Continuing to catch up, following the monthly Gaon charts from September here’s what on the charts for October from the realm of Korean indie music. Gaon Korean Album Chart The Korean album chart for October offered 3 Korean indie releases. Monni‘s 10th anniversary best album sold nearly 1000 copies in just 5 days. Synth pop… Continue reading
It’s been much longer than I planned since I got to writing one of these randomness posts, even though I really enjoy doing them. It started with a week-long vacation in New York, where the hotel wifi policy effectively discouraged me from any sort of productive online activity. New York was awesome, but either very… Continue reading
A new episode of Mnet’s fantastic MUST Era Of The Band will be broadcast tomorrow, but first here’s what our panel has to say on the episode from June 18th. This week I’m joined by Youngmi of Dream, Girl, Sangha of strangeseasons and Dahee of Dahee’s Plastic Castle. Watch the episode yourself through Mnet’s free VOD service. This week we get… Continue reading
Our commentary series for what has turned out to be one of the best shows on Korean TV right now continues and we’re now on a regular schedule. This week Lightinthemind of Korean Rock is Real, Youngmi of Dream, Girl, Dahee of Dahee’s Plastic Castle and Sangha of strangeseasonsin join me on the panel for the episode that aired on June 12th. Watch the… Continue reading
With this season coming closer to an end, the latest episode of KBS2 survival show Top Band 2 saw the Top 4 bands bringing their all to get into the finals. Episode 19 was broadcast live on October 6th with the TV audience able to affect the outcome. KBS offers VOD to anyone with a KBS account if… Continue reading
For the second time the Top 8 bands on KBS2 survival show Top Band 2 are facing each other, and this time it’s for real. Episode 17 was broadcast live on September 15th with the TV audience helping to decide which two out of the first four bands would remain in competition. KBS offers VOD to anyone with a… Continue reading
After going to Pentaport Rock Festival in episode 14, KBS2 survival show Top Band 2 continued with the remaining Top 8 Pentaport performances in episode 14, aired on September 1st. 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… Continue reading
KBS survival show Top Band 2 went on a hiatus during the London Olympics, only resuming with episode 13 on August 18th. Before the break we got to see twelve of the Top 16 battling it out to get into the Top 8 during two episodes and with this episode the remaining four bands got to show their… 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 winners of the Mnet 20’s Choice awards were announced during a summer party themed event today. The Koxx won the 20’s Band category in competition with Daybreak, Glen Check, Guckkasten and Monni. Busker Busker took home the 20’s Online Music category in competition with IU, LeeSsang, Se7en and T-ara. During the event Ailee offered… Continue reading