Korean Job Discussion Forums

Morton · Joined: 06 Mar 2007

Thought i'd start a thread on some good bands you may never have heard of.

Biffy Clyro (great rock band from the UK)
Have a search on youtube for Justboy it's a classic.

Maximo Park (art/rock)
Their songOur Velocity is a real standout.

Give me a reply with some of your recommendations.

Paji eh Wong · Joined: 03 Jun 2003

I picked up the new Arcade Fire and LCD Soundsystem rekkids the other day. Not like either are unkowns, but they are great records. I also like Brakes "Give Blood"

butlerian · Joined: 04 Sep 2006 Location: Korea

Embrace.

gotte00 · Joined: 18 Jan 2003

The Pigeon Detectives
Voxtrot
Dr. Dog
The Slip
Elvis Perkins
The Hold Steady
moe.
Umphrey's McGee
Explosions in the Sky
Sis Parts Seven
Annuals
I'm From Barcelona
Of Montreal
Bloc Party
We Are Scientists

thepeel · Joined: 08 Aug 2004

The Go! Team

seoulsucker · Posted: Fri Jun 22, 2007 7:50 am Post subject:

2 Skinnee J's...2 great party albums, though they seem to have disappeared from the face of the planet.

Anyong Bluth · Joined: 22 Jun 2006 Location: Robbers' Roost

Not my all time favorites, but the folks I'm currently really digging on and would like to recommend are:

Ryan Adams
Steve Earle
Gomez
Loudon Wainwright III

RACETRAITOR · Joined: 24 Oct 2005 Location: Seoul, South Korea

Some bands worth hearing while in Korea:

Rux
Suck Stuff
Moonshiners
Johnny Royal
13 Steps
Geeks
Caulk Rasher
Captain Bootbois

...and so on

Cougar · Joined: 11 Apr 2007 Location: Seoul, Korea

I can't believe no one mentioned Kings of Leon. Also Every Move
A Picture is pretty kickass. I have to agree with Maximo Park. Our Velocity has been finding its way to my speakers frequently. If you want a bit of slowdown soul singing including piano check out Cat Power's latest release. And I'll throw Silversun Pickups in there as well. They remind me of old Smashing Pumpkins.

khyber · Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Location: Compunction Junction

Magnetic Fields (69 love songs is brilliant)
Augie March.....Austrailian art rock
Clare Bowditch and the Feeding Set....Ozzie singer songwriter
Floris... jazz house pop...from amsterdam (my cuz...)he's really quite good...played at many of the big european festival.
Luke Doucet....GOOD!
Old Crow Medicine Show....New bluegrass folk...REALLY good.
Ridley Bent.....The INVENTOR of Hickhop....just what it sounds like...but better! google him.
Sufjan Stevens....Freakin' brilliant! That guy is so good.

Morton · Joined: 06 Mar 2007

The other topics tend to be pretty serious and up tight so it's cool you guys replied.

Alot of cool bands mentioned. Silversun Pickups, Kings of Leon, Sufjan Steven's. I love these guys too.

To the person who asked: Maximo Park recently put out a new album. It's great.

Racetraitor: you gave alot of Korean? bands. I'll try and check them out. As i will with the other recommendations for other posters.

rockstarsmooth · Joined: 01 Aug 2006 Location: anyang, baybee!

galaxy express - korean heavy rock
cocore - korean stoner rock
the mustangs - korean stoner rock
pissed jeans - angry yet melodic punk rawk
polysics - new album karate house is lots of fun
queens of the stone age - new album era vulgaris is pretty great
jennifer gentle - italian psych rock, pretty good stuff
the evens - oh-so-political folky stuff by ian mackay of fugazi
electric eel shock - japanese metal/stoner rock
editors - new album an end has a start is good thus far
rss Cool

right now i'm listening to: the evens - dinner with the president

demaratus · Posted: Sat Jun 23, 2007 2:58 pm Post subject:

Against Me!
The Lawrence Arms
Strung Out
Death Cab For Cutie
The Postal Service
Michael Bolton- oops not a band, but when that guy belts out When a man loves a woman, whoa thats music, lol

goyovista · Joined: 29 May 2006 Location: Masan

My personal favorites at the moment:

Deerhoof
Beirut
Animal Collective
Peter Bjorn & John
Fennesz/Sakamoto

julian_w · Posted: Sun Jun 24, 2007 8:50 am Post subject: Sounds Good

Yay!

Copy Machine's new album is finally out. They're a fantastic live band.

They'll go really well alongside Crying Nut at Pentaport and anywhere else. Really fun, lively, and creative ska-based punk-rock. Great lead singer (and he speaks English well, too).

The Sleepy Jackson sing in English, but it's still a fun challenge to understand some of their lyrics but whatever; their tunes, singing, playing, backing singing and instrumentation are all so beautiful, interesting, funked up and rocking at the same time. The best review I read of their stuff compared their latest album to a musical evocation of what an ST Coleridge poem is like.

Little Birdy's lead singer/songwriter/rythm guitarist - Katy Steele - was just voted best female performer, AND best dressed in the national Australian rock awards.

... Her brother Luke Steele - singer/songwriter/guitarist of The Sleepy Jackson - gained nominations for best male performer... AND also best dressed...!