Chu Sumin debuted in 2022 with the single ‘야광별’ and came through the CJ Culture Foundation Tune-Up programme as part of its 25th class. ‘내일에서 만나!’ is her third single, and it returns to a…
Tag: rock
Rock en Seine has unveiled a huge lineup for 2026, bringing The Cure, Tyler, The Creator, Lorde, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds and Deftones to Paris for five days of live music. The French…
After more than two decades of holding down the low end for other people, Jung Min Lee has stepped to the front. ‘The Shadow’ is the debut solo single from the bassist of Charlie Jung…
It might be the most disarming line in recent indie rock: show me a picture of your mother. On ‘I Wanna See Your Mother’s Picture,’ the cheeky new single from Korean four-piece Men And Them,…
Some songs take three minutes to make their point; ‘OhWah!’ makes it in a single syllable. The funk-charged new release from SIMILE LAND—the Seoul five-piece increasingly cast as Korean indie’s enfant terrible—is built around one…
Some bands announce a new chapter; Daylotus builds a whole universe for it. ‘Akemichan’ is the Korean visual rock band’s step away from the metalcore of their earlier work and into something darker and more…
Few opening tracks announce an album’s intentions as forcefully as “Scorpionica”, the explosive first cut from Orange Goblin’s 2000 album The Big Black. At a time when stoner metal was expanding beyond its desert rock…
Some bands arrive; Cinnamon Jam kick the door open. ‘Someday, To You’ (언젠가는 너에게), the debut full-length from the Daegu four-piece, lands as a festival-ready statement of indie rock built for crowds—danceable grooves, four-part singalong…
Some songs describe attraction; ‘Tempo’ makes you feel it speed up in real time. Seoul-based artist KAN (Lee Joonseok), whose album ‘Drive’ earned a spot on YouTube Music’s dance-pop curation, returns with a single that…
Few songs have managed to achieve the cultural permanence of “Mr. Brightside,” the breakout hit from The Killers and their debut album Hot Fuss. Released in the early 2000s, the track quickly cemented itself as…
