Korea’s national music chart Gaon published the charts for June last week. Lots of notable Korean indie music releases came out during the month. Here’s a look at how it managed during the month. Gaon Korean Album Chart June saw the release of several anticipated albums. Kiha & The Faces‘ 4th full-length album was released… Continue reading
Daybreak performed a cover of trot song “신사동 그 사람” on the Chou Hsuan Mei episode of Immortal Song 2 (불후의 명곡), broadcast on February 8th.
The final episode of MUST Era of The Band was anti-climatic to say the least. Because of some controversy surrounding finalist band Galaxy Express it was broadcast a week late and had been cut half an hour short. This happened at a time when our commentary panel was quite busy, so only Youngmi and Xtian aka drowningn00b could join me in sharing… Continue reading
It’ll be another while before we get to see the final episode of MUST Era Of The Band, so until then here’s what our commentary panel had to say about the final, broadcast on July 2nd. This time I was joined by Lightinthemind of Korean Rock is Real and Youngmi of Dream, Girl in sharing opinions. Watch the episode yourself through Mnet’s free… Continue reading
In September 2012 Mnet launched music show Music Triangle (뮤직 트라이앵글), actively working to put a bigger variety of music on TV including not just dance music and ballads but also hip-hop, rock and indie music. The show is hosted by Yoon Sang which since the start has been guested by artists such as Toxic,… Continue reading
Starting in 2010, Mint Paper annually let members and music experts vote for the Mint Paper Awards. The results from Mint Paper Awards 2012 were announced at Countdown Fantasy 2012-2013: Rookie of The Year: The Solutions Concert of The Year: Kim Dong Ryul – 감사 Song of The Year: 10cm – “Fine Thank You and… Continue reading
Mega popular acoustic duo 10cm will release their second full-length album on October 10th. The news were announced yesterday with a teaser video for new album lead track “Fine Thank You And You?” shared exclusively on Naver. The full track and album info will be revealed on September 27th. As so often Naver has the videos… Continue reading
The Top 8 qualifications on KBS survival show Top Band 2 after starting last week. The results of two missions more were shown in episode 12, that aired on July 21th. KBS offers VOD to anyone with a KBS account if you want to watch the full episode. Daum does not allow video embeds, but if you click the song titles below… Continue reading
The sliding stages are over and KBS band survival show Top Band 2 is finally about to move on to the real competition. First the top 16 band got to pick their coaches for the rest of the show, as shown in episode 10 that aired on July 6th. KBS offers VOD to anyone with a KBS account if… Continue reading
The voting for the 7th edition of Olleh Music’s Indie Awards, covering July 2012, concluded last Sunday with the winners being announced yesterday: Best Album: Daybreak – SPACEenSUM (57%) Best Artist: Gonne (48%) Best Rookie: Hyehwadong Boy (42%) The other nominees fared as follows: Album Nominees: 2. Peppertones – Beginner’s Luck (33%) 3. Huckleberry P & Suda – Get Backers (8%) 4. Momguamaum – Deja-Vu (2%) Artist Nominees: 2. Galaxy Express… Continue reading