K-pop Indie Gem: Miso

Miso... is a queen. Point. Blank. Period. To completely expound upon this woman's regal nature, however, would take entirely too long. But I'd be remis…

K-pop Indie Gem: Rheehab

While artists like Dean and Crush are at the frontline of the R&B music scene in South Korea, Rheehab is but one of the growing pool of artists ded…

K-pop Indie Gem: Sultan of the Disco

Have you ever thought to yourself, "this song could be more funky"? Or perhaps, "this song would be better if the accompanying choreography had more ta…

K-pop Indie Gem: Cheeze

We are marked as much by the things we have lost as the things we have. In his poem “Separation,” W. S. Merwin says: Your absence has gone through me …

SB End-of-Year Review, 2016: For the Love of Everything Indie

2016 was certainly an... interesting year. Barring the political climate of Europe, the States, and South Korea, the music world had its share of ups a…

K-Pop Indie Gem: Suran

Indie musicians have been establishing a stronger mainstream presence this year, chiefly through more opportunities to participate in drama OSTs, b…

K-Pop Indie Gem: Bolbbalgan4

Becoming an adult is exhausting, in part because you spend too much time pretending not to care. When your friends want details on last week’s Tinder d…

K-Pop Indie Gem: Room306

Anyone who knows me knows I forever give my heart to house music, and by extension nu-jazz. So when I come across a band from another country that ma…

An Interview with Love X Stereo: Los Angeles, Indie Music, and KCON

It's not often that a Korean music group -- indie, K-pop, or otherwise -- sticks around in the states long enough to not only perform multiple shows bu…

K-pop Indie Gem: Guten Birds

Have you ever been so enchanted with a band you’d move the stars to see them every single time they perform? That’s basically what happened when I saw …