Alternative music magazine

DECEMBER 2023

ISSUE 4

$ 7.77

ALTERNO

EXPLORING RADIOHEAD’S ‘WEIRD FISHES/ARPEGGI’ A MUSICAL VOYAGE BEYOND CONVENTIONS

ONTENT

01 FEATURING ARTIST BEABADOOBEE: A RISING STAR THE RESURGENCE OF THE SMASING PUMPKINS STEVE LACY: PIONEERING THE SOUNDTRACK OF A GENERATION 02 GENRE DEEP DIVE EXPLORING THE ROOTS: ORIGINS OF ALTERNATIVE MUSIC WHAT IS K-INDIE AND WHY IS SO POPULAR? 03 BEHIND THE LYRICS LISTEN TO ATHEMS, A PLAYLIST MASTERY OF RADIOHEAD’S : ”WEIRD FISHES/ARPE GGI”

, EDITOR S

NOTE

WELCOME TO OUR ALTERNATIVE MUSIC MAGAZINE! IN THIS ISSUE, WE CELEBRATE THE DIVERSITY AND INNOVATION DEFINING THE ALTERNATIVE MUSIC LANDSCAPE. THROUGH INTERVIEWS WITH EMERGING AND ESTABLISHED ARTISTS, WE UNCOVER THE DRIVING FORCES BEHIND THEIR BOUNDARY-PUSHING SOUNDS. FROM UNDERGROUND SCENES TO MAINSTREAM CROSSOVERS, WE SPOTLIGHT THE VOICES REDEFINING MUSICAL NORMS AND SPARKING CHANGE. DIVE INTO OUR FEATURES AND REVIEWS, EXPLORING THE VIBRANT STORIES AND ECLECTIC SOUNDS SHAPING THE REBELLIOUS SPIRIT OF ALTERNATIVE MUSIC. THIS ISSUE IS A TRIBUTE TO THE ARTISTS AND MOVEMENTS CHALLENGING CONVENTIONS, AMPLIFYING UNHEARD VOICES, AND RESHAPING THE VERY ESSENCE OF WHAT MUSIC MEANS. ENJOY THIS IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCE DELVING INTO THE RAW ENERGY AND UNBRIDLED PASSION THAT DEFINE THE CAPTIVATING REALM OF ALTERNATIVE MUSIC. - ISABELLA ARIZA

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BEABADOOBEE A R I S I N G S TA R

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IN THE EVER-EVOLVING SPECTRUM OF ALTERNATIVE MUSIC, A NAME THAT CONTINUES TO RESONATE WITH RAW EMOTION AND EVOCATIVE MELODIES IS BEABADOOBEE. BORN AND RAISED IN LONDON, THE FILIPINO-BRITISH ARTIST HAS QUICKLY BECOME A BEACON OF AUTHENTICITY, DRAWING LISTENERS INTO HER WORLD THROUGH A BLEND OF DREAMY INDIE ROCK AND NOSTALGIC SONGWRITING.

AN A AS

HONESTY CHORD

THAT

WITH

STRUCK

RELATABLE TO A WIDE AUDIENCE.

AUDIENCES.

HER MUSIC STANDS AS A TESTA-

BEABADOOBEE’S

CAREER

MENT TO THE POWER OF VULNE-

ALBUM

RABILITY AND INTROSPECTION,

“FAKE IT FLOWERS” SERVED AS

INVITING LISTENERS INTO A

A TESTAMENT TO HER GROW-

WORLD WHERE RAW EMOTIONS

TH AS AN ARTIST. WITH TRACKS

ARE CELEBRATED AND TRANS-

LIKE “CARE,” “WORTH IT,” AND

FORMED INTO SONIC ARTISTRY.

“HOREN SARRISON,” SHE VENTU-

AS BEABADOOBEE CONTINUES

RED INTO MORE POLISHED AND

TO EVOLVE AS AN ARTIST AND

INTRICATE SONIC TERRITORIES,

PUSH THE BOUNDARIES OF HER

MAINTAINING HER SIGNATURE

SOUND, HER INFLUENCE WI-

DREAMY ESSENCE WHILE EXPLO-

THIN THE ALTERNATIVE MU-

RING NEW SONIC LANDSCAPES

SIC SCENE REMAINS PALPABLE.

AND INTROSPECTIVE THEMES.

HER ABILITY TO CRAFT EVOCA-

BEYOND HER MUSIC, BEABA-

TIVE MELODIES THAT LINGER

DOOBEE’S

VISION

IN THE HEARTS OF LISTENERS

VISUALLY

REAFFIRMS HER STATUS AS A

BEABADOOBEE’S JOURNEY INTO

STRIKING MUSIC VIDEOS AND

RISING STAR AND AN IMPOR-

THE MUSIC REALM BEGAN WITH

CAPTIVATING

PERFOR-

TANT VOICE WITHIN THE GENRE.

