In spite of several high profile releases last week, as Billboard published their Korea K-Pop Hot 100 for the week of June 23 Busker Busker still remained in the visible top half of the chart. “벚꽃 엔딩” had moved five spots down to position 30 whereas we may be seeing the last of “여수 밤바다”,… Continue reading
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K-Indie on Gaon’s Digital Chart, 2012.06.03~2012.06.09
Last Thursday came the Gaon charts for the week prior and after seeing the number of indie related titles on the chart decreasing over the last few weeks it has once again been filled by all the titles from a new album — this time Epitone Project‘s second full-length album which also debuted on the… Continue reading
I Am A Singer 2: June Group B
Last weekend Korean Indie launched its I Am A Singer 2 commentary series as Guckkasten has joined the competing artists. In addition to myself the commentary panel consists of Dahee of Dahee’s Plastic Castle, Fabien of Kimchi Popcorn and Widhi of The Wiz of Widz. I Am A Singer 2 follows the same basic concept as I Am A Singer, inviting… Continue reading
Vote for Indie Bands in Mnet 20’s Band Choice
Though awards are usually something of an end-of-the-year affair, Mnet has a summer award called 20’s Choice coming up, premiering actors, musicians and other people often seen in media that appeal to people in their 20s. Among the seventeen categories there is the 20’s Band Music choice pitching Guckkasten, Glen Check, Daybreak, Monni and The… Continue reading
I Am A Singer 2: June Group A
While Jaurim appeared on the highly popular show I Am A Singer, Indieful ROK had a commentary series going led by refresh_daemon. Now that Guckkasten has joined I Am A Singer 2 time has come to revive the series here on Korean Indie. Unfortunately rd and The Korean from the original panel are both too… Continue reading
Guckkasten to Compete on I Am A Singer 2
Following a hiatus for MBC hit show I Am A Singer (나는 가수다) the immensely popular Sunday entertainment program returned in May under the slightly modified name I Am A Singer 2 (나는 가수다2) with a modified format. With 12 artists total on the show, a round runs for a month after which one artist… Continue reading
iPhone Game Axiz Shake Released
Korean mobile game developer dooub launched a new game in their Musician Shake series on March 1st. Having previously released games featuring Girl’s Generation, Super Junior, T-ara, IU, CN Blue and Guckkasten to name a few, now it’s time for Axiz to get their own Axiz Shake. In addition to music to play to the… Continue reading