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It's a new season at GFN and we start marking 52 years since Jimi Hendrix's passing, then straight into our new & now official new format for New Muses Monday, finishing with our Korean indie faves for the entirety of part four!
"The Drop with Danno" on GFN 광주영어방송 98.7FM in Gwangju & 93.7FM in Yeosu, Korea. An eclectic radio curation of all things musical spanning the spectrum every week. Broadcasting 8-10pm KST nightly.
Sept 19, 2022
I & II
Jimi Hendrix – I Don’t Live Today
The Beths – When You Know You Know
Dry Cleaning – Gary Ashby
JAWNY – adios
Whitney – LOST CONTROL
Alex Siegel – Fairweather Friends
Weyes Blood – It’s Not Just Me, It’s Everybody
Djo – End of Beginning
Nick Hakim – Vertigo
DEHD – Eggshells
Danielle Ponder – Someone Like You
Blackmidi – Sugar/Tzu
Blackmidi – Dangerous Liaisons
It is 20 hours past midnight and it is day one of the new season here on The Drop, our 8th on GFN, and with it being Monday it is time for the new muses to come out and dance as it has been since the beginning, with this evening gusted into historical knowledge as September 19, 2022. Danno here coming at you from the mic in studio 2 at GFN HQ up the hill in Sajik Park above the stream here in downtown Gwangju, how do you do? Big new stuff going on all over the place tonight, as we make our tested new format for Mondays a weekly occurrence, and just to jog your memory we do the usual with our super favorites to start in parts 1 & 2, with the new twist being that we end the hour with an artist soon to visit Korea on tour, part 3 as it’s always been will be all about the new pop that has just popped off, but then to close for part 4 it’s our favorite indie tunes from on-the-rise artists here in Korea to close the show. Be it declared, write it down, that’s how it’ll go here on Mondaze, ladies & gentlemen. Now, to start as always we get the monocle on while trying to not get too pedantic about the history, and we go to yesterday in 1971 as the greatest guitarist of all time met his end in a tragic, far too early exit all too common, here & gone like a comet. Rest in power Jimi Hendrix. THIS is The Drop.
Jimi Hendrix – I Don’t Live Today
The Drop is off and running for season 8 of the show as we regroup and renew this very first new muses Monday. A little bit of a remodel for our New Muses Monday nights, as we’ll be covering our favorite new tunes as usual for the first hour this evening, but finishing with an early warning on the shows upcoming here in Korea. We’ll also have the usual new pop segment for part 3, but our real new girl this evening is our Korean indie spotlight that is now official for all of part 4 and that will finish the gig every week.
Now, as to what just went into space for our TIGHT (or) history to begin things tonight, that was getting a little too literal with Jimi Hendrix and I Don’t Live Today, which has been a veritable truth since yesterday in 1970 as the famed guitarist met his unfortunate end. Hendrix took 9 sleeping pills which combined with alcohol to literally choke him to death while he took a much needed rest.
Hendrix was one of the first members of the so-called 27 club, or artists who passed away at that very early age from a variety of circumstances, usually substance-related. That period of years in the early 1970’s saw a trio of massive rock stars meet their ends, with Jim Morrison from The Doors and Janis Joplin also meeting their final fates, all three being just 27 years of age.
Jimi Hendrix though was something truly different, an oddball left-handed guitar player who did things with the instrument that nobody had seen before, making a smashing debut vaulting him straight to the top, putting together a few albums in a period of just under 5 years and then poof…it was all over yesterday 52 years ago.
Rest in power to the greatest guitarist of all time.
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So moving along, let’s start with our new muses for this week’s showcase, and we begin with something from The Beths to be followed by new joints from Dry Cleaning and Alex Seigel, all of which we shall talk about but hopefully not too much side opposite the sonics. THIS is The Drop on your season debut New Muses Monday.
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The Drop continues this evening and it is first newly refurbished Monday nights to start this show’s eighth season here on GFN. We still got the new tunes for our first hour, but covering the upcoming shows visiting Korea later this year to finish part 2, and we also as always have the big new pop tunes for part 3, but for the final quarter of the game here on Mondays we’re covering our favorite new Korean indie and on-the-rise pop artists to close proceedings at 10pm.
Now, as to what just happened, we just had our first trio of joints to taste test for this week, so let’s get to the details…
The Beths – When You Know You Know (…this is off the New Zealand band’s new album that just dropped Friday called Expert In A Dying Field. We’ve discussed this band at length with rock maestro Dan Lloyd on the show, but if not familiar, they have a very unique, very skilled touch on their sound due to their formal musical training. Very tight stuff, once again that’s expert in a dying field by The Beths.)
