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SmackSoft featured in Today News
‘Whang Bo Ryung = SmackSoft’, held two independent performances in DecemberThis article was written in Today newspaper, Reporter Kim So-jung, Published 2018.12.05 The rock band ‘SmackSoft’ will perform solo performances twice on December 15 and 23. The singer of SmackSoft is a singer-songwriter and artist who majored in art at New York Pratt Institute of […]
Whang Bo Ryung = SmackSoft releases ‘Urbane Sanity,’ their 6th album in 4 years
Whang Bo Ryung made his acoustic mini-album As if nothing ever happened in 2014, but SmackSoft releases their first album in 4 years since their 5th album ‘Follow Your Heart in 2012. Urbane Sanity is a gift of ‘love and affirmation’ created by Whang Bo Ryung and band members (guitar_Choi Hee-jae, bass_Shin Ji-yong, drums_DeAnthony Nelson […]
Whang Bo Ryung, a painter and musician, brings depth and experimentation to popular music.
[seoul, south korea] Whang Bo Ryung, who writes, produces, and performs music is critically acclaimed among Korean female pop music musicians. Whang Bo Ryung is a female punk musician who pulls popular music to the artistic level by creating haunting, layered, soundscapes. In February, he released his first solo acoustic special album, As if nothing […]
SXSW Thursday Showcases
2k14 SeoulSonic 8pm, Icenhauer’s Even with the explosive and happily sustainable popularity of K-Pop tarnishing South Korea’s worldwide musical reputation, don’t forget that there are men and women on the Korean peninsula making unsponsored music, the kind that belongs in a tangible indie scene. All these bands come from Seoul, but beggars can’t be choosers. Smacksoft, […]
Crying Nut, Smacksoft, Jambinai set to invade the US and SXSW
hellokpop has a story about SmackSoft, Jambinai, and 크라잉 넛 Crying Nut all going to the US separately this week to play gigs at SXSW and in other cities! When we asked the band about how they felt about their upcoming tour, guitarist and main vocalist Bo Ryung Whang has this to say: “We’re really honored to be playing at SXSW in […]
FarEastVibes Interviews Smacksoft!
Via FarEastVibes, SXSW Festival SXSW is just around the corner (March 7th to be exact) and we’ve got days of interviews lined up for you guys! We’re spotlighting some of the awesome Korean bands that are coming to the States to spread not just their own music, but the power of the Korean Rock scene […]
FOLLOW YOUR HEART: INTERVIEW WITH SMACKSOFT
Via YAM Mag Smacksoft is one of the leaders of the Korean rock movement, they’re undefinable and ever changing. They formed in 2002 and have been rocking the stage ever since. Leader Bo Ryung Whang was kind enough to answer some questions with us. For our readers that haven’t had the chance to learn about […]
“Smacksoft to Bring True Korean Post-Punk to US” via Korea Gig Guide
Written By: Tom Rainey-Smith, via Korea Gig Guide From the streets of New York to the underground clubs of Seoul, Smacksoft frontwoman Bo Ryung Whang has been fashioning her own blend of electronica-infused post-punk since she first started performing in Seoul in the late 1990s. Smacksoft was established shortly after, taking on its current form in […]
KoreAm Journal has a story on SmackSoft and our upcoming American concerts!
Smacksoft Defying Categories, by Julie Ha, published in KoreAm Journal Get to know a few of the bands that will be touring the U.S. this month, including at the renowned SXSW music festival, and showcasing the diversity of today’s Korean indie scene. “Avant-indie, “siren-like” and “spacey alternative” are how various media have described the music of […]