Hong’s Cave

[Well, I guess I am not going to work on this for a while... So, I am just going to post my unfinished draft. - Hong.]
o. “Go Your Own Way” by Cool Age [쿨에이지]
First album. They are An JeongHun [안정훈] (guitar, vocal), Jeon HongJun [전홍준] (bass, vocal) and Shin NanDa [신난다] (drums, vocal).
Punk [...]

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[Yeah, yeah, it's about half a year late...]
o. “Frankly” by Voy [보이]
This is their first album. Voy are Lee ByeongHun [이병훈], a.k.a., Vanilla Voy (vocal, piano, acoustic guitar), Lee CheolHui [이철희] (drums) and Lee DongJun [이동준] (bass). Almost all the songs were written by Lee ByeongHun.
Pretty plain old-style acoustic (?) pop. The [...]

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[Yes, yes, I am lazy... This thing was initially marked "January 2006", then "March 2006", then "April 2006", and then this. It will still be marked "May" even if this one goes into the next month. :p Maybe there is a better way.]
o. “RomanTopia” by Lee Sang Eun [이상은]
This is her twelfth [...]

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[I guess I am lazy. I've had these CDs for a long time (like 8 months), but I just can't seem to get around writing about them... until I buy another batch of CDs. So, those new CDs will get reviewed some times later. :p]
o. “Blue in Green” by Lazybone [레이지본]
This is their [...]

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I am a huge fan of Ben Folds. However, his tours don’t frequent west coasts (the last time, if I remember correctly, was in 2002). So, I was quite excited that his “Odd Man Out” tour included Mountain Winery in Saratoga, CA. The tour also features Rufus Wainwright and Ben Lee.
This was [...]

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o. “All You Need is Love” by JaWuRim
They are as usual, KIM YunA (vocals, keyboards, programming), LEE SeonGyu (guitars, programming, vocals), KIM JinMan (bass, vocals) and GU TaeHun (drums, percussions, vocals).
This is their fifth album. Unlike some of the members’ solo projects, this group effort seems to try to be a lighter (or “popular”) [...]

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o. “non-linear” by MOT
They are Lee Eon (vocals, etc.) and Z.EE. (guitars, etc.). This seems to their first album.
Their slow-paced (well, a couple of them were faster) music carries somewhat somber, dreamy ambiance. Musically, I like what they are doing although I am not sure if they did too much with the gritty [...]

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Well, it’s been well overdue. These are what I have bought since the last time.
o. “Another world…” by Happyband Well
They are Lee ChangHyeon (vocal), Neo (guitar), Kim SangJin (bass), and Lee YunMan (drums). A soft rock band (reminds a bit of BuHwal). Not too keen about the vocal. Well-made, but NMCoT.
o. [...]

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I thought Russian National Orchestra would be a very old organization, looking at its name, but it turns out it’s been in existence for slight more than a decade.
Although I knew that the music would be somewhat lighter, being summer and at an outdoor venue, I thought it would be nice for my parents and [...]

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I knew Dave Brubeck was around for a long time, but I never realized he was that old! He didn’t carry a cane on stage, but there was someone who helped him to and from the stage. I was a bit worried for a while, but apparently his upper body is quite fine. [...]

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