HUMBLE ORIGINS, AS HER LO-FI

MANCES. HER STAGE PRESENCE,

KEEP AN EAR OUT FOR BEABA-

ACOUSTIC RECORDINGS CAPTU-

COUPLED WITH HER GENUINE

DOOBEE—A CAPTIVATING AR-

RED THE ATTENTION OF MUSIC

CONNECTION TO THE AUDIEN-

TIST WHOSE DREAMY SOUNDS-

ENTHUSIASTS ON SOCIAL ME-

CE,

IMMERSIVE

CAPES AND POIGNANT LYRICS

DIA PLATFORMS. HER BREAK-

EXPERIENCE THAT RESONATES

ARE LEAVING AN INDELIBLE

THROUGH

LONG AFTER THE FINAL CHORD.

MARK ON THE ALTERNATIVE MU-

WHAT

BEABADOOBEE

SIC LANDSCAPE, RESONATING

CLAIM, SHOWCASING HER TA-

APART IS NOT JUST HER MUSICAL

WITH A GENERATION IN SEARCH

LENT FOR CRAFTING INTIMATE

PROWESS BUT HER ABILITY TO

OF

HEARTFEWLT,

AND HEARTFELT COMPOSITIONS

CHANNEL GENUINE EMOTIONS

TIC

MUSICAL

THAT RESONATED WITH A GE-

INTO HER MUSIC, MAKING HER

SOARED,

EXTENDS

GARNERED

SINGLE,

“COFFEE,”

WIDESPREAD

AC-

HER

DEBUT

ARTISTIC TO

CREATES

SETS

HER LIVE

AN

AUTHEN-

EXPERIENCES.

NERATION SEEKING SOLACE IN MELANCHOLIC

MELODIES.

DRAWING INSPIRATION FROM ‘90S ALTERNATIVE ROCK AND THE

EMOTIVE

SONGWRITING

OF ARTISTS LIKE ELLIOTT SMITH, BEABADOOBEE’S MUSIC EXUDES A SENSE OF WISTFUL NOSTALGIA. HER DEBUT EP, “LICE,” FURTHER CEMENTED HER REPUTATION AS A COMPELLING STORYTELLER, CAPTURING THEMES OF LOVE, HEARTBREAK, AND THE COMPLEXITIES OF GROWING UP WITH

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IN THE ANNALS OF ALTERNATIVE ROCK, FEW BANDS HAVE LEFT AS INDELIBLE A MARK AS THE SMASHING PUMPKINS. EMERGING FROM THE FERTILE GROUNDS OF THE ‘90S ALTERNATIVE SCENE, THE BAND’S SONIC TAPESTRIES AND INTROSPECTIVE LYRICISM HAVE SOLIDIFIED THEIR PLACE AS PIONEERS OF THE GENRE. AS THEY RESURGE INTO THE MUSIC SPOTLIGHT, IT’S ESSENTIAL TO REVISIT THEIR INFLUENCES AND RECOGNIZE THEIR ENDURING IMPACT ON THE MUSIC LANDSCAPE. MUSICAL GENESIS AND INFLUENCES: THE SMASHING PUMPKINS’ SONIC E VO LU T I O N DREW INSPIRATION FROM A DIVERSE ARRAY OF INFLUENCES. FRONTMAN BILLY CORGAN’S MELODIC SENSIBILITIES WERE SHAPED BY A LOVE FOR ‘70S ROCK ICONS SUCH AS PINK FLOYD AND LED ZEPPELIN, EVIDENT IN THE BAND’S PENCHANT FOR CRAFTING EXPANSIVE SOUNDSCAPES.

IMPACT ON ALTERNATIVE MUSIC: THE SMASHING PUMPKINS’ IMPACT ON ALTERNATIVE MUSIC CANNOT BE OVERSTATED. THEIR WILLINGNESS TO EXPERIMENT WITH DIVERSE SOUNDS, INTRICATE GUITAR WORK, AND INTROSPECTIVE LYRICISM PUSHED THE BOUNDARIES OF WHAT ALTERNATIVE ROCK COULD ENCOMPASS. TRACKS LIKE “TODAY,” “BULLET WITH BUTTERFLY WINGS,” AND “1979” ENCAPSULATE THE BAND’S ABILITY TO CRAFT ANTHEMIC YET INTROSPECTIVE TUNES THAT RESONATED WITH A GENERATION GRAPPLING

