, but I was able to attend an early practice of Gage before the group decided to form beyond a project band for Salon Badabie’s second anniversary. With members of Apollo 18, The Quip, now disbanded Midnight Smoking Drive, and others; Gage is an interesting mixture of musicians who are ...
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거츠 (Gutz) : Push
Gutz is another band introduced to me by Anna from Korean Rock is Real. I think I may have heard of the name once, but never looked into the music. Seeing them live changed my mind. The band’s style of music is mainly rock with a bit of 70s attitude in the performance. Push was ...
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Oh Hee Jung (오희정) : Everybody Here Wants You Back
I follow a lot of Korean musicians on various social networks. I know Oh Hee Jung more from Instagram and Twitter than any other source. She was also part of the band 뷰티풀 데이즈 (Beautiful Days), who I listened to a while back, but it sounds like they disbanded. She used Tumblbug to fund her ...
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We Are The Night : We Are The Night
I’m a big fan of Rocket Diary, but when hearing that the band would be releasing an album as We Are The Night, I was much more skeptical. Another band using electro-pop and synth to their music could remind me of a lot of other bands. Given Rocket Diary’s history in pop punk, I was ...
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SALTNPAPER : SALTNPAPER
I’m a little familiar with MYK, mainly through his hip-hop work. After Anna’s mini-interview with him and his new project SALTNPAPER, I was really interested in hearing what this sound would be. If you ever heard MYK’s work before, you’re going to be very surprised at his songs for SALTNPAPER. Essentially, it’s an entirely new ...
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윌리암스타운 (Williams Town) : 중독
Williams Town is a newer band that was introduced to me by Anna from Korean Rock is Real when we met for the first time. I wasn’t able to watch the band live, but was able to get a feel for band dynamics over drinks. While I called the night early, I was very interested ...
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24Hours : Party People
I’ve been keeping an eye on 24Hours since they were introduced to me. After listening to their single, Blackhole, and finding out they were in the process of recording their new album, I was very excited to find out that it would be released during my trip to Seoul. I wasn’t able to listen to ...
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Support Your Music 2013 : Second Circuit Finalists
Mint Paper and Daum Music continues their Support Your Music 2013 initiative. Manggakhwa came out the winner among the first circuit finalists and ended up with 187.4% of the funds he needed to record his second full-length album. Auditions to become the second artist of the year started in April with online voting for the ...
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Romantiqua (로만티카) : When and Where
I didn’t know much when I first heard of Romantiqua, besides constantly spelling their name wrong, I only knew that they were signed to Gogol Sound, started by Apollo 18. The description of “psychedelic postrock music” is one that is very interesting to me especially considering how post-rock music from Seoul is becoming more interesting ...