Epik High – Epilogue
Epik High are back with an album that lectures you, soothes you and perhaps helps you.
Category: music reviews
Outsider – The Outsider
Speed is his forte and this mini-album is as fast as his lips. Outsider comes back after a long hiatus and he puts some well deserved light on the Korean rap scene.
Aleks Syntek – Métodos de Placer Instantáneo
In Metodos [Methods of Instant Pleasure], Syntek delivers more of his catchy tunes and his ever present Latin-ness.
Tété – Le Premier Clair de l’Aube
Tété is back four years after the release of the fantastic Le Sacre des Lemmings with Le Premier Clair de l’Aube [The First Rays of Dawn], which brings on the catchy funky francophone chanson.
Jongkook Kim – Eleventh Story
One of Korea’s “ballad kings” comes back to the music stage with an album that is filled with just that. Well, it’s not just ballads, there is also something else for his fans in the album, but it is definitely not dance music.
Sa Dingding – Harmony
If there’s interesting talent coming out of contemporary Chinese art, Sa Dingding leads the pack. Her sophomore album contains pieces dealing with self-discovery, mantras and sutras with classical Chinese instruments and electronic beats.
SNSD – Oh!
After a very successful year, SNSD is back in the spotlight with their cutesy style that seems effortless in their second album, Oh!
2AM – Can’t Let You Go, Even If I Die
After always being behind 2PM’s shadow, finally this vocal group get the recognition they deserve. 2AM’s mini-album consists of just four songs, but the variation of the genre is soothing.
Swell Season, The – Strict Joy
Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova are back with The Swell Season’s sophomore album, Strict Joy, which captures that sort of melancholic vibe from the film Once, so it’s very familiar already.
Crowd Lu – Seven Days
After the success of his debut album 100 Ways for Living, which earned Lu the Golden Melody Awards for Best Newcomer and Best Composer, he’s back with Seven Days, delivering happy music with melancholic lyrics.