RING RELEVANCE OF THEIR SOUND. THEIR RETURN TO THE FOREFRONT OF ALTERNATIVE ROCK MARKS A CONVERGENCE OF NOSTALGIA AND MODERNITY, APPEALING TO BOTH LOYAL FANS AND A NEW GENERATION OF LISTENERS. WITH THE RELEASE OF NEW MUSIC AND CAPTIVATING LIVE PERFORMANCES, THE SMASHING PUMPKINS CONTINUE TO EVOLVE WHILE STAYING TRUE TO THEIR SONIC ROOTS. THEIR ABILITY TO ADAPT TO CHANGING MUSICAL LANDSCAPES WHILE MAINTAINING A DISTINCTIVE IDENTITY UNDERSCORES THEIR LASTING IMPACT ON ALTERNATIVE MUSIC.

THE RESURGENCE OF THE SMASHING PUMPKINS

THEIR EARLY WORKS, ESPECIALLY THE BREAKTHROUGH ALBUM “SIAMESE DREAM,” BORE TRACES OF ALTERNATIVE ROCK’S EMERGENCE. THE ALBUM’S FUSION OF GRUNGE, SHOEGAZE, AND DREAMPOP ELEMENTS CATAPULTED THE BAND INTO THE MAINSTREAM, SETTING A TEMPLATE FOR THE ALTERNATIVE ROCK MOVEMENT OF THE ‘90s.

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WITH EXISTENTIAL ANGST AND SOCIETAL DISILLUSIONMENT. THEIR AMBITIOUS DOUBLE ALBUM, “MELLON COLLIE AND THE INFINITE SADNESS,” SHOWCASED THEIR VERSATILITY AND RANGE. FROM EPIC BALLADS TO GRUNGE-INFUSED ROCK ANTHEMS, THE ALBUM REMAINS A TESTAMENT TO THEIR ARTISTIC DEPTH AND SONIC AMBITION. RESURGENCE AND CONTINUED RELEVANCE: THE SMASHING PUMPKINS’ RECENT RESURGENCE HAS REIGNITED INTEREST IN THEIR MUSIC, PROVING THE ENDU-

AS THE SMASHING PUMPKINS EMBARK ON NEW MUSICAL VENTURES AND CONTINUE TO SOLIDIFY THEIR PLACE IN THE ALTERNATIVE ROCK PANTHEON, THEIR JOURNEY SERVES AS A REMINDER OF THE TRANSFORMATIVE POWER OF MUSIC. THEIR LEGACY STANDS AS A TESTAMENT TO THE ENDURING ALLURE OF ALTERNATIVE ROCK, INFLUENCING AND INSPIRING COUNTLESS ARTISTS ACROSS GENERATIONS. THE SMASHING PUMPKINS’ RESURGENCE REAFFIRMS THEIR STATUS AS LUMINARIES OF ALTERNATIVE MUSIC, BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN NOSTALGIA AND INNOVATION, AND ENSURING THEIR PLACE IN THE ONGOING NARRATIVE OF THE GENRE’S EVOLUTION.

PIONEERING THE SOUNDTRACK OF A GENERATION IN THE EVER-EVOLVING LANDSCAPE OF ALTERNATIVE MUSIC, CERTAIN ARTISTS EMERGE AS TRAILBLAZERS,

SHAPING

THE

SONIC LANDSCAPE WITH THEIR UNIQUE VISION AND UNMISTAKABLE TALENT. IN A GROUNDBREAKING

ANNOUNCEMENT

BY BILLBOARD, STEVE LACY HAS BEEN CROWNED AS THE MOST LISTENED ALTERNATIVE MUSICIAN OF 2023, A TESTAMENT TO HIS UNPARALLELED ARTISTRY AND INFLUENCE ON THE GENRE. HAILING FROM COMPTON, CALIFORNIA, STEVE LACY HAS CARVED A DISTINCT PATH IN THE WORLD OF MUSIC SINCE HIS EARLY DAYS AS A TEENAGE PRODIGY. INITIALLY GAINING RECOGNITION AS THE GUITARIST AND VOCALIST OF THE INTERNET, LACY’S SOLO ENDEAVORS HAVE PROPELLED HIM INTO THE LIMELIGHT,

CAPTIVATING

AU-

DIENCES WITH HIS INNOVATIVE APPROACH TO MUSIC-MAKING .LACY’S MUSICAL PROWESS EXTENDS ACROSS MULTIPLE REAL-

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MS, FROM HIS MASTERY OF

LIES HIS ABILITY TO TRANSCEND

THE GUITAR TO HIS KNACK FOR

BOUNDARIES AND CHALLENGE

CRAFTING INFECTIOUS MELO-

CONVENTIONS.

