Lovin' The Koxx

If your mind is in the gutter and have heard it wrong, then I'm going to say again. I like The Koxx, a five piece Korean band that's sweeping over the live indie rock scene in Korea. I recently found them out by digging through Youtube, and boy, was I simply SHOCKED to hear them.

Seriously. Where did these guys come from? That song blew me out of the waters, because it was just something I've never heard from a Korean band before. Certainly from the North American rock scene, primarily comparable to Franz Ferdinand, but holy damn they are simply one of the most bad ass bands I've heard to come from Korea.

The Koxx, formed back in 2009 as three art school friends wanting to play electro-fueld rock. Ever since then, they've been gaining fame as a band that puts up the wildest, the most energetic shows the underground indie scene has seen in the recent years.

With their first EP named Enter, The Koxx made an electric debut, bringing out explosive songs like this one below.

It's so indie. I know. It's actually really, really indie. But Koxx doesn't stop there. With their second album, Access OK released in 2011, The Koxx took up a heavier electro profile, radiating traces of MGMT and Daft Punk in their wake.

For Korean bands, you don't get one as colorful and multi-dimensional as The Koxx. There are so few that dare to cross boundaries and experiment more and more in the Korean music scene, and The Koxx is certainly at the forefront of it all. They're unafraid to take a step that pushes it only further, and they do it in a graceful way that comes out as a sweet surge of mega-voltage music.

I've gone around some indie concerts and when they try anything unconventional it just comes off as weird. With The Koxx however, everything is musically sound. Their dissonance all comes together in harmony at the end. Every line of melody has a purpose, every layer of vocal with a firm position.

They flow like a storm, seemingly uncontrollable, but it's so tight, and sharp. The edgy feeling mixes with the musical mellowness and even maturity.

Keep your eyes on The Koxx. This is really one of those bands that you won't find another of in the Korean indie-scene. So strap on. It's going to be a hurricane ride of music. All you can do is surrender your ears.