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 monthly Gaon charts for November were published last week, but as I still haven’t gotten around to posting on the Korean indie entries on the various Gaon charts for September in spite of having all the tables prepared it’s time to catch up. Just like July and August September was looking good for hyukoh… 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.
Continue readingOn Christmas Eve Nell held a concert called Christmas In Nell’s Room at Jamsil Student’s Gymnasium in Seoul. Today, January 8th, a digital single with the same name was released featuring a live version of “믿어선 안될 말” – a song first featured on Nell’s debut album Reflection Of in 2001, also included on Nell’s first… Continue reading
Barely had Busker Busker begun their exit from Gaon’s digital chart before they released their first album ‘closing’ mini album made an even bigger impact than the album before it. It debuted at the very top of Gaon’s album chart and the songs offered good competition to many other new releases on the digital track… Continue reading
The new charts from Gaon are out. We find that Busker Busker moved down just one spot with their first full-length, now sitting at position 10. Gate Flowers’ first album has now fallen down to position 73 whereas the soundtrack of Shut Up! Flower Boy Band has climbed to position 79. New on the album… Continue reading
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
The new charts from Gaon are out and the presence of Busker Busker remains strong. Their first album is currently at position 9 on the album chart, the lowest position it has held until now, but all songs from it remain in the top 200 of the digital track chart. Since last week both the… Continue reading
After a week at a lower position on Gaon’s album chart, Busker Busker‘s first album is back at position 2. The album has now exceeded thirteen million downloads with over seventy thousand physical copies sold. Meanwhile a few of their songs have done some modest climbing on Gaon’s total digital Korean track chart while most… Continue reading
After three weeks of climbing Gaon’s Korean album chart, Busker Busker‘s first album has now fallen back to position 7. The falling is reflected also on the total digital Korean chart, where the songs on the album have fallen more than ever before. Climbing a bit on the album chart is Peppertones Beginner’s Luck that… Continue reading