DIES

THOUGHT-PROVO-

LLY ACCLAIMED DEBUT ALBUM,

KING LYRICS. HIS GENRE-BLU-

“APOLLO XXI,” RELEASED IN 2019,

RRING

SOUND

SHOWCASED HIS SONGWRITING

FUSES

ELEMENTS

AND

EFFORTLESSLY OF

HIS

CRITICA-

FUNK,

DEXTERITY AND GARNERED WI-

R&B, SOUL, AND INDIE ROCK,

DESPREAD ACCLAIM FOR ITS

CREATING A SONIC TAPESTRY

ECLECTIC SOUNDSCAPES AND IN-

THAT DEFIES CATEGORIZATION.

TROSPECTIVE THEMES. TRACKS

AT THE CORE OF LACY’S APPEAL

LIKE “PLAYGROUND” AND “HATE

CD” RESONATED WITH AUDIEN-

ALTERNATIVE

MUSICIAN

UN-

BUTIONS, STEVE LACY STANDS

CES, CEMENTING LACY’S STATUS

DERSCORES

THE

INDELIBLE

AS AN EMBLEM OF INDIVIDUA-

AS A VISIONARY ARTIST UNA-

MARK HE HAS LEFT ON THE IN-

LITY AND FEWWWARLESSNESS.

FRAID TO EXPLORE THE DEPTHS

DUSTRY.

HIS UNAPOLOGETIC APPROACH

OF HIS CREATIVE IMAGINATION.

COLLABORATIONS,

PRODUC-

TO SELF-EXPRESSION AND THE

HOWEVER, IT WAS IN 2023 THAT

TION WIZARDRY, AND BOUN-

AUTHENTICITY EMBEDDED IN

LACY’S IMPACT ON ALTERNATI-

DARY-PUSHING RELEASES HAVE

HIS ARTISTRY RESONATE DEEPLY

VE MUSIC REACHED UNPRECE-

UNDOUBTEDLY STRUCK A CHORD

WITH FANS AROUND THE GLOBE.

DENTED HEIGHTS. BILLBOARD’S

WITH A GENERATION SEEKING

AS WE NAVIGATE AN ERA OF

ACKNOWLEDGMENT

HIM

AUTHENTICITYANDINNOVATION.

MUSICAL DIVERSITY AND SO-

LISTENED-TO

BEYOND HIS MUSICAL CONTRI-

NIC EXPERIMENTATION, STEVE

AS

THE

MOST

OF

HIS

GENRE-DEFYING

LACY’S ASCENDANCY TO THE TOP OF BILLBOARD’S CHARTS REAFFIRMS HIS POSITION AS A DRIVING FORCE IN ALTERNATIVE MUSIC. HIS INFLUENCE CONTINUES TO SHAPE THE TRAJECTORY OF THE GENRE, INSPIRING A NEW WAVE OF ARTISTS TO PUSH BOUNDARIES AND REDEFINE THE VERY ESSENCE OF WHAT ALTERNATIVE MUSIC CAN BE. IN THE GRAND SYMPHONY OF ALTERNATIVE MUSIC, STEVE LACY STANDS AS A MAESTRO, ORCHESTRATING A SOUND THAT ECHOES THE SENTIMENTS OF A GENERATION. HIS ACCOLADE AS THE MOST LISTENED-TO ALTERNATIVE MUSICIAN OF 2023 CEMENTS HIS LEGACY AS A VISIONARY ARTIST POISED TO INFLUENCE THE MUSICAL LANDSCAPE FOR YEARS TO COME. AS FANS EAGERLY ANTICIPATE HIS FUTURE ENDEAVORS, ONE THING REMAINS CERTAIN: STEVE LACY’S JOURNEY IS FAR FROM OVER, AND THE WORLD AWAITS THE NEXT CHAPTER IN HIS MUSICAL ODYSSEY.

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EXPLORING THE ROOTS: THE ORIGINS AND EVOLUTION OF ALTERNATIVE MUSIC IN

THE

VAST

AND

DIVERSE

NATIVE

MUSIC

MOVEMENT.

AND

PUSHING

BOUNDARIES.

LANDSCAPE OF MUSIC, THERE

PUNK’S INFLUENCE ON ALTER-

SIMULTANEOUSLY,

EXISTS A REALM THAT THRIVES

NATIVE

ON

OVERSTATED.

