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
The live auditions for the July edition of Hello Rookie were held at Rolling Hall in Hongdae on June 3rd. Among the 7 bands competing for the title ECE and Roundheads, that qualified for the live audition also the month prior, could be found. This time rock band ECE came out as the winner alongside… Continue reading
Following up from last year’s Christmas single, acoustic duo Sweden Laundry returned with digital spring single 다시,봄 on April 12th. The duo first introduce the song through various live performances, but for the single the song has gotten a richer arrangement, made dramatic through guitar arpeggios and piano, with a bit of melodion for extra… Continue reading
After getting their name known through their collaboration with actress Shin Se Kyung, female duo Sweden Laundry released their first own digital single on June 29th. As their name implies cleanliness, their music is supposed to bring the same happy feeling as wearing clean, fresh clothes. The title of the single is Happy Birthday Waltz… 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
Actress Shin Se Kyung has been doing a modest bit of singing in her career and on June 14th she released her first digital single, 넌 달콤했어. Supporting her on the single is female duo Sweden Laundry, that had been selected among two hundred contestants auditioning for the part. The collaboration is the first music… Continue reading