On October 21, Korean indie electronic group Love X Stereo delivered their first performance for their return to CMJ Music Marathon.

Love X Stereo appeared at CMJ Music Marathon following critically acclaimed performances in San Francisco and Los Angeles as part of the eclectically curated festival, Culture Collide.

Their performance at the New York City gastropub venue Carroll Place was one of two stages that Love X Stereo would perform as official artists in the CMJ 2014 lineup.

The group, led by main vocalist and synthesizer Annie Ko, took the stage around 11PM, following their sound check. In addition to Annie Ko, Love X Stereo includes guitarist and producer Toby Hwang. Bassist and percussionist Sol Han rounds out the official lineup of the group.

Annie charismatically led the group through a set of six songs including a cover of Nirvana's “On A Plain.” Love X Stereo kicked off their performance with “Fly Over.” They warmed up the crowd in attendance with “High Road” and the hilariously named song “Free Ass.” Love X Stereo then began to cap off their performance with two of their standout songs “Hide & Seek” followed by “Chain Reaction.”

KpopStarz caught up with Love X Stereo, following their performance, for a question and answer session. Love X Stereo provided answers to help new audiences learn more about their group and to provide a follow up to some of their previous English interviews.

How does it feel to be back in the United States, performing at CMJ for the second time?
It's always a pleasure to come to the United States and perform. CMJ [Music Marathon] has been really great to us and booked us for two official shows, which is so great! This time, we're more familiar with the whole thing, so it's easy to navigate and double the fun.

What are some of your recent milestones which you would consider to be most remarkable?
Befor CMJ, we went to San Francisco and LA for the festival Culture Collide. In Los Angeles, our shows were packed and we received a great response.  We are definitely going back to the West Coast, if we can.

The sound of Korean pop and rock has been evolving into a more electronic sound.  What are your musical influences and who are your favorite artists outside of Korea?
Our biggest musical influences are New Order, Smashing Pumpkins, and M83.  We are influenced by so many bands from the '90s. The '90s rule!

What performances do you intend to check out while you are at CMJ?
We're going to cool venues that we'd like to check out.  We'd just pop into the place and see how it goes. We are planning to go to Glasslands, Santos Party House, Cakeshop, Rockwood [Music Hall], and Terminal 5.

What is your favorite burger: In N Out or Shake Shack?
In N Out is great, we have never been to Shake Shack.

In your journey towards expanding from Korea, you have encountered numerous obstacles. What have been some of the greatest challenges?
Being shutdown last year. Enough said.

Do you watch Korean drama, if so which are your favorites?
Annie from Love X Stereo: Don't watch them anymore, but I used to like "My Lovely Sam Soon."  Sam Soon's lines were really funny.