Critic’s Corner: Mia Kim – Who Is Sukey Rose?

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Mia Kim is an alt pop-rock singer/songwriter with whom I was completely unfamiliar with until her management reached out to me in regards to her sophomore album release ‘Who Is Sukey Rose?’.  I wasn’t quite sure what to expect especially since you don’t see the words asian, female, and rock all in the same description too often. Produced by Jason Martin (of Starflyer 59), it was clear Mia had some decent backing with this project. What’s most interesting is that the album was fan funded as she was able to raise $8K to put this album together. So the question remains, is Sukey Rose worth it?

Find out after the jump!

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Johnnyphlo x James Ha NY Chuseok Performance Released

Johnnyphlo has posted up the footage from his performance at the NY Chuseok Festival last month. The set features Philly r&b singer/body beatbox phenom James Ha on the last song.

Looks like it was a great event and it’s awesome to see JP invited back as a guest performer when only a year ago he performed as a contestant for JYP at the same festival.