While Mamamoo and eSNa's "AAH OOP!" has clear shades of Amy Winehouse, there is also a rhythm and attitude to the track reminiscent of some of the jazzier material by South Korea's own dance divas.
"I Caught Ya" from the album "Colors," released on Monday by miss A, has hard rocking guitar riffs, an inventive mixture of sequenced and live drums and a sound that's steeped in the blues.
As the highlight of both discs, EXO-K's "Exodus," has the sleek, modern sound EXO is known for without being robotic.
Using a relatively generic minor piano progression, Zzapa carves out a groove that is unique and downright funky on "Till The Night Is Over," from the EP "Time For Love," released in January.
The Clazziquai single "Call me back," celebrate the best attributes of these three inventive musicians.
Madtown's new single "New World," released digitally on March 9, is bass-heavy banger, blending K-pop with hard charging beats and rhymes heavily indebted to the worlds of EDM and Southern rap.
South Korean underground rappers P-Type and Chaboom harness the power of Neil Young's 1970 classic "Southern Man" to create something new on "The Stranger."
On "Like This," Wonder Girls use a simple handclap pattern as a springboard for a dance groove that sounds as fresh and as innovative as it did the day in spring of 2012 that it was released.
Seven months since their debut and five months after their last single, Red Velvet are back with a new sound on "Ice Cream Cake" that might stop your heart, but not because of the sugar content.
Zion. T and Crush focus on musicianship over digital production techniques on "Just," the first single off their new collaborative album "Young," released last month.
With the gothic sound of a pipe organ driving "Paradise Lost" and Gain alternating between slinky crooning and a confident delivery on the hook, the single, released Thursday, has a power that is impossible to ignore.
" They make their fans very happy" said 15-year-old high school student Tamia Murphy of New Haven, Conn. about why Big Bang is her favorite K-pop group.
Listening to "Drive," released on Tuesday by Seoul-based band Virgo, is like stepping onto the silver screen.