I absolutely love Oldfish! It's great that you're giving him some publicity through your site!

I'd like to enter for the CD!

dramabeans + indie music + free giveaways = Way too much good stuff to handle! :D

Great music thanks for introducing it to us!!!! =) I love your random songs of the day ^^ Keep up the awesome work!

i love the music you've been postng lately. soothing/calm for my stressed life these days. :]

AND. i just watched soulmates based on ur rec and loved it~! :)

Oh wow, these guys sound so cool! You related them to a lot of people I like (Kings of Convenience, The Postal Service, etc).

Hey! This is so cool!

Thanks for dedicating so much of your energy and time for this blog. Music is amazing.

With the contest, just look at the number of comments..hehehhee

i'm actually new to oldfish, but they sound stellar since i've heard them.

& i think its very nice of you to giveway a few copies.

sharing music is splendid. [:

sweet idea!

watched the dot dot dot video and it's pretty awesome. stop-animation is so cool.

I love oldfish.

I also like the idea of profiling the groups. It helps me to learn more about the korean music scene. Great idea.

Hope I win.

Their sound is very interesting. I usually like your choice in Indie anyway...thus my discovery of Fanny Fink and Adult Child! I like that they're mellow and quiet, and folkish and electronic at the same time. Often its hard to get the rock feel in the quiet kind of music, but OldFish seems to do it pretty well. He's very talented for sure, to be able to run a one-man band like that. The first song is very reminiscent of Kings of Convenience. There's these sudden twists in the music, if thats a good way to describe them, or just variations incorporated that really make it very spacey almost. That's neat, imaginative.
Thanks for the tracks, and for introducing me to another artist!! These will sound good on a rainy day or a quiet-kind-of-night, I feel! :)

Thanks for all your insightful comments and for introducing us all to wonderful new genres of music. The songs above by Oldfish such as Riding on the wind are somewhat nostalgic, like when you bump into a friend unexpectedly at the store, and there's still a glimpse of familiarity. Soothing, cool, eclectic mix. Awesome!

Hey Javabeans,

I read your posts every day, and I'd definitely like to get a CD =)

Thanks!

Mmm! I just love these indies songs! There's this "feel-good" thing about their songs. (: Very soothing indeed! Anyway, it's my sixteenth birthday tomorrow (which is so coincidentally Mother's Day)! :D Sooooo, do I get a chance of getting their CD? I'd really love to get it! Heh. (:

Have a great weekend! ^^

"Dot Dot Dot" is very refreshing. oh, my sis thinks the beat sounds like another song but she likes it. the mv is so cute!

Hey dramabeans!

I like the songs, I hope I win! ^__^

has a calming affect on me, thanks for sharing ur love for the alternative :)

I'm delurking just to have a chance to win!
I hope I'll get to hear this guy when I'm in Seoul...

love your taste in music so i hope this becomes a regular post. thanks for all the new music!

I always like free stuff!

Just have to say it, you are too good!!! (even willing to ship the cds across the globe). I too live like thousand miles from the USA..

Anyway, good luck to we all ( in the game) hehe!

its clear why oldfish is this first for this segment.
i really love ur music posts.
though i have been mroe exposed to kpop
im growing to love these indie type bands through watching dramas taht use them on the soundtrack.
i do hope you keep this portion up! its cool :)

enjoy visiting your site. nice (re?)-introduction to at least part of the korean culture.

Sounds awesome!

I've heard some of their stuff before. I like them. They do remind me of the HUS genre. :)

It's great your giving the indie bands some recognition.

Ohh. this is such a good idea!! i love their sound, they remind me of postal service.

i would love to get a copy of this CD...i'm just starting to get into korean music and this band sounds awesome!

WOW! I just sampled some of their music and it's AMAZING! I love all these Korean indie bands - there's such sublety and soul that kpop doesn't offer!!

