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LKL Critics’ Choice 2009: Anna Lindgren

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by Anna Lindgren on 7 December, 2009

in 2009 year-end posts, Albums of the year 2009

Anna Lindgren of Indieful RoK provides her pick of the best albums of 2009.

Since finally giving up my life as a student to get out into the real world a couple of years ago my relation to new music has changed a lot. I see an interesting looking album or single, place an order for [...]

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Tearliner revisited

23 October 2009 Interviews and features
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Anna Lindgren of Indieful ROK gets in touch with Tearliner again, two years after her first interview.

The past couple of years, my favourite Tearliner has gone from being the loveliest of indie musicians to becoming the excellent music director that perfectly sets the mood for any scene. Working on popular dramas he’s largely responsible for [...]

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Happy music, Happy people

28 April 2009 K-pop rock and indie
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Over the past few years, Happy Robot has become one of the finest indie labels in Korea. Nina Lee from Happy Robot talks to Anna Lindgren from Indieful RoK.

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LKL Critics’ Choice 2008: Anna Lindgren

12 December 2008 2008 year-end posts
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Anna Lindgren from Indieful ROK provides her list of the top Korean albums of 2008

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A meeting with Yeongene

27 November 2008 Interviews and features
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Anna Lindgren interviews the vocalist of Linus’ Blanket: Yeongene.

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A meeting with Sunflower – 해바라기

5 July 2008 Music features
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Anna Lindgren meets with one of the fathers of modern Korean folk music, with special assistance from Jeon Sung-min.

A few years ago I came across a stunningly beautiful folk piece. It was called 내마음의 보석상자 and it had been recorded by 해바라기, Sunflower, in 1986. After getting my hands on a couple of Sunflower compilations, [...]

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A meeting with The Invisible Fish

5 May 2008 Music features
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Anna Lindgren continues her series of interviews with interesting musicians
When only a few days remained of 2006, Korea’s most distinguished indie folk duo said “goodbye” with the release of their second full album. We were many that didn’t quite want to believe it – of course there were other prominent folk acts, but nothing [...]

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Radio Pyongyang

28 April 2008 CD reviews
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Anna Lindgren explores some music from north of the DMZ
Two years ago, I found myself browsing the homepage of Seattle-based label Sublime Frequencies. They offer some really interesting CDs and DVDs, but with my interest in most things related Korea the CD called “Radio Pyongyang: Commie Funk and Agit Pop from the Hermit Kingdom” was [...]

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A meeting with Zitten

17 March 2008 Music features
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By Anna Lindgren
In January, Korea’s premier indie label, Pastel Music, released a 5CD compilation to commemorate its 5th birthday. On those five CDs there are 71 songs in total. Needless to say there is plenty of good music on those CDs – I had expected as much when I pre-ordered it. What I did not [...]

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Ruby Salon and the digital singles phenomenom

25 February 2008 K-pop rock and indie
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Anna Lindgren meets the people behind Ruby Salon
I know I’m not alone in feeling frustration over the digital singles concept; artists releasing music only available through paid downloads – a not too uncommon way for Korean artists to get a few songs out before the next CD. Sure, in this day and age most people [...]

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LKL Critics’ Choice 2007: Anna Lindgren

10 December 2007 2007 year-end posts
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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 up. That’s when – after a two month delay – adultchild finally released their debut album, B TL B TL. Filled with soft slow paced mellow music, cosy guitar play and [...]

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A meeting with My Hair Ball

4 September 2007 Music features
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By Anna Lindgren
There’s this Korean music site, millim.com, where little known musicians share their work with the public in the form of free downloads. While browsing this site, every now and then one comes across a real gem – someone that makes music so fantastic it’s impossible to understand that no record company has been [...]

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A meeting with MOT

27 July 2007 Mot
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by Anna Lindgren
The summer of 2004, MOT’s debut album, “non-linear”, was my soundtrack of choice. Three years later, MOT have finally released their second album, “Strange season”, and it’s hard to think of a better suited companion for this rainy summer. Amidst the band’s activities following this recent release, the two members took the time [...]

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A meeting with Swimmin’ Fish

7 June 2007 Music features
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By Anna Lindgren

There are few things I take a liking to as easily as catchy guitar driven music with female vocals, thus I took a liking to Swimmin’ Fish as soon as I heard them. Despite being busy in the studio, recording their first full length album, the band’s manager made sure that I got [...]

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A meeting with Tearliner

9 May 2007 Music features
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By Anna Lindgren

There’s a consensus among Korean indie music lovers that Pastel Music offers high quality music. One of the main reasons why this consensus arose is Tearliner. Thanks to orienkorean and his cousin I was able to make contact with Liner, who kindly agreed to answer my numerous questions on Tearliner and his [...]

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