SXSW 2014 will see a record number of Korean artists performing, among them Big Phony, Crying Nut, Glen Check, Hollow Jan, Idiotape, Jambinai, Kiha & The Faces, Love X Stereo, Nell, No Brain, Rock’N’Roll Radio.
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Big K-indie Acts Coming to London’s K-Music Festival
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
Telefly Song for Tap Sonic
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
K-Indie on Gaon’s Digital Chart, 2012.03.25~2012.03.31
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
Complete Reborn Sanullim Compilation Out Soon
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
Korean Music Awards 2012 – Winners
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
Winners of Korean Music Awards 2012
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
Full Soundtrack for Nameless Gangster Released
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
K-indie on Gaon’s Digital Chart, 2012.02.05~2012.02.11
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
K-indie on Gaon’s Digital Chart, 2012.01.29~2012.02.04
Three entries out and only two new indie related entries on Gaon’s total Korean digital chart was the result when the latest edition was presented today. Both of the new songs are related to Yoon Jong Shin, and Cho Jung Chi has been involved in both as well. 11. 10cm – 애상 (-6) 84. Yoon Jong Shin… Continue reading