Dry Cleaning – Gary Ashby (…over to the UK with that 2nd single in the block, the latest from Dry Cleaning’s upcoming album Stumpwork which drops in full on October 21. Another very unique band with the blend of indie rock sounds and spoken word, do mark if you liked that number.)
JAWNY – adios (…this is the latest from Interscope artist JAWNY, but nothing larger announced although it does come with a manic video. In the song, the artist is saying goodbye, finding himself on the other side of heartbreak, which is kind of veiled by the sunny arrangement that accompanies the tune.)
Alright, so we are coming to the end of part 1 this evening, but still have a couple of tunes to discuss. Up next Chicago’s very own Whitney are out with a new album as of Friday called SPARK, out via Secretly Canadian. We’ll rock a tune called LOST CONTROL but not until we say this band has such a distinct sound that is all their own, do check out that LP in full if you dig what’s next, can’t recommend highly enough. Whitney. SPARK. Now to finish things in the first fourth after that we have a new joint from Alex Siegel called Fairweather Friends, which is just a lovely standalone single that we thought you definitely should hear, and that’ll take us to the jump. THIS is The Drop on your Season Premiere New Muses Monday night.
Whitney – LOST CONTROL
Alex Siegel – Fairweather Friends
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II
Back at it and slowing the stir with a lower flame here in part 2 as the simmer begins. Danno here with our new muses for the week here in parts 1 & 2, but as always getting a little low for the 2nd quarter. Now as to what sedated just now, let’s get to the details on the opening salvos we just sent into space. That was...
Weyes Blood – It’s Not Just Me, It’s Everybody (…unquestionably our new tune of the week here on this show, just produced to absolute perfection. And timely, as I know a lot of us have gotten down over the past couple of years, and with the isolation it’s hard to realize that you’re not the only one, but most times it is indeed true. This tune dropped last week with the announcement of a new album from the band called In The Darkness, Hearts Aglow, and that will drop November 18 and I’m sure sends hearts aflutter everywhere as that lead single is choice.)
Djo – End of Beginning (…for those not in the know, this is the moniker of actor Joe Keery, who most would know as Steve Harrington from Stranger Things. This song features on DECIDE, which is Keery’s sophomore album and is getting some pretty great reviews so go check it if you liked that tasty cut.)
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So, let’s in the mold for the next block and keep it low down. On deck we have Nick Hakim who always wields a very deft touch, then it’s two more new joints from Dehd and Danielle Ponder to check out, followed by the talk about for those who know little about. THIS is The Drop on your season premiere New Muses Monday night.
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Back on The Drop here as the season begins anew. This is Danno as always in studio 2 GFN HQ on the usual steelo, but we do have new things we’ve added for Mondays that we’re not debuting but making official tonight after testing the format in August, with our early warning concert and tours coming up momentarily to end part 2, and we are doing it all Korean indie for part 4 tonight to finish the two hours for this evening’s show. However, let’s stay present or at least recent past and recap that final trio of newbies that just went to the rings of Saturn…
Nick Hakim – Vertigo (…always an interesting listen if you can handle the depth emotionally, Nick Hakim is out with a new album coming up October 21 called Cometa or Comet in Spanish. Definitely mark that album, his last was stellar, and all of the teasers out so far have been quality.)
DEHD – Eggshells (…a little something extra right here from the Chicago trio’s latest album Blue Skies. Eggshells was recorded for the album but didn’t fit conceptually, so now you have the first cutting room floor clipping as of last Friday.)
Danielle Ponder – Someone Like You (…just out Friday is an album we have been keenly anticipating, the debut LP from Ponder, who formerly worked as a public defender in upstate Rochester, NY. Sometimes We Are Brave is Ponder’s debut album, and Ponder was on the set to perform this song for CBS Saturday Morning in a live national broadcast, so big up to one of our favorites, now breaking into stardom.)
Alright so it’s time to highlight a big act that is on the way to Korea here in the coming months, and we note with great excitement that blackmidi will be performing in Seoul at Rolling Hall, which will be the stellar group’s first live concert in Korea. Show starts at 8pm on Friday, December 2, so go check it if you can, they are mind-blowingly talented. THIS is The Drop and that is haltime.
