Just found out about this, but for you SoCal people, Roscoe announced via Myspace today that he is shooting a video for his new single ‘LA Dodgers’ and wants everyone to come through. His bulletin post read: come thru…..we’re shooting a video If you’re in town tonight, I’m performing at the Little Temple Bar 4519 Santa […]
Read More Roscoe Umali music video shoot tonightFor the past month or so, AAM has been running a feature naming his top 30 influential Asian Americans under 30 yrs old. Jin has made the cut for making inroads into the Hip-Hop industry. He may not be the only asian american MC out there, or even the best, but I certainly agree he […]
Read More Jin makes AAM’s 30 under 30 listIt’s been a little crazy for me lately as I’ve been preparing for 3 performances in 5 days so I’m bringing you another quickie post instead of 10 separate detailed ones. Let’s just say there’s been an influx of minor exposure for the KPOP crossover to the US. I immediately haven’t had a chance to watch […]
Read More News Quickies 5-23-09 KPOP invades US pt II editionToday, on a very special Weekly Thursday Freebie… Recent events have led me to be nostalgic for the glory days of Drunken Tiger. Their third album, ‘The Legend Of…’, released in 2001 marked a new era for the group as they suddenly found themselves accepted widely by mainstream Korea. This album also heavily featured collaborations between […]
Read More WTF: Drunken Tiger – The Legend Of …This is a pretty big gig for her as she will be headlining on the main stage in front of a huge US audience in San Francisco. What a great opportunity and I hope she kills it on stage! Movin on up. Read more over at Bump This.
Read More BoA to perform at SF Gay Pride Parade… and it sucks. We previously reported Waner Music Korea’s plans to release this remake, and thanks to the good folks at ARW I saw the live performance and it’s very mediocre. I would probably be more forgiving if it were an original song, but DJ Shine flipped it almost exactly like Flo-rida, only with […]
Read More DJ Shine performs ‘Right Round’Pop girl group Jazmin recently released footage from a performance on their youtube channel of their single “Like You” live at the Hollywood Music Summit Showcase @ King King in Hollywood. The song itself is pretty decent/catchy. I just wasn’t feeling the breakdown in the middle with the exchange between the male vocal and the girls. […]
Read More Jazmin releases live performance footageChild musical prodigy Charice Pempengco has recently released a single, ‘Note to God’, to iTunes & Amazon. Although Amazon’s bestseller list flucuates hourly, the single did reach #1. Source: Amped Asia Congrats to Charice and her success. Her debut album is also slated to drop sometime in the fall.
Read More Charice Pempengco new single #1 on AmazonMarie Digby has announced via Myspace that her next album, ‘Breathing Underwater’ has been pushed until July 21st. Her last album ‘Unfold’ was a pretty strong collection of acoustic pop songs so I look forward to this upcoming release.
Read More Marie Digby’s Breathing Underwater drops July 21stExcuse the crappy screenshot but,I was thumbing through this week’s Best Buy ad and lo and behold I found Utada’s ‘This is the One’ album for sale for 7.99 @ Best Buy. I dont think any US pop release by an asian artist has made it to a best buy print ad, has it? Either way, […]
Read More Utada Hikaru’s album available at Best Buy retail stores
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