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KMA2018: Song of the Year

posted in Korean Music Awards on February 15, 2018 by Anna 0 Comments
한국대중음악상 올해의 노래

The nominees for the 15th Korean Music Awards were announced last week. Yesterday I had a closer look at the albums nominated for Album of the Year. Today it’s time… Continue reading →

KMA2018: Album of the Year

posted in Korean Music Awards on February 14, 2018 by Anna 0 Comments
한국대중음악상 올해의 음반

The nominees for the 15th Korean Music Awards were announced last week. Here’s an introduction to all albums nominated for Album of the Year. Kang Taegu – bleu Folk musician… Continue reading →

KMA2018: Cessa’s Predictions

posted in Korean Music Awards on February 9, 2018 by TKL_Cessa 4 Comments
KMA Predictions 2018

Although I’ve been listening to Korean indie bands and singers since discovering Korean music back in 2009, I was only able to give my outmost attention to its musicians back… Continue reading →

KMA2018: Nominees for 15th Korean Music Awards

posted in Korean Music Awards on February 6, 2018 by Anna 4 Comments

The nominees for the 15th annual Korean Music Awards were announced today at 11am, KST. The nominated albums and songs have been selected from albums and songs released between December… Continue reading →

Anna’s Best of 2017: Top Albums

posted in Year End Posts 2017 on February 6, 2018 by Anna 3 Comments
Album covers from PAKK (Salpuri), Flash Flood Darlings (Fewchie Vs. Wolflove), Car, the garden (APARTMENT), Kang Taegu (bleu)

The Korean music year of 2017 was off to an excellent start with the release of 3rd Line Butterfly’s fifth full-length album Divided By Zero already on January 6th. As… Continue reading →

Anna’s Best of 2017: Top Discoveries

posted in Year End Posts 2017 on February 5, 2018 by Anna 0 Comments
Album art from Anna's top discoveries of 2017: Goodbye Wendy, Night Riding, DABDA, South Club

Since a few years ago, I’ve reached the age by which I’ve had to realize that listening to old favorites is generally more rewarding for me personally than seeking out… Continue reading →

Mini-Interview with H a lot

posted in Interviews on February 1, 2018 by Anna 0 Comments
H a lot logo with white text and orange/red vector image of the band in the background

Catching up on Twitter yesterday I came across a retweet from kumichan that really caught my attention: Choi Jae Hyuk announcing a new band, H a lot. Choi Jae Hyuk… Continue reading →

Anna’s Best of 2017: Statistics Edition

posted in Year End Posts 2017 on January 31, 2018 by Anna 1 Comment
My 2017 Wrapped: In 2017, I listened for 31,504 minutes, to 4,389 different songs and 1,125 different artists. Along the way, I explored 5 genres.

Although buying physical media is still how I add to my music collection, as circumstances would have it most of my actual music listening during 2017 turned out to be… Continue reading →

Gaon Charts 2017

posted in Gaon Korean Chart, Year End Posts 2017 on January 29, 2018 by Anna 2 Comments

A few weeks into 2018 Korea’s national music chart Gaon published the top 100 charts for 2017. While the idol side of Korean music is still what is more popular… Continue reading →

Indieful ROK’s 10th Anniversary

posted in Blog Related on January 25, 2018 by Anna 1 Comment
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It’s now been 10 years since Indieful ROK was first launched. So much has changed since then and I could never have anticipated even half of it. While I’m not… Continue reading →

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