Although buying physical media is still how I add to my music collection, as circumstances would have it most of my actual music listening during 2017 turned out to be streaming via Spotify. One benefit to this is that for once I have somewhat reliable statistics of what I’ve actually listened to throughout the year… Continue reading
Korea’s national music chart Gaon published the charts for March a week ago. Here’s a look at how the local indie music managed during the month. Gaon Korean Album Chart March appears to have been an overall very good month for album sales in Korea. Tearliner‘s soundtrack for tvN drama Cheese In The Trap (치즈… Continue reading
The last few months have been rather busy. So much in fact that it’s almost been 3 months since the last randomness post. Although what’s great about that is that I’ve finally managed to find some sort of balance between work, blogging, and life in general. Coming off my usual February KMA high I could… Continue reading
Korea’s national music chart Gaon published the charts for the first month of 2016 this Monday–a few days later than usual as the lunar new year took place the week prior. Here’s a look at how the local indie music managed during the month. Gaon Korean Album Chart While December was a rather good month… Continue reading
It’s been a month since the year of 2015 came to an end, so it’s well about time to summarize the year. In what has been a trend of recent years, I didn’t listen to as much music as I should have–something I’m working to change in 2016. Even so, I must say 2015 was… Continue reading
February has been passing by fast. Really fast. It’s already been a month since the previous Randomness post, but as I hope you’ve noticed I’ve anyway kept plenty busy with all the Korean Music Awards related blogging. The original plan was to cover all the nominees in all categories, but after covering just the main… Continue reading
After a week back on a “normal” schedule, I can’t help but miss the long nights/mornings I could enjoy during that one glorious week when I would do my main sleep in the afternoon and wake up in the evening. Now I’m back to feeling too tired to do anything worthwhile in the evenings after… Continue reading
Another year has come to an end, but I’ll save any attempt at a summary until the IROK anniversary post due in a couple of weeks. Meanwhile I’ve been enjoying vacation more than I had expected to, although to be fair I have been working a few hours here and there. The work part has… Continue reading
Some of the best news to reach me last week was that of a new release from Tearliner. On October 22nd 열네 살 내 마음의 문 was released. At 23 tracks it counts as Tearliner’s 2.5 album while also doubling as the soundtrack for new MBC drama 4teen. The drama is based on a Japanese… 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