It may not be particularly pretty but I have found a workaround for my Hyang Music load problems. And so I can now present the second album sales chart of the year from what is arguably Korea’s best indie music store.
Hyang Chart – 2nd week of January, 2011
1. Guckkasten – Tagträume
2. Broccoli, you too? – 졸업
3. 10cm – The First EP
4. Bye Bye Badman – Bye Bye Badman
5. Jieun and The Wolves – 오지은과 늑대들
6. Autumn Vacation – 가을방학
7. Joyumn – 흐르른다
8. Michael Jackson – Michael
9. IU – Real
10. Vodka Rain – Faint
The new k-indie oriented additions to the TOP100 list were the following:
50. 9 and the Numbers – 9와 숫자들
65. Achime – Hunch
68. Thornapple – 난 자꾸 말을 더듬고 잠드는 법도 잊었네
See the full top 100 list here.
Indie rock band Bye Bye Badman debuted with a self-titled EP on January 7. Listen to brief samples of Between the Black & White and She Don’t Know at Hyang Music or check out their sound on YouTube.
Thornapple released first album 난 자꾸 말을 더듬고 잠드는 법도 잊었네 in 2010 on August 6. The official MySpace offers several samples, and I must say both sound and vocals are very reminiscent of Achime.