As we revealed last weekend, Hyundai Card Music will be sponsoring a UK tour for Galaxy Express, Apollo 18, Goonamguayeoridingstella and Gate Flowers next month. The official announcement is another few hours away, but thanks to the tour arrangers we’ve gotten our hands on all the dates and stops of the tour–spanning a total of 7 shows in 5… Continue reading
During 2012 Hyundai Card Music launched an initiative to promote Korean indie music, through high quality videos as well as live performances in its then Hongdae popup store location. Now Hyundai Card Music is taking things to the next level by bringing a bunch of bands over to the UK. No official announcements have been… Continue reading
This year international music festival Pop Montréal will take place September 19-23 – in Montreal, Canada, of course. This year two Korean bands will be playing: loud folk duo Wagwak on the opening day, and even louder post-rock trio Apollo 18 on September 21st. While in the country both acts will also offer a few… Continue reading
The Hyang Music Album Chart for the fourth week of January, published earlier this week, offered the return of two old releases. 1. Monkeyz – First Cry (new) 2. Lucid Fall – 아름다운 날들 (-1) 3. Idiotape – 11111101 (-) 4. Lamb of God – Resolution (new) 5. Apollo 18 – The Black Album (-3)… Continue reading
The Hyang Music Album Chart for the third week of January was published yesterday. While no newcomers made it to the very top there were four indie related releases entering the chart below the top 10. Speaking of which, the changes to the top 10 were fairly modest, with Kim Mokin dropping one position down… Continue reading
Blues rock band Lowdown 30 are preparing to release their second full-length album on March 8th but will also participate on the Seoul Seoul Seoul compilation to be released only a couple of days earlier. Their contribution to the compilation is “서울의 밤” remixed by Walrus bassist Sion and it’s released on February 13th as… Continue reading
It appears there were not many changes in album sales at Hyang Music between the first and second weeks of January. The top looks pretty much the same, with Siwa just falling out of the top 10 in favor of French act M83. 1. Lucid Fall – 아름다운 날들 (-) 2. Idiotape – 11111101 (+1) 3…. Continue reading
Courtesy of music webzine 100BEAT, Daum’s Music Bar has presented a summary of 2011 listing some of the best singles and albums the year had to offer. The lists have been posted part by part throughout January, with the TOP 10 albums revealed this week: 1. Chang Kiha & The Faces – 장기하와 얼굴들 2…. Continue reading
Since September 2011 Olleh Music has been running its monthly Indie Awards, awarding the best album, artist and rookie of the month. The finalists are selected from submissions by a special jury and netizens get a chance to vote for their favorites little more than a week. The results for January’s Indie Awards, rewarding November… Continue reading
Since the last few years digital sales may be more important than sales of CDs in Korea, but that does not mean the CD has completely played out its role as a carrier of music. In some segments of Korea’s indie scene it’s still more common to release a CD than set up a digital… Continue reading