K Crunch Indie: Bullets, Lucy, Cafes, and Peters

Filed as: K Crunch // Responses: 42

Hello everyone!

Welcome back to our second edition of the K Crunch Indie playlist, where we talk about some cool and (fairly) new songs in Korean Indie. We make these into YouTube playlists, so if you’re watching this on a Mobile device, you’ll have to click on each video manually, but in Playlist mode on the computer, all the videos will play automatically one after another. Also, we’re linking to the music videos themselves here as well, just in case you want to jump back here for future interest. FORWARD HOOOOOOO!!!!!

1. eAeon – Bulletproof:

Any Apparat fans around here? We’re big fans ourselves, and even used an Apparat song for one of our older videos on Ramen Tasting. Anyhow, we don’t want to say that this is just like Apparat, more that they share a similar mystical and static-ey sound. This song actually totally blew us away, and our friends over at Korean Indie told us they are HUGE fans of this guy (who is the leader from the duo called Mot). This is his first solo album as eAeon and I can’t wait to hear more from him!

2. Big Phoney – I Love Lucy:

Ok. Elliott Smith. LAST NAME WE’RE GONNA DROP…or are we… Now, we know that there are lots of acoustic strumming, emo-singing guys out there, but, I swear, as soon as we heard Big Phoney sing we both gave each other big eyes and shouted “Elliott Smith!” It’s haunting. And this is coming from big fans of Elliott Smith (RIP). I think by sounding like “Elliott Smith” we mean that Big Phoney also has that kind of raw yet beautiful sound to his voice. I don’t know if I can explain this. Anyone want to help me?

3. One More Chance – 카페에 앉아

STEP BACK GIVE ME ROOM! *Simon begins pelvic thrusting* I didn’t think I’d ever hear something that reminded me of old 80′s R&B with that BING sound that I know so well, but sure enough, I did. Frankly, I don’t think this song is as great as the other songs on this list, but I think that’s because R&B relies heavily on understanding the baby making lyrics that accompany it, and since I can’t understand it very well, it kind of loses it’s appeal. But maybe that’s just me! Oh and Martina’s way out, because she rarely ever likes anything R&B related. Except for D’Angelo.

4. PeterPan Complex – 자꾸만 눈이 마주쳐

This song actually comes as a video request (we like video requests, by the way), so thanks to SerinaTomoe for suggesting the song.

Anyhow, we realized that when we were talking about this video we might have sounded a bit harsh since we didn’t really love the video, but when we looked back on what we filmed, we realized that we didn’t praise the song highly enough. This is a great, fun song. Sure, it doesn’t sound like the slower, softer PeterPan complex that fans are used to, but that doesn’t make it a bad song. We like it when bands evolve their sounds into something out of their comfort zone (like Animal Collective or The Liars…but not you Sufjan Stevens, your newest album was not good). OK NO MORE NAME DROPPING I SWEAR! Except for one: we only do these Indie Playlists once a week, and only cover a few songs. Do check out Korean Indie if you want to keep more up to date with the Korean Indie scene. They’re a lot more thorough than we are.

Lastly, if there’s a video you want us to do for the next playlist, leave us a video response, and we might just pick your video and song. Woot!

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http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=513439726 Sharon Overlord

I didnt like the I love lucy one bc it was too long and depressing. For Indie music I have to be in a mood, but I really liked the fist video.
Anonymous

Simon, before I go any further, that baby-makin’ bell sound you identify is the cowbell noise from a Roland TR-808 drum machine… probably one of the most famous drum machines in the history of music. It’s no wonder you love this noise, it’s a cowbell after all.

Anyway, awesome playlist! Can’t wait for more K Crunch Indie!
http://twitter.com/memipong memi매미

Really enjoyed eAeon’s Bulletproof. The song sounds wonderful ^_^
I hope one day you guys talk about Gukkasten. They have awesome voice and color!
http://www.facebook.com/people/Jenna-Lawinger/100000604775941 Jenna Lawinger

I tried leaving a video response/request on the Youtube page, but it would not let me post the full video address, so I am posting it here too, just in case you missed it or could not get into the video. www.youtube.com/watch?v=096M7rshazM
stardustyuri

all the songs this week were amazing~ thanks for sharing!
http://twitter.com/dangeunssi Sheikha Quituar

i love one more chance sooo much!!! where can I find it’s lyrics?
alejandra heredia

princessoftea.wordpress.com has a lot of translations, unfortunately, for huge fans of k-indie it’s a little bit difficult to find enough pages of translations, (sice google translate is not a good idea)
I love Mot, “strange seasons” is my favorite CD from them. Now eAeon blew my mind *dances* & you should listen “널 생각해” if you loved “카페에 앉아”
Have a nice day~~!!!
http://www.facebook.com/marianna.lovaszi Marianna Lovászi

I just came across with this gem: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=33doKelJz4M#!It’s a new punk rock band called OK PUNK! and their debut song is called Not the End. I really really like it! There are some complaints that the lead singer (actress Kim Ok Bin) is not a good singer and her voice is not that good. Personally I think she is cool and her voice fits the genre. Cause let’s face it punk-rock music is not really about being an awesome singing talent. :)
http://twitter.com/star_morita morita

I remember my korean friends made me listen to peter pan complex, I’m glad to listen to them again, thank u guys :)
Eunice Kim

I’m not going to make a video request, but you guys should listen to Loveholic – 인어, 세상을 걷다 if you haven’t: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbUpjuksZFI
Beautiful song, but not that indie. All of Loveholic’s other songs are awesome, too.
http://twitter.com/wolkenfrei Rachel

I really like this week’s playlist, especially the last song. I’m glad that nothing was blocked by GEMA and I could watch all the videos ~.~
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=504020404 Rukie Andrei

“Ducks poop a lot…”
LOL did not know that!