The winners of the Korean Music Awards 2012 were announced today and the biggest winner of them all was Chang Kiha & The Faces taking home no less than four out of the five categories where they were nominated. Although most fans of Korean indie music will already be very familiar with Chang Kiha, many may… Continue reading
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Winners of Korean Music Awards 2012
Today, February 29th, the winners of the 9th Korean Music Awards were announced. As has been the case just about every year since it launched the official site has been overloaded with traffic, but fortunately Korean Wikipedia has the complete list, replicated below: Album of the Year: Chang Kiha & The Faces – 장기하와 얼굴들… Continue reading
Korean Music Awards 2012 – Anna’s Predictions
The winners of the 9th Korean Music Awards will be announced next week. In our Korean Music Awards Prediction Poll post we said that we’d try to provide a bit of background on the nominated albums and songs for the various genres, but that never really happened. There’s just been too much new music coming… Continue reading
Nominees for 9th Korean Music Awards Announced
Today the nominees for the 9th Korean Music Awards were announced. Out of all the awards in Korea it’s considered the most prestigious among musicians and a majority of the nominees are indie artists rather than idols. The winners of the awards will be presented on February 29th. Album of the Year nominees: Idiotape –… Continue reading
Nominees for 9th Korean Music Awards Announced
Today the nominees for the 9th Korean Music Awards were announced. Out of all the awards in Korea it’s considered the most prestigious among musicians and a majority of the nominees are indie artists rather than idols. The winners of the awards will be presented on February 29th. Album of the Year nominees: Idiotape –… Continue reading
8th Korean Music Awards Winners
Yesterday, February 23, the winners of the 8th Korean Music Awards were announced. Thanks to the many Korean indie musicians on Twitter it was possible to follow the awards in real time even for those that couldn’t watch the video streaming from the official site. The Seoulsonic even offered a few photos on tumblr, starting… Continue reading
7th Korean Music Awards winners
The winners of the seventh Korean Music Awards were announced during an event today, March 30. More updates on this are likely to follow, but for now – via Newsen – here’s the full list: Album of the Year: Seoul Electric Band 《Life Is Strange》Song of the Year: Girls’ Generation 〈Gee〉《Gee》Musician of the Year: Seoul… Continue reading
7th Korean Music Awards nominee lists
A new year has begun and so the time has come for another Korean Music Awards. I came across the full nominees lists at omonatheydidnt, but decided to only post the nominees in the main categories myself, like last year: Album of the YearThe Black Skirts – 201Broccoli, you too? – 보편적인 노래Seoul Electric Band… Continue reading
5th Korean Music Awards winners
For the fifth time, the annual Korean Music Awards have been handed out. It all happened yesterday, but due to heavy traffic the KMA site is down right now. Fortunately for us, the Korean version of Wikipedia is already updated on the matter and it reveals that the awards of 2008 were distributed as follows… Continue reading