Korea’s national music chart Gaon published the charts for June last week. Lots of notable Korean indie music releases came out during the month. Here’s a look at how it managed during the month. Gaon Korean Album Chart June saw the release of several anticipated albums. Kiha & The Faces‘ 4th full-length album was released… Continue reading
Daybreak performed a cover of trot song “신사동 그 사람” on the Chou Hsuan Mei episode of Immortal Song 2 (불후의 명곡), broadcast on February 8th.
In September 2012 Mnet launched music show Music Triangle (뮤직 트라이앵글), actively working to put a bigger variety of music on TV including not just dance music and ballads but also hip-hop, rock and indie music. The show is hosted by Yoon Sang which since the start has been guested by artists such as Toxic,… Continue reading
Mega popular acoustic duo 10cm will release their second full-length album on October 10th. The news were announced yesterday with a teaser video for new album lead track “Fine Thank You And You?” shared exclusively on Naver. The full track and album info will be revealed on September 27th. As so often Naver has the videos… Continue reading
The voting for the 7th edition of Olleh Music’s Indie Awards, covering July 2012, concluded last Sunday with the winners being announced yesterday: Best Album: Daybreak – SPACEenSUM (57%) Best Artist: Gonne (48%) Best Rookie: Hyehwadong Boy (42%) The other nominees fared as follows: Album Nominees: 2. Peppertones – Beginner’s Luck (33%) 3. Huckleberry P & Suda – Get Backers (8%) 4. Momguamaum – Deja-Vu (2%) Artist Nominees: 2. Galaxy Express… Continue reading
The winners of the Mnet 20’s Choice awards were announced during a summer party themed event today. The Koxx won the 20’s Band category in competition with Daybreak, Glen Check, Guckkasten and Monni. Busker Busker took home the 20’s Online Music category in competition with IU, LeeSsang, Se7en and T-ara. During the event Ailee offered… Continue reading
Though awards are usually something of an end-of-the-year affair, Mnet has a summer award called 20’s Choice coming up, premiering actors, musicians and other people often seen in media that appeal to people in their 20s. Among the seventeen categories there is the 20’s Band Music choice pitching Guckkasten, Glen Check, Daybreak, Monni and The… Continue reading
On the latest edition of Gaon’s charts we find Busker Busker‘s first album move up three slots to position 5 since the week before. The songs from the album on the other hand have all moved done the Korean total digital chart and out of their Superstar K3 songs only one remain in the top… Continue reading
Gaon has a new set of charts out and from the album chart we can find that Busker Busker‘s first album has moved one slot down to position eight. The slight change on the album chart is also reflected on the total Korean digital chart, where much like on Billboard’s K-Pop chart for this week… Continue reading
On January 2nd the results from Mint Paper Awards 2011 were published. Today followed a set of videos where the winners get to say their thanks to the music experts and Mint Paper members (‘minters’) that voted for them during the first half of December. Rookie of The Year: Glen Check Concert of The Year: Antenna Music Warriors… Continue reading