REBELLION,

INNOVATION,

MUSIC ITS

THE

EMER-

CANNOT

BE

GENCE OF NEW WAVE MUSIC

ETHOS

OF

BROUGHT SYNTHESIZERS AND

AND A REFUSAL TO CONFORM TO

CHALLENGING

CONVENTIONAL NORMS. THIS

EMBRACING

INDIVIDUALITY,

THE FOLD, ADDING A FUTURIS-

REALM IS KNOWN AS ALTERNA-

AND MAKING MUSIC ACCESSI-

TIC EDGE TO THE ALTERNATIVE

TIVE MUSIC, A GENRE THAT TRA-

BLE TO ANYONE WILLING TO

SCENE. BANDS LIKE DEPECHE

CES ITS ORIGINS TO THE DEP-

PICK UP AN INSTRUMENT SPAR-

MODE, NEW ORDER, AND THE

THS OF COUNTERCULTURE AND

KED A WAVE OF CREATIVITY

CURE

MUSICAL

THAT REVERBERATED ACROSS

ELECTRONIC

THE STORY OF ALTERNATIVE MU-

THE

TING

SIC BEGINS IN THE LATE 1970S

OUT OF THIS REBELLIOUS SPI-

TE THAT RESONATED WITH A

AND EARLY 1980S, A TIME MAR-

RIT EMERGED A MYRIAD OF

GROWING AUDIENCE SEEKING

KED BY SOCIAL UPHEAVAL AND

SUB-GENRES AND SOUNDS THAT

SOMETHING DIFFERENT FROM

A GROWING DISSATISFACTION

DEFIED CATEGORIZATION. POST-

MAINSTREAM

WITH MAINSTREAM MUSIC. AS

PUNK BANDS LIKE JOY DIVISION,

AS THE ‘80S PROGRESSED, THE

PUNK ROCK BURST ONTO THE

TALKING HEADS, AND SIOUX-

ALTERNATIVE

SCENE WITH ITS RAW ENER-

SIE AND THE BANSHEES TOOK

CAPE

GY AND DIY ETHOS, IT LAID

PUNK’S RAWNESS AND INFUSED

VE. THE TERM “COLLEGE ROCK”

THE GROUNDWORK FOR WHAT

IT WITH ARTISTRY, EXPERIMEN-

EMERGED, SIGNIFYING A CO-

WOULD BECOME THE ALTER-

TING WITH SONIC TEXTURES

LLECTION OF UNDERGROUND

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EXPERIMENTATION.

MUSICAL

AUTHORITY,

LANDSCAPE.

ELECTRONIC

ELEMENTS

INCORPORATED A

SOUNDS,

NEW

SONIC

RADIO MUSIC

CONTINUED

TO

INTO

THESE CREAPALET-

FARE. LANDSEVOL-

BANDS

GAINING

TRACTION

MAINTAINED ITS SPIRIT OF IN-

ELECTRONIC TO EXPERIMENTAL

ON COLLEGE RADIO STATIONS.

DEPENDENCE AND EXPERIMEN-

POP AND BEYOND. WHAT BEGAN

REM, THE SMITHS, AND SONIC

TATION.

RADIO-

AS A REBELLION AGAINST THE

YOUTH WERE AMONG THE IN-

HEAD AND BECK CONTINUED

STATUS QUO HAS EVOLVED INTO

FLUENTIAL ACTS OF THIS ERA,

TO PUSH BOUNDARIES, BLEN-

A

EACH CONTRIBUTING A UNI-

DING GENRES AND EXPLORING

VING

QUE SOUND THAT CHALLEN-

NEW SONIC TERRITORIES, SOLI-

THAT CONTINUES TO CAPTIVA-

GED MUSICAL CONVENTIONS.

DIFYING ALTERNATIVE MUSIC

TE

THE ‘90S WITNESSED A SEIS-

AS A SPACE FOR ARTISTIC EX-

IN CONCLUSION, THE ORIGINS OF

BANDS

LIKE

MIC SHIFT IN AL-

DIVERSE

AND

EVER-EVOL-

MUSICAL

LANDSCAPE

AUDIENCES

WORLDWIDE.

ALTERNATIVE MUSIC

LIE IN A RICH TAPES“ALTERNATIVE MUSIC WITH THE EXPLOTRY OF REBELLION, ORIGINATES FROM REBELLION, SION OF GRUNGE. INNOVATION, AND BANDS LIKE NIRCREATIVE FREEDOM. EVOLVING INTO A VANA, PEARL JAM, IT IS A GENRE THAT AND SOUNDGAR- DIVERSE LANDSCAPE FUELED DEFIES DEFINITION, DEN BROUGHT A CONSTANTLY REINBY AUTHENTICITY AND RAW, ANGST-FILLED VENTING ITSELF SOUND TO THE FOWHILE STAYING INNOVATION.” TERNATIVE

MUSIC

REFRONT,

CAPTU-

RING

DISILLUSIONMENT

PLORATION AND INNOVATION.

