Archives for the ‘Korea’ Category

Kids and businessmen alike rock out to No Brain

By Shay • Nov 13th, 2007 • Category: Features, Korea, indie, music, rock4 comments

No Brain’s latest album is big news but it’s their humorously cool, new music video that’s really rockin’.

Korean punk rockers No Brain released their 6th studio album titled 그것이 � �음 (Geugeosi Jeolum, It is Youth) Vol. 5 in September. Their lead single off of the LP goes by the same title and its [...]



Outsider - speed rap extraordinaire

By Shay • Oct 17th, 2007 • Category: Features, Korea, hip-hop, music20 comments

Saying that Outsider can rap fast is an understatement. I’ve almost never heard syllables spouted off so rapidly.
Outsider (아웃사이) may be Korea’s fastest rapper and he may very well be capable of taking the world title one day. Signed with MC Sniper’s Sniper Sound label, he is currently working on new material.
The current Guinness [...]



Namolla Family’s “I Love You”

By Shay • Sep 25th, 2007 • Category: Korea, Videos, hip-hop, music, pop9 comments

I can’t help but love “I Love You” by Namolla Family.
“I Love You” (사랑해요, Saranghaeyo) by Namolla Family (나몰라 패밀리, I Don’t Know Family) featuring Kim Kyung Rok (김경록) of V.O.S and Tae In is pretty hot. The single, off of Namolla Family’s debut album is sweet and cool and the music video does [...]



Much love between Korean leaders?

By Shay • Sep 23rd, 2007 • Category: Korea, humor, news3 comments

Believe it or not, this isn’t actually a photo from the inter-Korean summit…that’s next month. But, awww it looks like Kim Jong Il and Roh Moo-hyun are really getting along.

The AP photo caption says:
South Korean students wearing masks of South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun, right, and North Korean leader Kim Jong Il perform during [...]



Skull is “Here to Stay”…but military service may await

By Shay • Sep 18th, 2007 • Category: Korea, hip-hop, music, news5 comments

Skull hase been living up to his second single’s title “Here to Stay” while his other single still holds it down on the charts. But the “powerful voice for Korea may soon be silenced”.
Korean reggae artist Skull’s US debut single “Boom Di Boom Di” is still on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles Sales — [...]



Wheesung’s Eternal Essence of Music

By Shay • Sep 17th, 2007 • Category: Korea, Reviews, music, pop4 comments

After 2 years, Korean R&B star Wheesung (휘성) is back with his highly-anticipated 5th album, Eternal Essence of Music, which is his first release since signing with a new record label (Orange Shock).



Need help typing Korean? SP is here to (try to) help

By Shay • Sep 15th, 2007 • Category: Korea, More, Technology, internet7 comments

SparkPlugged’s quick guide to typing Korean
It’s one thing to write Korean but if you’re like me, you want to be able to type it.
The problem: The placement of Korean letters on keyboards is not the same as QWERTY keyboards. The order of the letters is different and not equivilent to the Latin alphabet. [...]



Samsung releases first flash hard drives

By Shay • Sep 12th, 2007 • Category: Korea, Technology, news1 comment

Imagine if your PC had no hard disc drive. Instead, the hard drive would be a large flash memory chip.
I was recently amazed by Micro SD chips but this takes it to a new level. Samsung Electronics will begin shipping 64GB SSD (solid state drive) hard drives.
There’s no motor, no head and actuator, no [...]



Get “refreshed” with Viva Soul

By Shay • Sep 3rd, 2007 • Category: Korea, Videos, hip-hop, music2 comments

Mix hip-hop with some neo-soul flavoring and chill it down a bit and you’ll get something really cool and exclusive.
Viva Soul is a Korean hybrid hip-hop trio that offers a unique brand of music which takes inspiration from those aformentioned genres. It’s something really fresh and exciting.

Viva Soul (L to R) D’Low, Jood, Samuel

 
Viva [...]



SG Wannabe vs. Super Kidd: “Saldaga”

By Shay • Aug 18th, 2007 • Category: Korea, Videos, humor, music, pop, rock9 comments

Take one of Korea’s top ballad groups, one of their biggest hits, and let an up-and-coming indie band put their own spin on it and what do get? Two cool songs that are very different yet the same.
Huge stars and ballad trio SG Wannabe’s (SG워너비) hit 2005 single and similarly-titled album Saldaga (살다가) reigned [...]