Watching the Grammys fumble with genre representation year in and year out makes me appreciate the KMAs a little more. (I’m not even mad about this year, but I’m still salty about 1989 over To Pimp a Butterfly two years ago.) Sure, the KMA also has critics and works in a different environment, but representation… 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
This is old news by now, but since there is still a week to go before the 4th Seoul Record Fair takes place–June 28-29 at Platoon Kunsthalle–I figured I should follow up my post on this year’s special vinyl editions with something on the two releases announced later. The first three vinyl re-issues announced for… Continue reading
We continue our Korean Music Awards 2013 nominee introduction series while waiting to find out who will actually be the winners. We kicked off the week with a look at the nominations for Best Dance & Electronic yesterday and today we proceed with the albums and songs nominated in the Best Rap & Hip-Hop category. Best… Continue reading