VALUES OF AUTHENTICITY AND

OF A GENERATION AND PRO-

FAST FORWARD TO THE PRE-

ARTISTIC EXPRESSION. AS LONG

PELLING

MU-

SENT DAY, AND THE LEGACY OF

AS THERE ARE ARTISTS PUS-

SIC INTO THE MAINSTREAM.

ALTERNATIVE MUSIC ENDURES.

HING BOUNDARIES AND CHA-

YET, EVEN WITHIN THE MAINS-

ITS INFLUENCE CAN BE HEARD

LLENGING NORMS, THE SPIRIT

TREAM SUCCESS OF SOME AL-

ACROSS A MULTITUDE OF GEN-

OF ALTERNATIVE MUSIC WILL

TERNATIVE ACTS, THE GENRE

RES, FROM INDIE ROCK AND

REMAIN ALIVE AND THRIVING.

THE

ALTERNATIVE

TRUE TO ITS CORE

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WHAT’S

K-INDIE

AND WHY IS SO POPULAR?

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IN THE DYNAMIC WORLD OF MU-

R&B. THE GENRE EMBRACES AR-

GARNERED WIDESPREAD ACC-

SIC, SOUTH KOREA’S INFLUEN-

TISTIC FREEDOM AND A DIY

LAIM, CONTRIBUTING TO THE

CE EXTENDS FAR BEYOND THE

ETHOS, ALLOWING MUSICIANS

GENRE’S RISING PROMINENCE.

BOUNDARIES OF K-POP, WITH

TO EXPLORE THEIR CREATIVITY

A BURGEONING INDIE MUSIC

WITHOUT THE CONSTRAINTS OF

THE ALLURE OF K-INDIE LIES IN

SCENE QUIETLY MAKING WAVES

COMMERCIAL

ITS ABILITY TO BLEND TRADI-

EXPECTATIONS.

BOTH DOMESTICALLY AND GLO-

TIONAL KOREAN INFLUENCES

BALLY. THE REALM OF K-INDIE,

ONE OF THE DEFINING CHA-

WITH A MODERN AND GLO-

SHORT FOR KOREAN INDIE MU-

RACTERISTICS OF K-INDIE IS ITS

BAL SOUND, CREATING A MU-

SIC, HAS BEEN EXPERIENCING

INTIMACY AND AUTHENTICITY.

SICAL FUSION THAT IS BOTH

A RENAISSANCE, CAPTIVATING

ARTISTS DELVE INTO PERSONAL

DISTINCTIVE

AUDIENCES WITH ITS DIVERSE

NARRATIVES

EMOTIONS,

LLY APPEALING. THIS FUSION

SOUNDSCAPES, ARTISTIC DEPTH,

WEAVING STORIES THAT RE-

NOT ONLY CELEBRATES KOREA’S

AND COMPELLING NARRATIVES.

SONATE WITH LISTENERS ON

RICH CULTURAL HERITAGE BUT

A PROFOUND LEVEL. THIS SIN-

ALSO EMBRACES INNOVATION

WHILE K-POP CONTINUES TO

CERITY AND EMOTIONAL DEP-

AND

DOMINATE

TH HAVE BEEN INSTRUMENTAL

TING THE STAGE FOR A DIVERSE

K-INDIE

IN CONNECTING K-INDIE TO

AND ECLECTIC MUSIC SCENE.

HAS BEEN CARVING ITS OWN

A DIVERSE GLOBAL AUDIENCE

PATH, OFFERING A RICH TAPES-

SEEKING MUSIC THAT TRANS-

AS K-INDIE CONTINUES TO EX-

TRY OF GENRES THAT DIVER-

CENDS

PAND ITS FOOTPRINT, IT SER-

NAL

THE

MUSIC

INTERNATIO-

SCENE,

AND

LANGUAGE

BARRIERS.

GE FROM THE POLISHED AND

AND

UNIVERSA-

EXPERIMENTATION,

SET-

VES AS A TESTAMENT TO THE

CHOREOGRAPHED AESTHETICS

BANDS

AND

SOLO

ARTISTS

POWER OF INDEPENDENT MU-

ASSOCIATED

WITHIN

THE

K-INDIE

SCENE

SIC AND THE UNIVERSALITY

HAVE BEEN GAINING RECOG-

OF ARTISTIC EXPRESSION. ITS

NITION BOTH AT HOME AND

EVOLUTION

K-INDIE REPRESENTS A VAST

ABROAD. ACTS LIKE HYUKOH,

RECOGNITION

SPECTRUM OF MUSICAL STYLES,

KNOWN

ECLEC-

A SHIFT IN THE GLOBAL MU-

RANGING FROM DREAMY IN-

TIC SOUND BLENDING INDIE

SIC LANDSCAPE, AS LISTENERS

DIE POP AND FOLK-INSPIRED

ROCK AND JAZZ, AND BOLBBAL-

INCREASINGLY SEEK OUT AU-

MELODIES TO EXPERIMENTAL

GAN4, WITH THEIR MELODIC

THENTICITY,

ELECTRONICA

AND WHIMSICAL TUNES, HAVE

UNIQUE

WITH

MAINS-

TREAM KOREAN POP MUSIC.