Black midi – Sugar/Tzu
Black midi – Dangerous Liaisons
III & IV Popcast
BLACKPINK – Shut Down
Jessie Reyez – ONLY ONE
Wizkid – Bad to Me
Feid – Prohibidox
Noah Cyrus – I Just Want A Lover
Charlie Puth – I Don’t Think That I Like Her
Rina Sawayama – Hurricanes
Choi Yuree – Forest
YU YEON WOO – divers
SOSEOM – The Regret of Yesterday
Witches – Whenever I Fall Asleep
SOLE – ore ore
sucozy feat subin – Empty
Levan – You’re Beautiful
Part III: New Pop
BLACKPINK – Shut Down
- This is the big, big deal in K-pop for this past weekend, with this tune appearing on the unapologetic Korean femme power group’s latest album Born Pink, which is their sophomore LP just out Friday via YP Entertainment.
- This tune upon release saw massive numbers on the Spot with all the music, with BLACKPINK making history as the first Korean group to top that particular platform’s daily streams for two consecutive days and counting.
Jessie Reyez – ONLY ONE
- Over to Canada with this one, another big deal sophomore LP called YESSIE.
- Reyez first found success back in 2016 with their debut single and it has only grown from there, with YESSIE seeing big numbers upon release on Friday, this tune in particular being the big number on the streamers.
Wizkid – Bad to Me
- Over to Nigeria with the ever-burgeoning music movements going on in that capital of West African music.
- This is the first single in a couple of years for the Nigerian stalwart, with this being the lead single to the artist’s 5th studio album coming out later this year called More Love, Less Ego.
- Amen to that sentiment, we must add. The album was originally rumored to be dropping August 5th, but is no fooling out October 29, it has been announced.
Feid – Prohibidox
- Down to Colombia with a big of a surprise release, as Feid performed a huge series of sold out shows in their hometown of Medellin recently but figured out that their new album slated for release later in the year had already been leaked online.
- Thus, last Wednesday saw the release of feliz cumpleanos ferxxo (forgive the pronunciation), with this tune being the big single to drop simultaneously.
Noah Cyrus – I Just Want A Lover
- Just out as of Friday is the debut album from this American singer-songwriter.
- The Hardest Part is available everywhere now, with the artist remarking, "I found a safe place to make music with people I love and trust. The process was really healing for me. For the first time, I'm revealing my complete and honest truth."
Charlie Puth – I Don’t Think That I Like Her
- Not out juuuuust yet is the highly anticipated Charlie LP, which will come out in full on October 7.
- Here the artist is singing about heartbreaks past, and the realization before the final breakup that he’s just not that into the unlucky lady in question.
Rina Sawayama – Hurricanes
- Hold The Girl is out as of Friday as well!
Part IV – Fresh K Cuts
Choi Yuree – Forest
- This is a tune from the indie artist’s double single called yuyeong or stroll, which dropped late last month.
- Definitely gaining a following under the Shofar Music label in Seoul, Choi made their debut early in 2020.
YU YEON WOO – divers
- This is an ever so soft bit of biz from an artist found in the hip-hop realms typically, but here Yu is showing off a borderline spoken word style, released as a standalone single earlier this month exactly two weeks ago.
SOSEOM – The Regret of Yesterday
- True name Kim Hyojin, this is an artist that’s been seen on quite a few music contestant shows, with this song being part of the 22 EP, just out earlier this month.
- Not a lot on the bio front, at least from the artist, with SOSEOM merely stating in the bio that their sound is “like a small island to rest for a while.”
Witches – Whenever I Fall Asleep
- This is latest from the Korean 5 member female group, who appear under the InMedia label.
- The members on stage are known as Mina, Aya, Mago, Mari, and Bella, with this tune just out being merely a standalone single.
SOLE – ore ore
- This is a South Korean singer-songwriter and producer who appears courtesy of Amoeba Culture. She is a member of the project group WSG Wannabe and a former member of the girl group Live High.
- True name Lee So-ri, she made her solo debut in 2017, and this tune is a smasher that appears on the imagine club LP, just dropped Friday, our Korean tune of the week.
sucozy feat subin - Empty
- This is another tune that dropped as a standalone two weeks ago on the 5th.
- sucozy is just making their way starting this year with a smattering of singles so far, so not much further to note on that, although the artist can be found on social media rather easily as opposed to background information.
Levan – You’re Beautiful
- This is an artist out of Seoul who’s been around since 2019 and also put out some songs under the moniker Han, which would be the family name of his true self Han Dong-jae.
- This is a standalone single just out two weeks ago today and THAT is gonna do it, my friends. So just to recap…