When Korean traditional instruments meet post-rock… the result is amazing! Haunting, melancholic melodies from Jambinai: http://t.co/leWwKmf1. They can be found on MySpace at http://www.myspace.com/jambinai/. Via @indiefulrok and @platostrinity [Read More]
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Huge demand for SHINee tickets crashes Odeon website
Huge demand for SHINee tickets to launch the London Korean Film Festival next week has crashed the Odeon Cinemas website http://t.co/slvyTCg6 [Read More]
United Cube K-pop concert set for 5 December
The United Cube K-pop concert is now set for 5 December in Brixton, according to this: KpopConcerts.com. B2ST, G.Na and 4minute will be performing live, with tickets available via Live Nation. Sounds promising. [Read More]
A run-down of all the K-pop TV shows
Confused about all the K-pop TV shows they mention on the K-pop blogs? Suzy Chung tells you all you need to know on the official korea.net blog http://t.co/AWpzQHFn. [Read More]
Kim Gun-mo celebrates 20 years in the music business
Kim Gun-mo’s 3rd album was what got me hooked on K-pop. He now celebrates 20 yrs in the business with his 13th. The Joongang Ilbo interviews him about his career and his reality TV appearance. http://t.co/m0NFx5UV [Read More]
London’s K-pop team featured in the Standard
A two-page spread on London’s K-pop scene in London’s evening freesheet today, with a trailer on the masthead. Someone’s being doing some heavy PR. http://t.co/8tgd2x2y [Read More]
How Korean Pop Conquered Japan
How Korean Pop Conquered Japan: K-Pop groups look and act like real adults, whereas J-Pop outfits often emphasize adolescent cuteness, says Patrick St. Michel in The Atlantic. [Read More]
A Japanese take on a Girls Generation video
This has been doing the rounds for a while, but still worth a look: Japanese middle aged men take off SNSD’s Gee MV, led by a member of J-pop boyband SNAP. http://bit.ly/qiCLxB (#) An alternative version is available here: http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMjk2MDIxNDY4.html. Many versions have been removed from YouTube following a complaint from the Japanese TV company … [Read More]
Kara in Hanbok
I hate to say it, but I think Kara look better in the dangling-braces outfits they wore for their “Mister” routine than in these strange hanbok creations http://t.co/zGD38d8 # [Read More]
Korean performers at the 2011 Edinburgh Fringe
Korean performers are continuing their tradition of bringing entertaining shows to the Edinburgh Fringe. Alongside the significant Korean productions as part of the main festival this year, you will find physical theatre, puppetry, traditional and indie music, and much more: Gaksi, Mago http://www.edfringe.com/whats-on/theatre/gaksi-mago Category: Theatre Genres: drama Group: Kkachidong Venue: theSpaces @ Surgeons Hall Event … [Read More]
Gig Review: Dok2 at the Coronet Theatre
Saharial reports from Sunday’s live Kpop concert It’s not often that London is graced with the presence of Korean Hip-hop, but the Kpop Team announced proudly a month or so ago that they had arranged for Dok2 to have a concert in London, not just to showcase a talented act, but to hopefully pave the … [Read More]
2011: the year K-pop goes global?
I’m now losing track of the number of flashmobs, talent contests and auditions organised by fans, the Ministry of Culture or Korean TV stations, all with the aim of getting K-pop out of Korea and into … well just about anywhere overseas. K-pop has of course been big in Asia for a while, has tried … [Read More]
Rigged K-pop charts shock the industry
Why does this not surprise me one iota? Via allkpop: Rigged music charts shock the industry, as an administrator for a broadcasting station is charged with manipulating their music chart. http://bit.ly/ru7zlC # [Read More]
Another K-pop flashmob in London
Will there be another Trafalgar Square flashmob on 30 July? Dreamstage Korea: Global Flashmob Day http://on.fb.me/qdjZQc # [Read More]
Hyori’s former composer pays up for plagiarism
Lee Hyori’s former composer Bahnus ordered to pay Mnet $255,000 for H.Logic plagiarized material – 10 times what he got paid for the songs (via @AllKpop) [Read More]
London YG flashmob gets Korean media attention
Flashmobs don’t normally go on for an hour and a half, nor do they normally travel down to the London Eye and back filmed by most major Korean TV channels, nor do they dance, sing, wave banners and scream their enthusiasm for YG Family. This however is flash mobbing k-pop style and there are no … [Read More]