Before diving into this year’s Kollaboration showcase, I would like to preface by mentioning the atmosphere I felt at SXSW leading up to it. This year, there was a lot …
Read More »SXSW 2018: Prairie WWWW talk about their origin & message in video interview
There is no shortage of musical discoveries at SXSW. When it comes to the festival, that’s been the whole point since the beginning. For every Lady Gaga or Jay-Z, you …
Read More »SXSW 2018: Taiwan Beats brings something for everyone with Vanness Wu, PoeTek, Sangpuy
South By Southwest (SXSW) might be over, but the fun is only getting started. And by fun I mean the grueling hours of sobering up I have to do to …
Read More »[Video Interview] [Event] Oi Skall Mates talk new music & North American fans, then rock The House Of Blues!
When we last saw Oi Skall Mates, the nine-piece ska band had just made their first appearance in the United States at the Union, one of best dive bars in …
Read More »[Video Interview] [Event] Ghood Life Crew (SUPERBEE, MyunDo, DooYoung, DJ R2) spend Valentine’s Day at The Source!
The Source is that fancy new shopping center in Orange County that houses the massive new CGV Theater, boasts a top quality food court, and is dedicated to all things …
Read More »[Event] Yuk Ji Dam karaoke’d her way through a struggle of a Los Angeles show
Let’s preempt this with the little mantra I’ve been telling myself since attending the show: She’s only 20. She’s only 20. She’s only 20. Yuk Ji Dam has had a …
Read More »[Event] Illionaire X Ambition tour cap off the year right at amazing LA show
2017 has been an epic year for Korean hip-hop. The community has grown in leaps and bounds thanks to rollover fans from K-pop and hip-hop heads discovering our faves through …
Read More »[Event] Just Music actually brought out the whole crew to perform massive show in LA
At every concert ever, artists say the same damn thing in the mic at the end of the show: “I’ll be back! I promise!” But none of us can hold …
Read More »[Event] Turbo lit up the California desert and made my K-pop dream come true
My love for Turbo runs deep. One night in my early days of K-pop, I wandered around YouTube with a curious mind, and I fell down a rabbit hole that …
Read More »[Event] Oi-SKALL Mates bring Japanese ska and their energetic show to LA
Sometimes I feel like we get stuck in this rut of K-pop or J-pop and we never step outside of it. We become attached to our genres and never venture …
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