K.O.A. Zine has been updated with yet another very interesting interview, including some Korean indie music history. This time the interview subject is 3rd Line Butterfly‘s Sung Kiwan: Sung Kiwan: Renaissance Man of Hongdae
For more questions and answers, over at Omona They Didn’t! there’s a translated 10Asia interview with Kim Jae Wook, that still seems best known for his part in 2007 drama Coffee Prince. It deals mostly with his acting career, but there’s a fair bit on the music side – including his band Walrus – as well: 10Asia Interviews the Waffle Boy
Thanks to sarangingayo, another piece from 10Asia was brought to my attention: CHANG KIHA & THE FACES to debut into Japan in October. Turns out Chang Kiha & The Faces will have both the sold out 2008 single 싸구려 커피 and the sold out first full length album, 별일 없이 산다, released in Japan in a couple of months.
And while on the subject of Japan, Ken of highly esteemed blog Japan Live recently shared some impressions from the music scene in Korea: My Seoul