This article listing Anna’s favorite releases of 2010 was edited by Philip Gowman and first posted on London Korean Links Another year is coming to an end, and in what has become an unfortunate trend I’ve found that I’ve listened to much less music than the year before. However judging from the limited number… Continue reading
The nominees for the 13th 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 1st 2014 and November 30th 2015. The Korean Music Awards do not take sales into consideration and the winners are determined by a panel of… Continue reading
The monthly Gaon charts for November were published last week, but as I still haven’t gotten around to posting on the Korean indie entries on the various Gaon charts for September in spite of having all the tables prepared it’s time to catch up. Just like July and August September was looking good for hyukoh… Continue reading
Lots of things going on everywhere right now. Modern Sky Helsinki is coming up this weekend and with the time table out I*m getting all the more excited about it. If only there was more time–to see all the artists at the festival and to write about them beforehand–that’d be all I could ask. Recent… Continue reading
The combination of Gyepy‘s warm vocals with Bobby Chung‘s songwriting and arrangements in Autumn Vacation has proven quite successful. The first full-length album is a steady seller and since its release in autumn 2010 it has sold more than 20,000 copies. Originally planned for a fall release, the acoustic duo took the time to put… Continue reading
Acoustic pop duo Autumn Vacation has a habit of releasing new material during autumn each year, so also in 2012. A second full-length album was the original plan, but it has now been postponed till spring next year and instead digital single 근황 was released on October 26th. As usual Bobby Chung has written the… Continue reading
Autumn Vacation made for a lovely unit of musical talent, with Bobby Chung‘s songwriting skills and Gyepy‘s warm and addictive vocals. Now they’ve given their music a new dimension by teaming up with Kim Jae Hoon to create classical arrangements for four of their old songs and three new. The result has been presented on… Continue reading
Rewarding artists that came out with new releases from December through February, the winners of the Olleh Music Indie Awards March 2012 have been announced: Best Album: eAeon – Guilt-Free (76%) Best Artist: The Breeze (48%) Best Rookie: Black Bag (40%)
There were no Indie Awards handed out from Olleh Music in February, but today the nominees for March were revealed over Twitter. March Indie Award Album Nominees: – Jeong Cha Sik (격동하는 현재사) – eAeon (Guilt-Free) – Yoon Young Bae (좀 웃긴) – Flowing (Leisure Love) March Indie Award Artist Nominees: – Autumn Vacation –… Continue reading