While many fans attended the annual event, there are many that didn’t attend the event this year so here are 10 things you had missed at KCON 2014. Even if you did attend, there was so much to do there that you may STILL have missed some of these things. At KCON 2014, you may…
Are you a K-POP fan? Do you listen to artists like PSY, Wonder Girls, Super Junior, 2NE1, 2PM, Big Bang, EXO, SISTAR, and more? Well, thanks to Tuttle Publishing, HypnoticAsia had the chance to review Mark James Russell’s latest release. Russell’s latest book is entitled K-POP Now! The Korean Music Revolution and introduces some of…
AMF (Asian Music Festival – Korean Hip Hop Series Vol.1) 2014 took place at The Belasco Theater in Los Angeles, California on May 25, 2014. This hip-hop concert featured some of Korea’s hottest hip-hop stars including super popular Beenzino, the smooth voice of Bumkey, and the amazing rapper Verbal Jint. Also from Korea is rapper…
Stars: ★★★★ Grill5Taco is a chained Mexican restaurant in South Korea. It started as a food truck and expanded into restaurants. The specific location that is being reviewed is the one owned by the singer/actor Donghae (of Super Junior) in the affluent Cheongdam-dong neighborhood. While the food here is delicious, it is not considered authentic…
Big Phony unveils a double feature with Long Live The Lie and Bobby. Long Live The Lie is quite different from what avid listeners of Big Phony are accustomed to while Bobby is more of what fans may be used to and is all about him. Big Phony experiments with electronic sounds in this album; this album sounds a bit…
What is “Substance without Style”? Jason Chu brings you on a journey in this first track, “Free.” Free in this song has many connotations. His desire for freedom in this song is a freedom from expectation, from judgements due to his race, and freedom from fear to speak his truth. He summarizes his journey as…
Official release – January 28, 2014 The concept behind the album “Strength in NUMBERS” is clear. CHOPS assembled some of the latest and greatest Asian American performers and put together an album to showcase their talent and his skills as a producer. As a whole, the album is solid and contains some very powerful storytelling….
After years of nonstop hard work, the boys of U-KISS are headliners for their very first U.S. tour. After having successful shows in New York and San Francisco, U-KISS puts on an amazing performance for the last leg of their tour in Los Angeles at Club Nokia on Tuesday, January 14th, 2014. U-KISS performed their…
On December 18, 2013, Paul Kim unleashed his very own Christmas EP “The Christmas Sessions” with a total of five amazing Christmas tracks. Paul Kim is known for his soulful voice and R&B sound, so there was no doubt he’d bring R&B to some of these classic Christmas songs. Joining Paul on the EP are…
Kollaboration Star 2013 took place on Saturday, November 16th at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium in Pasadena, California. Kollaboration Star is known as the largest Asian American talent show which features amazing talents from Boston, San Francisco, Chicago, Dallas, East Lansing, Seattle, New York City, Los Angeles, Houston, Washington D.C., Atlanta, Toronto, Canada and more. This…
