The nominees for the 13th Korean Music Awards were announced at the end of January. Last week I had a closer look at the nominees for Album of the Year. This week it’s time to follow up with the nominees for Song of the Year. BIGBANG – Bae Bae After a 3 year hiatus, YG… Continue reading
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Nominees for 11th Korean Music Awards Announced
The nominees for the 11th annual Korean Music Awards were announced today at 11am, KST. The Korean Music Awards do not take sales into consideration and the winners are determined by a panel of music critics and industry experts, making it a Korean version of the Grammy’s. This year the ceremony will take place on February… Continue reading
Winners of Korean Music Awards 2013
Today, February 28th, the winners of the 10th Korean Music Awards were announced: Album of the Year: 3rd Line Butterfly – Dreamtalk Song of the Year: Psy – “Gangnam Style” Artist of the Year: Psy Rookie of the Year: 404 Best Rock Album: Jeong Cha Sik – 격동하는 현재사 Best Rock Song: Jeong Cha Sik… Continue reading
10th Korean Music Awards Nominees : Best Dance & Electronic
Continuing were we left off in our Korean Music Awards 2013 nominee introduction series, this week we start with the albums and songs nominated in the Best Dance & Electronic category. Best Dance & Electronic Album f(x) – Electric Shock Idol girl group f(x) debuted in 2009 and have since released a number of singles,… Continue reading
10th Korean Music Awards Nominees : Song of the Year
This week we launched our 2013 KMA series where we take a look at all the nominees for the 10th Korean Music Awards. Starting with the Album of the Year nominees yesterday, today we proceed to listen to the nominees for Song of the Year. 3rd Line Butterfly – “헤어지는 날 바로 오늘” When… Continue reading
Best of 2012 According to Critics
With the year of 2012 turning into 2013 a few weeks ago, there are now plenty of lists covering the best of what 2012 had to offer – so also when it comes to Korean indie music. Chris has already offered a list of his favorites on the site and our contributor has Sangha shared… Continue reading
Jaurim’s Kim Yuna and Nell’s Kim Jong Wan Sing with G-Dragon
After exciting all of his fans with the music video for “That XX (그 XX)” a couple of weeks ago, Big Bang‘s G-Dragon has now released the highly anticipated mini album One of a Kind. Among the artists featured on the release is Jaurim‘s Kim Yuna, lending her vocals to “Missing You”, and Nell‘s Kim Jong Wan singing to… Continue reading
Shocking Remake Producer Manic Releases Second Single
Following his set of ‘Shocking Remakes’ of popular K-pop songs, DJ Manic released his first digital single in December 2011. On February 29th he proved ready to release his second digital single 시간이 흐르면 armed with a modern rock sound. The song with the same title is now promoted with a music video:
Nominees for 9th Korean Music Awards Announced
Today the nominees for the 9th Korean Music Awards were announced. Out of all the awards in Korea it’s considered the most prestigious among musicians and a majority of the nominees are indie artists rather than idols. The winners of the awards will be presented on February 29th. Album of the Year nominees: Idiotape –… Continue reading