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ROK Heavy

South Korean post-rock band Apollo 18. Photo by Simon Bond. This spring, some of Seoul’s finest indie sensations will leave Hongdae to plug into America. Not only will four […]

AA Remix: Clap Your Hands

Thought that 2NE1’s uber-catchy hit “Clap Your Hands” couldn’t get any better? Check out this remix by several up and coming Asian American artists. Shock-1, Mark Agustin, Schoolboy DUKE, […]

The Parker Quartet wins Grammy

Karen Kim, Kee-hyun Kim, Jessica Bodner and Daniel Chong (The Parker Quartet) Who watched the Grammy Awards this weekend? Notice anything besides Lady Gaga and her egg? The Parker […]

Nerd to the Core

Eugene Ahn, known as Adam WarRock, left the law to do this weird-cool-nerd-music thing. The rap artist now has a growing online following, which includes fellow hipster nerd Ira […]

Food for Romance

KoreAm freelancer Paul Park has just shared with us that New York City’s Boutique Eat Shop has made a very short list of Valentine’s Day-worthy hot spots on urbandaddy.com. […]

Dumbfoundead & DJ Zo: Cut + Paste

Dumbfoundead, who we featured in our YouTube issue, recently dropped a mixtape with DJ Zo, available for free download on his website, http://www.dumbfoundead.com. Check out the promo vid and […]

afterschoolspecial: IAIYH

Afterschoolspecial, a 6-member rock/rap group based in San Diego, recently dropped its first full length album, It’s All In Your Head, which features some familiar faces – Dumbfoundead, Just […]

JYJ Featured in Billboard Mag

Photo credit: Billboard Magazine Both Billboard and Yahoo! Music have recently released articles featuring JYJ or otherwise known as TVXQ, which we previously posted about. TVXQ was known for […]

The Nightingale: Clara Chung

This is part of our cover series on Asian American YouTube stars. Check out our recent profiles on Wong Fu Productions, Dumbfoundead, Megan Lee, David Choi, Ryan Higa and […]

Check Will.I.Am Out

Update: Thanks to our reader Connie, we have the official video – looks like the YouTube version I screencapped from had the words flipped because it was bootlegged. Our […]