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
As the Korean Cultural Centre UK prepared its 2013 K-Music Festival in London care was taken to secure some of the biggest indie names in Korea. In addition to an opportunity to see traditional Korean musicians in action, anyone who ventures to London mid-June may be able to enjoy live music from UhUhBoo Project, Yi… Continue reading
Korean rhythm game Tap Sonic has been around since the end of 2010 and won Best Entertainment App at App Award Korea 2011. Last week came the first We Love Tapsonic digital single and when part two followed on May 31st psychedelic rock band Telefly had contributed new song “바람꽃”. The application is available for… Continue reading
Following Busker Busker‘s strong entry on Gaon’s total digital Korean chart last week it was only expected that more songs of theirs would enter as the full first album was released. In fact their doing even better than 10cm did when they released their first album a year ago, but the of course 10cm’s popularity… Continue reading
It started in the very beginning of August 2011 with Crying Nut covering “아니 벌써” and 13 singles later time has finally come for the release of the full Reborn 산울림 compilation. Adding to the Sanullim covers that have already been revealed (see here, here, here and here) are Chang Kiha & The Faces with… Continue reading
As you may recall Chang Kiha & The Faces recorded a cover of Jung-A Ham & Yankees song “풍문으로 들었소” for Korean 80s style movie Nameless Gangster (범죄와의 전쟁: 나쁜 놈들 전성시대) some time ago. The full soundtrack got a digital release on February 20th and it names Cho Young Wook as composer for near… Continue reading
The latest total Korean digital chart from Gaon shows a few new indie related entries added as well as another few doing a bit of climbing. 16. 10cm – “애상” (-5) 31. Two Months – “The Romantic” (new) 102. Park Jiyoon – “Quiet Dream” (-46) 115. Verbal Jint – “좋아보여” (feat. The Black Skirts) (+11)… Continue reading
The Gaon charts are usually published on Thursdays, but with the Lunar New Year holiday and all this week they were delayed till today. This week sees more climbing than falling compared to last week for the indie acts on the Korean Total Digital Chart: 3. 10cm – “애상” (+1) 60. Kim Ji Soo &… Continue reading
Film Nameless Gangster (범죄와의 전쟁: 나쁜놈들 전성시대) opens on Korean cinemas on February 2nd with the first part of the soundtrack, 범죄와의 전쟁: 나쁜놈들 전성시대 OST, available as a digital single from January 13th. The song on the single is the one used in the trailer for this 80s style crime movie–a cover of Jung-A… 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