The nominees for the 16th 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 2017 and November 30th 20178 The Korean Music Awards do not take sales into consideration and the winners are determined by a panel of… Continue reading
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
The various charts from Gaon covering the month of February were published last week. Following up from the status in January, here’s a summary of how the various k-indie related albums and songs fared this time around. Gaon Korean Album Chart Although February offered several interesting releases, only a couple of Korean indie albums sold… Continue reading
The KMAs are just so much fun! Although there are things to question about the awards themselves and all that goes around they always help me find new interesting music that I may otherwise have overlooked–particularly in genres I’m otherwise not keen on exploring on my own. Last week Sangha shared her thoughts on who… Continue reading
It’s that time of the year again! I love the KMA’s because they are always so interesting in their nominations. This year, I was pleasantly surprised to find that many of my favorite releases from 2014 ended up on the list. Here are my personal picks, and who I think are going to win. … Continue reading
The nominees for the 12th 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… Continue reading
As far as blogging goes, I haven’t exactly been productive since returning from my latest Korea trip. Many excuses could be made, but I’m gonna go ahead and blame the cat. Not that I actually own a cat, but during October I was cat sitting for a couple of friends. The cat was super cute… Continue reading
It’s been a while since I last go to writing one of these randomness posts. I had a special topic in mind, but great tragedy struck in the world of K-pop and I couldn’t find a way to write around it. Since then I’ve spent a couple of weeks in Korea with some of my… Continue reading
As I mentioned the dance as one of the reasons why I like the music video for we are here‘s “Hopeless (희망은 없다)” in my Randomness post a couple of days ago, I figured I should take some time to list the choreographed Korean indie videos that I find to be the most memorable. … Continue reading
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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