AND

SOULFUL

FOR

THEIR

AND

GROWING

UNDERSCORE

DIVERSITY,

SONIC

AND

EXPERIENCES.

S O N G S S H O U LD LI STE N TO “TOMBOY” - HYUKOH

“GOOD NIGHT” - IU

“PALETTE” - IU FT. G-DRAGON

“GALAXY” - BOLBBALGAN4

“DINOSAUR” - AKMU

“BEGIN AGAIN” - KIM FEEL

“NEW FACE” - KWON JIN AH

“WILD FLOWER” - PARK

“SOULMATE” - ZICO FT. IU

“D (HALF MOON)” - DEAN FT.

HYO SHIN

“STAY” - BLACKPINK

GAEKO

“HER” - DPR LIVE FT. CRUSH,

“UNIVERSE” - EXO

“ISLAND” - WINNER

PUNCHNELLO

“EIGHT” - IU FT. SUGA (BTS)

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LISTEN TO IN

THE

DIVERSE

AND

MARKING

A

PIVOTAL

MO-

EVER-EVOLVING UNIVERSE OF

MENT IN THE BAND’S CAREER.

ALTERNATIVE MUSIC, CERTAIN

“BITTER

TRACKS STAND AS TIMELESS

PHONY”

ANTHEMS THAT HAVE SHAPED

THIS SYMPHONIC ROCK AN-

THE GENRE’S LANDSCAPE AND

THEM EMBODIES GRANDIOSITY

CAPTURED THE ESSENCE OF

WITH ITS SWEEPING ORCHES-

ITS SPIRIT. FROM INFLUENTIAL

TRAL ARRANGEMENT, MAKING

CLASSICS TO MODERN MAS-

IT AN ICONIC PIECE THAT ENCAP-

TERPIECES, HERE IS A CURATED

SULATES THE ‘90S BRITPOP ERA.

LIST OF SONGS THAT EVERY AL-

“LOSER”

TERNATIVE MUSIC ENTHUSIAST

BECK’S

SHOULD HAVE ON THEIR RADAR:

HIT MERGES LO-FI FOLK, HIP-

“SMELLS

LIKE

HOP,

RIT”

BY

TEEN

SPI-

NIRVANA

SWEET BY

SYM-

THE

VERVE

BY

BECK

GENRE-BLENDING

AND

CEMENTING

SLACKER ITS

ROCK,

PLACE

NIRVANA’S ANTHEM OF DISI-

AN

LLUSIONMENT AND ANGST EN-

THAT CAPTURES A GENERA-

CAPSULATES THE RAW ENER-

TION’S DISENCHANTED SPIRIT.

GY AND REBELLIOUS ETHOS

“EVERLONG” BY FOO FIGHTERS

OF THE ‘90S GRUNGE MOVE-

THE FOO FIGHTERS’ MASTER-

MENT, MAKING IT AN ESSEN-

PIECE BALANCES RAW EMO-

TIAL CORNERSTONE OF AL-

TION WITH POWERFUL INS-

TERNATIVE

TRUMENTALS,

“CREEP”

ROCK BY

HISTORY.

RADIOHEAD

AN

ALTERNATIVE

AS

SERVING

EMBLEMATIC

AS

REPRESEN-

“CREEP” IS A HAUNTING BA-

TATION

LLAD THAT EPITOMIZES RADIO-

VE ROCK’S EMOTIVE DEPTH.

HEAD’S EARLY SOUND, RESONA-

“FAKE

TING WITH ITS INTROSPECTIVE

BY

LYRICS AND EMOTIVE DELIVERY,

THIS HAUNTINGLY BEAUTIFUL

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OF

ANTHEM

‘90S

ALTERNATI-

PLASTIC

TREES”

RADIOHEAD

ANTHEMS BALLAD SHOWCASES RADIO-

THAT

HEAD’S ABILITY TO INTERTWINE

MELANCHOLY

WITH

MELODIES

THOUGHT-PROVOKING

TRANSCEND

GENRES.

