LOVE X STEREO is an electronic rock band based in Seoul, Korea. LOVE X STEREO’s music is authentic electronic music based in alternative and punk rock from the 90s. With its free use of synthesizing and effects, LOVE X STEREO’s music is danceable.
// BIO // Launched in 2011 by former skate punk rocker Toby Hwang and fugitive astrophysicist Annie Ko, Love X Stereo is a dazzling Seoul electro rock duo whose dreamy kaleidoscope of stellar synthpop anthems have enraptured music festival audiences across Asia and North America. Selected by Sonicbids/Blurt Magazine as one of 2013’s New Best Kept Secrets and voted by US music critics as one of the top 3 international acts at the 2014 Culture Collide Music Festival, Love X Stereo is set to take off in 2015 with the world premiere of their newest EP and music video — ‘We Love We Leave’ — at CMW Canadian Music Week. // REVIEWS // “Winning, spiky, dance-pop” — Wall Street Journal ‘Globalization With an ’80s Beat’ “Frontwoman Annie Ko possesses a girlish, fairytale whisper that lends itself to CHVRCHES comparisons. But while the Scottish band floats like an electronic butterfly, Love X Stereo stings like a rock ‘n’ roll bee.” — MTV Iggy ‘Love X Stereo = Delicious Electro Rock From Seoul’ “They may draw from the sound of alt and punk rock from the 90’s, but with a modernized electronic production and lead singer Annie’s powerful, yet girly voice, Love X Stereo has a sound that’s all their own.” — SXSW South By Southwest ‘Four On The Floor: Bands With Seoul (Part One)’ // AWARDS & HONORS // 2014 Culture Collide (Top Ten International Acts : #3) 2014 Korea Creative Content Agency (K-Rookies Annual Finals : Runner-Up) 2014 Korea Creative Content Agency (K-Rookies Monthly Competition : Winner) 2013 Sonicbids/Blurt Magazine (New Best Kept Secret) // INTERNATIONAL FESTIVALS // 2015 Canadian Music Week (Toronto ON) 2014 CMJ Music Marathon (New York NY) 2014 Culture Collide (San Francisco/Los Angeles CA) 2014 Hyundai Card CityBreak (Seoul KOR) 2014 Ultra Music Festival (Seoul KOR) 2014 Music Matters Live (Singapore) 2014 CAAMfest (San Francisco CA) 2014 SXSW South By Southwest (Austin TX) 2013 CMJ Music Marathon (New York NY) 2013 Indieweek Canada (Toronto ON) 2012 Jisan Valley Rock Festival (Gyeonggi-do KOR)
