It’s mid-March and just a day away from the start of the world’s largest music showcase festival–South by Southwest–in Austin, Texas. The music portion of SXSW 2016 lasts from March 15 to March 20 and offers more than 2,000 showcasing artists. 16 of those are Korean. Anna’s Recommendations Chris from Korean Indie took the… 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
2015 has come to an end. It was a kind of strange year for me, something that at times has been very obvious from the music I’ve been listening to rather obsessively. I’ll dedicate a post to what I thought was the best of 2015 in a few days when some stuff I’ve contributed elsewhere… Continue reading
So, it was only a couple of weeks ago that I wrote that I was gonna take more control over my free-time. Little did I know that already the next Monday that would turn significantly harder. Then came Midsummer during which I took the boat over to Åland with a group of friends for a… Continue reading
This year’s edition of the Greenplugged Festival will take place between May 17th-18th. The third line-up announcement was made on April 12th, and the same day the first three songs from this year’s Greenplugged Ombinbus Album Sum∞ debuted online. This is the third year that Greenplugged put out their own compilation, and just like previous… Continue reading
The video makers of Plastic TV Network have launched another project: 2012 Rising Star together with Daum Music Bar. The project entails both high quality live footage alongside interviews with the acts performing. Running from January through March a total of six rising indie starts will be introduced, with only The Freaks remaining. During the… Continue reading
The winners of the Korean Music Awards 2012 were announced today and the biggest winner of them all was Chang Kiha & The Faces taking home no less than four out of the five categories where they were nominated. Although most fans of Korean indie music will already be very familiar with Chang Kiha, many may… Continue reading
Today, February 29th, the winners of the 9th Korean Music Awards were announced. As has been the case just about every year since it launched the official site has been overloaded with traffic, but fortunately Korean Wikipedia has the complete list, replicated below: Album of the Year: Chang Kiha & The Faces – 장기하와 얼굴들… Continue reading
Courtesy of music webzine 100BEAT, Daum’s Music Bar has presented a summary of 2011 listing some of the best singles and albums the year had to offer. The lists have been posted part by part throughout January, with the TOP 10 albums revealed this week: 1. Chang Kiha & The Faces – 장기하와 얼굴들 2…. Continue reading
Since September 2011 Olleh Music has been running its monthly Indie Awards, awarding the best album, artist and rookie of the month. The finalists are selected from submissions by a special jury and netizens get a chance to vote for their favorites little more than a week. The results for January’s Indie Awards, rewarding November… Continue reading