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
Today, February 28th, the winners of the 14th Korean Music Awards were announced. EBS Space 공감 had a livestream for the event and a 2h special of the awards ceremony will be broadcast midnight between March 13-14. Album of the Year: Jo Dong Jin – 나무가 되어 (As A Tree) Song of the Year:… 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
Two months ago Lang Lee released her second full-length album. It’s a very strong release with great songs, intriguing arrangements, and of course Lang Lee’s characteristic vocals. Billed as her last album, however, it caught fans by surprise. I was as confused as anybody else and figured that the best way to get some clarity… Continue reading
Lang Lee released her second full-length album 신의 놀이 on July 13. Billed as her final album, it is a 96-page book with lyrics and essays accompanying the downloadable tracks. The death centered release has been in the making for 3 years. Instead of using a record studio, the 10 songs from 신의 놀이 were recorded at Amenohi Coffee.
As great of a year as 2015 was when it comes to music, the year of 2016 has come off to a great start and promises to offer plenty more. The Black Skirts is now with HIGHGRND and has just released what is supposed to be the last single before his 3rd full-length album. Big… Continue reading
As I mentioned the dance as one of the reasons why I like the music video for we are here‘s “Hopeless (희망은 없다)” in my Randomness post a couple of days ago, I figured I should take some time to list the choreographed Korean indie videos that I find to be the most memorable. … Continue reading
In addition to the weekly On Stage sessions hosted by Naver Music, there are the irregular On Stage Plus sessions for special themes or collaborations. The fourth Naver On Stage Plus Session was published today, April 9th, and the featured artist is Joe Won Sun. Supporting her is a number of well renowned musicians including… Continue reading