Welcome back to our weekly Hip-Hop and R&B report. We had a lot a indie releases, so get ready for fantastic tunes! Let’s start. Saturday Hawaiian Texture released the single ‘Sustaining’. Listen to this release here. OoOo came back with the single ‘Need You’. Check this single here. Cloudybay dropped the single ‘The broken string’. Find this single here. OSAMARI ...

Indie singer-songwriter Zai.ro is back with his new single album ‘Farewell’. This beautiful ballad really speaks of heartbreak and pain. The music video for ‘Farewell’ is absolutely stunning with amazing scenery that fits the vibe of the meandering song so well. I’m in love with the vocal line and the organ-like keyboard sound. It’s so soothing. Go ahead and check ...

The Korean indie singer-songwriter ALEPH recently released his new EP ‘Forest of Tigers’. 2020 was a rather busy year for ALEPH musically. He released two EPs and one single album. The singles kept surprising us with his fresh take on genre.  The word ALEPH comes from the Hebrew word for 1. “I came up with the name since I’m the ...

We’re back with another K-Cover, and this is certainly a special one! I have to admit that lately I’ve been obsessed with Raon’s cover of ‘Red Ties’ by Ahn Ye Eun. It feels like an unlikely combination -as you’re about to see- but the result is spectacular. Red Ties – Ahn Ye Eun Now, in case K-indie tends to slip past ...

For this week’s Music Video Recommendation I wanted to share a new favorite: ‘HOLA!’ by JAURIM.  I’ve been in love with their music for quite a while, but they never cease to amaze me with the quality of their releases.  JAURIM’s latest comeback, the EP ‘HOLA!’ is honestly a fun ride. The title track with the same name as the ...

My fellow jazz lovers, welcome to this week’s Indie Pick about Kim Oki. If you’re not into jazz, don’t worry, he has had some really great collabs into different genres as well.  Kim Oki is a Korean saxophonist and clarinettist. And broke through in the jazz world with his first release from 2013: ‘Cherubim’s Wrath’. The annoying thing is that ...

Aseul is a Korean synthpop artist and she’s also the Indie Pick for this feature. She used to release music under the stage name Yukari, but decided to break away from thatname to pursue a different style. Aseul writes and produces everything herself. Stan talent y’all.  The first song I heard was ‘Sandcastles’. It immediately swept me away on a ...

This week’s Indie Pick took me a bit of researching if I’m being honest. The first profile I found of his only had two monthly listeners. I’ve been listening to his track ‘Her Life’ a lot, so I became the third one. I’m talking about the honey-voiced Kim Wook, or as I discovered WOOX.  He started off uploading songs under his ...