“SEVEN

NATION

ARMY”

BY

WHITE

STRIPES

THE

THE ICONIC BASSLINE AND

LYRICISM, MARKING A STAN-

JACK

DOUT

MOMENT

IN

MAKE “SEVEN NATION ARMY”

NATIVE

MUSIC’S

EVOLUTION.

“THE

MIDDLE”

MY

EAT

ALTER-

BY

JIMWORLD

A

WHITE’S

MODERN

RAW

ROCK

VOCALS

CLASSIC,

SOLIDIFYING ITS STATUS AS AN

ALTERNATIVE

ANTHEM.

JIMMY EAT WORLD’S ANTHE-

THESE SONGAS REPRESENT A

MIC POP-PUNK HIT IS A QUIN-

MERE GLIMPSE INTO THE VAST

TESSENTIAL ANTHEM OF RESI-

TAPESTRY OF ALTERNATIVE MU-

LIENCE AND SELF-ACCEPTANCE,

SIC’S RICHNESS AND DIVERSITY.

RESONATING

AUDIEN-

EACH TRACK HAS LEFT AN IN-

CES THROUGH ITS INFECTIOUS

DELIBLE MARK ON THE GENRE,

HOOKS AND RELATABLE LYRICS.

RESONATING WITH AUDIENCES

“FLOAT ON” BY MODEST MOUSE

ACROSS

MODEST MOUSE’S INDIE-ROCK

EMBODYING THE SPIRIT OF IN-

GEM IS A BUOYANT ANTHEM

NOVATION,

OF

OPTIMISM,

REFLECTING

AND

SONIC

ON

LIFE’S

UNCERTAINTIES

THAT

DEFINES

WITH

GENERATIONS

AND

INTROSPECTION, EXPLORATION ALTERNATI-

WITH A SPIRITED RESILIENCE

VE MUSIC’S TIMELESS ALLURE.

THAT CAPTIVATES LISTENERS.

WHETHER YOU’RE A DEVOTED

“1901”

PHOENIX

FAN OR A NEWCOMER TO THE

WITH ITS INFECTIOUS HOOKS

GENRE, THESE ANTHEMS SER-

AND DYNAMIC ENERGY, “1901”

VE AS ESSENTIAL MILESTONES

EMBODIES INDIE-POP PERFEC-

IN THE EVER-EVOLVING JOUR-

TION, SHOWCASING PHOENIX’S

NEY THROUGH ALTERNATIVE

ABILITY TO CRAFT ANTHEMS

MUSIC’S CAPTIVATING REALM.

BY

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WEIRD FISHE WITHIN RADIOHEAD’S ACCLAIMED ALBUM ‘IN RAINBOWS’ LIES A SONIC GEM: ‘WEIRD FISHES/ARPEGGI.’ THIS TRACK, AN EMBODIMENT OF THE BAND’S ARTISTRY, CAPTIVATES AUDIENCES WITH ITS INTRICATE INSTRUMENTATION AND EMOTIONAL DEPTH. WITH A HYPNOTIC GUITAR ARPEGGIO AT ITS CORE, THE SONG UNFOLDS LIKE A MESMERIZING JOURNEY, DRAWING LISTENERS INTO ITS ENIGMATIC WORLD. THOM YORKE’S HAUNTING VOCALS ADD AN EMOTIONAL WEIGHT, EVOKING INTROSPECTION AND CONTEMPLATION. THE CRYPTIC YET EVOCATIVE LYRICS, SUCH AS ‘IN THE DEEPEST OCEAN, THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA, YOUR EYES, THEY TURN ME,’ INVITE INTERPRETATION, ALLOWING LISTENERS TO WEAVE THEIR OWN NARRA-

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ES/ARPEGGI TIVES WITHIN ITS DEPTHS. THE INTERPLAY OF GUITARS, LAYERED MELODIES, AND COMPLEX RHYTHMS CREATES A SONIC TAPESTRY THAT IMMERSES THE AUDIENCE IN AN OTHERWORLDLY EXPERIENCE, LEAVING A LASTING IMPRESSION LONG AFTER THE SONG ENDS. WHETHER EXPERIENCED IN THE STUDIO VERSION OR WITNESSED LIVE, ‘WEIRD FISHES/ ARPEGGI’ EMBODIES RADIOHEAD’S MASTERY. IT STANDS AS A TESTAMENT TO THEIR INNOVATION, SERVING AS A TIMELESS SONIC VOYAGE THAT TRANSCENDS CONVENTIONAL MUSICAL BOUNDARIES. THIS TRACK REMAINS AN EMBLEM OF THE BAND’S ENDURING LEGACY, ETCHING ITS PLACE AMONG THE MOST PROFOUND CREATIONS IN THE ALTERNATIVE MUSIC UNIVERSE.”

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