Tag: k-indie

beaubean:

obsessivedilettante:

I’m not going to make this an easy answer because I’m drawing blanks for specific songs. I’ve uploaded a few (but not as much as I’d thought! – or maybe I’m just terrible at tagging things, because I’m convinced I have more uploaded than just those). But like with k-pop, I haven’t kept up with the k-indie scene, either, so I mostly stick with the groups I know and love, like:

• 10cm – The First EP; The Second EP; 1.0; 2.0; 3.0
• Acoustic Collabo – Vol 1; Vol 2
• Blue Dawn
• Casker
• Cloud Cuckoo Land
• Coffee Boy
• Dalmoon
• Dear Cloud
• Delispice
• Espresso
• Guckkasten – can’t find their studio albums online, but here’s a playlist of a live performance, as well as their popularity-boosting cover of SISTAR’s “Alone”
• Huckleberry Finn – their discography is much more extensive but I could only find their 5th album online plus lots of live performances and random MVs/etc.
• J Rabbit
• Jaurim
• Mate
• Misty Blue
• Monni
• Mot
• My Aunt Mary – Drift; same as above – extensive discography but I’d have to put together a proper playlist to make it more linkable and I’m too lazy to do that
• Raspberry Field
• Romantic Punch
• Soran
• Small Acacia Band
• Standing Egg
• Urban Zakapa
• Vodka Rain
• W&Whale
• Zitten

There are loads more groups I could probably think of once I start down this rabbit trail, but these are the ones that immediately came to mind.

To find more music and (attempt to) stay up-to-date, I also follow @undergroundkpop and browse Korean Indie. Pastel Music is one of my fave youtube channels for indie since it’s where I’ve found a lot of my fave groups, as well as Happy Robot Records (which I think leans a little more towards indie rock) and soundholicENT. This is another channel with a little more variety, although it hasn’t been updated much recently, but browsing through the older uploads is worth it.

And now I kinda want to re-listen to everything here, as well as get acquainted with new indie stuff. I forgot how much I loved keeping up with everything and making sure my hipster street cred was legit.

I’m sure I have a bunch of followers who might be more happy to weigh in on specific songs, if this is post is too overwhelming. C’mon k-indie fans – got anything to add?

Neon Bunny: It’s you | Long-D

3rd Line Butterfly: Smoke (Hot) Coffee (Refill) – studio album ver. and the equally lovely live version 

Check out @everysongaday​ for K-indie updates as well!

//edit: NELL is always a good choice.

Thanks for the additions!

I love Nell – they’re one of my all-time fave groups! – but don’t think of them as indie. Maybe in the beginning, but they seem comfortably mainstream now (which is not a complaint).