UNDER

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Soo Hee Cho

RISD 2012

Title : Under (Korean Underground Musics)

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UNDER

April New Realise

Today’s Hot

Music of the month

Day break Peppertones

Busker Busker

Spring with the songs

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DAY BREAK

BREAKOn Tuesday April 17th, Daybreak released their

third album SPACEenSUM. Their last release Mr. Rolling Stone was released in 2011 and their second full-length Auora came out in 2010. In addition to eleven new songs the release comes with “Mr. Rolling Stone” and “Shall We Dance?” from last year’s digital singles as bonus tracks.

Happy Robot Records released an album teaser of the album with samples of each song. From listening through the album teaser, Daybreak are experimenting with dif-ferent sounds from indie rock, electro-pop, and some jazz lounge. Their whole music style has changed a lot from previous album. One could easily recognize that they have tried various style in their third album. It adds more variety in the album and opens up the new opportunity to meet various fans of different taste.

Source from news.koreanindie.com

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Busker Busker, the final contestant on the popular audition program “Superstar K3,” is bringing something new to the Korean music industry. The band - comprised of Beom-June Jang (lead vocals/guitar), Hyung-Tae Kim (bass), and Brad Moore (drums) - made their official debut on March 29, and now immediately soar to the No. 1 spot on this week’s Billboard K-Pop Hot 100. The indie band has truly found a groove with the com-pelling blend of familiar melodies along with their unique personalities.All 11 tracks of their first studio album, “Cherry Blossom Ending,” were written and composed by the singer/guitarist Beom-June Jang. The title track and this week’s No. 1, “Cherry Blossom Ending” - built around a heavy guitar beat - is an appropriate track

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for spring as it paints the picture of falling cherry blossom petals.Busker Busker’s new album is full of medium tempo tracks with unique lyrics and simple chord changes which helps explain why almost every track from the album charted big this week on the Billboard K-Pop Chart; not to mention holding five of the ten spots in the Top 10.

Regarding their No. 1 debut, the boys gushed, “We made it to the No.1 spot on K-Pop Hot 100 with our rendition of Kim Kwang Jin’s ‘Tokyo Girl,’ which we performed during our competition on ‘Superstar K.’ We never thought we would make to the top of the chart with our own song. We are more than overwhelmed and thrilled that people are listening to our music.”

“We have been translating for our American member Ben Moore. I think things will definitely be different when we go to the States. We look forward to visiting America,” Beom-June Jang told Billboard Korea, eying a potential crossover. by Jeff Benjamin, Billboard

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Broccoli, you too?- Don’t cry

Epitone Project - Spring day, cherry blossom, and you

Lucite Rabbit - Spring, spring, spring

It is already very popular song by Broccoli, you too?Their unique voice and style of the song always have a potential to console people’s wonded heart. Especially, the lyrics of this song gives a few words of consolation for their fans.

A must listen song of the spring season. Piano tune of this song really goes well with the rainy day of the spring.

Very calm melody and voice of the singer matches with the sunny day of drowzy spring afternoon. A perfect companion for a long walk, under the trees, on a sunny afternoon!

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No Reply - I’m Happy When I see you

Sugarbowl - Love Story

Very sweet song especially for the lovers. This song arouses 90s’ balad style. Also, good song to listen in sunny afternoon!

They came back with a greater music in this April, 2012. Many people could emphasize with the lyrics. Very relaxing song with sweet, detailed lyrics.

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Peppertones Beginner’s Luck

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Indie music duo Peppertones has released their fourth album, titled “Beginner’s Luck.” Consisting of members Sayo (guitar) and Noshel (bass and vocals), Peppertones was formed while the two were students at KAIST (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology). Since debuting in 2004 with their EP, “A Preview”, the duo has released three albums, and “Beginner’s Luck” marks the group’s first full length album since “Sounds Good!” in 2009.

This album consists of eleven tracks, all composed and written by the duo themselves. As with their previous releases, “Beginner’s Luck” features bright and pleasant melodies in conjunction with cheerful vocals. Most notably is the appearance of Noshel’s own vocals throughout the album (with the exception of the track “Black Mountain”, which features Lalasweet’s Kim Hyuna), as previous Peppertones productions have traditionally featured guest vocalists.

Source from koreaboo.com