Mmmm, I like the songs I've listened to so far on this post. :] I think it'd make really good study music... hahahahahaha. Are we being chosen based on best comment? o_o Hahha. :]

Anyways, I wish I knew more of Asian indie music. A lot of it seems pretty underground (to me--a non-Korean, haha).

Oldfish seems really soothing and happy. Like the gentle kind of happy. Mmmm, I'm listening to "A Day" right now. Kind of makes me feel like I'm laying on a hammock outside in the backyard beneath the sunlight. Very comfortable.

Anyways, I thought I'd give this a try. I personally like rock music (but there's so many types! Hahahha... I like a range of rock music?) Right now, I'm a little bored with American rock music [that I have]. xD I'm swinging back towards Asian music. It rotates every 2-3 years. :]

dramabeans just reached new heights of awesomeness!! :D niiiice idea for the giveaway.. & really enjoyed reading the artist profile for Oldfish.. i'm very inspired by soda.. after i first saw the music video for "dot dot dot" on youtube, i wanted to immediately run off to make my own stop-motion movie..

Wow it's been a while since I've been here and holy moly look @ the amount of comments to this post! After checking out a couple of their tracks I must say they're pretty awesome then again I do hold a strong bias towards Fluxus and Pastel ppl ^^. Awesomeness XD

Thanx for'em great tracks!

wow....cool that your giving away CD's of a great band isn't really well known. The songs sound so soothing too. Hope to win one ^__^

Sounds like the kind of music I like. I like the blend of folk with electronica. Pastel Music has some great artists. I love how you're promoting these underrated artists because I'm so tired of all the mainstream singers who make repetitive and crappy music.

Acoustic Movement has a cute cover. I want more Pastel Music artists~

Thanks for the history of Oldfish! I can't believe it's just one guy behind all of this.

Nothing like listening to soothing sounds in a language I don't understand! (Kind of like listening to rap, but this is SO much better :)

Wow. Is that the most comments you have ever had on a post? I don't think that I've ever seen so many!

I've been a fan of Oldfish for a while, and NOT just because of their cool name.

LOVE the "Dot Dot Dot" song!

The style is very unique, got to keep these guys in mind in the future!

great site by the way!

Javabeans. You totally redeemed my past experiences with Korean music. Thank you sooo much.

P.S. You also introduced me to some awesome American singers. You rock.

hi javabeans :) what an ingenious way to get a lot of your silent readers to come out of hiding! i love all the Oldfish songs you've posted. i'm a new indie fan, you see ^^ and by new, i mean that for the first time ever, i know what indie music actually is. (in a sense i've been an unknowing fan all along!) i recently watched soulmate based on your drama ratings (i'm tackling flowers for my life next) and fell in love with "c'mon through" by lasse lindh. i realized this wasn't the first time i'd been drawn to 'that type' of music, and only recently did i find out 'that type' was actually the indie genre. (ahhh, the wonders of google ;) ) and so, your Oldfish post came at an opportune time for me to confirm my love for indie music! for that, THANK YOU!!

aside from reading your wonderful reviews... i also love discovering korean indie music here, Javabeans! eventho i rarely comment (sorry!)

huwah. freebies! XD definitely count me in! XD good thinking javabeans! :] ehehe. this is so much fun. haha.

i love western indie music: cary brothers, priscilla ahn, & asa... but don't know anything about the asian indie world.

lots of 'fish' bands... oldfish, rumble fish, star love fish, and doctor fish (LOL)!

and now that i've already commented, indeed, a week is too long! how many daily unique hits do you get?

Great idea!

i like the music. thanks for sharing.
..makes me wana dance

omg this band is so good!!
i love it!!
i've heard them befor but never knew wat they were called
thanks!!

Pastel Music has the best artists ever. oldfish is made of pure awesomeness.

Can i please be entered in? I really like the preview songs you posted. Really cute and soothing music. :) Thank you!

oh wow. his songs are good ^_^ now i definitely wanna get the freebies. haha. good luck to everyone :]