For the first time ever, Chinese indie music festival Modern Sky is set to take place in Helsinki, Finland. Plenty of great artists from the Nordic countries as well as China and other parts of East Asia are scheduled to play at the Hietalahti shipyard from August 28-29. Coming over from Korea, Sunwoo Jung-A and… Continue reading
Summers in Europe are getting better with every year–at least when it comes to Korean bands touring the continent. The IROK events listing has already been updated to reflect what remains, but here’s anyway a summary. Starting already mid-May Korean Cultural Centre UK hosted a K-Indie Rock Showcase in London where Dead Buttons and Patients–who… Continue reading
It’s been a year since Olleh Music launched their Indie Awards, the September edition being the 8th set of awards handed out. The netizen vote concluded yesterday, Sunday September 10th, and with that the results are now available. Best Album: Verbal Jint – 10년동안의오독 (80%) Best Artist: Pia (42%) Best Rookie: CoreMagaZinE (39%) Album Nominees: 2. Lucite Tokki – Grow to… Continue reading
After something of a summer hiatus, Olleh Music’s Indie Awards have been resumed with the nominees for the eighth edition of the awards, to be handed out in September, revealed today: September Indie Award Album Nominees: – Verbal Jint (10년동안의오독) – Lucite Tokki (Grow to Glow) – Method (The Constant) – Neon Bunny (Happy Ending) September Indie Award Artist Nominees: – Gate Flowers – Idiotape… Continue reading
Following debut album Seoulight, earning her the Best Pop Album award at the KMA2012, Neon Bunny returned with the release of EP Happy Ending yesterday, July 31st. Further developing the 80’s and 90’s synthesizer sound that characterized her first album, Happy Ending features heavier beats and bitchier lyrics. A new Neon Bunny music video has already been filmed, but so… Continue reading
The video makers of Plastic TV Network have launched another project: 2012 Rising Star together with Daum Music Bar. The project entails both high quality live footage alongside interviews with the acts performing. Running from January through March a total of six rising indie starts will be introduced, with only The Freaks remaining. During the… Continue reading
The winners of the Korean Music Awards 2012 were announced today and the biggest winner of them all was Chang Kiha & The Faces taking home no less than four out of the five categories where they were nominated. Although most fans of Korean indie music will already be very familiar with Chang Kiha, many may… Continue reading
Today, February 29th, the winners of the 9th Korean Music Awards were announced. As has been the case just about every year since it launched the official site has been overloaded with traffic, but fortunately Korean Wikipedia has the complete list, replicated below: Album of the Year: Chang Kiha & The Faces – 장기하와 얼굴들… Continue reading
Courtesy of music webzine 100BEAT, Daum’s Music Bar has presented a summary of 2011 listing some of the best singles and albums the year had to offer. The lists have been posted part by part throughout January, with the TOP 10 albums revealed this week: 1. Chang Kiha & The Faces – 장기하와 얼굴들 2…. Continue reading
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