This year’s Incheon Pentaport Rock Festival launched on Friday, August 1 and will continue until Sunday August 3. Each day one of the 2014 Penta Super Rookies is performing on the Moonlight Stage, as selected from the Top 9 during the final held July 22nd. Before the festival is already over, let’s have a closer… Continue reading
It’s not just Hello Rookie that highlights the many talented but unknown bands that Korea has to offer. In addition to the announcement for the Hello Rookies of August, last week also offered lists of the finalists from 3 other music competitions. 2014 K-Rookies Let’s start with K-Rookies. This is a competition created by… Continue reading
The Hello Rookie auditions of this year have been going on for a few months now. As the auditions are preparations for participation on the monthly Hello Rookie episodes of EBS Space 공감, the winners are selected a month in advance meaning that already now in July we find out which bands have been named… Continue reading
Since the last day of Mars artists have been able to apply for this year’s Hello Rookie competition. Applications are made on monthly basis with around seven bands usually picked for final audition in front of a live audience. The monthly winners are awarded 1 million won each and get to appear on a special… Continue reading
The KMA focus I was hoping to keep during February quickly faded as I failed to cut down on work, and with a sudden business trip thrust upon me I had to give it up completely. Similar circumstances has kept me from listening to as much music as I would typically prefer, so I’ll have… Continue reading
This week we launched our 2014 KMA series where we take a look at all the nominees for the 10th Korean Music Awards. Starting with the Album of the Year nominees yesterday, today we proceed to listen to the nominees for Song of the Year. EXO – ”Growl (으르렁)” SM Entertainment’s latest idol boyband success EXO released… Continue reading
The nominees for this year’s Korean Music Awards, the 11th so far, were announced last week. A day later we launched our own predictions poll, where you can pick who you think will win each category for a chance to get a price of your own. But what are the alternatives, really? That’s what will try to… Continue reading
The nominees for the 11th annual Korean Music Awards were announced today at 11am, KST. The Korean Music Awards do not take sales into consideration and the winners are determined by a panel of music critics and industry experts, making it a Korean version of the Grammy’s. This year the ceremony will take place on February… Continue reading
July has barely gotten started, but sticking to the early audition schedule the Hello Rookie bands of August this year have already been selected through a live audition on July 1st. Indie pop trio Roundheads tried out yet another time and finally came out a winner of both the title and 1,000,000 won, just like… Continue reading
The live auditions for the July edition of Hello Rookie were held at Rolling Hall in Hongdae on June 3rd. Among the 7 bands competing for the title ECE and Roundheads, that qualified for the live audition also the month prior, could be found. This time rock band ECE came out as the winner alongside… Continue reading