It’s KMA season again! I haven’t prepared myself very well this year, but I’m going to try my hand at this guessing thing regardless. The selection committee had a few surprise nominations up their sleeve as always (at least, they were surprising to me), but a couple of those were some of my own favorites… Continue reading
The nominees for the 13th 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 2014 and November 30th 2015. The Korean Music Awards do not take sales into consideration and the winners are determined by a panel of… Continue reading
The last Hello Rookie auditions of the year were held today at Rolling Hall. Ten acts competed to be named Hello Rookie for the month of November and in the end female singer-songwriters Park Soyu and Fromm each won 1 million won in addition to the title. The two women will make their respective Hello… Continue reading
Every month Hello Rookie offers indie bands a chance to compete in the spotlight for a well respected title. The ten acts up for Hello Rookie of November were revealed on Thursday: – Mot influenced singer-songwriter Park Soyu – Modern rock band Band 24th – Busan based, eight member strong ska and reggae band Ska Wakers… Continue reading
Korean owned chained Smoothie King launched the Orange Revolution Festival in August to showcase the talent of Korean indie bands through a series of concerts and busking events, where the audience was encourage to dress in orange. Five concerts were held as part of the initiative from mid-August through mid-September and corresponding digital singles with… Continue reading
Former Telepathy bassist Tete announced that he would be releasing his first full-length album with the release of digital single Midnight Picnic in February. It was followed by digital single Emerald Sky beginning of June, and on June 22nd album Eclipse was released. The album includes both songs from the singles, “Midnight Picnic” in a… Continue reading
Tied to Peterpan Complex‘s Showmust label, singer-songwriter Fromm could first be heard singing on Locomotive‘s first solo EP. In October last year her “마중가는 길” could be heard on the Showmust Omnibus and as she releases her first digital single on May 16th the same song is included as a B-side. The title of the… Continue reading
It’s been ten years since Peterpan Complex released their first single and with that the band members are preparing for the release of a best of Peterpan Complex album. Part 1 was released as a digital single on May 4th including a recording of fourth album song “모닝콜” featuring a fellow Showmust artist, singer-songwriter Fromm…. Continue reading