[koolkat]

Regarding covers, I've heard this Indonesian band and some of their songs sound quite similar to American bands like Muse/My Chemical Romance.
 
There's a malay version of the korean Winter Sonata. :0
 
 

 

[wind016]

 
I think you guys might appreciate Standing Egg and 3rd Coast. =)

 

[wind016]

 
3rd Coast - "On and On" A bit jazz and hip hop.

 

[wind016]

 

 
This song sounds really Nujabes-ish.  3rd Coast - "Astral Plane"
 
 

I love "Love Solstice" =)

 

[xinque]

Gotta say Olivia Ong and Standing Egg are my favorite discoveries so far from this thread, or maybe I just need a break from pop female vocals.  3rd Coast ain't bad either.  Have any more recommendations along either of these lines?

 

[wind016]

 
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Gotta say Olivia Ong and Standing Egg are my favorite discoveries so far from this thread, or maybe I just need a break from pop female vocals.  3rd Coast ain't bad either.  Have any more recommendations along either of these lines?

Park Ji Yoon's new style in her 2009 album is still one of my favorites =) Not English though... Tanya Chua has some English albums.
 

 

[xinque]

Will check it out.  Personally, I've never found language to be a requisite for enjoying music.
 
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Park Ji Yoon's new style in her 2009 album is still one of my favorites =) Not English though... Tanya Chua has some English albums.
 

 

 

[miceblue]

Although not her voice isn't as rich as that of Oliva Ong's, I still enjoy Joanna Wang (mind the YouTube quality):
 
有你的快樂 - You ni de kuaile - Have Your Fun
 

 
 
 
As a break from the females, I like the popular Chinese singer Eason Chan:
 
世界 - Shijie - World
 

 

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Although not her voice isn't as rich as that of Oliva Ong's, I still enjoy Joanna Wang (mind the YouTube quality):
 
有你的快樂 - You ni de kuaile - Have Your Fun
 

 
 
 
As a break from the females, I like the popular Chinese singer Eason Chan:
 
世界 - Shijie - World
 

Nice! I think I heard of Joanna Wang before but didn't remember to save her name. She's definitely more like Tanya Chua-ish sound than Olivia's. Either way, I like it. Any more recent songs to take note of?
 
I never really got into Eason, but that might be more because it being HKPOP than anything. Every time a friend plays one of his songs, it's a ballad... God knows I hate pop ballads.
 

 

[miceblue]

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Nice! I think I heard of Joanna Wang before but didn't remember to save her name. She's definitely more like Tanya Chua-ish sound than Olivia's. Either way, I like it. Any more recent songs to take note of?
 
I never really got into Eason, but that might be more because it being HKPOP than anything. Every time a friend plays one of his songs, it's a ballad... God knows I hate pop ballads.
 

 
She hasn't released any recent albums per se, but from her last album in 2008 I like the rhythm of her English song "Nobody's a Nun" (the lyrics are interesting):
 
Can anyone identify the headphones she uses at 0:50? It's only shown for a brief moment.
 

 
 
 
I like the rhythm of her "Tikiville" song too:
 

 
 
 
I found a cover she did on YouTube for Nat King Cole's "Dream a Little Dream of Me":
 

 
 
 
Although it's another sappy love song (just a heads up wind016), I like her voice in this song too:
 
因為你愛我 - Yinwei ni ai wo - Because You Love Me
 

 
 
 
On a side note, I found this video interview on YouTube. Are those a pair of Beyerdynamic headphones she's wearing? Hahahaha, she said zou gao (糟糕), which is oops or terrible in Chinese.
 

 

 

[kaixax555]

 
Davichi anyone?
 
The way they presented this song is interesting... soft at the front... rock-like at the chorus

 

[Trikky99]

Interesting thread fellas. I usually don't care for ballads, but the first album (Your Story) of The Brown Eyed Girls gets so much play time on my gear. It's become one of my all time favorites even though I have no idea what they are saying.
 

 

 

[TheAesirsFinest]

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Interesting thread fellas. I usually don't care for ballads, but the first album (Your Story) of The Brown Eyed Girls gets so much play time on my gear. It's become one of my all time favorites even though I have no idea what they are saying.
 

Brown Eyed Girls...excellent choice! Even though they don't get as much attention as other k-pop bands, I feel as if they're the best and most balanced group.
 

 
 
 

 

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Davichi anyone?
 
The way they presented this song is interesting... soft at the front... rock-like at the chorus

I love Davichi but my gf makes fun of me when I listen to them so I do it secretly.
 

 

[kaixax555]

BEG releasing new stuff this month! Very curious to know how they will perform.