The 7th annual Seoul Record Fair will take place during the weekend of June 17-18 at Seoul Innovation Park. Just like last year the event offers sales of limited edition vinyl pressed especially for the event as well as a set of strictly limited edition cassette tapes. Vinyl The vinyl trend has definitely grabbed a… Continue reading
In less than a day the winners of the 14th Korean Music Awards will be announced. Although I usually love this time of the year–dedicating most of February to listening to and blogging about the nominees and the winners–this year I had to prioritize differently. Even so I’m very excited for the awards and have… Continue reading
Doing this the last couple years taught me that I’m really bad at making award predictions! Still, I think this is a fun exercise for anyone who pays even cursory attention to the Korean music scene, so I’m glad to be back. Without further ado: Album of the Year Strong field! After an anomalous year… Continue reading
The nominees for the 14th 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 2015 and November 30th 2016. The Korean Music Awards do not take sales into consideration and the winners are determined by a panel of… Continue reading
After Album of the Year and Song of the Year, today we have a look at those who have been nominated for Artist of the Year in this year’s Korean Music Awards. Danpyunsun and the Sailors After performing as a solo artist for several years, Hoegidong Danpysun teamed up with other musicians to form… Continue reading
The nominees for the 12th Korean Music Awards were announced last week. I always find it interesting to discover music new to me through the awards, so as I’ve done for the past couple of years I’ll try to dedicate the rest of the month to introducing the artists, albums and songs that have been… Continue reading
The nominees for the 12th 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… Continue reading
It’s Music Alliance Pact time again with music bloggers worldwide bringing you the very best from their respective regions. The pst week I’ve been listening to little more than Danpyunsun and the Sailors, that after months of anticipation I’m finally able to present as the South Korean representatives this month. The sailor version of “노란방”… Continue reading
Danpyunsun has been an interesting presence on the Korean underground scene for a few years already. I shared my appreciation for his band Danpyunsun and the Sailors after they were featured on Naver Onstage in April. Using the release of the band’s first album as an excuse I reached out to Danpyunsun to have a… Continue reading
A week into my new, month-long self-improvement experiment with early evenings, sort of early mornings, very little overtime and almost daily exercise I’m satisfied enough to think it’ll be a good idea to continue for another week. All of a sudden I have a lot more time for “my things” meaning that blogging and putting… Continue reading