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Mini-Interview with The Electric Eels
When Korean Indie was posting prior to the start of Top Band 2 about the bands who were auditioning, I was able to participate in the one with The Electric Eels. I didn’t know that I had their recent EP and had already listened to it. After commenting, I started searching for more information on ...
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Mini-Interview with E9
About a year ago I became acquainted with E9 through Facebook and Twitter. Not only a very amiable band, they’re also a band of high ambitions with a sound that was an instant hit with me. Fairly late I realized that I had listened to and liked E9 already several years ago as I again ...
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Mini-Interview with MukimukiManmansu
During my visit to Korea last year I ended up going to the Love Camp festival. Altogether it was a great evening with plenty of good music, and among many other bands I got to see MukimukiManmansu for the first time. It took a while for them to get started, but when they did it ...
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옥상달빛 (Oksang Dalbit) : 서로 (Each Other)
Oksang Dalbit returned in 2012 with their EP 서로. The four song EP is less of an EP and more a single release with three songs and one instrumental song. There isn’t a lot of new music on the EP with the first song “Bird” presenting itself as an introduction song. “선물할게” continues their acoustic ...
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Top Band 2 Episode 2 : Triple Tournament Part 2
It’s been a week since our first post commenting on an episode of Top Band 2 and now we’re back with comments for episode 2 which aired on May 12th. KBS offers VOD to anyone with a KBS account (foreigners may sign up too). Daum does not allow video embeds, but if you follow the links below ...
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Daybreak : SPACEenSUM
Daybreak are a band that I’ve heard singles from, but not a full-length. SPACEenSUM is Daybreak’s third full-length album and from the first song “두 개의 심장” the tone of upbeat pop rock is presented. There is a lot of synth additions on this first song along with higher pitched male vocals and a dance-rock ...
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옥상달빛 (Oksang Dalbit) : 28
Oksang Dalbit have a great acoustic sound on their debut full-length 28. The presentation of Oksang Dalbit’s music is centered on the combination of dual female vocals who each have their own specific voice. It’s very easy to hear the differences between the two and when they sing simultaneously, a great harmony emerges. 28′s sound ...
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Music Alliance Pact : May 2012
It’s another month with the Music Alliance Pact and this May that means 34 music blogs from all over the world ready to offer you the very best of their region. From South Korea we’re happy to spread the word about E9, who are expecting to release a new EP either this month or the ...
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디어 클라우드 (Dear Cloud) : 디어 클라우드 (Dear Cloud)
I listening to Dear Cloud’s first album a couple years ago with the intention of reviewing it. But that was early on when I was exploring and discovering so much different music. When Bright Lights released, I made it a point to go back and re-listen to the older albums. This self-titled album is incredible. ...
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Hee Young : 4 Luv
Hee Young may be a Brooklyn-based singer-songwriter whose music originates from the US, but her first full-length, 4 Luv, is a mixture of American-influenced indie acoustic rock that translates to Korean indie music in excellent ways. The majority of her music is sung in English with three of the thirteen songs translated and re-sung in ...
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Telepathy, FF, and Other Thoughts
Last weekend was the eighth anniversary party at Hongdae club FF (né Funky Funky), and as FF typically does for its anniversaries, it had quite the loaded card — on Saturday, the bands included Glen Check, Eastern Side Kick, Pavlov, Pony, and Telepathy. And there were many more, but, still, pretty good for one club. ...
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스왈로우 (Swallow) : Aresco
Huckleberry Finn‘s guitarist must use Swallow as an outlet for his other more melodic rock desires. Aresco is a great album that is a tangent from his music in Huckleberry Finn, but it’s easy to see where the music paths cross. The aggressiveness is lost in Aresco, replaced with impressive melodic indie rock that is ...
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몽니 (Monni) : This Moment
몽니 have a mix of indie and rock in their music with some songs taking a ballad approach to the vocals even if the song overall might not fit the genre. Over the fourteen songs, I would have to say that 몽니 play a “stereotypical” Korean indie sound. That’s not to downplay how good the ...
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Top Band 2 Episode 1 : Triple Tournament, Part 1
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 ...
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Sunday Afternoon : 울고 싶던 날
Sunday Afternoon‘s album is an unfortunate split of standard styles and amazing singles. It’s worse that the mini-album only has six songs, which doesn’t allow for a full statement in the music. The first track could easily convince someone that Sunday Afternoon isn’t worth listening to because of the pop-heavy presentation. It isn’t until the ...